Here we are, a brand new blog site for you to talk about all the positive things we love about our town. We hope to see people and organizations use this blog to promote Winchester in a good way. Many of us already know about all the great things Winchester & Ashuelot has to offer but some of you may not. We welcome individuals and organizations like, Ellen Lambert Murphy Memorial Community Center, United Church of Winchester, Grace Christian Fellowship, Assembly of God, Winchester Learning Center, Town officials, Town Departments & Boards, Historical society, Red Hats society, C.A.S.T., W.G.Y.B., Kiwanis, Mt Pisgah Sportsman Club, V.F.W., Arlington Grange, St. Stanislaus Church, Pickle Festival, Ashuelot Headstart, Conant Library, Thayer Library, Ashuelot Village & Children's Fund, Winchester Elementary School, and all the rest of the great places and groups we have in town. Does your organization have something you want to let the community know about? Events, Meetings? post the info here. Do you have ideas to help our town grow? post them here.
If we all work together at promoting our community in a positive way the sky is the limit.
Remember, keep it positive and respectful and lets promote our towns image in a great way.
Thank you
Winchester & Ashuelot News
winchesternews@gmail.com
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This sounds wonderful!
The Winchester Learning Center will be having it's 10th annual walk-a-thon on May 1st. There will be lots of prizes and great family fun. For more information, or to register a team, contact the WLC @(603)239-7347
About time we had some good positive things about Ashuelot and Winchester Nothing gets resolved through attacking our neighbors
AVCF host a fundraising dance Saturday April 17th 7-11 P.M., Dance to the band Moss Hollow, Food sold by Mt. Pisgah Sportsman Club, raffles and other fun stuff. We will be selling our ducks 5$ for the river race in August, large cash prize for 1st place this year and taking orders for Princess House Crystal.Dance cover charge is 5$ per person or 8$ per couple. come dance the night away and raise money for a good cause AVCF's Santa's visit to Ashuelot. Questions or more in contact avcfund@gmail.com
will let you know soon where and how you can purchase ducks besides at the dance
Welcome Donna and AVCF, enjoy
Did you know that about 1/3 of our 9th graders at Keene High were in the paper for making the honor roll the first half of the year. You should!
Welcome Jill, That is great news, and just the stuff we are looking for. Please keep us informed as you learn more fact about our school children. If you know any of these children tell them good job and we are all proud of them.
To elaboarate more on what Donna said. The WLC is looking for teams to register to walk. The team who earns the most pledges will receive a dinner for 30 from the Olive Garden. Also for every 10 dollars you raise you will receive a raffle ticket the day of the walk and win prizes. Hope to see you there it is for a great cause.
P.S. I am very excited about this site and hope lots more use it. Thanks
Welcome Roberta and Winchester Learning Center.
we know the walk-a-thon has been succesfull for you in the past and will do everything we can to help you promote it and the WLC. Is there a golf tournament this year?. We intend on adding Links to websites like WLC's soon and hope you can do the same for us if your site has the option. Keep us posted on all the events you have coming up in the future and we hope the walk athon is even more succesfull this year
The United Church of Winchester will be holding its 350th bean supper Saturday 4/3 at 5pm
Lets all come out and support this event, Many of us have experiances with all the good things this Church does for its community and we need to support them. Thank you U.C.W. for being there for us
Conant Library would like to add its welcome and thanks for starting this opportunity for positive news about winchester to be more available. We have an event coming up. Marina Fores, artist, lecturer, storyteller will be presenting "Faberge Eggs: From Fine Art to Fine Craft" at the town hall on Friday, April 9th 6pm - 9pm. Great way to celebrate spring. Lecture is free, but there will be materials fee for the workshop.
Welcome Conant Library, we are very glad to hear about your event. Keep us posted on all the wonderful things happening at our library. Soon we will be adding a link to your website here on this blog and hope you can do the same for us if its available on your site. Keep up the good work and we hope to keep hearing from you.
"Books are the best way to travel the world without leving your seat"
MT. Pisgah Sportmans Club will be hosting their Kids Easter egg hunt Saturdar April 3rd 10 am at Winchester's V.F.W pavilion (behind the VFW)
This is always been a great time and the Easter bunny himself has been known to show up and hand out treats. Bring your kids and enjoy this nice spring tradition.
Next time you meet one of these members remember to thank them for all the hard work and effort they give our community.
Great job and thank you for the invite. This is just what we needed!!!
Baseball season is here and coaches met tonight to discuss the season. So many enthusiastic coaches, "veteran" and new coaches alike. It's going to be a great season!
Cub Scout Pack #340 will hold it's 2nd annual Pinewood Derby and 100th BSA party this Wednesday at the UCW.
