The New England Flame

07/26/2024

Today's front page.

05/26/2024

For the second time today, my word was take what you get and give it away. Part of making a difference is not holding on but letting go.

05/13/2024

03/24/2022

Our host has not been able to resolve our site issues. All articles now appear at our PositiveNewsForYou.com site.
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The Walk for Hunger is a fundraiser that supports Project Bread’s work to increase food access for people of all ages in Massachusetts.

11/14/2020

I am looking for folks to partner with to do more with this page and the website.

COVID has made it rough. Let's beat it!

02/29/2020

http://positivenewsforyou.com/march-happenings-in-the-lake-sunapee-region-p2461-197.htm

Check out the month of March events in Lake Sunapee region in New Hampshire

12/06/2019

Please post events, concerts, fairs and such that are happening in New England this weekend. (In my case "grandparent with grandchildren" is wanting to know. And I will be going to look at Christmas lights and displays, so post those too! :) )

10/29/2019

Adrien Paradis, III Wins R.A.D. Auto Machine Street Stock Rookie of the Year Honors at Stafford Speedway

(Stafford Springs, CT)---After running the Sportsman division at Waterford from 2016-2018, Plainville, CT native Adrien Paradis, III came to Stafford for 2019 to try his hand in the Street Stock division. The driver of the #19 CSB Communications Chevrolet had never previously raced at Stafford but proved that lack of experience wouldn’t be an issue recording a 7th place finish in his first start. From there, Paradis finished all but one of this season’s 20 Street Stock races in the top-10, cruising to R.A.D. Auto Machine Rookie of the Year honors over Marvin Minkler.



“I missed out on winning rookie of the year when I first started racing at Waterford, so that was one of our main goals for the season,” said Paradis. “It’s a pretty cool feeling. I think we went above and beyond our expectations for this season, especially being our first year at Stafford. Originally we wanted to finish in the top-10 in points and we ended up finishing fifth. We certainly would have liked to be on the podium a little more than we were, but Stafford is a tough track and it was a totally different driving style than what I was used to, so there was a lot of learning on my part this year. I really have to thank my entire crew, my parents, Mike Davis, Joe Brockett, and I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without my sponsors CSB Communications, Midstate Air Compressor, KCM, Auto Glass Specialists, and East Coast Packaging.”



With having never previously raced at Stafford, getting to grips with the Stafford half-mile layout was Paradi’s biggest challenge during his rookie campaign. Paradis had to adjust from the tight confines of Waterford to deal with the longer straightaways at Stafford. In addition to a different track layout the driver of the #19 car had to learn how to race with a restrictor plate which has been used for years in Stafford’s Street Stock and Dare Stock division. After running one full season with a restrictor plate, Paradis may have an advantage entering 2020, as the restrictor plate has been removed from the Street Stock rulebook.



“I think the driving style was the biggest thing for me to adapt to this season,” said Paradis. “At Waterford, you can drive a lot deeper into the corners where at Stafford you have to back the corner up and let the car roll for a lot longer. I was overdriving the car into the corners and with the restrictor plate that really hurt us coming off the corner. With the restrictor plate on the car, any little mistake you make gets amplified because you don’t have the power to overcome it. I can’t wait for next season with the restrictor plates coming off the cars.”



Paradis’ best finish this season was a third place finish on August 23, his lone podium finish of the season. With a full season’s worth of experience under his belt, Paradis is excited to get back on track in 2020 and fight for more podium finishes and his first career win.



“I think we’ll be ahead of the game for the start of next season,” said Paradis. “We changed our setup to try a couple different things at the end of the season to try to get ready for next season and see how the car would react. Hopefully we can be up front every week and put the car in victory lane. Our main goal is going to be to win a race or two next season. I think we have things figured out for the most part and I have a great setup guy so it’s all going to come down to me as the driver. Obviously I’d love to win the championship next year but if we can go a couple spots better than we were this year and finish in the top-3 in points, that would be good for us.”



