The Inn
at Deerfield, a non-profit organization which specializes in caring
for individuals with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, presents Entering
Their World… Their Reality "How Would I Feel?" by Mal Allard on May
9, 2012 at 5:00 pm. The presentation will be at the Deerfield
Community Church, 15 Church Street, Deerfield, NH. Light
refreshments will be served. There is no charge to attend, but
donations would be appreciated.
For more information, please contact The Inn at Deerfield at
603-463-7002 or
[email protected].
Open
House, Barnstead Community Market, a co-op at your fingertips…
Saturday, May 5, 9-4, 13A Parade Road, Barnstead, NH 03218. Alpaca
products, pottery, jewelry, prints. Visit with alpacas and rabbits.
Northwood Historical Society
The
Northwood Historical Society will feature a program by Pam Weeks on
Quilts for Civil War Soldiers, 7:00 pm, May 15, 2012 at the
Northwood Community Center, located at the corner of Main and School
Streets, Northwood, NH.
Pam
Weeks is the curator of the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA
and is a quilt historian. Her first book Civil War Quilts was
recently released by Schiffer Publications.
Quilts
made for use by Civil War soldiers are very rare, only sixteen are
currently known. The program will outline the origins of the U.S.
Sanitary Commission at the beginning of the Civil War, the roles
women played on the home front and on the battlefield with featured
stories of several actual Civil War soldiers’ quilts.
The
program is free and open to the public. A short annual business
meeting will precede the program. Pot luck refreshments will follow
the program. We look forward to you joining us for this interesting
program.
Annual
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Northwood residents may bring up to 10 gallons of household
hazardous waste (HHW) to Turnkey Landfill, Rochester Neck Road,
Rochester on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. This is
the one time each year you may bring items that may not be disposed
of at the Northwood Transfer Station. There is no charge.
Household hazardous waste include: House and Garden products - weed
killers, bug/rodent poison, oven cleaners, drain and toilet
cleaners, pool chemicals, and flea repellents. Garage products -
fuel additives, creosote, antifreeze, transmission and brake fluids.
Workshop/paint products - oil or enamel based paints and stains,
paint strippers, photography chemicals, glues, solvents, etc.
Properly
disposing of HHW protects the environment from contamination and
reduces the risk of poisoning and health risks to humans.
For more
information on what items may be disposed, be sure to pick up a
flyer at the Northwood Town Hall or call the City of Rochester at
332-4096.
Spring
Returns To Northwood’s Antique Alley
Outdoor
tables and weekly antique shows bring greater opportunity for
exploring along Northwood’s Antique Alley.
With the
appearance of warm weather, Northwood’s famous Antique Alley is
awakening with more shops opening their doors, and preparing for
future outdoor activities. Although a number of shops do stay open
every day all winter, many of the smaller shops increase their days
and hours of operation when spring returns.
No
matter what your interest, whether looking for a particular item or
just "treasure hunting," you are sure to enjoy the adventure of
finding a special item for your home or collection.
Activities happening now and in the near future include: a weekly
antique show held at Parker-French from 9-2 every Sunday, with plans
for Wednesday shows; the return of Fern Eldridge Antiques outdoor
market; and the re-opening of a large shop in East Northwood in the
coming months.
For more information visit
www.nhantiquealley.com
Norwich
Downs Suffolk 8-1 In GNAC Softball Tournament First Round
The
Norwich University softball team used a six-run fourth inning to
power past Suffolk 8-1 on Tuesday afternoon at the NU Softball Field
in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament First Round
action.
Sophomore outfielder Kim Comtois of Northwood, NH hit a RBI double
into the right-centerfield gap. Comtois later scored on a passed
ball.
Suffolk
(20-21) briefly cut into the lead in the top of the sixth inning.
However, Norwich responded right back in the bottom half of the
inning, and pushed the Norwich lead to 8-1. With Tuesday’s win,
Norwich avenged its two regular season losses to Suffolk.
Norwich
now advances to the GNAC Quarterfinal round where it will meet No.
3-seeded Simmons on Friday at 2 pm at Saint Joseph’s in Maine. The
rest of the tournament is a double-elimination format. With a win
against Simmons, NU would play again right afterwards against Saint
Joseph’s. With a loss, Norwich would fall into the loser’s bracket
and would face the loser of the Rivier/Johnson & Wales/Emerson side
of the bracket.
The last
time Norwich was in the GNAC Tournament was 2010 which was head
coach Greg McGrath’s first season at the helm of the program. The
Cadets won their first round game that year and then proceeded to be
knocked out with losses to Simmons and Saint Joseph’s Maine …
McGrath is now 2-2 in the postseason.
Kindergarten And 1st Grade Registration At The Northwood School
The
Northwood School is currently accepting registration packets for the
2012-13 school year for all incoming kindergarten students and any
incoming first grade students not enrolled in kindergarten. A formal
kindergarten registration day will be held at the school on Friday,
May 18th for parents and their child.
Children
will have the opportunity to meet with Northwood School staff and
participate in some learning activities, while parents will be given
a brief tour of the school and be able to complete the registration
packet if necessary.