We have families who need scholarships for multiple youth registrants to summer camp. Camp cost is subsidized by Winchester's taxpayers and voters. Cost to families is $65/week per child. If you, your organization or business would like to sponsor a local camper please call 239.4316.
The ELMMCC is hiring summer camp counselors. Please inquire at 239.4316 or visit our web at www.elmmcenter.net
Flea market opens April 24th.
I will be sure to post upcoming events as they come.
Danielle Borges, ELMMCC
Welcome Danielle and the ELMMCC.
What a great place, One of the towns best assets.
so glad to see your post letting us know whats up at the ELMMCC and thats just what this site is about. We have watched the ELMM grow into such a wonderful safe place for our community and know our kids are being taught good healthy safe choices while being involved with such great programming.
We understand that much of your programs and activities rely heavely on community volunteers and hope this site will bring some more your way.
When the baseball season starts we hope you can provide us with a schedule for home games, It would be wonderful to see our towns people come out and spend a evening watching our kids play baseball and enjoy a snack from the consession stand while we are at it.
Thank you again for posting with us and keep up the great work.
Readers, do you want to be involved and make a difference? donate your time and skills to places like the ELMMCC. We understand all volunteers and employees must pass a criminal background check and will be held to a high code of ethics. If you want to make our community better, starting with the children at places like the ELMMCC is a great way to make a difference
Having grown up in Ashuelot and having enjoyed Santa on the common, it was wonderful for me to see that tradition revived I also spent many happy hours in the Ashuelot library and so did my mother so for me it is such a thrill to see my son and grandsons living there and helping to keep a wonderful tradition and sense of communtiy going. I am hoping that more people can become involved in making this small time library a rich addition to a lovely little communtiy
Welcome Will and Carole
Its great to hear how bringing back some of these "old time traditions" makes people really happy. Some of us choose to live in these small towns so we can have a closeness with our neighbors and community.
Enjoy our blog and check back often
I think this site is a great idea, I hope everyone post all the Information about town events so we can all stay informed with whats happening
At our regular Grange meeting on Sunday, the grange voted to re-establish our scholarship fund. We will now offer a $200.00 scholarship to any senior going on to further their education. This is not limited to just four year colleges or two year programs. We will except applications from seniors going on to beauty school, auto mechanics, vet techs. Applications will be going out to all seniors in a packet along with other scholarship apps. We will also be holding an afghan raffle to help fund this tickets will be available early in April $1.00 ea 6 for $5.00. We will be setting up a table at Kulicks a couple Saturdays in April to sell tickets
Bean supper Sat night,,,yum
Welcome Arlington Grange.
Great news about your scholarship, Its great to hear about organizations helping our kids further their education. Keep up the good work.
"Readers" you need to find the time to make it to Kulicks on the Saturdays that they are selling the tickets for the scholarship fund, do your part in helping send our kid's to furthering education. it will pay our community back in the long run.
Rabies clinic on April 24th from 9:00 to noon, behind the fire station shots are $10.00. The Town Clerk will be available that day to license dogs. Licenses are $10.00 for dogs that are not fixed and dogs that are fixed are $8.00. Dr Morenz at Park Place Vet hospital will be our Vet for the day.
Welcome Town Clerks office
Thank you for making everyone aware of the Rabies and Registration clinic. Everyone can do their part in keeping our animals safe and legal.
Let us know what we can do for you in the future
Will and Carole
Dont eat so much Hot dogs and Beans that you cant enjoy those great pies after
It's the 350th bean supper. This month we are celebrating with confetti cake!
For me, and many others in our pack, tonight was the first Pine Wood Derby for Pack #340 and WOW was it fun! What a fantastic night. Thank you to the United Church of Winchester for hosting our 36 Scouts and their families.
Many thanks to Steve, Committee Chair, for organizing our race. Kerry, Cub Master for organizing our party and making sure that our Scouts had fun.To Tammy, Geneen, Barb, Lynn and Jaymz, we could not have pulled off this evening without your expertise and commitment. Thank you so much for everything you do.
To all of the Cub Scout Parents,
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this wild and crazy event. It was loud, crazy and MESSY but the boys had fun, fun, fun and that all that is important!! Thank you so much for coming tonight.
Danielle, Tiger Den Leader #1
Welcome Danielle.
Glad to hear the Pine wood derby was a great event. Do we have any future Nascar drivers?.
Could you tell us about other things our Cubscouts have been up to, or future events they may have coming?.
In our opinion Cubscouts, Boyscouts and girlscouts are proven programs that helps our children grow into healthy, safe adults and future leaders. We are very glad to see a active pack in town and hope this helps bring back a active Boyscout troop like we had in the past.