With Paradis establishing that he can be a consistent runner this season with 19 top-10 finishes in 20 starts, he will be looking to carry over his consistency to next season and combine his consistency with his year of experience at Stafford to be front runner every week.



“This season was awesome for us,” said Paradis. “We were pretty fast right off the trailer at the first race and we managed to have consistent finishes with no major wrecks that caused damage to the car. I think we showed this year that consistent finishes will keep you towards the top and consistency along with winning some races is what is going to win the championship.”



Paradis will officially be crowned the 2019 Street Stock R.A.D. Auto Machine Rookie of the Year at the 50th Annual Stafford Speedway Champion’s Awards Banquet, scheduled for Friday, November 15 at Maneeley’s in South Windsor. Tickets to the awards banquet are $50 and are on sale now. Tickets can be ordered by calling the track at 860-684-2783 or they can be ordered online at www.staffordspeedway.com.



For more information, visit www.staffordspeedway.com, checkout Stafford Speedway on Facebook or Twitter, or contact the track office at 860-684-2783.

10/25/2019

Ronnie Williams Wins 2nd Consecutive SK Modified® Championship at Stafford With a Tiebreaker

(Stafford Springs, CT)---Ronnie Williams and the #50 Les’s Auto Center team came into the 2019 SK Modified® season at Stafford Speedway ready to defend their championship. Williams and the #50 team recorded an impressive 5 wins, 13 top-5 and 18 top-10 finishes this season, but those impressive stats nearly weren’t enough. After 20 events and a long summer grind the SK Modified® points championship ended in a tie between Williams and Todd Owen with 840 points each. Owen won the final SK Modified® race of the season but Williams’ 5 wins to Owen’s 4 gave him the tiebreaker and a second consecutive championship.



“I can’t thank all my guys enough,” said Williams. “They worked hard all year long, the driver kind of put us in a little setback at the beginning of the year but the guys all believed in me and we won some races. It came down to the wire and Todd did what he had to do by going out and winning the final race but we also did what we had to do. I’m really happy to be the champion again this year. Thanks to Empower Financial, All Town Sanitation & Recycling, Flamingo Motorsports, Les’s Auto, Noonan Energy, Hamm’s Welding, Pettit for the awesome power, Centurn Machine, and NAPA of Tolland. We lost Cory Flowers and Bud Edmonds over the off-season so this is for those guys and hopefully we can come back and do it again next season.”



Williams’ defense of his championship didn’t get off to the best of starts. Williams was caught up in a last lap wreck in the very first race of the year as part of the NAPA Spring Sizzler® and he finished 18th on May 31 after losing a transmission during the race. At the conclusion of the first 8 races of the season, Williams was 6th in the point standings, 76 points behind Owen.



“I’ve always said the Spring Sizzler is the most important race of the season,” said Williams. “If you don’t have a good run in that race, you’re starting the next race in the back because of the handicapping and that leads into the following weeks. We were running 7th and overall not having a very good day and we got spun on the last lap and finished 17th because I put the car in a spot that it shouldn’t have been in. Then the night that Andrew Molleur won his first race, we were running third and probably would have had a least a top-5 finish, the transmission let go and we ended up finishing 18th. At that point we were 76 points behind so we had a lot of ground to make up and we had to be perfect for the remainder of the season.”



Williams’ march towards the championship began with the June 28 NAPA SK 5k. Williams became the first back-to-back winner of the 100-lap extra distance summer classic following a hard charge back through the field after getting caught up in a multi-car wreck on a lap-40 restart. The NAPA SK 5k victory set off a 5-race stretch that saw Williams finish in the top-3 each week. The strong summer run carved his deficit to Owen from 76 points down to 44 points. Over the final 12 races of the season, Williams never finished a race worse than 6th position.



