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By Rachel Berg and the Intrepid Teen Team •  Photos by Leslie Moses This past summer brought a new concept for operating Peppermint Patty’s. Eight high school students not only worked in the snack shack but also ran the entire business, with the assistance of dedicated and experienced adult mentors: Gay Sabin, Cindy Ransom, Bill […]

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By Milt Weinstein For the fifth consecutive year, two loon chicks hatched on our lake and survived through the summer. In contrast, only three chicks survived during the previous five years (2004-2008). What accounts for this change of fortune is unknown, but, as stewards of the lake and its wildlife, we can take pride that […]

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By George Sutherland A few years ago , I saw a large color poster in a store in New London of a beautiful forest with shafts of sundays slanting through the trees. There was a caption at the bottom of the poster that read: “New Hampshire is 84% trees and the rest is under water.” […]

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By Craig McArt and Renée Gustafson •  Photos by Renée Gustafson With its countless twists and turns, paddling on Bog Brook could almost make you dizzy. Seeming to meander endlessly, its flow snakes through a beautiful, expansive wetland, each bend exposing another. This peaceful setting is a treasure that many in our community have yet […]

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By Gale Schmidt Rowing sculls are sleek, elegant, delicate looking, reality-defying and ultra-graceful in motion. They travel quietly, backwards, propelled by ten-foot-long oars on outriggers. Two racing shells on Eastman Lake are carbon fiber singles that are 27-feet long, only about a foot wide at the cockpit and weigh 33 pounds. The rower’s feet are […]

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By Peter Hope Once again this past summer, we enjoyed a great season of Eastman walks, both at home and farther afield and were able to restart our hiking program, albeit not on a weekly basis. However, that too will come! We do have an urgent need for more leaders, both for the hikes and […]

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By Gale Schmidt Photos Provided By Chris Rimmer At 7 A.M. on Sunday morning, May 11, the weather forecast was 90-100% chance of showers, rain and thunderstorms. This did not deter a group of hardy Eastmanites, who gathered at Heath Forest for a bird walk sponsored by the Woodlands and Wildlife Committee. Chris Rimmer, director […]

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