The Recreation Committee will meet:
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Town Hall at 7:00 pm
The Recreation Committee will meet:
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Town Hall at 7:00 pm
The recreation committee will be meeting again THIS Sunday Dec, 11 2016 at 6:30pm at Town Hall.
The Somersworth/ Rollinsford Share Fund is looking for volunteers to sit on the Share Fund Board. They are a non-profit that helps people in need. The board members meet 4 times a year. They would like a Representative from Rollinsford.
Anyone that is interested may contact the Select Board.
The Rollinsford 4-H Club will be at the Transfer Station on Saturday morning from 8-11 collecting donations for the Rollinsford Food Bank.
Items needed include staples like peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit, canned corn, juices, etc.
Cash donations will also be collected and used to buy shortage items.
The Fire Department Association will be hosting a pancake breakfast fundraiser this Saturday, 12/3/16 from 7am-10am at the Rollinsford Fire Station.
The next meetings of the Recreation Committee will be on Sunday, Dec 4th at 630pm at Town Hall and Thursday, Dec 8th at 630pm at Town Hall.
The Rollinsford Fire Department wants to make sure all the families in town in need of toys this Christmas are served. If you are a family in need or know a family in need, please call the fire department and leave a message (603)742-2803 or email [email protected]. Deadline is 12/16.
Anyone wishing to donate toys or money for purchasing toys can bring them to the station on a Monday evening between 6 and 9 PM or email [email protected] to make arrangements.
In early September, the Recreation Committee reviewed the 2016 Summer Rec Program in light of the Select Board’s concerns regarding the safety and security of the children. While safety and supervisory issues were foremost, the Board had also received several questions and concerns regarding the activities being offered. After much discussion, the committee determined that the current program needs extensive updating to meet compliance requirements, and programming expectations. It was determined that Summer Rec Program will not be offered in its previous format in the coming year.
Since that time, the Board has received several resignations from community members who have served either on the Recreation Committee or the Summer Rec Committee. The Board is looking for volunteers to serve on a newly-constituted Recreation Committee that will help develop an overall plan for recreation in the town and can advise the Board regarding the future of summer rec offerings. If you are willing and interested, please email [email protected] or call the town office.
The story of a community is told through the documents and objects people leave behind but sadly, these are often dispersed over the years. In recognition of his efforts to bring these objects home and tell our story, the Association for Rollinsford Culture and History (ARCH) has chosen Robert Nesman as the recipient of the 2016 ARCH Heritage Award. Given annually to recognize significant contributions to the preservation of the history, heritage and culture of Rollinsford and the lower Salmon Falls Region, the award will be presented to Nesman this Saturday night, November 12, at the organization’s annual dinner and auction at Spring Hill in South Berwick, Maine.
Over the past twenty years Mr. Nesman has amassed a significant collection of ephemera and objects related to the history of Rollinsford. A lifelong resident of the town, he began collecting in the 1990s when he happened upon a piece from Salmon Falls and realized that more items could be found if he looked for them.
Today Nesman’s collection numbers over 500 pieces, much of it documents such as deeds, wills, letters from mill girls, advertising handbills from local businesses, and postcards but which also includes objects such as police and fire badges, items from fraternal organizations, and a bottle from Nutter’s Pharmacy. The oldest item in the collection is a deed for property in the Baer Road area dating to 1750 and bearing the name of Daniel Clements. His favorite object in his collection? “The one I haven’t found yet!” One of Nesman’s greatest pleasures is reuniting photographs and other items with families which still reside in the area, and he has also generously shared his collection with local historical societies.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Rollinsford and the lower Salmon Falls region, ARCH maintains the historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House on Water Street in Rollinsford. For more information, please contact (603)742-4747 or consult the website at www.paulwentworthhouse.org.
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree”
You may or may not remember the start of the Joyce Kilmer poem about trees but if you are a fan of healthy, beautiful trees, here are some town updates about our trees – going and coming and, hopefully, staying healthy:
Earlier this year, road agent Jeff St. Jean worked with Urban Tree Service to identify almost 60 trees in the town’s rights of way that are dead. While the Board can’t address all of these trees this year, we have contracted with Urban Tree Service to remove approximately 20 of them. From 11/14-11/18, teams from Urban Tree will be taking down dead trees, mostly on the following roads: Highland, Baer, Clement, Pine and Locust. The Board will be continuing its dead-tree pruning in 2017.
In case you haven’t noticed, some new trees have sprung up around town: there are 4 new trees planted along Main Street in the State’s right of way near Paul’s Integrity Garage, a couple of new trees by the mills and most recently, a new tree in Morton Park (the small park across by the Fire Department, abutting the cemetery). The town thanks its generous resident (who prefers to remain anonymous) for these lovely additions to our streetscapes.
Please stay tuned for more information on a tree-planting initiative recently started by the RGLSC a/k/the Garden Club with the help of Robin Aikman, the garden club’s newest Board member.