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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 38 • August 21, 2020 • Promoting Integrity in the Valley
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Last Saturday Hop-kinton voters concluded the third attempt to pass a School District budget, giving a 922-593 nod to a compromise budget of $20,923,855. The dis-trict’s third round of vir-
tual discussion and drive-up voting concluded a process that has stretched over three months since the first virtual session on May 12th. The passed budget was the seventh figure voted on over the three months with pre-vious defeated proposals ranging from a low of
$19,533, 045 to a high of $21,616,331.
The passed budget comes at an opportune time as the School Board and administration is in the process of attempt-ing to determine the dis-trict’s plans for the possi-ble reopening of schools
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM Hopkinton Schools have a budget!
Mr. and Mrs. Brett haul a section of the playground into place. See mmore photos on page 8. (John Segedy photo)
Deering receives new fire truck
VOLUNTEERS FINISH PLAYGROUNDBy John Segedy
Stone Bridge Post
See HOPKINTON, Page 3
The Deering Fire Department has finally taken delivery of their new, half-million-dollar pumper/tanker. It’s an E-ONE Typhoon truck with a 1,500 gallon-per-minute pump and a 2,000 gallon water holding tank. Deering has no town water and no fire hydrants, so it’s imperative that they carry water with them or be able to pump from nearby ponds when they respond to fire calls. Training on the new truck is now taking place. (Courtesy photo)
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Press release
Granite State Com-muinications receives $1.2 million grant from Connecting New Hamp-shire
Granite State Com-munications (GSC) is excited to announce we will be the recipient of a $1.2 million grant from the state of New Hamp-shire’s Connecting New Hampshire – Emergency Broadband Expansion Program to extend our fiber broadband network to the most rural parts of our serving area.
GSC is a third-gen-eration family business focused on delivering dependable, personal, cutting-edge services to our customers. Over the last 12 years we have constructed a state-of-the-art fiber optic net-work to the majority of our customers. Funding from this grant will allow us to reach our most rural and difficult to reach sub-
scribers, improving their experience with distance learning, telehealth, and work from home situa-tions. We have been serv-ing these communities for over a century and the pandemic has em-phasized how important high-speed internet is to households and business-es, so the timing of this grant is critical and al-lows us to get started on several important expan-sion projects right away.
The grant will allow GSC to commence fiber construction projects in Deering, Hillsborough Upper Village, Stoddard, and Washington. The timeline will be to com-plete construction by the end of 2020 and begin adding customers in late 2020 and early 2021. If you have questions about a particular street, please email us at [email protected].
Locations in Deer-ing, specifically Driscoll Road, Tubbs Road, Pleas-
ant Pond Road, Farrell Hill Road, Old Frances-town Road, Reservoir Road, Peter Woodhill Road, North Road, Glen Road, and East Deering Road.
Locations in Hillsbor-ough Upper Village, spe-cifically Shedd Road be-ginning at Route 31 and Beard Road beginning at West Main Street past Gleason Falls Road.
Washington and Stod-dard, specifically Valley Road beginning at Cove Road and South Main Street from Valley Road to Bailey Road. Also in Washington, Faxon Hill Road beginning at Millen Pond Road to the East side of Lake Ashuelot, East Washington Road, Lovell Mountain Road, Sandy Knolls Road, Bergweg Road, Ayers Pond Road, Bradford Road, Purling Beck Road, Bear Hill Road, Old Hillsborough Road, Ulrich Road, Deer Valley Road, and Brad-ford Springs Road.
Broadband to be extended in several communities
Recently you may have received an informational flyer from Town of Hillsborough Democratic Committee. (THDC). The phone number listed for the Town of Hills-borough’s General Assitance office was incorrect. The correct number is: 464-3877 Ext. 226 We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
CORRECTION
LOST CATMulti-colored 8-year old male cat on Bog Road in Hillsborough. Answers to the name of Quincy. Has one green eye and one brown and a little big around the middle. If seen, please call Dwight at Eaton Furniture at 464-3250. Reward. Thank you.
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Press release
Center Woods Elementary teacher Linda Gosselin, has been a fan of Huey Lewis & The News since college. So when she saw the call for front-line workers to submit a video clip of themselves holding up a lyric card from his new song in the style of Bob Dylan’s “Sub-terranean Homesick Blues,” she jumped at the chance.
“We were all working re-motely by then (May 2020). I had my 2nd-grade virtual classroom office set up at home and just taped the clip from there.