“Every time I come to the racetrack with the #50 team, I feel like we have a good chance to win, it’s just a matter of if things fall our way or not,” said Williams. “In the 5k we were involved in a wreck around lap-40 and had 2 tires go down. When we came into the pits, we didn’t put stickers on the car, we used the tires from the previous week that probably had around 100 laps on them. I remember going into turn 1 on the first lap under green the steering didn’t feel quite right and I started thinking I was going to wreck at any second. Then we won, which was unbelievable and that race definitely turned things around for us.”



Williams’ performance in the second half of the season slowly chipped away at the point lead that Owen had built up eventually taking control of the point lead for the first time following his victory in the August 9th feature that also saw Owen finish 22nd after an early race wreck. Williams headed into the final race with a 6 point lead over Owen, meaning that if he finished fourth or better, he would win the championship no matter where Owen finished. Williams managed to finish fourth, but it was tough sledding for Williams as he didn’t get up to fourth place until there were 3 laps to go in the race and the 2019 season.



“The last race, I couldn’t seem to get into the right line,” said Williams. “For all the restarts we were lined up on the top and it just seemed like the top wasn’t going, which was odd compared to the rest of the season. I think that race was probably the most frustrated I’ve ever been in a car but my spotter Jerry does a good job of calming me down. It didn’t help to see that Todd got to the lead pretty early in the race. We went from 8th to 13th and he went from 9th to the lead in about 10 laps, so I knew there was going to be some tough competition getting through the field, we just needed to catch a break. The last restart with about 12 to go we started 7th and I followed [Michael] Gervais through the field and I was able to get by him with 3 laps to go.”



Williams is now the 6th different driver to have won back to back championships in the SK Modified® division, joining Jerry Pearl (’84-’85), Mike Christopher (’89-’90), Bob Potter (’91-92, ’94-95), Ted Christopher (’00-01), and Rowan Pennink (’15-’16). Williams and the #50 team will look to become the first SK Modified® team to win three consecutive championships since the division was created in 1982.



“That’s pretty crazy, I didn’t realize that no one has ever won three championships in a row in the SK’s,” said Williams. “You look at the back to back list and there’s some really great names like Jerry Pearl, Mike and Teddy Christopher, and Bob Potter. It’s hard to believe Teddy won 9 championships at Stafford but never 3 in a row. I think every year is a different year. Our first championship was a relief and this year was an awesome feeling and now we’re gunning for that same feeling of winning championships.”



Williams will officially be crowned the 2019 SK Modified® Champion at the 50th Annual Stafford Speedway Champion’s Awards Banquet, scheduled for Friday, November 15 at Maneeley’s in South Windsor. Tickets to the awards banquet are $50 and are on sale now. Tickets can be ordered by calling the track at 860-684-2783 or they can be ordered online at www.staffordspeedway.com.

10/18/2019

In Laconia...
Recycled Percussion Chaos and Kindness

Visiting The New Chaos & Kindness Store. Recycled Percussion's latest offering to change the world.

10/18/2019

Teddy Hodgdon Wins 2019 SK Light Championship at Stafford Speedway

(Stafford Springs, CT)---After finishing 5th in points in his 2018 SK Light rookie season, Danbury, CT native Teddy Hodgdon and the #55 Montanari Fuel team returned to Stafford in 2019 as one of the championship favorites. When the dust settled Hodgdon was crowned the 2019 track champion after winning 5 races and holding the point lead for the majority of the season. 5 wins and a championship trophy sounds like a dream ending for Hodgdon but his season was anything but perfect.



Hodgdon and the #55 team opened the year with a second place finish and took the point lead for the first time following the May 31st feature event. Hodgdon led the standings for nearly 2 months, but a 20th place finish on July 26 left Hodgdon 4 points behind Steven Chapman. Hodgdon and Chapman would swap the point lead several times during August and at the end of the month, Hodgdon trailed Chapman by 4 points. Hodgdon would go on to win the final 2 races of the season to take the championship by an 18 point margin over Chapman.



