Art Classes
Field Fine Art offers Art Classes
A new season of classes begins this Summer at Field Fine Art Studio, located at 74 Taylor Road in Sandwich. Classes include Basic Drawing, Drawing Animals, Watercolor for Beginners, Plein Air Watercolor, and Oil Painting Techniques. Kathryn Field writes: “Everyone is creative. Come discover ways to tap into those talents. There are two new class offerings this summer which I am very excited about. The Glass Mosaic class is something I have never offered in my studio before but did for many years with my students when I taught at Holderness. The second new class, 2-D, 3-D Collage and Mixed Media is a combination of printmaking, handmade books, and mixed media.”
Registration is easy; go online to fieldfineart.net and click on registration. Kathryn writes: “It has been a great year of creativity for me. A new and exciting gallery expansion of painting and sculpture works will unfold this summer.”
Give a call to the Field Fine Art Gallery at 603-273-1326 to find out more. Email [email protected] for more information.
A new season of classes begins this Summer at Field Fine Art Studio, located at 74 Taylor Road in Sandwich. Classes include Basic Drawing, Drawing Animals, Watercolor for Beginners, Plein Air Watercolor, and Oil Painting Techniques. Kathryn Field writes: “Everyone is creative. Come discover ways to tap into those talents. There are two new class offerings this summer which I am very excited about. The Glass Mosaic class is something I have never offered in my studio before but did for many years with my students when I taught at Holderness. The second new class, 2-D, 3-D Collage and Mixed Media is a combination of printmaking, handmade books, and mixed media.”
Registration is easy; go online to fieldfineart.net and click on registration. Kathryn writes: “It has been a great year of creativity for me. A new and exciting gallery expansion of painting and sculpture works will unfold this summer.”
Give a call to the Field Fine Art Gallery at 603-273-1326 to find out more. Email [email protected] for more information.
Museum & Activity Passes
Samuel H. Wentworth Library
The Samuel H. Wentworth Library is pleased to offer several different passes this season:
The Samuel H. Wentworth Library is pleased to offer several different passes this season:
- Children’s Museum of NH in Dover. It provides 50% off the admission price for up to 4 visitors. Spring is a great time to visit – reserve it soon.
- McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The pass provides free admission for four people.
- Discounted admission to the Currier Art Museum in Manchester with a pass from our library.
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center - The 2024 trail season at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center has begun! Use your library card to reserve the library pass for discounted admission
- Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. World War II Museum
Yoga Retreats
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Dragonfly Yoga Barn
Katie of Dragonfly Yoga writes: Our Mexico Yoga Retreat has just been released! This one is November 2 ~ 9th, in gorgeous Chacala, Mexico, about an hour north of Puerto Vallarta at one of the prettiest retreat centers I've ever been to since I began offering retreats over 12 years ago.” Located at 280 Bennett Street, North Sandwich. Contact [email protected], or online at www.dragonflyyogabarn.com. |
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Community Resources
Radon Detector Available at Library
The library now has a digital radon detector that you can check out to learn if your home is safe from radon. Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that diffuses up from New Hampshire’s granite-rich substructure and seeps into our living spaces and water. This gas can have harmful effects on human health. Thank you, Mark & Peggy Longley, for your generous and important donation of our easy-to-use Airthings Corentium device! Give the library a call to learn more and/or to reserve the detector. 603-284-6665.
Driver’s Education Grants
The Sandwich Children and Youth Fund offers grants of up to $800 per each cycle (school year, September 1st to June 30th, and summer session, July 1st to August 31st) for a total of $1600 per child per year. The grants can be used for programs such as: day/overnight camps, athletic programs and sports lessons, driver’s education, advanced educational programs, arts/music/dance lessons, licensed child care, student trips, lifeguard certification and college. The Fund for Sandwich Children and Youth is available to any and all residents of Sandwich. Students may be up to 26 years old, and must be children of legal residents of the Town of Sandwich. You can find out more at the town website at sandwichnh.org, and click on Boards and Committees, Trustees of Trust Funds.
Doris L. Benz Community Center
Joan Merriman writes: For those of you new to Sandwich, and perhaps planning a family gathering, class reunion, or some other sort of meeting let me introduce you to the Doris L. Benz Community Center. The Benz Center is a newly-refurbished, post-and-beam building at 18 Heard Road in town, which can easily hold 50 people. We have a kitchen stocked with silverware, cooking vessels and implements, dinnerware and condiments; a lawn with 2 new picnic tables, and a large parking lot. We have a very nice AV system, large screen, and free WIFI.