Mrs. Gosselin, who this year will be a reading inter-ventionist at CWES, says she got emotional when she first watched the “I Am There For You” music video that is a trib-ute to frontline workers. “All I could think about was the little second graders I spent last year with because that’s the time-stamp of when I recorded my clip. Those students are part of
my forever family. We shared so many experiences through-out the year and some rather unique ones as we worked our way through the transition to remote learning for the last four months of the school year. I’m extremely honored to rep-resent teachers and school staff in this musical tribute to other frontline workers like EMTs, firefighters, nurses, doctors, mail workers, and grocery store workers.”
Huey Lewis made this comment on his Facebook Page about the “I Am There For You” song and video, “We are so lucky and proud to have such wonderful fans, many of whom are frontline workers themselves, to highlight the courage, compassion, and sac-rifices we are so grateful for.”
Here’s the link to the music video on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?fea-ture=youtu.be&v=cyhiU-v92oCU
Mrs. Gosselin appears at :09 and 1:14 in the video.
Weare teacher answers the call with video clip
in a matter of weeks. In addition if the bud-get hadn’t passed the School Board would have likely been left with the option of choosing to operate with a ‘flat budget’ ($370,810 less) with a September 1st deadline making another round of voting unlikely.
Items that were potentially saved from the chopping block that had been previously con-sidered included a Numeracy Specialist, Ele-mentary Art and Music classes, Middle School Sports, various High School class offerings and Mental Health Services.
Taxpayers will see an estimated 7 cents per thousand increase in their tax rate based on this budget, not counting other articles that were previously passed or any revenue changes.
At last Thursday’s School Board meeting the Board spent extensive time discussing possi-ble reopening options. While waiting for vot-ing results before making a final decision, they outlined direction for the administration to use in developing a recommendation. That recom-mendation is expected to have been taken up by the Board this past Thursday as we go to press. Poll workers were kept busy at the 3rd round of Hopkinton School District voting. (John Segedy photo)
Hopkinton, continued from page 1
Mrs. Gosselin in a screenshot from the Huey Lewis & The News music video tribute to frontline workers, “I Am There For You.” (Courtesy photo)
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All-time favorite Nick’s Other Band (NOB) returns to Henniker with an end of summer bash, sponsored by Henniker Family Dentistry. So, put on your dancin’ shoes everyone and prepare to party on when NOB hits the stage to close out the 2020 Summer Concert Series on Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 PM. In recent years we have looked to NOB to close out the season with their great selection of rocking Top 40 hits from yesterday and today where every-one gets into the act.
Twice named “New Hampshire’s Best Dance Band,” NOB has been delighting audiences throughout New England for a dozen years. Covering classic rock ‘n roll tunes with tight harmonies and an irresist-ible, bluesy style, the band welcomes the public on stage to participate with vocals, percussion and guitar. NOB brings crowds to their feet with easily recognizable hits by the Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, the Doors, Beatles, Stones, Delbert McClin-ton, ZZ Top and more. Be prepared for an evening of fun and sing along with your fa-vorite tunes! Nick’s Other Band has a way of making the audience part of the perfor-mance.
At this concert, you will have a chance to provide feedback on the Summer Se-ries. Be sure to fill out the evaluation form
handed out at the concert or go online to [email protected] and fill out an online survey of the shows you attended. Your feedback is instrumental in deciding the musical talent for next year.
The Henniker Summer Music Series is sponsored by the town of Henniker. All concerts are free (although donations to the Town of Henniker are welcome), begin at 6:30 PM and take place at the Angela Robinson Bandstand at Community Park, Main Street. Due to restrictions caused by the COVID19 pandemic, we will be limit-ing the number of attendees this summer, requesting that you observe good social distancing practices and bring and wear a mask. The park will be fenced in and once we have reached capacity, no one else will be admitted. There is no provision for moving indoors this summer and if there is inclement weather, the concert will be can-celled. Bring a chair, spread a blanket, visit a local restaurant or have a picnic supper on the lawn and join your neighbors and friends in this community-building event at our bandstand.
The complete summer schedule is available on the Town of Henniker website: www.henniker.org. For more information, contact [email protected]. Check the town website the day of the con-cert to receive updated information regard-ing cancellation.
