Consideration for the night sky as a vital resource opens the July issue. With mention of the Dublin School’s Perkin Observatory as benefiting from such, it is remarkable that our library has announced its purchase of a telescope for families to take home and check out the heavens for themselves.
Around town, fireworks on the Lake at dusk July 2, Dublin Historical Society invites all to help celebrate its 101st celebration, the town beach opens for the season, the town clerk’s office reopens to the public, and the town admin takes some well-deserved time off.
The BOS announces new regulations for parking of cars along Lake Road, our school board explains the taxes, and the local hospital offers a public vaccine clinic.
Our town foundation has picked the scholarship recipients, we thank our Memorial Day Committee for organizing an event for townspeople to commemorate those who gave their lives for our country, and more graduates step forth into the world. Have you considered what’s involved with zero waste?
The Dublin schoolchildren who attend Mountain Shadows School share their Olympic Studies projects, a teacher is recognized for decades of service by the NH Governor, and Yankee Publishing Inc.’s The Old Farmer’s Almanac has partnered with the local Cornucopia Project to bring education of growing food into the classroom — quite a healthful partnership!
NH Gives 2021 pulled in more than $3 million for local nonprofits, the Girl Scouts conserved 132 acres with the Monadnock Conservancy, thereby protecting the section of the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway that passes through Dublin for hikers in perpetuity, and a young writer shares her view on the community benefits of general stores during the pandemic.
People moving to our region from other countries offer skills and get support for reestablishing their families here, the DubHub is full of activity once again, the local farmer’s market offers a variety of homegrown goods and foodstuffs, and Emmanuel Church opens its summer chapel doors to all.
In the natural world, the Harris Center lets us reprint its science director’s article on snapping turtles that first appeared in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (“Living on Turtle Time” by Brett Amy Thelen), and our local moderator is shown escorting one of these ancient creatures home.
As for the arts, The Players are back in biz, as is the Amos Fortune Forum, the Monadnock Summer Lyceum, Electric Earth Concerts, and the Walden School. The Makerspace offers classes in town on creating art with clay, the Community Church offers its monthly take-out supper, and you can search out which volunteer opportunity best meets your inclination with RSVP.
The Keene vac site moves to the former Peerless Insurance location, foodstuffs are still sought all summer for ending children’s hunger during the weekends, and the homeless shelter in Keene has a serious Wish List. It’s not too late to take a tour of the new retirement community in Peterborough, read a full page of text devoted to the Town of Dublin Ordinance on Vehicular Traffic & Public Ways, and see what our bird man is watching this month (the House Wren).
As always, look closely to see who our new advertisers are this month, and stay cool.