We are a nonprofit, and operate through donation. We ask for a small donation of $50 from Sandwich residents who want to use the space for social event—an incredible deal! The space is used as a meeting place by a wide variety of organizations -- no charge for nonprofit groups. Come and check us out -- call 603 284 7211 or email [email protected] for more information, or to make a reservation.
Sandwich Children’s Center
To better accommodate the child care needs of our families, SCC will begin offering full day/full year child care starting Tuesday, September 5. We have extended our operating hours for the Toddler and Pre-School Programs: 8:00-5:00 for the local academic school year (Sept to June) and 8:00-4:00 for the summer (July-August). Our School Age Program (after school) will also be back and running at full capacity. Sandwich Central School has extended the kindergarten hours to 2:30, so kindergarten and school agers will be dropped off by bus at SCC after the end of the elementary school day. Because there has not been an increase in tuition for three years and to accommodate the costs of the extended hours, tuition for Sept 2023 - August 2024 has been increased by 20%. Financial support is available if needed. Our currently enrolled children will be given priority, then enrollment will be opened up to the general public. To secure your child's place at Sandwich Children's Center, please contact Mariah Sizemore, Acting Director, Sandwich Children’s Center for further information.
Styrofoam Recycling
Peggy Longley of the Sandwich Recycling Project writes: We had a successful Styrofoam Collection Day. Thanks to all the Sandwich residents who saved up their foam materials. Thank you! In the mean time, keep saving your polystyrene materials! The next collection in Sandwich event will be announced -most likely late February. Drop Offs: For small amount of foam, anyone can make deposits -2 large bins, 24/7 at 55 Cherry Valley Rd. Gilford. For questions or to make appt. for larger load drop offs, you can call Gilford Recycling director, Meaghan Theriault, 603-527-4783 or email: [email protected]
Radon Testing
Radon gas is the leading natural cause of lung cancer and has other harmful effects on human health. New Hampshire is now offering free radon-in-air testing for all residences in the state. All you have to do is fill out an online application at http://aelabs.com/nh, and the analytical laboratory will send a test kit to your address. By the way, if your results are high, you may wish to consider radon-in-water testing. (Contact Mark at [email protected] for that.)
Tamworth Community Food Center Welcomes You
Located at St Andrews Church, 678 Whittier Road, Tamworth, NH. General Questions: 603-960-4067. For Tamworth and Sandwich residents. Please review the following: Reusable bags are recommended: Wear a mask (masks available if needed); A volunteer will greet you; Shopping lists available on site.; Tables and chairs are set up for this; Volunteers will pack your items while you wait: The “free table” of miscellaneous goods is available. Tamworth Community Food Center, PO Box 141, Tamworth, NH 03886
Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition
The Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition (SCCC) are an ad-hoc group of more than 60 concerned citizens and part of a growing movement of towns in New Hampshire who are responding to the Climate Crisis with a commitment to promote energy and environmental conservation and use of alternative renewable resources. More than 67 New Hampshire towns have either passed or are working on climate warrant articles.
The key message: The more research we do, the more evident it becomes that our goal of 100% reliance on renewable sources of electricity by 2030 and for all other energy needs, including heating and transportation, by 2050 in the town of Sandwich will be very doable.
We welcome all concerned and interested Sandwich residents and other towns to join our Coalition with Communication, Education, Legislative, Conservation, and Solar committees to choose from. Please email [email protected] if you would like to receive SCCC emails and/or join our membership. Visit our website: just google Sandwich Climate.org.
We Care
We Care is a welcoming, all-volunteer group of neighbors who believe that all of us can play a meaningful role in taking care of each other and fostering mental health in our community. We are children, siblings, parents, grandparents, colleagues and friends, new and lifelong residents. For more information or if you are interested in joining us, please contact Dan Kusch, 568-3191 or Emilie Coulter, 707-6886.
Broadband Discounts
Richard Knox of the Sandwich Broadband Advisory Committee reports that hundreds of Sandwich residents may qualify for federal subsidies that could significantly reduce their NH Broadband/Conexon internet service bills. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) offers a $30 monthly subsidy, reducing the basic service cost to $19.95. Lifeline provides an additional $9.75 subsidy, bringing the cost to $10.70 for qualifying residents. Eligible individuals include those on Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, Section 8, and Pell Grants, among others, and those with incomes below specific thresholds. For more information or to apply, residents can visit www.affordableconnectivity.gov or www.lifelinesupport.org, or call NH Broadband’s customer service at 866-431-1029. For assistance, contact Jeanne Ryer at 603-491-2140 or Richard Knox at 603-284-6145.
