Great news! The Town of Nelson has received an award of $3,500 from the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. This money will be used in 2012 to fund half the cost of an assessment and a plan for the use and preservation of the Town Buildings in the Village Center. The grant must be matched by [...] [...]
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Check out an eBook for Your Kindle From The Olivia Rodham Memorial Library Most of the eBooks found in the New Hampshire Downloadable Books service are compatible with Kindles. Find available Kindle titles with the Advanced Search. Nelson residents may go to the library to sign up for downloadable books. [...] |
[ October 7, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] World class fiddler and local hero Lissa Schneckenburger with Boston based guitarist Bethany Waickman come to the Nelson Town Hall on Friday, October 7 for an 8 PM concert. Admission is $12/$9(senior, youth & advance internet). [click here to go to the Monadnock Folklore Society website, where you may buy tickets online] The traditional music [...] [...] |
This summer Village Farm, in Nelson Village, is host to The Game of Village, a children’s summer camp that was created in Nelson by Cia Iselin in 1971. The Game of Village allows children to create a world in miniature, providing young people a chance to engage with the “adult world” on a small scale. [...] [...] |
This ancient remains of a tree stands sentry over the new section of the Nelson Cemetery (across the street from the old section). As yet there are no occupants in this area. [...] |
_______________________________________________________________ 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 [...] [...] |
Nelson School’s sixth graders spent the night at the Montshire Museum in Norwich, VT on Thursday, June 3. They arrived at the museum around 6:00 pm, after an early dinner at Friendly’s, and spent the evening rotating in small groups through three different activities: StarLab, Evening Walk, and Science Discovery Lab. The activities were followed by [...] [...] |
Nelson School’s fifth and sixth grade had a wonderful trip to Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco, Maine the week of May 10. Students attended three lessons a day, exploring different ecosystems and gaining a better understanding of how cycles, change, succession, and disturbance work in different areas of our environment. Lessons included the ABCs [...] [...] |
[ July 10, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Workshop 7:30 Dancing 8 – 11:00 (or so) Admission $8, $6 seniors and students Everyone welcome Jeff Petrovitch is the the Energizer Bunny of dance callers.He can be heard on Monday nights in Nelson, and at dances throughout the Northeast. An innovative dance band bringing together members from Western and Central NY and Northern PA, Tunescape nudges the [...] [...] |
We have 5 computer monitors, 1 printer and 1 electric typewriter in storage at the town office for which we are looking for good new homes. If interested in them please contact Joan that the town office before December 16th. See office hours and phone numbers in the left sidebar. Also, the Selectmen have received a [...] [...] |
Nelson School once again participated in the Trick-or-Treat for U.N.I.C.E.F. Campaign this October. Rather than setting a monetary goal, we were hoping to work instead towards increasing our participation rate. We are THRILLED to announce, that for the first time EVER, our students had a 100% participation rate!!!! (Our record prior to this [...] [...] |
Seventy-nine parents, teachers and children gathered at Nelson School Monday evening, September 14, to celebrate the new school year with a barbecue and open house. This was the second year for the BBQ and it looks like a great new tradition. The PTO provided the meat (and veggie alternatives), the school did the drinks, and [...] [...] |
Six years ago the students below perched on the playground climbing structure to celebrate their graduation from Nelson School. Nelson School Sixth Grade 2003 Last week they, plus and minus a couple folks, graduated from Keene High School. We offer our hearty congratulations and best wishes as they stride forth to the next phase of their lives! Tyler [...] [...] |
Keene High School Senior Oliver Mednick Oliver Mednick, son of Terry Mednick and Betsy Street, is one of ten NH high school seniors to be awarded a $750 scholarship from New Hampshire Local Government Center (LGC) as part of its Annual Scholarship Program. The scholarships benefit children of New Hampshire municipal, school, county or village district [...] [...] |
It’s no secret that the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library is a nice place to hang out. In addition to being a resource for borrowing books, audio and video recordings, there’s a good collection of current issues of a wide variety of magazines, and of course, computers. National trends show folks are spending more time in [...] [...] |
The warm weather and abundant sun on Saturday, March 28 was the perfect impetus to get up and get out for the first hike of the spring. My wife Anne and I decided to head up Monadnock via Bald Rock, a path we had not yet taken. It was well worth it. We checked in with [...] [...] |
Election Results for Selectman (the only contested race) Margaret Schillemat ~ 102 Dennis Dellagreca ~ 72 Click here to read the full account of Nelson’s Town Meeting at the Keene Sentinel. [...] |
From Selectmen Chair Jane Kirk: Pine Tree Cable Update I talked on the phone with Dave Kemmerer today. He was in Pennsylvania at the Pine Tree Headquarters . Dave said that the Pine Tree Cable tower in Nelson was destroyed in the ice storm. It was necessary for PSNH to get their wires out of the way before [...] [...] |
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