“This is an unbelievable feeling with all the hardships that have happened this year,” said Hodgdon. “I’m really speechless right now. It feels great to be the champion and be among some of the greats in the SK Light division. Thanks to my Dad, my family, Montanari Fuel, State Cutters, Ness Auto, Jim’s Welding, Ultimate Restorations, Keith Rocco Racing for the awesome setups, R.A.D. Auto Machine, and everyone who has helped me over the last 2 years in the SK Lights.”



With 2 wins in the final 2 races of the season, Hodgdon and the #55 team engineered a storybook ending to their championship run. Although Hodgdon and the #55 team were able to raise their game and put forth two A+ efforts to win the championship, his championship hopes nearly ended in disaster during the NAPA Fall Final feature event.



Hodgdon entered the NAPA Fall Final with a 10-point lead over Chapman and a 24 point advantage over Alexander Pearl. If Hodgdon could record a 6th place finish or better, he would win the championship no matter where Chapman or Pearl finished. Hodgdon started the final 20-lap feature event from 14th place and he was on the verge of cracking into the top-6 on lap-8 when Bob Charland spun in front of him and nearly took him out of the race. Hodgdon had slight damage to his left front fender, but had to deal with another issue that was unseen by those in attendance.



“When I got in the tangle with Bob [Charland] I went to push the clutch down to shift into third gear and there was nothing there so I had to start in fourth gear for the rest of the race,” said Hodgdon. “Luckily I got good enough restarts. At first I thought it was just damage and if I kept the engine cool we’d be fine. Then we had the clutch problem and I thought ‘oh my god, should I park it, should I do this, should I do that’? There were so many things going through my head and I was just trying to think about the next restart and hoping to not wreck everyone behind me. To be able to do that and hang with the guys up front and not get demolished on the restarts was pretty good and I knew once we got the motor wound up the car was pretty good. I told myself that we just had to go and hope it worked out and it did.”



Hodgdon survived three restarts after developing the clutch issue, including a green-white-checkered restart to finish the race. On the final restart, Hodgdon lined up to the outside of Joey Ferrigno and with only 2 laps to go, Hodgdon was right where he needed to be to clinch the championship. But rather than playing things conservatively, Hodgdon saw an opportunity to get by Ferrigno and go for the win, a move that could have had disastrous consequences if his bid for the lead went wrong.



“It’s a racer’s instinct to go for the lead when you have the opportunity and I knew the championship hopes were on the line but as a racer I did what I had to do and I’m glad we ended up in victory lane,” said Hodgdon. “Coming down the backstretch with 2 to go, I had to throw something at Joey [Ferrigno] because I wasn’t going to hang back. Even though we had the championship pretty much wrapped up at that point, I wasn’t going to sit behind him in second when I had a chance to go for the win.”



Hodgdon will officially be crowned the 2019 SK Light Champion at the 50th Annual Stafford Speedway Champion’s Awards Banquet, scheduled for Friday, November 15 at Maneeley’s in South Windsor. Tickets to the awards banquet are $50 and are on sale now. Tickets can be ordered by calling the track at 860-684-2783 or they can be ordered online at www.staffordspeedway.com.



For more information, visit www.staffordspeedway.com, checkout Stafford Speedway on Facebook or Twitter, or contact the track office at 860-684-2783.
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10/18/2019

New England Classical Academy's 7th Annual Murder Mystery Dinner "Murder in the House of Horrors" will be held on Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 at 6:00p at the Claremont Senior Center, 5 Acer Heights Road, Claremont, NH. Doors will open at 5:30 pm both nights. Tickets are $30 and include salad, bread, water, choice of beef short ribs, pan seared Atlantic Mahi Mahi, or butternut squash ravioli dinner entrees with sides, dessert, and coffee. Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages will be for sale separately. To reserve tickets:email or call the school office at 603-543-3400 or [email protected].