Friends and Fiber Group
The Friends and Fiber Group meets every Wednesday evening from 6-8:30 pm. During most of the year, the group meets in the Community Room of the Samuel H. Wentworth Library. The Fiber Group welcomes all abilities and ages of fiber enthusiasts (and those wanting learn or just visit). Come with your knitting, crocheting, spinning, felting, rug hooking, embroidery, sewing or other fiber arts-related or hand-held project to work on. There is no charge and the group is casual and welcoming. While there is no formal instruction, if you have a question about your project, there is usually someone in attendance who can provide assistance. Winter weather may change the meeting.
In the Round
In the Round, a community discussion group for the past 23 years, meets weekly in Sandwich. Doors open at 8:30, discussion begins at 8:45. The discussion generally runs until 10 am, or a bit longer. The topic is always thought provoking and related to what people are thinking about these days. In the Round welcomes all points of view, reasonably and respectfully considered. Anyone who wishes to join in that spirit of dialog is invited. Various viewpoints are welcomed. Everyone is welcome.
Sandwich Wood-share
Sandwich Woodshare is a grass-roots, all-volunteer program to procure firewood and distribute it to local residents who would otherwise be cold. This project is not intended to meet all of its clients’ heating requirements, but rather to serve as a stop-gap measure to cover urgent needs between fuel deliveries.
If you are a Sandwich resident in need, please contact Mark Longley, Sandwich Wood-share Coordinator. 603-284-6294, or email [email protected].
The library now has a digital radon detector that you can check out to learn if your home is safe from radon. Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that diffuses up from New Hampshire’s granite-rich substructure and seeps into our living spaces and water. This gas can have harmful effects on human health. Thank you, Mark & Peggy Longley, for your generous and important donation of our easy-to-use Airthings Corentium device! Give the library a call to learn more and/or to reserve the detector. 603-284-6665.
Driver’s Education Grants
The Sandwich Children and Youth Fund offers grants of up to $800 per each cycle (school year, September 1st to June 30th, and summer session, July 1st to August 31st) for a total of $1600 per child per year. The grants can be used for programs such as: day/overnight camps, athletic programs and sports lessons, driver’s education, advanced educational programs, arts/music/dance lessons, licensed child care, student trips, lifeguard certification and college. The Fund for Sandwich Children and Youth is available to any and all residents of Sandwich. Students may be up to 26 years old, and must be children of legal residents of the Town of Sandwich. You can find out more at the town website at sandwichnh.org, and click on Boards and Committees, Trustees of Trust Funds.
Doris L. Benz Community Center
Joan Merriman writes: For those of you new to Sandwich, and perhaps planning a family gathering, class reunion, or some other sort of meeting let me introduce you to the Doris L. Benz Community Center. The Benz Center is a newly-refurbished, post-and-beam building at 18 Heard Road in town, which can easily hold 50 people. We have a kitchen stocked with silverware, cooking vessels and implements, dinnerware and condiments; a lawn with 2 new picnic tables, and a large parking lot. We have a very nice AV system, large screen, and free WIFI.
We are a nonprofit, and operate through donation. We ask for a small donation of $50 from Sandwich residents who want to use the space for social event—an incredible deal! The space is used as a meeting place by a wide variety of organizations -- no charge for nonprofit groups. Come and check us out -- call 603 284 7211 or email [email protected] for more information, or to make a reservation.
Sandwich Children’s Center
To better accommodate the child care needs of our families, SCC will begin offering full day/full year child care starting Tuesday, September 5. We have extended our operating hours for the Toddler and Pre-School Programs: 8:00-5:00 for the local academic school year (Sept to June) and 8:00-4:00 for the summer (July-August). Our School Age Program (after school) will also be back and running at full capacity. Sandwich Central School has extended the kindergarten hours to 2:30, so kindergarten and school agers will be dropped off by bus at SCC after the end of the elementary school day. Because there has not been an increase in tuition for three years and to accommodate the costs of the extended hours, tuition for Sept 2023 - August 2024 has been increased by 20%. Financial support is available if needed. Our currently enrolled children will be given priority, then enrollment will be opened up to the general public. To secure your child's place at Sandwich Children's Center, please contact Mariah Sizemore, Acting Director, Sandwich Children’s Center for further information.
