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Southwestern Community Services Outreach

[ September 21, 2010; 9:30 am to 11:00 am. ] At the Nelson Town Office (Brick Schoolhouse) Southwestern Community Services will be available to answer any questions you may have about qualifying for programs such as Fuel Assistance, WIC, Housing, Headstart and more. Please drop by and we will be happy to help More info: Becky Holland, 719-4134  bholland@scshelps.org [...]

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Supervisors of the Checklist in Session

[ September 7, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session at the Brick Schoolhouse on Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m., to register new voters and make corrections to the checklist. It is too late for voters to change party affiliation before the Sept. 14 primary election. [...]

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Library Book Group ~ Truth and Beauty

[ September 20, 2010; 10:30 am; ] Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett. The book is at the library and a CD is on order. From Publishers Weekly This memoir of Patchett’s friendship with Autobiography of a Face author Lucy Grealy shares many insights into the nature of devotion. One of the best instances of this concerns a fable of ants and [...] [...]

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[ August 24, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Please join us for an informative presentation at the Nelson Town Hall. Speaker; Jay Aube, Shoreland Protection Specialist. This presentation will provide an overview of the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act (CSPA) and will place emphasis on dispelling many of the myths with regard to limitations on vegetation removal & general construction within the protected shoreland. This presentation will provide an overview of [...] [...]

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Nelson Library Board of Trustees Meeting

[ August 18, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Agenda 1.     Call to order 2.     Roll Call and Introductions 3. Approval of minutes for the previous meeting 4. Correspondence 5. Treasurer’s Report Old Business 1.     SUMMER FORUM Review (Martha Yates) 2.     Canoe New business 1.     DSL 2.     New computer, a gift of the Friends of the library 3.     NHLTA  Award results 4. Summer reading review and magic show review: Kids Books and the Arts Grant Magic [...] [...]

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Early Road Machinery

For the first hundred years Nelson seems to have built and repaired its roads using hand and ox-drawn tools also used on farms. Perhaps the earliest equipment specifically designed for highway maintenance was the use of snow rollers for clearing roads in the winter. The town kept its roads open in the winter with men hired [...] [...]

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Nelson Old Home Week Preview

_______________________________________________________________ Nelson Old Home week promises to be as fun and exciting as ever. You can start on Saturday, August 7th, dancing with your friends and neighbors in the Nelson Town Hall. Dudley Laufman is the caller – who better than the man who got his start in Nelson in the 1970′s and went on to [...] [...]

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[ August 13, 2010; 3:30 pm; ] At the Ballfield Any age welcome (suggested 5 yrs to 105:) Call Maureen Lord for more information 827-3646 [...]

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[ August 12, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Nelson Congregational Church Mozart Trail VI Saint Saens: Fantasie for violin and harp John Fitz Rogers: Once Removed for two marimbas Yu-hui Chang: Oh! On An April Morning [Shepard] Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 Tony Arnold, soprano; Stacey Shames, harp; Gerald Itzkoff, Curt Macomber, violins; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Douglas Perkins, Todd Meehan, percussion; John Supko, composer Free [...] [...]

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[ August 11, 2010; 3:30 pm; ] Author Rebecca Upjohn will be telling the story of Lily and the Paper Man, August 11 at 3:30 in the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library in Nelson. She will adjust the telling of the story to the age group that comes to hear it. Come join us for this fun and free program. [...]

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[ August 7, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] In the Nelson Town Hall Come dance to the man who revived dancing in Nelson in the 1970′s before spreading it all over the country, making Nelson the contra dance capital of the world. Admission only $2 [...]

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[ August 7, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Come join your friends and neighbors in helping to clean up the town. Stop by the Common at 9:00 to pick up your trash bag and assignment. The town is receiving 800 bulbs for fall planting, which will be given (in the fall) to clean up volunteers, with the only condition that they plant them within view [...] [...]

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[ August 13, 2010; 7:00 pm; August 14, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Friday the 13th at 7:00 town  prebook sale at the town hall.  Come browse at your leisure before the crowds on Saturday.  All proceeds benefit the library. Saturday the 14th, 9 am to noon, book sale at the town hall.  Come early to pick up some good reads for the year.   At noon there will be [...] [...]

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[ August 26, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Moving In Step, a Community Project will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday evening, August 26th at 6:30 pm at the home of Priscilla Williams and David Hersey.  The address is 510 Lead Mine Road. The meeting begins with a Pot Luck Supper (which replaces the regular 1st Thursday Pot Luck Supper in September so that [...] [...]

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[ August 5, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] The Board of Moving In Step met briefly on Thursday evening, July 1st, to discuss the date for the Pot Luck for August 2010.  The date would have normally been August 5th, the first Thursday, at 6:30 pm.  However, enough of the membership wishes to attend the Informational Session at the Town Hall concerning the [...] [...]

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Scott Jameson Magic

[ August 11, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Free and Fun at the library 2010 Make a Splash -  READ! Watch water appear and disappear, drawings of sea creatures come to life, giant pieces of shimmering blue fabric manipulated in a fluid swirl of motion, a bowl of water transformed into a time machine… This summer, to tie into the 2010 Collaborative Summer Library Program  theme [...] [...]

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Ham and Bean Supper

[ August 11, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] At the Nelson Congregational Church Cost of Admission:$8.00 for adults, $5.00 for children under 10 Description:  Homemade beans,rolls, pies, coleslaw, ham, beverages Volunteers needed and welcomed. Sponsored by the Nelson PTO, the Nelson Congregational Church, and the Chapel-by-the-Lake More info: Joy Birdsey 847-9533 or birdsey@cheshire.net [...]

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Shoreland Protection Act: Information Session

[ August 5, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Nelson Conservation Commission invites residents to a PowerPoint presentation by Sharon Monahan a Certified Wetland Scientist on: “The Shoreland Protection Act: Information for Property Owners on New Hampshire’s Public Waters.” at the Nelson Town Hall [...]

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Apple Hill Tuesday Evening Summer Concerts

[ July 6, 2010; 7:30 pm; July 13, 2010; 7:30 pm; July 20, 2010; 7:30 pm; July 27, 2010; 7:30 pm; August 3, 2010; 7:30 pm; August 10, 2010; 7:30 pm; August 17, 2010; 7:30 pm; August 24, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] For over thirty years, the Summer Concert Series has nourished audience members from New Hampshire and beyond. Each Tuesday evening performance features the Apple Hill String Quartet and renowned guest faculty–hosted in Apple Hill’s Louise Shonk Kelly Barn in Nelson, New Hampshire. All concerts are free and open to [...] [...]

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Mock Drive In Movie Night

[ August 13, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] An old home week family favorite at the Nelson School. This years feature movie is “Wizard of Oz”. Cost: Various for food and beverage, movie is by donation Sponsored by the Nelson PTO and the 6th Grade Class. Proceeds are for the 6th Grade class trip. Come dressed as your favorite Oz character! Enjoy popcorn, root beer floats (with [...] [...]