Party on with Nick’s Other Band
New ambulance in New London
New London Hospital CEO Tom Manion, New London EMS Director Shawn Riley, Sugarloaf Ambulance/Rescue Vehicles, and hospital EMS staff are pleased to announce a new ambu-lance has just been added to the hospital’s fleet.. The hospital serves seven towns in the Lake Sunapee Region. (Courtesy photo)
By Ruth Zax
Nick’s Other Band performs in Henniker next Tuesday. (Courtesy photo)
On Monday, August 17th the transition was made from Bradford’s outgoing part time interim Fire Chief Chris Olsen when he introduced the new part time Chief Jeffrey LeBlanc and presented him with a gift. Olsen was also presented a gift from the Bradford Fire Department which was a framed picture of the Fire House.
Chief LeBlanc, who has been involved in Fire and Rescue since 1982, presented a power point presentation of what his aims
and goals of the department are. LeBlanc commented that as Chief he will make any decisions but is always open to com-ments and suggestions. He also indicated he will talk with each individual fireman in the department to see where their inter-ests and goals may be. Also each member will get their CPR certificate updated for 2020-2021 if they do not have it already.
LeBlanc does not live in Bradford, but did give his E-mail address and Telephone number and advised he will be available and can be reached .
New part time Bradford Fire Chief Jeffrey LeBlanc (left) appears with the interim Fire Chief Chris Olsen on Aug. 17 as they transition from one chief to another. (Karen Hambleton photo)
New Bradford fire chief takes reins
By MaRjoRie CilleyStone Bridge Post
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Now that the US Post-al Service is no longer in danger of losing funding to support absentee bal-lots, many voters are con-sidering using this method to participate in upcoming elections, with the most pressing being the State Primary Election on Sep-tember 8.
Under normal circum-stances about 10 percent of New Hampshire voters use Asentee Ballots, avail-able to those with a phys-ical disability, a religious observance falling on the same day, if they’ll be out of town on election day, or if they have employment obligations that prevent them from getting to the polls. This year because of the pandemic, the state has determined that any-one who feels their health could be at risk by physi-cally coming to the polls may opt to use the disabil-ity waiver and receive an absentee ballot.
If you need to register to vote, you can do that in person in a number of ways. You can see the Su-pervisors of the Checklist when they are in session, which is announced in the local newspapers and on most town’s websites. You can also register at any time with your Town Clerk, or you can register
at the polls on election day. You must be at least 18
on the day of the next elec-tion, be a US citizen, and have proof of residency like a bill with your street address on it, along with a photo id and a birth certif-icate or passport to prove citizenship to register. If you don’t have the correct documents you can fill out an affidavit.
If you want to vote by mail but are not registered you can also register by mail. Just ask your town clerk to send you an absen-tee voter registration form. You should make a copy of a photo ID and a docu-ment with your address on it, have it witnessed, and mail it back.
Once you are regis-tered, ask your clerk to send you an Application for an Absentee Ballot, or download one at the Secretary of State’s web-site: https://tinyurl.com/NHABBALL. It’s recom-mended you fill out and return the request to your town clerk at least a week prior to the election, and even more imperative that as soon as you get your ballot you fill it in and re-turn it in the supplied en-velopes.
You’ll receive a ballot and two envelopes. Once you make your selections, put your ballot in the first envelope and mark on
the outside why you are voting by mail. Then put that sealed envelope into the larger one, seal, stamp, and mail it.
Absentee ballots can also be brought directly to the town clerk, however there’s been some confu-sion about how they can legally be handed in. Do not leave your ballot in a mail drop or push it un-der a door or do anything other than hand it directly to the town clerk or it may not get counted because there will be no way to de-termine if it’s a legitimate ballot.
If you cannot physical-ly bring your ballot to your town clerk, you can use an official Delivery Agent as provided for in election law. This person can be a relative, a nursing home or residential care facility staff member, or the per-son who has helped a dis-abled or blind voter fill out their absentee ballot. They will be asked to show pho-to ID and complete a re-turn form.
Finally, if you want to trace your absentee bal-lot to make sure it’s been received and processed, simply go to the State of NH Voter Information Look-up website at https://tinyurl.com/nhballs and enter your town, name and birthdate.
Absentee voting organized, trackable
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The Stone Bridge Post is looking to expand it’s SALES FORCE!
This is an excellent opportunity for a great communicator who is looking for a part time position. Pay dependent on experience.
Call 603-854-0174 for more info
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Photo 1: A small contingent of re-enactors demonstrated cannon use; Photo 2: Marianne Hammond in her finary; Photo 3: Rachel Morgan provided laundry demonstrations; Photo 4: James McDonough on his old time bicycle. Photo 5: J.P. and Pam Stohrer entertained attendees.
