Upper Valley libraries re-opening to patrons
Modified: 7/18/2021 9:00:08 PM
After more than a year of being physically closed to the public, libraries throughout the Upper Valley are opening their doors once again.
“They haven t been storming the doors, but sure we ve been seeing a lot of old faces that we ve missed this past year,” said Nancy Tusinski, director of the Hartland Public Library, which fully reopened to the public earlier this month. “It s a big homecoming … for some of our patrons and for us as well.”
The Hartland library is asking patrons to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, because the library’s youngest visitors cannot be vaccinated at this time. A couple months prior to reopening, patrons were able to make appointments to visit the library. As the rate of the virus slowed and vaccination rates increased, fully reopening became more of a possibility.
Out & About: Adult day center reopens in Quechee >Dr. Mary F. Brunette, a psychiatrist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, has been named the Mental Health Professional of the Year by the New Hampshire chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. (Photograph courtesy of DHMC) Courtesy photograph Courtesy photograph
Modified: 7/11/2021 8:06:06 PM
Adult day center reopens in Quechee
QUECHEE The Scotland House, an adult day health and wellness center in Quechee, has reopened after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The nonprofit organization serves older adults from age 60 and up who have early onset dementia, are considered frail, have limited physical abilities and are isolated. Trained medical providers are on staff to help care for those who attend.
Out & About: Mount Tom Farmers’ Market back, moves to South Pomfret
Modified: 5/19/2021 11:01:35 PM
SOUTH POMFRET After a year’s hiatus, the Mount Tom Farmers’ Market is back at a new location.
The first market of the year is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the parking lot at Suicide Six in South Pomfret. It will run every Saturday, rain or shine, through Oct. 16.
Previously, the market was held at the Mount Tom parking lot in Woodstock, but the rental cost became too high, said Neil Lamson, who manages the market.
Last year, the market did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Woodstock Inn & Resort offered use of the South Pomfret-based Suicide Six parking lot for free.
Out & About: Newly minted Sunapee Farmers Market leads summer schedule
Laura Austin, of 4 Corners Farm in Newbury, Vt., left, brings out baskets of strawberries for shopper Gigi Gallaway, of West Lebanon, middle, as Kelsey Pollard, of Grantham, right, and Marie Gray, of Newbury, foreground left, pack the more berries at the Norwich Farmers Market in Norwich, Vt., Saturday, June 20, 2020. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Modified: 5/1/2021 9:52:31 PM
Beginning Memorial Day weekend, there will be another reason to stop by Sunapee Harbor.
That’s when the new Sunapee Farmers Market from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays through Labor Day Weekend. Around 15 vendors will be at the market, including about 11 who will be there for the full season and others who will rotate in and out.
Out & About: Opera stars to play love songs on Valentine’s Day
Modified: 2/12/2021 1:09:32 PM
LEBANON An afternoon of classic Love Songs will kick off Opera North’s “Always ON Sunday” series which begins at 2 p.m. on Valentine’s Day.
Opera North General Director Evans Haile will lead off the hourlong program by playing songs on his piano from New York City. He will be joined by Opera North alumni and future performers including Charles Calotta, George Dvorsky, Will Meinert, Emily Misch, Caitlin McKechney and Arianna Rodriguez. The performances which include songs by George Gershwin and Patsy Cline, among other classic tunes have been recorded separately and put together in one video for the program.