Styrofoam Recycling
Peggy Longley of the Sandwich Recycling Project writes: We had a successful Styrofoam Collection Day. Thanks to all the Sandwich residents who saved up their foam materials. Thank you! In the mean time, keep saving your polystyrene materials! The next collection in Sandwich event will be announced -most likely late February. Drop Offs: For small amount of foam, anyone can make deposits -2 large bins, 24/7 at 55 Cherry Valley Rd. Gilford. For questions or to make appt. for larger load drop offs, you can call Gilford Recycling director, Meaghan Theriault, 603-527-4783 or email: [email protected]
Radon Testing
Radon gas is the leading natural cause of lung cancer and has other harmful effects on human health. New Hampshire is now offering free radon-in-air testing for all residences in the state. All you have to do is fill out an online application at http://aelabs.com/nh, and the analytical laboratory will send a test kit to your address. By the way, if your results are high, you may wish to consider radon-in-water testing. (Contact Mark at [email protected] for that.)
Tamworth Community Food Center Welcomes You
Located at St Andrews Church, 678 Whittier Road, Tamworth, NH. General Questions: 603-960-4067. For Tamworth and Sandwich residents. Please review the following: Reusable bags are recommended: Wear a mask (masks available if needed); A volunteer will greet you; Shopping lists available on site.; Tables and chairs are set up for this; Volunteers will pack your items while you wait: The “free table” of miscellaneous goods is available. Tamworth Community Food Center, PO Box 141, Tamworth, NH 03886
Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition
The Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition (SCCC) are an ad-hoc group of more than 60 concerned citizens and part of a growing movement of towns in New Hampshire who are responding to the Climate Crisis with a commitment to promote energy and environmental conservation and use of alternative renewable resources. More than 67 New Hampshire towns have either passed or are working on climate warrant articles.
The key message: The more research we do, the more evident it becomes that our goal of 100% reliance on renewable sources of electricity by 2030 and for all other energy needs, including heating and transportation, by 2050 in the town of Sandwich will be very doable.
We welcome all concerned and interested Sandwich residents and other towns to join our Coalition with Communication, Education, Legislative, Conservation, and Solar committees to choose from. Please email [email protected] if you would like to receive SCCC emails and/or join our membership. Visit our website: just google Sandwich Climate.org.
We Care
We Care is a welcoming, all-volunteer group of neighbors who believe that all of us can play a meaningful role in taking care of each other and fostering mental health in our community. We are children, siblings, parents, grandparents, colleagues and friends, new and lifelong residents. For more information or if you are interested in joining us, please contact Dan Kusch, 568-3191 or Emilie Coulter, 707-6886.
Broadband Discounts
Richard Knox of the Sandwich Broadband Advisory Committee reports that hundreds of Sandwich residents may qualify for federal subsidies that could significantly reduce their NH Broadband/Conexon internet service bills. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) offers a $30 monthly subsidy, reducing the basic service cost to $19.95. Lifeline provides an additional $9.75 subsidy, bringing the cost to $10.70 for qualifying residents. Eligible individuals include those on Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, Section 8, and Pell Grants, among others, and those with incomes below specific thresholds. For more information or to apply, residents can visit www.affordableconnectivity.gov or www.lifelinesupport.org, or call NH Broadband’s customer service at 866-431-1029. For assistance, contact Jeanne Ryer at 603-491-2140 or Richard Knox at 603-284-6145.
Friends and Fiber Group
The Friends and Fiber Group meets every Wednesday evening from 6-8:30 pm. During most of the year, the group meets in the Community Room of the Samuel H. Wentworth Library. The Fiber Group welcomes all abilities and ages of fiber enthusiasts (and those wanting learn or just visit). Come with your knitting, crocheting, spinning, felting, rug hooking, embroidery, sewing or other fiber arts-related or hand-held project to work on. There is no charge and the group is casual and welcoming. While there is no formal instruction, if you have a question about your project, there is usually someone in attendance who can provide assistance. Winter weather may change the meeting.
In the Round
In the Round, a community discussion group for the past 23 years, meets weekly in Sandwich. Doors open at 8:30, discussion begins at 8:45. The discussion generally runs until 10 am, or a bit longer. The topic is always thought provoking and related to what people are thinking about these days. In the Round welcomes all points of view, reasonably and respectfully considered. Anyone who wishes to join in that spirit of dialog is invited. Various viewpoints are welcomed. Everyone is welcome.
Sandwich Wood-share
Sandwich Woodshare is a grass-roots, all-volunteer program to procure firewood and distribute it to local residents who would otherwise be cold. This project is not intended to meet all of its clients’ heating requirements, but rather to serve as a stop-gap measure to cover urgent needs between fuel deliveries.
If you are a Sandwich resident in need, please contact Mark Longley, Sandwich Wood-share Coordinator. 603-284-6294, or email [email protected].
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