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Paid for by David Croft for Sheriff, Bryan Croft, Fiscal Agent
Walk into the Sweet Beet Market on Main Street in Bradford and you will find it is a grocery store, not just a large indoor farmstand. Look more closely and ask a few questions and you will find out the Sweet Beet is just one cog in the wheel of the Kearsarge Food Hub (KFH).
“It is a full-fledged grocery store with coffee and tea and dairy, frozen produce and all sorts of other groceries,” Hanna Flanders, the Director of Community En-gagement for the KFH, points out. “It’s a one-stop market, so you don’t have to go to the chain stores, and it is year-round and supports local farms year-round and feeds into the local economy in many ways.”
One of their goals is to support the local economy. As their advertising ex-plains: ‘If every person in New Hamp-shire spent $5 a week on local food, we would contribute $338 million back to the state’s economy!’
The Kearsarge Food Hub is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 with a variety of departments. There is the market, the Sweet Beet Kitchen, and the Sweet Beet Farm.
“That is the infrastructure we’ve been creating,” Hanna explains. “I like to call it the farm/market/kitchen connection. The undercurrent to all of that is our edu-cation component, and our food security component. The education is multi-fac-eted and centers on why supporting the food system is important, and also teach-es how to garden, to prepare food, and describes seasonal ingredients, how to reduce food waste and how to support farmers and small farms.”
Much of what the KFH does is focused on supporting farmers and their products into the winter and – as much as possible – year-round. This means some market research is involved. What do farmers need to grow to sell year-round? How to do this locally in cold New Hampshire?
“It takes growing the right vegetables on the farm so they can store, and hav-ing the right storage for those vegetables. And encouraging seasonal eating,” Han-na observed. “Right now we’re eating an abundance of tomatoes, cukes and
zucchini. But then we’ll transition into the winter squash, potatoes, carrots and beets. I don’t eat tomatoes unless they are in season. I don’t eat anything unless it’s in season – as much as possible.”
With the kitchen and market in place, KFH is now building out their storage to hold more food from both their own farm and all the others they work with in a 230 mile radius for produce, meats, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, lamb, which are “all humanely raised on small farms,” Han-na noted. “There are a lot of vegetables that need to be made into something, so they can be stored. There is a lot of food coming in during the growing season and processing is another way of extending the life of that food.”
Not only does KFH sell these prod-ucts in their market, but they also provide area food pantries with much of what they need. This is a project in itself each week, as Hanna’ colleague, France, who is also an executive director, puts togeth-er spread sheets at the beginning of the week that Hanna orders from for the pan-tries, and also for backpack programs.
“So I am the link, communicating with the pantries for what they need and with the Food Hub to see what is avail-able,” Hanna proudly stated. “That same ordering system is how the Sweet Beet Market manager, Lauren, stocks the mar-ket every week. Our own Sweet Beet Farm also grows food for the pantries and our market, and the kitchen makes sour dough breads and lightly processes farm abundance – the produce.”
Five years in, KFH is still expanding their product selection and connections to farms.
“We’re working with statewide and regional partners to bring in more of a variety of products,” said Hanna. “And we’re having a great year despite every-thing, because people still have to eat and they like to know where their food is coming from.”
Hanna does state that the market has safety policies in regards to COVID 19. Masks and social distancing are required.
Also, being a non-profit, KFH happi-ly accepts donations from the communi-ty to keep their programs going.
Find KFH on Facebook and their website, kearsargefoodhub.org
Kearsarge Food Hub: Connecting farms, pantries and the community appetite
By Michael PonStone Bridge Post
(Hanna Flanders photos)
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WHERE TO PICK UP
A COPY OFStone Bridge Post(New condensed paper route during the crisis)
With so many establishments shuttered in our region, we have
had to rearrange the sites at which we leave our paper.