Registration packets can be found on the front page of the Northwood
School website,
www.northwood.k12.nh.us, and may be turned in to the main office
with the required documentation any time.
Please
contact the main office at 942-5488 to sign up for a time to come in
on the 18th for the formal registration day.
Humor
And Harmony Is Back!
The
Friends of the Northwood Library proudly present "Humor and Harmony"
featuring Rebecca Rule and Cordwood at the Masonic Hall on Route 4
in Northwood on Saturday, May 19, from 7:00-9:00 pm. Suggested
donation is $5.00 per person at the door. Cookies and beverages will
be available for purchase. Proceeds will be used to complete the new
outdoor sign at the Chesley Memorial Library.
Rebecca
Rule, aka the Moose of Humor, is a humorist/writer who specializes
in funny stories about New Hampshire. You never know what is going
to happen once the lies, uh, stories start flying. Her CDs are
"Better Than a Poke in the Eye" and "Perley Gets a Dump Sticker."
Her latest book is "Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New
Hampshire-the Present, the Past, and the Future." Other recent books
include "Live Free & Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New
Hampshire" and "Headin’ for the Rhubarb: A New Hampshire Dictionary
(well, kinda)."
Cordwood
is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and
recording artists from Northwood, Strafford, and Deerfield. This is
not your local neighborhood hobby band. They are a fine group of
seasoned New England musicians. Each can hold his or her own at
field picking or a back stage jam, and yet, as a band, they present
a highly polished on-stage performance. All four members of Cordwood
are storytellers and songwriters, creating original material for
instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize, sometimes taking the
lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two, three, or even
four part harmonies to a song.
Cordwood
provides a unique sound to both originals and the covers they
perform. Their tunes remain heartfelt and down-home. The band’s
material is a mixture of traditional bluegrass, folk, and swing.
Cordwood is Wini Young on banjo and guitar, Walt Kutylowski on bass,
Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin; names you may
remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band, and Fat
Hands.
Northwood Master Plan Update
The
Northwood Planning Board is updating the town’s Master Plan, the
guiding document for land use, and we need your input.
In
today’s Suncook Sun is a community survey for Northwood residents.
It asks 15 questions on your views on land use, development,
resource protection, and transportation. Please take the time to
complete it. Your answers give us a sense of your priorities for
land use.
The
survey results will help to determine the direction of and
priorities for the Planning Board. Surveys can be dropped at Town
Hall, Chesley Library, or the Northwood Post Office, or bring them
to a visioning session.
While a
survey can be answered quickly by checking a box, sometimes a
conversation is needed to find out what really matters. On Thursday,
May 10th at 7 pm and Saturday, May 12 at 10 am, both events at the
Community Center on the corner of Main and School (Route 107 north)
Streets, the planning board will host two visioning sessions.
We will
discuss housing, economic development, natural resources,
transportation, community facilities/services and other topics. You
can see how Northwood has changed over time, and then help to
determine how you want it to change (or not) in the future. If you
have something to say about the future of our town, please plan on
attending.
This is
the start of the master plan update. Much more work is coming, but
we need your input to get started. Thank you for your participation.
Robert
Strobel
Planning
Board Chairman
Northwood Softball Baseball Opening Day
Opening
Day for the Northwood Softball Baseball Association is Saturday, May
5th 9 am at the upper field behind the Northwood School. Parents
should drop off their child to their coaches in front of the school
at 8:30 am.
We are
expecting a larger crowd then in years past. When arriving, please
do not park in front or on the side of school as that is the first
part of the parade route the kids march down to the upper field.
After the ceremonies, there are several ball games scheduled, a
raffle with a chance to win NH Fishercat and Portland Sea Dog
tickets and there will be an activity for the younger kids. The
newly renovated snack shack will be open.
Please
come on down and support these great kids who have been practicing
hard to get ready to start the season.
Letter
To The Editor
Northwood residents have two great opportunities to impact their
town and school. Really! A lot of you have ideas, thoughts, wants
and wishes on how things are going to be. Now is the time to get
involved and let the Selectmen and School Board know your ideas.
The town
of Northwood is updating its Master Plan. This plan involves so much
on how we will grow, what can and cannot be done, where, land use
issues, transportation, housing, natural resources, community
services and facilities. First is a survey that should just take a
few minutes to fill out and return. It is the insert in this week’s
Sun.
In
addition, there will be two Northwood Community Visioning Sessions
where you will have an opportunity to help in the Master Plan. The
first one is on May 10th at 7 pm and the other on May 12th at 10 am,
both at the Community Center in the narrows. Here is a real honest
to goodness chance to impact your town’s future.
There
will also be a Public Forum on Northwood School to be held on May
16th. I expect some, if not all, of the School Board to be there. I
certainly will be. This will be a very open, no holds barred as long
as it’s a civil meeting. No time limit, no subject limit, no
complaint unheard, a "let’s get it out in the open" discussion.
I want
to say more and will next week but this will be, with all due
respect, your chance to put up or as they say, shut up. Parents,
teachers, taxpayers and citizens will all be welcome. I hope 500 of
you come. It’s worth your time.
Tim Jandebeur
Northwood Resident
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