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Town Wide Yard Sales

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[ July 24, 2010; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Town Wide Yard Sales

Nelson/Munsonville

Small Yard Sales on Town Common

Larger Yard Sales at Individual Homes

Pick up your map/directions and description to these sales at the Nelson Town Common!

Questions, or sign up?

Elizabeth (Beth) Williams, 847-9064, [...]

Published on July 20th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Life in Nelson |
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Ice Cream Social and Band Concert

By ADMIN |

[ July 11, 2010; 5:00 pm; September 5, 2010; 1:00 pm; ] Location:Nelson Congregational Church
$4.00 / $5.00 for ice cream (concert is free)
Local ice cream, hot fudge, hot butterscotch, strawberries, whipped cream and toppings.
Bring friends and families to enjoy this summertime favorite!
Contact Nelson Congregational Church 847-3280
or Joy Birdsey 847-9533
Volunteers needed and [...]

Published on June 30th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Concert, Food, Life in Nelson, Music |
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Chapel-By-The-Lake | Annual Flea Market

By ADMIN |

[ June 19, 2010; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Household items, all sorts of odds and ends, plus some gems:

bunk bed
aluminum boat
electric organ

New donations welcome – please call Leonard or Marion Frazier at [...]

Published on June 10th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Life in Nelson |
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Open House at

By ADMIN |

[ June 13, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Open House of One Room Schoolhouses and Academies

The Monadnock Historical Societies Forum, or Roundtable Forum, is hosting an open house of many of the remaining one room schoolhouses and academies in the region.  The public is invited to visit each site to learn what it was like to attend school during the 19th and early [...]

Published on May 22nd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Cultural, Educational, History, Life in Nelson |
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Nelson Old Home Day

By ADMIN |

[ August 14, 2010; 9:00 am; ] Remember to bring your own lawn chairs to Old Home Day. You’ll be much more comfortable while eating lunch and watching the festivities.

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Old Home Day Games
Town Common 9:00 a.m.
Possibly the last bastion of amateur excellence in American sports. Foot races, frog-jumping, tug of war, egg toss, and more.

Races
Town Common 9:00 a.m.

Bike race (helmets required) and [...]

Published on May 3rd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Cultural, Life in Nelson |
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HOTEL NELSON “REVISITED”

By Karen Tolman |

On Saturday, March 27, 7:00 pm, in the Town Hall, Nelson will again celebrate itself at the Hotel Nelson “Revisited”, in an adaptation from the 1997 original Hotel Nelson:  the wonderful musical theatre performance, written and staged by, for and about our town; and facilitated by composer Larry Siegel of Tricinium Limited.  At that time, [...]

Published on March 20th, 2010 | Category: Community Gathering, Cultural, History, Life in Nelson, Music, Projects | Leave a comment
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A Munsonville Memoir

By ADMIN |

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Published on March 16th, 2010 | Category: History, Life in Nelson | Leave a comment
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The Hotel Nelson Revisited

By Karen Tolman |

Sponsored by Moving in Step
In 1997, the people of Nelson raised funds from private donations, the Town of Nelson and the Nelson Congregational Church to sponsor The Hotel Nelson, a musical theatre that was created by, for, and about the Town of Nelson. Facilitated by Larry Siegal of Westmoreland, it was performed in the Nelson [...]

Published on January 21st, 2010 | Category: Cultural, History, Life in Nelson, Music, Nelson People, Projects | Leave a comment
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Packersfield Becomes Nelson

By Rick Church |

Editors Note: This is the latest in a series of articles about the history of Nelson. Click here show the entire article series.
Severing the Last Colonial Ties

The close of the Revolution saw a much-changed Packersfield.  Breed Batchellor, the man who was ultimately the agent of His Majesty’s Royal Governor, had fled the town in [...]

Published on December 13th, 2009 | Category: History, Life in Nelson, Nelson People, Rick Church History Articles | Leave a comment
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The New Salt Barn

By ADMIN |

The trusses glow in the Autumn sunlight. Very exciting project – congratulations to the Nelson Highway Department.
Scroll down for more pictures.

Will the roof get on before the first [...]

Published on October 25th, 2009 | Category: Life in Nelson, Projects | Leave a comment