ANTRIMAntrim Marketplace
Edmunds Ace Hardware
BRADFORDBar Harbor Bank ATM
Post Office
CONTOOCOOKColonial Village Market
HENNIKER All in One Market Citizens Bank ATM
Edmunds Ace Hardware Harvester Market
Henniker Farm & Country Store Henniker Pharmacy
Rush Square
HILLSBOROUGHAgway
Bar Harbor Bank ATMCumberland Farms
Dunkin DonutsHillsboro Diner
Hillsborough LaundromatJD Foods
Maple LeafPost Office
Shaw’sSubway
Williams General Store
NEWBURY Bar Harbor Bank ATM
WARNERMarket Basket
H-D playground ready
Top photo: Jason Buck, Traci Blain, Jessica Pollard, Sarah Leblanc spreading wood chips around the new HD playground; Bottom photo: Upper Elementary Principal Donna Furlong mixes concrete for the playground footings. (John Segedy photos)
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Bradford’s Interim Fire Chief Chris Olsen advised the Selectmen the part time wages are tending to be over budget. This has been partially covered by some unanticipated funds from the First Responders Stipend Funding resulting from COVID-19. Reeds Automotive and Banks Chevrolet were able to fix Rescue Two at a reduced cost by nearly one half. Olsen also reported three members of the Fire De-partment have been pro-moted: Elliot Brown to Deputy Chief, Rob Steiz to Captain and Steve Snyder to Lieutenant.
Andrew Pinard is in the process of furnishing the town with a couple of op-tions and proposals for bet-ter interaction capabilities for remote meetings
The Board of Select-men did make the decision to hold the election at the Bradford Area Commu-nity Center, however the logistics are still being worked out regarding Per-sonal Protective Equip-ment (PPE) and the actual
flow of traffic.Rail Trail Committee
member Tim Bragdon re-quested the Town to reach out to the Central New Hampshire Regional Plan-ning engineer who is on call to design an exten-sion of the Rail Trail from Church Street to West Main Street. This would require an enlarged cul-vert between the Parson-age, Church and the Fire Station. This expansion of the Rail Trail in conjunc-tion with the expanding of the West Main Street side-walk improvement could strengthen the application for the Transportation Al-ternative Grant Program (TAP) that is being applied for at the upcoming appli-cation period. It was also explained that any funding left from matching funds for the Rail Trail portion would be privately funded, not a responsibility of the Town of Bradford.
The TAP Grant is: Federally Funded through NHDOT and is funding for transportation alterna-tives for on and off road for bicycles, pedestrians, Safe Routes to School
projects as well as for rail trails. This fund can fund up to 80% of the cost for improvement for non-mo-torized uses which are safe and convenient.
Road Agent Steve Hall advised he is obtaining quotes for the repair of guardrails on Fairgrounds Road where a motor ve-hicle accident occurred on the bridge, near West meadow Road. It was de-termined the driver’s insur-ance should cover the cost of the repair work. Regard-ing a complaint of potholes on West Road, Hall ad-vised they have filled them four times with cold patch and the road does need to be paved.
The Bradford Garden Club is putting up four new signs coming into Bradford and so far $645 in dona-tions towards the $4,400.00 cost for these new signs has been received and accepted by the town.
The Select Board will follow up on the repair of the snack shack at Brown Shattuck Field. The roof repair was supposed to be completed by August 11, 2020.
3 Bradford firefighters promotedBy Marjorie Cilley
Stone Bridge Post
One café closes and another nearly ready to open on Main Street in Warner. Café One East will hopefully open Labor Day weekend at 1 East Main Street. The menu will con-sist of pastries, sand-wiches and soups as well as coffee and Tea. The anticipated hours open will be between 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday
through Sunday.This new venture
will be owned/man-aged by Shawn Coe, a graduate of Colby Saw-yer College who resides in Bow, and is very fa-miliar with this imme-diate vicinity, which he envisions building a great connection with. Watch for firm details coming up.
The following two meetings will be held at the Town Hall in the Main Hall. The Town
of Warner Supervisors of the Checklist are meeting on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. to accept voter registration and to make any correc-tions. They shall also be meeting on Tues-day, September 1, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 7 p.m. These meetings will in-clude transfer, reports of death and removal of names. Masks are required.
New Bradford café to open soon
By Marjorie CilleyStone Bridge Post
Skip and Carolyn McKean, who recent-ly retired from Ayer & Goss, Inc and Skip McKean Transporta-tion, will be having an auction of their 50-year collection of Antiques and Memorabilia on Sat-urday August 29, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at Old Concord Road in Henniker.
Skip’s antique trucks and trailers as well as gas and oil signs mem-orabilia and toy trucks will be sold.
Alex Lyon & Son will be the officiating Auc-tioneer.
The auction was orig-inally scheduled for May but was postponed due to Coronavirus. The
auction will be held ac-cording to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) guidelines including masks and social dis-tancing.
There will be no food venders at the auction. The cookout sched-uled for after the auc-tion is canceled due to CoVID-19.
Skip McKean auction Aug 29
Several High Meadow Newbury res-idents have questioned looking into high speed internet and a quote from TDS was for $42,000. This of course could benefit many with some students working online as well as people now working from their homes.