Soon we will have a place for people to post pictures, and it would be great to see some of the cars our young boys designed and built.
We would like to remind you Saturday is a big day.
10 AM Easter egg hunt behind the V.F.W
5 PM U.C.W.s 350th Bean supper
Enjoy
WOW.....Never seen thousands of Easter eggs cleaned up in 15 seconds like that before. The MT Pisgah Sportsmens Easter egg hunt was a great success very large amount of kids and parents came and enjoyed the fun. Weather couldnt of been better.
Dont forget tonights 350th Bean supper at the U.C.W, first serving is at 5 PM
What a great idea.
The thayer library would like people in Ashuelot to know the library is open Monday and Thursdays
1-6 PM
Thank you for this site
Ducks, Ducks, Ducks and more Ducks
Our first batch of Ducks are in for the Ashuelot river race. Ducks are 5$ each and a large cash prize for first place. To purchase Ducks contact
Ed Lake @ the Thayer Library thayerlibrary@gmail.com or Barb Doyle at the Ashuelot Post office.
Soon we will have other places in our community where these Ducks can be purchased, stay tuned for more info
avcfund@gmail,com
I was wondering if you could send this information out to people in Winchester and surrounding towns.
We are working to win a $250,000 grant on the Pepsi Refresh website. The money will go towards research based health initiatives such as Early Sprouts, CATCH and All-Stars. The way it works is you visit the website, log in and are allowed to vote once a day per email address for every day during the month of April. We are currently ranked 87th and need to be in the top 2 in order to win!! http://www.refresheverything.com/nhaccessccan
If you need more information, please feel free to contact me at eharveyaccess@gmail.com or 239-4381 x260.
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Elizabeth Harvey
Health and Wellness VISTA
Plustime NH A*VISTA Member Serving with ACCESS
105 Parker Street
Winchester, NH 03470
(603) 239-4381 x260
Blood Drive
May 19, 2-7 pm
ELMM Community Center
Volunteers needed to assist Red Cross workers, food donations accepted and appreciated. Food donations feed the donors and the volunteer workers.
Contact the ELMMCC at 239-4316
Thank you Elizabeth Harvey and Danielle Borges.
Liz keep using us to get the Information out about the great things that the ACCESS program is providing our school kids.
Danielle, Please keep us up to date on the Blood drive, and what we as a community can do to make it succesfull. I for one hope if I ever need blood I would like it to be there for me.
Welcome Thayer Library.
We understand you have some interesting historical pictures and Information on the Village of Ashuelot. It looks like you use the Library for a platform for doing good things for the Village of Ashuelot. Keep us posted on upcoming events.
Another "olde time tradition" is strong family values. Glad to see a website that promotes this. All too often the people promoting these values don't practice what they preach. We need more examples of families that are strong and loving. Where the children have a place to feel safe.
Please join us for the Ashuelot Head Start Ice Cream Social! Monday May 10th from 6-7! No RSVP's are needed and anyone is welcome! Please call 239-8228 with any further questions,
We hope you can join us!
Ashuelot Head Start Staff
This is an open house...I forgot that in the first post! Please come and see our school!
Great news Ashuelot Head Start,
I have been lucky to have been to your school before and what a beautiful Enviroment you have for the kids, I really like the Glass french doors leading outback into the field.
So come on people come on down and have some Icecream and check out this treasure. The head Start program is an asset that we must appreciate.
Giving our children a "Head Start" in life.
We would like to remind everyone of our fundraising dance Saturday April17th at Winchesters VFW. Music by Moss Hollow, food by Mt. Pisgah Sportsman Club and lots of rafles and prizes. Ducks for the Ashuelot river race in August will be on sale. 21 and over!. All proceeds for Ashuelot Village & Childrens Fund for the Santa's visit to Ashuelot. Bring your friends and come dance the night away for a good cause.
August 7th, Ashuelot river duck race to benafit Santa's visit to Ashuelot.
Cash prizes 500$ first place, 75$ 2nd place, 25$ 3rd place. Watermellon social and silent auction is planned while waiting for the ducks to race down the river. Ducks for sale now, 5$ each, Contact:
Ed Lake, Thayer Library 239-4099 edlake68@gmail.com
Barb Doyle, Ashuelot Post Office cell- 566-8121
Danielle Borges, ELMMCC 239-4316
Kathy Stephens, 336-5397 kast1@comcast.net.
Carolyn Brown, 239-4270 t2j2bc@hotmail.com
Jen Martin, 239-7470 gypsy7700@comcast.net
Karey Miner, 239-8611
Penny Vaine, 239-8866 pnny689@aol.com
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