Get in the vote
NH Secretary of State David Scanlan is “urging absentee voters who plan to return their ballots by mail” to send them in by Monday, Oct. 28, according to a press release earlier this week. Ballots must be received by a voter’s local city or town clerk, either returned in person or by mail, by 5 p.m. on Election Day to be counted, the release said. “Absentee ballots received after the deadline will not be counted,” the release said.
“Management decisions at the U.S. Postal Service have led to postal delays. To account for these delays and give the dedicated, hard-working postal employees enough time to deliver voters’ absentee ballots on time, absentee voters returning their ballots by mail should send them as soon as possible. Absentee voters who can return their ballots in person by the deadline prescribed above rather than by mail are encouraged to do so,” the release said. Find information about absentee ballots at sos.nh.gov/elections/absentee-ballots.
Seven to Save
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance announced its 2024 Seven To Save earlier this month and the list includes the Concord Railroad Signal Tower and the local tradition of Old Home Days, according to nhpreservation.org. “Old Home Days was the brainchild of Governor Frank Rollins in 1899. Rollins had witnessed the hollowing out of rural towns in the state … Rollins thought that a celebration of place and people, instead of a funeral, would be a successful way to entice former residents back home to reminisce and ideally invest in their hometowns. …Today, fewer than 40 communities routinely host the event, and this special celebration often rests on the shoulders of a few dedicated volunteers… ,” according to the website.
About the Concord Railroad Signal Tower, the Alliance said the tower is the last of New Hampshire’s railroad and switch tower and it is located near the Gasholder building, according to a video about the event available via nhpreservation.org/seven-to-save. Other locations on this year’s list are Ham House in Jackson, New Ipswich Town Hall, Libby Museum in Wolfeboro, Jackson Town Hall and Ashuelot Manufacturing Co. Boarding House in Winchester, the website said.
Clean buses
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Rebate Program celebrated the funding of 110 new clean school buses in nine New Hampshire school districts with a visit on Oct. 16 by EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash to Running Brook Intermediate School in the Derry Cooperative SAU, which received $8.6 million in rebated funding for 25 clean buses and charging infrastructure, according to the EPA. Other districts part of the 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate awards are Litchfield ($2.76 million for eight buses), Hudson ($3.2 million for 16 buses), Concord ($1.03 million for three buses), Nashua ($6.8 million for 22 buses), Lisbon ($345,000 for one bus), Moultonborough ($2.4 for seven buses), Hanover ($600,000 for three buses), Pembroke ($5 million for 25 buses), according to the EPA website. The purpose of the event was to “to highlight the multiple benefits of the Clean School Bus Program — lowering air pollution, protecting children’s health, and saving school districts money,” according to the EPA press release. The application period for the 2024 program is open through Jan. 9 at 4 p.m., according to epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/clean-school-bus-program-rebates.
Sy Montgomery
Author Sy Montgomery will appear locally in support of her new book What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird, which is slated for release on Nov. 5. She will be at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St. in Concord; gibsonsbookstore.com) on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss and sign her book. On Saturday, Nov. 9, she will be at Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough (12 Depot Square; toadbooks.com) at 11 a.m. and then head to Balin Books (375 Amherst, Route 101A, in Nashua; balinbooks.com) at 2 p.m. See symontgomery.com.
Scout history
The New England Memorabilia Show will run Friday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 11 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Camp Carpenter in Manchester, according to nhscouting.org/memorabilia-show. Admission costs $3 for adults and is free for youth. The event will feature more than 100 tables of scouting memorabilia as well as a pasta course on Friday night and breakfast and lunch on Saturday, according to the website and an email about the event.
New eats
Evolution Bistro & Bar is slated to open in November at 930 Elm St. in downtown Manchester, according to a press release. The restaurant will occupy the space that is currently open at BluAqua (Wednesdays through Saturdays opening at 4 p.m.), the release said. The restaurant is the second from Gourmet Grove Restaurant Group, which is led by restaurateur Scott Forrester and David Schleyer of Elm Grove Companies, which took over 1750 Taphouse in Bedford earlier this year, the release said. Evolution is described in the release as “modern American meets European technique” and will feature “a dynamic menu curated by executive chef Anthony Dispensa.” See evolutionnh.com.
The annual CHaD HERO runs and walks held on Oct. 20 in Hanover raised $825,000 for child and family support services at the Children’s Hospital Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and throughout the Dartmouth Health Children’s system, according to a press release.
Concord Community Music School will hold a celebration of its 40 years with a
fundraising Gala on Thursday, Nov. 7, 5:30 to 8:30 at Pembroke Pines
Country Club in Pembroke. The evening will feature food, music and more. Tickets cost $125; see ccmusicschool.org.
The Ladies Philoptochos Society of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (111 Island Pond Road in Manchester; assumptionnh.org) will hold a Fall Bazaar on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Greek food (such as lamb shanks, gyro, roast chicken, meatballs, pastitsio, spinach peta, cheese peta) and pastries (including butter cookies) will be for sale; the bazaar will also feature basket raffles and vendors with Greek products, according to an email.
CR’s The Restaurant at 287 Exeter Road in Hampton is celebrating its 10th anniversary Sunday, Oct. 27, through Wednesday, Oct. 30, with special 2014 food and drink items (at 2014 prices), complimentary dessert, 2014 trivia and more, according to a press release. See crstherestaurant.com.
Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua will host the Greater Nashua CROP Hunger Walk 2024 on Sunday, Nov. 3, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. to support local food pantries as well as global food and water needs, according to an event email. See events.crophungerwalk.org/cropwalks/event/nashuanh to register as an individual or a team and for more information.