There is a Grant that would help rural communities with a December 31, 2020
deadline. Town Administrator Dennis Pavlicek addressed the issue and indicated this Grant lets areas within a community to work like a precinct. This will be fol-lowed up on as it would be an asset to the community.
When Mike Croteau was recognized for his 75 years as a fire fighter in the town of Newbury, he was presented a rock with many patron’s signatures on it. Croteau also received a Smokey certificate and a pin from NH State Forest Fire Rangers
Doug Miner and D J Smith for his years of dedication as Deputy Warden.
As he presented a Proclamation to Croteau for his service to Newbury, the NH State Fire Marshall Paul Parisi said, “Mike, you are a shining example of what we need more of in N H.”
Pam Drewniak of New London Ambu-lance told Croteau his honor, dignity and commitment is unrivaled as she presented him with a book and challenge coin from New London Hospital and the Ambulance
Service.In other news, a Newbury library pa-
tron indicated the gray stone just added to the walk-way was navigable with her wheelchair, but she did get stuck coming up the ramp and suggested a concrete ramp be put in for now. This will be ad-dressed by the Board of Selectmen.
A purchase order was approved and signed for $7,400 for stairs and railings to Stetson Blacksmithing for the meeting room at the Newbury Town Office.
Newbury mulls high speed InternetBy Marjorie Cilley
Stone Bridge Post
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Clyde “Skip” E. CilleyClyde “Skip” E. Cilley, 76, of Francestown, NH died
Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH.
Clyde was born in Peterborough, NH on September 15, 1943 to the late Carl E. and Mary D. (Bailey) Cilley, he
was also predeceased by his wife, Dorothy I. (Creighton) Cilley, one son, David Pat-ten, his three brothers, Roger, Richard, and Raymond, three sisters Violet, Elizabeth, and Ida.
Skip worked for Hitchner Manufacturing in Milford for 40 years before his retirement in 2006. He served in the
Army during Vietnam, and was an avid outdoorsman, loved hunting and fishing, making maple syrup, and was a member of the Peterborough American Legion Post # 5.
Skip is survived by three sons, Harold and his wife, Alberta Patten, of Hardwick VT, Robert and his wife, Laurette Patten, also of Hardwick, VT, Richard and his wife, Glenda Patten of Deering, NH, two daughters, Debbie and her husband, Mark Sterns, of Goffstown, NH, Tammy Dorr, of Bennington, NH, two brothers,
Jerry F. Cilley of Windsor, NH, George C. Cilley of Fran-cestown, NH, one sister, Mildred M. Weir of Westboro, MA, several grandchildren, and several great-grandchil-dren.
Graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family in #3 Cemetery in Francestown, NH.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-vice Hillsboro, NH is assisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Linda NorwoodLinda A. Norwood passed away peacefully on Friday,
May 15, 2020, after a long illness. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sat-urday, August 22 at the Valley Bible Chapel in Hillsborough.
She was born on October 10, 1949 in Peterborough, NH to Edwin Norwood and Ruth Blaisdell Norwood.
She was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Stuart and Stephen.
Hillsborough was Linda’s hometown. She worked at Caron’s Restaurant for many years, and was beloved by coworkers and customers. Linda’s qualities of faithfulness, diligence, determina-tion, kindness and good humor were a gift to all who were lucky enough to know her.
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[email protected] OF WARNERPART TIME ADMIN ASSISTANT
The Board of Selectmen’s office at Warner Town Hall has an opening for a Part-Time (20 hrs per week) Administrative Assistant. Appli-cant must have strong computer skills, be able to learn new software applications, have social media experience, and have a desire to serve the public under the direction of the Town Ad-ministrator and the Board of Selectmen. The position serves the Select Board, Town Admin-istrator and other office staff as necessary, per-forming a wide range of administrative support tasks, and assists in coordinating the admin-istrative functions of the Town Office, imple-menting the directives of the Select Board. The hourly wage range is between $17.87-20.00 depending on experience. If you have a positive attitude, enjoy working with the public, and the basic skills, we are interested in hear-ing from you. Serving the community is a posi-tion that requires patience, flexibility, and the interest in learning new ways to increase pro-ductivity through the use of technology. The job description can be viewed here: https://warner.nh.us/job-openings/Interested applicants should send their appli-
cation and resume to [email protected]
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Dear Editor; Jim Creighton identifies
himself as a Republican who wants, among other things, to help “preserve conservative values, and fight for liberty.”
