ISSUE NO. 403 / May 22, 2024

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

There’s lots of commotion in Sunapee Harbor these days as shop doors 0pen. Town crews are repainting crosswalks. Gardeners beautify our green spaces. The Historical Museum is dusting the cobwebs prior to opening day. The MV Mt. Sunapee II is at the dock again. LSPA & The Livery are buzzing with activity and all about the town, “Snowbirds" are returning from points south to open summer homes.  Relax in the sunshine, enjoy a Smoothie” and embrace the scene.

Farmers Market Opening Day Saturday, May 25

Visit: sunapeefarmersmarket.com

Perkins Pond Annual Spring Meeting

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 10 am

LSPA Meeting Room, 63 Main Street, Sunapee

OR Zoom: CLICK HERE

Or in your web browser type in Zoom When prompted, click join meeting. The meeting number is 5082772010 and password is Suzanne

Join your neighbors for an information packed meeting to learn about the progress of your protective association initiatives and our community. Meet and greet your neighbors, hear about opportunities to lend a hand on a committee and facts to be a knowledgeable Perkins Pond ambassador in town.

Don’t forget…

· Bring your Perkins Pond memorabilia shopping list!

· Be sure to check the 2024 current membership list when you check in · Pay your dues ($50.00) for the year (check or online at www.perkinspond.org )

Meeting Agenda:

· Watershed Project Update

· Water Committee Report

· Treasurer Report

· News and Happenings for Perkins Pond Community

Conservation Commission Volunteer Day!

June 1, 2024 - 9 AM - 11 AM

Calling All Volunteers and Nature Enthusiasts!

The Sunapee Conservation Commission will host a Volunteer Day on Saturday, June 1 from 9 to 11 AM.

We are looking for about 12 adult volunteers to help the Conservation Commission improve the Dewey Woods meadow and begin a new trail.

The volunteer work is cutting small pine and aspen saplings in the meadow so that the native shrubs (meadowsweet, blueberry, etc.) can thrive. This field was traditionally a meadow with a wonderful view of Mount Sunapee. Our goal is to restore the meadow to enhance the experience for town residents while also providing a better habitat for wildlife. A second project is to remove loose wood (branches, wood chunks, etc.) from what will become a trail loop around the meadow. Volunteers should be aware that the terrain is uneven in various spots.

The work will be done with hand tools by volunteers, using their own equipment.

Requirements:

1. 18 years of age or older

2. Able to supply own work gloves, loppers, or pruners

3. Complete a signed volunteer form from the Town of Sunapee

4. Able to bend to cut small trees close to the ground.

To sign up or to get additional information, please email conservationcommission@town.sunapee.nh.us

In case of rain, the work day will be moved to Sunday, June 2.

Join us at Sunapee Coffeehouse’s finale to the winter concert season on Friday, May 24th.

GORDON PEERY AND EVE PIERCE

Eve Pierce is making a name for herself all over the Monadnock region. She's such a versatile singer that she can perform in a variety of situations with a huge repertoire to draw from: she's at home with the music of Harold Arlen, Taylor Swift, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Brandy Carlise; jazz classics, '60's and 70's folk rock, contemporary pop, and her own inimitable original compositions.

With Gordon Peery she has found an accompanist who is able to dance, as it were, on the keyboard (or guitar), finding just the right groove for engaging song delivery

The result is a musical journey that takes you all over the place, but ends up leaving you right at home. Sunapee Coffeehouse.

This is the last Sunapee Coffeehouse performance until fall.

"Danny Savage and the BFG Band" will be on the Ben Mere Bandstand from 9 to noon, to celebrate the Opening Day of Sunapee Farmers Market on Saturday, May 25th.

“Deadheads” take note: June 7th @ LOH.

Zach Nugent's Dead Set

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:30 PM

Soulful singer/guitarist Zach Nugent (Melvin Seals & JGB, Phil Lesh & Friends) returns to LOH to celebrate the music of Grateful Dead.

With Dead Set, the noted Vermont-based Grateful Dead expert plays two mind-expanding sets featuring the band’s hits and deep cuts.

This show features "choose your own adventure seating": pick between reserved seating in the balcony or general admission seating with room to dance in the orchestra. 

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 and… just for fun, a Canine Concerto.

Ripcord

May 9 – 26

by David Lindsey-Abaire

A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet between the two women quickly escalates into a dangerous game of one-upmanship that reveals not just the tenacity of these worthy opponents, but also deeper truths that each would rather remain hidden. As heartfelt as it is deliciously inappropriate, this is a high-stakes comedy about two women of a certain age locked in a no-holds-barred battle.

PRICING & CALENDAR

"Straw Hat”. Reserve your tickets now for the annual Straw Hat previews of the summer on stage.

Lake Sunapee Rowing Club invites you to join them on the lake!

Come Row with Us!

Experienced and New Rowers Welcome

OPEN HOUSE  

June 1  10 AM - noon

Meet club members and learn about rowing opportunities

Georges Mills Public Boat Launch

 Cooper Street Georges Mills

MORNING AND EVENING COACHED SESSIONS

Next advanced session begins June 3

Novice session begins June 4

Adaptive program starting in June

Stop by our table at the May 25 Sunapee Farmers Market

For more information and registration visit www.lakesunapeerowing.org

NH’s Largest “YARD SALE” of all yard sales. Everything you ever needed, collected, or sought after, may well be found

    among the treasures at the Kearsarge Presbyterian Church’s legendary sale on Saturday, May 25th ! > poster

KCPC Yard Sale aka New Hampshire's largest Yard Sale! 

Saturday, May 25, 2024

8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Donations: We can receive your tax-deductible donations at KCPC the week before the yard sale:

Monday-Friday, May 20-24, 8AM-1PM.

See pictures at: https://www.facebook.com/NHchurchyardsale

​​Join us for the Yard Sale on May 25th to find:

Rooms filled with furniture, rugs, electronics, plus more furniture spilling out into tents in the parking lot. The entire sanctuary filled with china, glassware, pottery, kitchenware, housewares. Plus jewelry, lots of kids/adult clothing, flat-screen TVs, toys, tools, yard + garden equipment, sporting goods and a Bake Sale.

Abbott Library

Tracy Memorial Library

Newbury Public Library

The Friends of the Newbury Public Library are holding their annual Memorial Day Book & Bake Sale on Saturday May 25th from 10-1pm in the Library parking lot, weather-permitting. Contact the library if you are interested in helping donate baked goods! We have a sign-up sheet at the library.

Ralph Nurnberger on John Hay and the Panama Canal

Friday, June 7, 5:00-7:00pm 

Historian Ralph Nurnberger, who served on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that oversaw the Panama Canal treaties, will examine the sweep of the canal saga. He will address such problematic issues as why Panama was chosen and how the U.S. was able to claim the right to build a canal in another country with the right to keep it “in perpetuity.” He will also discuss the significant efforts by John Hay to resolve a series of diplomatic matters that had to be resolved before the United States could begin construction of the canal.  

Cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres will be served with a QA opportunity following the presentation.  

Meets in the Pavilion. Members: $50; Non-members: $65

Please register in advance by calling 603-763-4789 x3, 

emailing info@thefells.org, or clicking here!

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th, pause in remembrance of the brave souls who fought in defense of all that is good and just and honorable, as our country and allied nations have done since 1921. 

“The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields.” John McCrea.

Note: PBS National Memorial Day Concert... promo