Editor’s Note: Rollstone Mountain was also the inspiration for a contra dance tune written by Ralph Page. It was recorded in 1975 by Rodney Miller (fiddle), Randy Miller (piano) and Peter O’Brien (harmonica), on one of the first local recordings of dance tunes: “Castles in the Air“. It was arranged for the Nelson Town Band [...] [...]
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[ December 14, 2011; 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. ] The NELLs will be celebrating the season on Wednesday, Dec. 14th, at 12:30 PM at Luca’s Restaurant on Central Square in Keene. Please make reservations by Tuesday, Dec. 13th. Call Priscilla at 847-3264 or Bert at 847-9945. Hope to see you there! [...] |
[ December 17, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] The Monadnock Folklore Society brings this community event to the Nelson Town Hall each year, admission is $5, and treats are appreciated for the dessert potluck. This year the evening will begin with a holiday concert featuring a selection of traditional and original seasonal music; as part of the concert 2011 Johnny Trombly Scholarship [...] [...] |
[ December 4, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Come by the Nelson Congregational Church to hear the Nelson Town Band playing Christmas Carols and Holiday Songs as the church is being decorated. Then around 7:00 outside for caroling and the lighting of the church tree and the town tree. [...] |
Sophia Newell (or possibly an imposter) in front of the Gad Newell home, on Cemetery Road. Editors note: This is the third and final article in a series relating the founding of the first ministry in Packersfield. The first detailed the many efforts to acquire a minister for a small, remote community. Several ministers came for [...] [...] |
Hello, neighbors! Although it’s been some months since the School Forum, the Nelson School Board has been thinking and planning about ways to continue the discussion. Whether or not you were present at the forums, we would like invite you to meet with us to discuss some of the ideas generated by the forum, and [...] [...] |
Frank Upton’s gone now, along with his kitchen. But, it wasn’t long ago that Barry often went down the road to Frank’s farmhouse to sit around his kitchen table. As Frank got older, Barry said that he was just checking up on the old man who then lived alone, but there was clearly something more. [...] [...] |
[ August 13, 2011; ] 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 Nelson Marathon. Please note that the races start at 9:00 a.m. Book Sale: Town Hall 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Thousands of [...] [...] |
[ August 6, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Dudley Laufman will lead the dancing at a special Old Home Week edition of the Nelson Saturday Contra Dance on August 6th. On a recent episode of the NH Public Radio program, The Exchange, host Laura Knoy said, “When he raised the roof at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 with his country orchestra, Dudley Laufman [...] [...] |
The Nelson Trails Group recently explored the old class six road to the “Hart Lot” with its extensive foundations and mill site. The site was home to a sawmill operated in the early nineteenth century. The mill location on a falls in Bailey Brook provides habitat for numerous wild flowers; wild ginger graces the Osborne [...] [...] |
We weren't quick enough to get a picture of the heron, so we borrowed this one. The other pictures in the article were taken on this trip. “No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of [...] [...] |
[ July 14, 2011; 6:45 pm; ] Musical opening by Sarah Kim [...] |
The Reverend Jacob Foster served the town of Packersfield for ten years from 1781 to 1791. During that time twenty-seven families joined the church. We do not have census data that exactly match the years Foster served, but the population of Packersfield in 1783 was recorded as 511 and in 1790 as 721. The census [...] [...] |
[ May 29, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Nelson residents of all ages are invited to participate in this year’s Memorial Day celebration, along with the Boy Scouts and the Nelson Town Band. The celebration will begin on the Town Common at 11:00 am with a short performance by the Nelson Town Band. Following this, the Memorial Day paraders will line up behind the [...] [...] |
[ May 1, 2011; 5:30 am; ] Greet May Day morning with Harrisville Morris Women and Jack in the Green as we dance the sun up over the hills. On the Common. [...] |
On Saturday evening, April 16, a celebration was held in Town Hall to mark the six month anniversary of the Nelson Community Forum held at Apple Hill last September. The evening began with socializing and a finger food potluck. The committees formed at the Community Forum gave brief updates on their activities. Then on to [...] [...] |
[ April 16, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The folks of Moving In Step have planned an evening of celebration for Saturday, April 16th at 6:30 pm at the Nelson Town Hall. We’ll begin with a Pot Luck of finger foods and desserts, move on to short updates from the town’s committee chairs, and end with what Nelson is famous for … lots and [...] [...] |
Editors Note: In case you haven’t had enough winter, this article from Karen Tolman should satisfy you. I’ve just lugged a couple of green plastic chairs up to the top of the Jack Rabbit, a hill overlooking Tolman Pond and the 1790′s vintage Farmhouse, which was cleared for skiing in the 1920’s – we’re told [...] [...] |
The Reverend George Whitefield did not (as far as we know) ever preach in Nelson, but he was a contemporary of Treadway and Foster, of whom no portrait is known to exist . The original charter of Monadnock Number Six stipulated founding a successful town in accordance with the king’s requirements. The charter contained requirements to [...] [...] |
[ April 5, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Extended by Popular Demand. Everyone is Invited. Refreshments will be served. Even in bad weather, a good group has turned out each month for Game Night at the Library. We’ve played Scrabble, Bananagrams, Dominoes, Mexican Train Dominoes, Trumpet, and assorted other games. A good time was had by all. We encourage you to [...] [...] |
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