Welcome to the Hamilton Museum and tonight's lecture on ’Monsters, Murderers and Madmen.’ You have no doubt enjoyed the Chamber of Horrors display in the lobby and are listening attentively to Professor Dirk Carlton (Christian Swingle), a renowned Egyptologist, tell of his discovery of the Pharaoh Menkaura’s tomb. However, the lecture turns deadly and a priceless jewel has vanished! Your are now a suspect as well as a witness to this mystery...but don’t worry; when Lt. Dan Morrow (Ben Carlson) arrives, he will help narrow down the suspect list and give you an opportunity to question them too! Was it the jealous wife Frances Carlton (Sofia Bianconi) or the exotic Egyptian ambassadors (Jakobi Edwards and Janessa Walck) who cursed the expedition? Could the museum director Dr. Vanderveer (Corinne Lindberg) or the museum patron Lurenda Westbrook (Madison Barney) have a motive for murder? Could the professor’s assistant Elena Newman (Emily King)have had a hand in this crime? What about the justice seeking lawyer Elvira Gray (Maya Lindberg)? Perhaps Jane Trice (Nora Lemieux) is more than just a slide projection assistant! It could even be one of the guards (Brodie Walck, Camden Fagan, Isaac Swingle, Carter Buckley) or the assistant dectective (Sienna Swingle)! You’ll just have to attend the museum’s opening lecture to find out.

10/01/2019

We have continue to put considerable energy into our website positive news for you and one of the areas we've been bringing increase to has been the area of New England. If you know folks stat are writers, reporters, photographers or videographers, we are looking to find some volunteers to let others know about the beauty in the goodness of New England. Please let others know.

09/28/2019

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Clarence DeMar Marathon Is Getting Ready For This Weekend's Run

09/28/2019

http://positivenewsforyou.com/getting-lost-togetherwomen-in-the-wilderness-p2044-103.htm

Getting Lost Together - Hiking In The Wilderness. Adventure ahead!

09/28/2019

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Hoppy Fall Y’all! The leaves are changing!

08/29/2019

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Patrick’s Pub - Grab Dinner with Family & Friends

08/22/2019

End of summer woes,, or ready for fall?

07/12/2019

August 9,10,11
Mark your calendar and plan to spend your weekend with
us. Parade, Food, Music, Vendors, Local Business
Showcase, Animals, Historical Talks and Tours and a

FIREMEN’S MUSTER! FUN for all ages!
Friday: 5:00pm Ham & Bean Supper – History Hall
Saturday: ALL DAY

7am-9am Pancake Breakfast – Fire House
11am Parade – Lempster Street
9am – 2pm – Venders, Food Trucks, Music
12 noon – Beat the Fire Chief Kids 1K Fun Run
12 noon – Kids Bubble Pit
1pm – Magic Show
2pm – Glimpses of Lempster History Talk
3pm - Fireman’s Muster Includes Neighboring Depts.
4:30pm -7pm Pulled Pork Supper – Fire House
7pm – Lempster’s Got Talent (Show) – Meeting House

SUNDAY:

1pm– How to Clean & Repair Gravestones - History Hall

07/12/2019

The Acworth Village Store - Acworth Community Project - Car Show

Acworth, NH - Motor on over to our second annual Car Show at the Acworth Village Store! This event is scheduled for July 27, 2019 from 11:00 AM until 3:30 PM. Be an attendee or be an exhibitor!

You are invited to bring your antique or classic car or motorcycle to show off to attendees who will then vote for their favorite!

Entrance is free for this event and it promises to be a fun and spectacular show! There will be food and drinks available at the Car Show followed by Acworth Village Store's famous Pizza Night from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM!

If you are interested in showing off your awesome set of wheels, please contact Wes Cubberley at [email protected] or call 603-863-4802.

The Acworth Village Store is run by The Acworth Community Project which is a NH non-profit organization. They hold 1 board meeting a month and have some interesting and fun plans for the upcoming year which include various events and fundraising activities. If you'd like more information about this community run Village Store please contact Jim Neidert at 603-835-2453.

