Welcome to the Dublin Advocate, a monthly newsletter sponsored by the town of Dublin, NH, with news and events for our citizens here and elsewhere. It is written and edited by neighbors, for neighbors. Submit relevant items of interest to our community in article format with photographs to DublinAdvocate@nullgmail.com. Articles and advertising subject to edit. Articles of a partisan political nature will not be accepted.
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Happy New Year from the staff of the Advocate! We look forward to another year of chronicling town events and the many people who make Dublin such a friendly and beautiful place to live.
Thanks to a collaboration between Advocate Advertising Manager Nina McIntyre, Production Editor Jill Shaffer Hammond, and tech-savvy volunteer Peter Imhoff, the Advocate will soon have a newly designed website. The site will allow readers to access previous issues with ease and, importantly, will allow advertisers to buy and pay for their ads online.
Meanwhile, the January 2026 issue presents plans for a 125th anniversary celebration of the Dublin Public Library’s opening, including the reveal of a newly-excavated time capsule.
Members of several town boards and committees outline their work and relevant experience with the hope of encouraging participation from citizens. Bill Gurney, Dublin’s representative to the ConVal School Board, describes budget development meetings, the effects of open enrollment, and the positive results of new cell phone bans in schools. In town news, Will Elcoate is Dublin’s new cemetery superintendent after the retirement of Hank Campbell.
The children at Dublin Consolidated School and Mountain Shadows School help dedicate a new Peace Pole after a year of planning.
The DubHub begins the year with a Christmas tree collection for Amazing Grace Animal Sanctuary and the annual Smartphone Photo Contest, in addition to the usual weekly and monthly events. We also highlight cultural opportunities in neighboring towns: a lineup of events at the Park Theatre and a concert sponsored by Music on Norway Pond in Hancock. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy is celebrated in Jaffrey, Hancock, and Rindge.
Winter brings outdoor fun and learning: the Headlamp Hustle ski race series and outdoor adventures sponsored by the Harris Center. There are also good reasons to stay indoors: a memoir writing workshop, and a lineup of classes at the Dublin Ceramics Center.
Tom Sileo describes the varied life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Lisa Foote presents a historical follow-up to her article about disease threats to beech trees, long a staple of local forests.
Finally, we note with sadness the passing of three longtime citizens, Susie Catlin, Delsie Bean, and Raymond Simard.