On August 7th, Creigh-ton posted a letter in the Messenger (a Hillsborough weekly) claiming he has met people who tell him they have received signif-icant “threats” because of their political activity.
I don’t know whether Creighton’s letter is accu-rate. Creighton provides no information about who made those threats. Nor does Creighton name who was threatened. If those threats did occur, I trust that local law enforcement was called in as needed to keep the peace.
Whatever happened, however, it is important to note that – as Creighton tells it – the alleged victims all live in “historically Repub-lican family homes.”
Let that sink in for a minute.
Creighton’s letter, we read, is – ostensibly – about preserving our free-doms and liberties. But when Creighton writes about threats to freedom of speech, who does he pres-ent for victims? Not an “in-dependent.” Not an “unde-clared.” Not a “Democrat.” Only people who vote for Republicans.
If Creighton wants a se-rious discussion about free-dom and liberty, he must act in a serious manner: Present comprehensive data about perpetrators and victims. Place his issue in proper context. Foster bipartisan collaboration. Marshal ef-fective strategies.
If – instead – Creighton wants to talk only about concerns of Republican backers, that is certainly his
prerogative. Hillsborough District 38 voters, however, will prefer state represen-tatives who care about the concerns of everyone.
Dan Adams, Hancock
****************** Thanks to History Alive Planners and Participants
Dear Editor;Thanks to all who came
and who took part in His-tory Alive this year- held in cooler summer weather than usual. Those who at-tended as well as those who helped lead or plan their event were full of apprecia-tion for the mini event.
The outdoor Method-ist service led by Rev. Paul ONeill and Marianne Ham-mond went well with many in costume. Hopefully our town will be able to get the building repaired so some events can be inside next year. A smaller number joined the Congregational Hymn sing outside led by Agnes Ellis with an accor-dion and Marian Baker with a mandolin banjo. Over 50 people turned out for the picnic lunch and talk about barns outside Laurie Jutzi’s barn . You could have heard a pin drop, the speaker was so enthusiastic and interest-ing to learn from about his-toric barns. We also enjoyed Irish music from Pam and JP Stohrer.
Two small groups of re-enactors organized by Rus-sell Davis came with some new people they were train-ing on how to march, to fire the cannon, etc. Those who watched learned the inside story of how it is done. The goats of Ed Naile (very colorful animals), Rich-ard Harbor’s spoon whit-tling, Rachel Morgan’s old fashioned laundry, Jared
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As many of you know, I do not use chocolate in many recipes but this time, my son talked me into it. He re-member these Chocolate Dumplings from a long time ago and asked me to make it again. You really should try them, a complete chocolate fix with a touch of malt. If you don’t want malt, simply omit it and replace with same amount of more cocoa.
Chocolate Dumplings:1/2 cup flour1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 cup brown sugar2 tablespoons cocoa2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted1 egg, beaten2 teaspoons vanilla
Chocolate Malt Sauce:2 cups water
3/4 cup brown sugar1/4 cup cocoa1/4 cup dry malted milk powder2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Make dumplings first by blending first 5 ingredients well in a small bowl. Add last three ingredients and mix well;set aside. In a medium pot with tight fitting lid, whisk all malt sauce ingredients well and place over medi-um high heat until boiling. Immedi-ately reduce heat to the lowest possible setting and spoon in 2 tablespoons of dumpling mixture into sauce. Cov-er and simmer 10-12 minutes without opening lid until you check dumplings. They should be spongy and when a toothpick inserted comes out clean, they are done. Remove from heat to serve with ice cream or whipped top-ping.
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OngoingANTRIM — A free, ongoing grief support group meets every Sunday at 6 pm at The Cross Church at 223 Clinton Road in Antrim. BRADFORD — The Historical Society is pleased to open a new exhibit, “All Aboard!”, in the Tin Shop Saturdays from 10 am-noon. Masks required.HENNIKER — The Henniker Food Pantry is open on Monday from 11 am-noon and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 pm with some safety precautions. No more than five people at a time will be allowed inside and masks are required. Dona-tions will be accepted on Wednesday from 11am - noon.HOPKINTON — The Rotary Club meets Wednesdays from 7-8 am at the Par-ish Hall of the Congregational Church at 1548 Hopkinton Rd , Contoocook.