The Acworth Village Store is located at 1068 Rt. 123A, South Acworth, NH 03607. The phone number there is 603-835-6547. The website is www.acworthvillagestore.com and you can also visit us on FaceBook.

07/12/2019

Summer Music Associates Announces August Concerts

William Ögmundson, Pianist, and The Beacon Brass Quintet are coming to New London for two exciting concerts this August. William Ögmundonson, an award-winning and EMMY-nominated composer and lyricist and classically trained solo pianist will perform at the First Baptist Church on Thursday, August 15 at 7 PM. His program will premiere “American Beauty”, a selection of American piano music tracing its roots from early Shaker melodies to modern-day Boogie Woogie. The evening will be both informative and entertaining.
The Beacon Brass Quintet, “one of the nation’s finest chamber ensembles,” returns to New London and will perform a rousing concert of early works by the British composer, William Byrd, right up to selections from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. The concert will be at the First Baptist Church on Thursday, August 22, at 7 PM. Tickets for adults are $25 and for students are $5. They are available online at www.summermusicassociates.org; at the door the evening of the concert, or by calling 603-526-8234 and leaving a message.

07/02/2019

TC 13 SK Modified® Shootout Returns with Support from Sponsors

(Stafford Springs, CT)---The TC 13 SK Modified® shootout in honor of the late Ted Christopher returns to Stafford Speedway Friday, July 12th with support from multiple sponsors. The 13-lap shootout held after the conclusion of the scheduled 40 lap SK Modified® feature was introduced in 2018 to honor 9-time track champion Ted Christopher who tragically lost his life in 2017. The TC 13 Shootout is made possible by generous partners who have committed to supporting the event in its second year. Gaston Racing Enterprises, Life Care Family Chiropractic – Dr. Sean Noel, John Rayner Real Estate and Big Haus USA Racing Products have each posted $500 to the purse.



“We introduced this event last season in an attempt to honor Teddy,” explained Stafford General Manager Mark Arute. “With 131 career wins, Teddy was the king of Stafford and thrilled fans for years. We thought it made sense to do a unique shootout event in his honor. We have an amazing trophy from Sign Pro and we’ve had great sponsors step up to support the purse that TC would have loved to run for.”



The Inaugural TC 13 SK Modified® shootout was won by Glen Reen, driver of the #17 SK Modified® owned by Dan Avery. Reen, sporting a Ted Christopher tribute paint scheme, won the feature in thrilling fashion holding off Chase Dowling for a breakout win. Since his win in the 2018 TC Shootout Reen has grabbed two more wins including a win early in 2019.



“I think it’s going to be another race of survival to make the TC 13 field,” said Reen. “Last year was extremely hard to just make it. I think going for the win last year was easier than the race for 13th place was. I think we have a good car we just have to see what happens. I think the invert is a great idea. Winning that race meant a lot, it probably ranks right up there with my Tour win as the biggest wins of my career. Especially to win that race for Dan Avery, I saw him wreck last year and I know how bad he wanted to be in that race and win it. If it couldn’t be Mike, Jr. winning the race, then I said to myself there’s no way I wasn’t winning that race for Dan. To bring that trophy back to Dan’s shop and put it up on the wall next to a photo of Teddy hugging Dan after Dan won his first race driving one of Teddy’s cars, that’s where the trophy belongs. My pattern this year seems to be good, bad, good, bad, so hopefully we can be good that night.”



The 2019 event will be similar to the 2018 edition with the top-13 finishers in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature transferring to the TC 13 SK Modified® Shootout. New for 2019, the winner will draw a number 1 to 13 to determine the invert. If 13 is drawn the 13th place finisher will start on the pole of the shootout.



Stafford Speedway is still looking for additional partners to join the program. Any individual or business interested in supporting the event may contact the track office (860-684-2783).



