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The Hancock Town Library will host a touch-a-truck event Monday, July 21, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Moose Brook Park in Hancock, behind the Fire Department.

Claudia Schmidt and Jane Miller will perform Thursday, July 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the Hancock Common as part of the Hancock Summer Concert Series. The event is free.

My son’s family is returning in August from France, where his company moved him a year ago.

By DAVID ALLEN

Automobile technicians and public safety officials largely expressed concern about news that New Hampshire will no longer require vehicle inspections starting next year.

I have introduced my niece, Alex, in a previous column. She came to live with me and my husband a few months ago and was game to try veganism. I am delighted that she agreed to be a guest columnist for me this month. I’m sure you will enjoy her views, tips, and delicious recipe!

C2 Revue will perform a free show Thursday, July 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the Hancock Common. Led by guitarist and composer Chris Albertson, the group will offer a repertoire spanning six decades of jazz, blues and pop/rock.

Great Brook School eighth-graders marked the end of middle school with a celebration ceremony June 19, joined by friends and family. Students received certificates of completion, along with Presidential Academic Awards, Community Service Awards and other recognitions for their efforts.

By DAVID ALLEN

Molly Howard did not mince her words in describing the spending priorities that some of her colleagues at the State House have put forth this session.

Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., will host a summer reading kickoff event with a falconry demonstration by Henry Walters on Monday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Moose Brook Park, behind the fire station.

There is not enough closet space at home, in our cabin, to accommodate our seasonal wardrobes, meaning our separate fall/winter and spring/summer collections.

By DAVID ALLEN

The cost of securing a permit for construction in Hancock has been brought in line with prevailing standards, with a new method of calculating the expense taking effect next month.

The Town of Hancock will host its annual Independence Day celebration and fireworks on Sunday, June 29, starting at 5 p.m. at Moose Brook Park, 33 Forest Road.

Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., will host “Flare,” an exhibit by Hillsborough artist Paula Kay Kerouac, from June 28 through Aug. 6 in the Daniels Room.

Volunteers found debris from Abenaki activity during a workshop with archaeologist, Franklin Pierce University professor and author Robert Goodby at Depot Square in Peterborough June 21.

By DAVID ALLEN

Mary Ball and Jean Mann are both artists who also both enjoy the coast of Maine and live in Hancock. They’re friends, but how they approach their subjects, which are also often the same, differs.

The Hancock Summer Concert Series will open Thursday, June 26, with a free performance by Susie Burke and Kent Allyn from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the town common.

By DAVID ALLEN

Medals earned and memories made!

I headed down to Norway Pond in Hancock to watch a group of people race around a course, two to a canoe – one in the bow, blindfolded, with a paddle, and one in the stern, giving directions.

By DAVID ALLEN

Telling someone to “Look where you’re going,” wouldn’t have done much good Monday evening in Hancock, where paddlers were forbidden from doing so while taking to the water on Norway Pond for a good cause. The Blindfolded Boat Race to benefit Avenue A in Antrim pushed off just after 6 p.m., and after five preliminary heats and a final dash around the course, entrants helped raise over $8,000 for youth programs run through the Grapevine in Antrim. And nobody flipped into the pond. 

Avenue A’s third annual Blindfolded Boat Race will take place Monday, June 9, at 6:15 p.m. at Norway Pond in Hancock, with a rain date of June 10. The two-person canoe race features one blindfolded paddler and a rear navigator who shouts directions through a loop course that begins and ends at the town beach.

Reading “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé roughly 33 years ago informed me of the dire environmental consequences of eating a meat-based diet and ignited my journey to a plant-centered diet.