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By Leslie Moses If paddling around the same pond or lake has you going in circles and wanting a change of scenery, you may want to haul your boat off to different waters from time to time. There is an abundance of beautiful places to paddle in our area, but you need to be able […]

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By Larry Larsen Dancing. Swish and swirl. Weave and curl. Spin and then Twist and turn. Bend and flow. Better go slow. Whoa. Whew. Better sit down now.

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Welcome to our Celebrate Summer issue. We certainly have a lot to celebrate: receipt of a MetLife/GU Best Intergenerational Community Award, the reopening of The Center at Eastman, graduations and awards for Eastman’s students, and, of course, the long anticipated warmth of summer. And, now that the black flies have gone wherever they go at […]

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By Craig McArt Charged with encouraging appreciation of our natural environment, Eastman’s Woodlands and Wildlife Committee entices us in its new booklet, Exploring In and Around Eastman, to take advantage of our beautiful surroundings. The publication encourages us to get out and explore the many natural and historical treasures that can be found in Eastman […]

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By Peggy McCauley In recognition of his leadership, dedication, and skills, Jack Heller has received the Amelia Earhart Award from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) of the Lebanon Composite Squadron. Jack, who will start his senior year this fall at Hartford High School in Vermont, serves as the Deputy Cadet Commander there. According to his […]

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By Alice Ely On a blustery Sunday afternoon in May, hopeful Grantham Village School students crowded into the Meetinghouse at the New London Historical Society to learn the fate of their works of art in the biennial Young at Art competition. Twenty-four Grantham Village School students were among the more than 130 students from the […]

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By Craig McArt I generally enter Eastman on Draper Road. After bearing to the right onto Old Spring Drive, I can imagine myself entering this photograph of Draperville, the small, company complex that was established here exactly 100 years ago by the Draper Corporation, a leading equipment manufacturer for the textile industry at the time. […]

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By Judi Platt The atmospheric conditions had to be just right for this trip to Norwich, Vermont. The clouds that had lingered in the Upper Valley for several days opened up as if on cue and prompted me to once again throw out the suggestion to my son, daughterin- law, grandson, and husband to visit […]

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By Amy Hoffman In 2015, an intrepid group of Eastman residents venture out on a paddling trip down the Penobscot River between Lobster and Chesuncook Lakes in central Maine. We are excited and looking forward to five days with no cell phone service anywhere in the backcountry when we travel two and a half hours […]

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By Caroline Hoen Are you an animal rights person? Do you have a health issue that compromises your quality of life? Are you anxious to shed a few pounds? Are you concerned about the global environment? Would you like to strengthen your immune system against cancer and other diseases? If your answer to any of […]

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Eastman: A Best Intergenerational Community 2016 By John Larrabee and Leslie Moses Eastman Community Association (ECA) has recently become the first planned community ever to receive a Best Intergenerational Community Award which was established in 2010 by the MetLife Foundation and Generations United (GU), a non-profit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. A team representing […]

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SUMMERTIME IN EASTMAN: Family fun is around every curve and cove. The most difficult thing you’ll have to do is decide what to do first. 1 THE LAKE, OF COURSE Paddle, peddle, or sail one of the many watercraft available to rent at South Cove Activity Center. Practice your butterfly, sidestroke, or crawl. And don’t […]

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Story and Photos By Peggy McCauley With homemade bread and soup as a prelude to a hearty dinner, no one is slow to the tables. The 90 hikers lounging about the dining hall of the Lakes of the Clouds Hut have been eagerly awaiting the meal. No freeze-dried meal-in-a-pouch here. No hunching over a sputtering […]

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By Craig McArt Only slightly larger in area than neighboring Beaver Fells Special Place, West Shore can claim to be the fourth smallest Special Place in Eastman. It occupies the narrow strip between Eastman Lake and Road Round the Lake, all the way from West Cove to its south to the lake’s northern tip. While […]

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By Rae Tober South Cove is not only the location of the South Cove Activity Center (SCAC), but it is also a Special Place. Geographically, it is at the southeastern end of Eastman Lake, including the first five houses on Clearwater Drive; Hummingbird Hill and a small portion running west of Road Round the Lake […]

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By Amy Hoffman It seems that no one knows where Spring Glen Special Place is. Our real estate person got lost every time we wanted to look at the house that we finally purchased – every time! We knew then that getting lost in Eastman was an occupational hazard. We reside in one of the […]

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By Kristina Cole and Lorie McClory When I moved to the tail end of Brookridge Drive many years ago, I remember how easy it was if I did not pay attention to forget to turn onto Brookridge Drive and then suddenly wonder where the heck I was. The Special Place chair and secretary at the […]

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By Judy MaCarthy In Pennsylvania, goldenrod lined the highway. A common wildflower, oft disparaged except in England, it has an amiable, sunny, steadfast, disposition. In Ohio, pale yellow stalks of drying corn reminded us of sun-kissed summer days, of picnics on the porch, of bright sunrises and softly glowing sunsets that, like butter, melt deliciously […]

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Story and Photos By Craig McArt Rising above the village in Grantham is a 413-acre forest that is conserved in perpetuity. This was achieved when the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests acquired the Donas J. and Margaret Reney Forest in 2002. It happened through the generosity of many local residents – several […]

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By David Wood The Woodlands and Wildlife Committee has been working to minimize the spread of exotic invasive shrubs in Eastman. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) defines an invasive plant as one that is not native to a particular ecosystem, whose introduction is likely to cause economic or environmental harm, and is capable of […]

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By Sharon Parker The Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), originally brought from Australia, Asia, and Africa to the United States as a food source, is now found in the wild in 39 states, including New Hampshire and other New England states. It was not supposed to thrive here, but the Asian clam is wintering over. According […]

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By Aaron Jenkyn Judy and Bob McCarthy wrote in during the first week of spring to say that they had robins hopping in their yard, flocks of brightly hued goldfinch flitting from tree to tree, and a solitary purple finch sitting stoically on their ornamental cherry tree. At the West Cove inlets, Judy saw a […]

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Long, hot summer days make the water the perfect place to spend your free time. There is a variety of nearby locations that offer a spectacular day of paddling. Each of the picks in this new column is within a two-hour drive, with some only 15 minutes from Eastman via Winding Wood Road in Spring […]

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By Bob Hartwell Several years ago I was given an apparently robust bird feeder claimed to be “squirrel resistant.” Since my deck is at least 10 feet above ground level with a very tall tree near one corner, I embarked on a project to suspend the feeder from a convenient branch. Project Phase 1.0: My […]

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I am hoping once again to have an active Eastman walking and hiking program. We always need more leaders, so please do come forward! To learn more about these trips and other guided trips in the Upper Valley and beyond, or to sign up for my weekly hiking e-newsletter, please call me at 603-863-6456 or […]

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