The TC 13 SK Modified® Shootout will once again be paired with the Bud Light Open Modified 80, the 3rd Open Modified event of the 2019 season. Stafford’s Late Models, SK Lights, Limited Late Models, and Street Stocks will also all be in action. Tickets for the Bud Light Open Modified 80 / TC 13 SK Shootout are priced at $30.00 for adult general admission, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seat tickets are $32.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of free parking along with overnight camping available for self contained Recreational Vehicles.



For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.

Home of the SK Modifieds

07/02/2019

Andover Historical Society invites

artists, crafters to Old Time Fair



The Andover Historical Society is inviting all local artists, photographers, artisans and crafters to participate in its annual Old Time Fair on Sunday, August 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the grounds of the historic Potter Place Railroad Station in Andover.



With lawn space for up to two dozen vendors and others demonstrating their craft, the fair regularly draws up to 5-600 attendees. In addition to showcasing local creative efforts, the fair offers food, live music and other entertainment, fun and games for youngsters, a rummage sale, locally grown produce, and more.



Cost for a vendor is $20 for a 10'x10' space. Vendors must provide their own canopy and tables. For more information, or to reserve space, contact Donna Baker-Hartwell at [email protected] or Alex Estin at 735-6579 or [email protected]. Space permitting, registrations are accepted until the day before the fair.



According to Baker-Hartwell, "The Society would like extend a special invitation to those who are carrying on traditional crafts. We are especially looking for potters and basket makers, weavers, metal workers and wood turners, stone carvers and leather makers. If you are a 'traditional' craftsperson/artist, your vendor fee will be waived if you offer demonstrations."

07/02/2019

Celebrate New Hampshire Eat Local Month With The Acworth Village Store



Acworth, NH - This August, The Acworth Village Store will join over 70 partners throughout the state to highlight New Hampshire Eat Local Month -- a month-long celebration of local food and New Hampshire farmers and food producers. Increased interest in local food benefits us all by positively affecting the health of the economy, communities, and environment.



“New Hampshire residents and visitors, alike, are showing unprecedented interest in local food, and this month-long celebration offers a great opportunity to feature New Hampshire grown foods and farms,” said Gail McWilliam Jellie from the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food.



As part of the NH Eat Local Month festivities, The Acworth Village Store (located at 1068 Route 123A, South Acworth, NH) will be presenting these events:

· There is our very popular Saturday Night Pizza Night, which is every Saturday Night from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Enjoy freshly made pizza, with some locally grown toppings, from our outdoor clay oven and listen to live local music.

· On August 10th, as part of our Pizza Night, we will also be hosting an Ice Cream Social, featuring an ice cream topping bar. Kids and adult portions will be available. Come on over and enjoy time with friends and family!

· We also will be hosting our annual Harvest Dinner, on August 24th, at 6 PM. Come celebrate the harvest with us! - Our annual Gala Event featuring a multi-course meal which showcases deliciously prepared locally harvested foods. Limited Seating. Tickets can be purchased at the Village Store at the end of July.



The celebration also includes a virtual scavenger hunt, buy local campaign, story sharing from farmers and businesses, and events hosted by NH Eat Local Month partners.



The organizers of these events said, "We are interested in letting everyone know about these events taking place at the Acworth Village Store. We work very hard to host these events for the benefit and enjoyment of our community, and also as a way to help sustain the Village Store's operations. The Acworth Community Project is the body that runs the Acworth Village Store, which is a Community Owned - non-profit business. It relies on local patronage and donations to serve the community with fun events, terrific food, and a convenient, yet charming, local grocery all wrapped up in small town atmosphere. We hope that people stop by for some of our famous fresh store made donuts and coffee or for a few groceries and a hot delicious breakfast or lunch! We sell many locally produced foods, such as eggs, honey, maple syrup, cheeses, meat, and more! It's a great community gathering place, and we love to see new faces!"



Find more information at www.nheatlocal.org and www.facebook.com/nheatlocal. To become a NH Eat Local Month partner, contact Samantha Cave at [email protected].

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