Saturday August 22BRADFORD — Visit the farmer’s market on 5 Acres on Route 103 from 9 am-1pm. For information or to get a space call 938-2497. CONTOOCOOK — The Contoocook Farmer’s Market takes place from 9 am-noon behind the depot. EAST WASHINGTON – Yard Sale to benefit Purling Beck Hall Roof, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2278 East Washington Rd. for a space, call Ron at 495-3186. Donations welcome. No food items will be sold.HENNIKER — Tucker Free Library is offering adult patrons the chance to win a prize – for each item checked out you will receive a raffle entry. Winner will be notified on Saturdays.HILLSBOROUGH — The Hillsborough Farmer’s Market happens Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am-1 pm at Mickle’s Pickle Farm at 279 Henniker Street. If you are interested in being a vendor call 603-391-4885. or email [email protected] - Support seniors in town with a Summer Minigolf Fundraiser at Chucksters at 9 Bailey Road in Chichester from 8:30am-noon. Email [email protected] to reserve your ticket or get more info.WARNER — Warner’s Farmer’s Market is open from 9 am-1 pm at the Town Hall. EAST WASHINGTON — Yard Sale to benefit Purling Beck Hall Roof, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2278 East Washington Rd. for a space, call Ron at 495-3186. Donations welcome. No food items will be sold!
Sunday August 23NEWBURY — Join a Rally For First Responders hosted by the Newbury Vet-erans Committee from 2-4 pm at Fisherfield Park on Post Rd. show your unwav-ering support for Police, Firefighters, EMTs and all our local hospital doctors, nurses and emergency personnel, in recognition for what they do to protect us and keep us safe. The rally is open to all surrounding communities to attend and we just request that anyone attending please bring an American Flag, wear a mask and keep social distancing.
Monday, August 24ANTRIM — Avenue A is hosting a Back to School Clothing Day. All students are welcome to come in and shop the gently used teen clothes to prepare for going back to the classroom. On the Grapevine Lawn from 4-6 pm. Please wear a mask and observe social distancing. To donate email [email protected].
Tuesday, August 25HENNIKER — Nick’s Other Band (NOB), returns to the Angela Robinson Bandstand, sponsored by Henniker Family Dentistry, from 6:30-8 pm. Masks and Social distancing are required.HILLSBOROUGH — The Lions Club has invited SAU #34 Superintendent Pa-tricia Parenteau and H-D School Board Chair Katheryn McGinn to brief the Club
on local plans and policies for reopening the schools this fall. The meeting is at 6:30 pm at Manahan Park. Everyone is invited. Masks and social distancing is required.
Wednesday, August 26HILLSBOROUGH — Join the Historical Society and Mary C. Kelly for a pro-gram via Zoom about Ireland’s Great Famine in Irish-American Memory. Regis-ter to attend at hillsboroughhistory.org
Thursday, August 27HANCOCK — Join the “Ask a Naturalist” Virtual Happy Hour with the Harris center from 5:30-6:30pm via Zoom. Contact Miles Stahmann at (603) 525-3394 or [email protected] login instructions.HENNIKER — The Henniker Farmer’s Market takes place on the Community Center lawn from 4-7 pm throughout the season. WARNER — The Evening Book Club is today from 8:30-9:30pm via Zoom with the Pillsbury Free Library. The book is The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason. See the Library’s website for Zoom details or call 508-309-9614 for help.
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Powers’s art work, and tours led by Norma Webster added to the fun of the event.
The parade at the end was mostly wom-en and children, and we had a joyous time doing it, with James McDonough’s antique bicycle leading us and with Deanna Neal organizing the children.
For several of our local elders, who had not been outside their homes for months, the barn talk and being greeted by the pa-rade as it marched and sang with joy around the circle, gave them a chance to see others safely at a distance.
Special thanks go to NH Humanities Council that gave us a grant to pay the two speakers, John Potter on Historic Barns, and Mary Kelly on the Irish immigration
after the famine. Thanks also to Shaws for donating some PPE materials to keep us safe. Thanks also to Chris Sieg, the Daley family for doing the set up and breakdown, to Adam Charette for photography, to Bil-ly Goss for traffic signs, to Troop 73 Boy Scouts who helped in parking, and Gerald Foss, Jay Emmert, and Louis Neal for set-ting up exhibits along with Laurie Jutzi.
In September, we will be expanding the steering committee to prepare several parts of the 250th celebration of Hillsborough’s history. If you have suggestions, or want to be part of the planning
Contact Marian Baker or Laurie Jutzi or send a message to our website:
www.historyalivenh.org
Marian Baker
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