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The Flyer - August edition

Mont Vernon's email newsletter
Posted on: August 7, 2023 - 4:40pm

THE FLYER    Mont Vernon's e-mail newsletter – August 2023

The Flyer comes out in the first week of each month. To subscribe, go to the “Subscribe” page of the town website (https://www.montvernonnh.us/subscribe) and check the boxes next to every listing of “The Flyer” (There are three of them) Submit material for The Flyer at flyer@montvernonnh.us – text only, no pictures or PDFs please.

Trust Fund Scholarship Winners

Two students were awarded $1,000 scholarships from Mont Vernon trusts to continue their education for the upcoming school year. Former and current Mont Vernon residents have generously established several trust funds to remember their loved ones while helping our young adults launch into the futures.

  • Lily Byers was awarded the McCollom Scholarship from a trust established in 1991 when the McCollom Institute was dissolved. 
  • Brinnly Barney was awarded a Skenderian Scholarship from a trust fund established in 1977 by Dr. George Skenderian and his wife Helen.

The Mont Vernon Trustees of Trust Funds hold the trusts that provide scholarships to post-secondary students. These scholarships are awarded both to continuing scholars and to graduating seniors, and any Mont Vernon resident pursuing an undergraduate degree may apply.

Last Village Green Concert of the Summer

Grab a chair or blanket on the Village Green on Wednesday, August 9th at 6 PM for the last concert of the Summer Concert Series, sponsored by Mont Vernon Recreation. Performing will be The Incidentals - "A fun band who's joy of music is contagious" playing everything "from Sinatra to the Ramones."

The Library Charitable Foundation board will be there raffling off 4 tickets to Canobie Lake Park!  Stop by the library outreach table for a free kids giveaway and free raffle entry to win!

School Supply Drive at Congregational Church

The Mont Vernon Congregational Church is partnering with SHARE for a School Supply Drive in the month of August. If you’d like to help, we’ve placed a picnic basket by our front door for an easy donation drop-off. All donations will go to SHARE at the end of the month. For a list of what is needed, please click this link: bit.ly/mvcc-backtoschool (you will be taken to our church website where you’ll find a list as well as more information about SHARE.)

Guided tour of Purgatory Grove

Purgatory Grove, near Upper Purgatory Falls, was a major tourist site at the turn of the 20th century, with a dance hall, bowling alley and other buildings. The Mont Vernon Historical Society will give a guided tour of the area, finding remnants of these long-gone buildings, at 10 AM on Saturday, August 19. Meet at the “parking lot” located on the Lyndeborough side of the falls, on Purgatory Falls Road. (Note: You can't get there from Purgatory Road in Mont Vernon - you've got to go around via Salisbury Road.)

If you are interested in attending this free event, please contact MVHS President Anna Szok at annaszok@yahoo.com. Let me know your email address and interest, and I will keep you posted with pertinent details about the hike!

News from Daland Library

NH Humanities to Go

The Friends of the Library are sponsoring two NH Humanities to Go programs under the library tent in the month of August! Mark your calendars and join us for one or both.  As always programs are free and open to the public. All ages welcome. 

  • "A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes" by Adair Mulligan - Saturday, Aug. 12th 1 PM
  • "Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional irish Music" by Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki - Monday, Aug. 21st, 2 PM

Adult Summer Reading Challenge

Did you challenge yourself to read all summer?  It's not over yet! Keep reading until Labor Day and reach your goal.  Stop in to enter our weekly raffle for local gift cards sponsored by the Friends of the Library and grab a new book.  Winners drawn once a week.  Tracking bookmarks still available at the library.

Hooks & Needles

Do you love to knit, crochet, or do needlepoint? Grab your project and join the members of Hooks & Needles on Friday, August 11th from noon to 2 PM under the library tent, weather permitting, to craft together. New members welcome!

SAU 39 Meet & Greet

Mont Vernon is invited to attend a SAU 39 Meet & Greet at the Daland Memorial Library on Wednesday, August 16th at 5:30 PM to welcome the new SAU 39 Superintendent Mike Berry and new Principal of Souhegan High School Dana Curran.  Please join us under the library event tent for light refreshments and meet the newest additions to the SAU 39 staff, along with Mont Vernon’s representatives on the Souhegan Cooperative School Board, and other Mont Vernon residents. All ages welcome!

Town Museum open this summer

The Mont Vernon Town Museum, on the second floor of town hall, will be open the third Saturday of every month through October from 1 to 4 p.m. Come check it out and see everything from the location of the five (yes, five) public schools that once operated in town, the counter of the old Post Office that was behind the General Store, and our extremely rare sample of the tea from the original Boston Tea Party.

The museum will be open August 19, September 16 and October 21 from 1 to 4 p.m., and on Veterans Day Nov. 11, time to be determined.

Check out the Historical Society's page on the town website for more information: https://www.montvernonnh.us/organizations/pages/mont-vernon-historical-society

Conservation Commission nature photo contest

If you like to capture nature’s beauty in photos, consider the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions as part of our Water, Wetlands, and Wildlife in the Natural World photo contest. Mont Vernon Conservation Commission is a member of the state association.

The contest is are primarily looking for photographs that inspire the preservation of our natural environment. Winners in each category will receive $250 and Honorable Mentions will receive $50.  A complete list of rules can be found on the NHACC website. The contest uses an on-line platform called ArtCall https://2023-nhacc-photo-contest.artcall.org/users/login to host entries into the contest. The entry form will be open between June 1 and September 8, and details about how to use this tool will be released shortly.  Contestants will be able to edit or change their entry any time before midnight on September 8.

COVID-19 is still around

If you have questions about COVID-19, call 211. Other questions: Rich Masters, Mont Vernon Health Officer mvhealthofficer@gmail.com or 320-8656. Keep track of the disease in New Hampshire at the state's "dashboard" - https://www.covid19.nh.gov/

Hours for town offices, transfer station:

  • Selectmen’s Office in Town Hall: Mon through Thursday, 9 AM - 3 PM
  • Tax Collector in Town Hall: Mon 5 - 7 PM, Wed 4 - 6 PM
  • Town Clerk in McCollom Building: Mon & Wed 5 - 8 PM, Tues & Thurs 8 AM - noon
  • Transfer Station: Tues & Thurs 12:30 - 5:45 PM, Sat 9 AM - 4:45 PM
  • Daland Library: Tues – Thurs 10 AM - 8 PM, Fri 2-6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 1 PM
Websites and phone numbers:
  • Police non-emergency: 673-5610
  • Fire non-emergency: 673-1383
  • Town Clerk: 673-9126
  • Tax Collector: 673-6083
  • Select Board office: 673-6080
  • Planning/Bldg. Inspector: 673-6080
  • Transfer Station: 672-0055
  • Highway Dept.: 672-0055
  • Daland Memorial Library: 673-7888
  • Health Department: 320-8656
  • MV Village School: 673-5141
  • General Store: 554-1480
  • Congregational Church: 673-3500
  • Post Office: 673-2587
  • Town website is https://www.montvernonnh.us/ - all departments can be found there.
  • Village School is at https://mvvs.sau39.org/