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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - WWW.SALMONPRESS.COM FREE ABA Monthly Member Highlight: Dockside Restaurant ALTON — Every month, the Alton Business As- sociation sits down with one of our amazing ABA members to get to know them a little better! For July, we spoke with Rick Almeida, owner of Dock- side. We ask each member the same questions, pro- viding an opportunity for our members to highlight the important work that they do in our communi- COURTESY ties. If you’re an ABA Member and would like to be considered for future Monthly Member Highlights, Alton Dance Academy hosts Princess Camp please reach out to us via email at info@altonbusi- Alton Dance Academy had a royally good time this week with Princess Camp! Campers got to dress up, dance, play games nessassociation.com. Visit our website to read more and craft. Princess Camp will also be held in August along with registration for fall dance classes. For more informaiton, business highlights & news, www.altonbusinessas- such as dates and times for Princess Camp or class in the fall, please visit their website at www.altondanceacademy.com or SEE HIGHLIGHT, PAGE A13 like Alton Dance Academy on Facebook. Woods, Water, and Wildlife festival returns Aug. 14 BY CATHY ALLYN Its primary mis- Branch Hill Farm in 1995 Just as every- children and adults to everything young an- Contributing Writer sion is to conserve lands as the Carl Siemon Fam- one else associated with get up close and person- glers need at Let’s Go important to the natu- ily Charitable Trust, a the Festival, he has been al with a variety of liv- Fishing. MILTON MILLS ral resources in those non-profit organization looking forward to Aug. ing creatures, including “I am always excit- — When does ‘www’ not communities, but it also with conservation and 14. farm animals, insects, ed to have the fishing have anything to do with helps identify those re- educational purposes. “The Festival takes and rescued wildlife. event,” Kane said. “The screens? sources, provides tech- The property almost a full year of “Family-oriented and kids just love catching When it stands nical services and advice has always been open careful planning to pull educational program- the catfish in our farm for ‘Woods, Water, and to town land use boards, to the public for multi- off, and couldn’t be done ming is a hallmark of pond.” Wildlife,’ and is part of and distributes informa- ple uses. A network of without the hard work MMRG programming Representatives from an outdoor festival cre- tion through workshops 45 miles of woodland of the members of the and we are excited to Acton Wakefield Wa- ated just for families. and reports. Since 1998, access roads provides MMRG special events showcase that at the Fes- tersheds Alliance and Hosted by Moose 12 properties have been fire protection as well as committee,” he said. tival,” Eldredge said. Strafford County 4H will Mountains Regional conserved, represent- multiple recreational op- MMRG Executive Di- And showcase it, they share fun activities. Greenways (MMRG) and ing thousands of acres portunities to the public. rector Jill Eldredge said do. The sheer number For anyone needing the spectacular Branch of open land and water- There are approximate- MMRG and Branch Hill of activities is mindbog- inspiration, there are Hill Farm in Milton ways. ly 10 miles of river front- Farm are “thrilled” to gling. permaculture and pol- Mills, the Woods, Water, The other piece age on the Salmon Falls celebrate the return of The ever-popular linator gardens to tour. and Wildlife Festival re- of the Festival is Branch River, the Branch River, the WWW Festival this Squam Lakes Natural For those who want to turns on Saturday, Aug. Hill Farm, a 3,000-acre and the Jones Brook. summer. Science Center will do take some action, bee 14. After a break due to award winning Tree This “living laboratory” “It’s a really special two shows, one in the house kits that provide Covid-19 last year, this Farm and working agri- is used for educating all and much loved com- morning and one in the shelter for native bees day-long festival offers cultural farm, owned by age groups about good munity event,” she said. afternoon. will be available to bring activities for all ages the Carl Siemon Fami- forest and field manage- “We’re grateful to have Nature’s Playground home. to celebrate and learn ly Charitable Trust. In ment. the opportunity to bring will be open for fun in Attendees can take a about the natural world. 1991, Carl Siemon do- Jared Kane has it back this summer the woods, and after a chance on a raffle and An event like nated the development worked at Branch Hill in a safe way, as we all vigorous stint there, win prizes on scavenger this is right up MMRG’s rights of his land to the Farm/The Carl Siemon celebrate the ability to families can relax in hunts; or, get their backs alley. The land trust Society for the Protec- Family Charitable Trust reunite with our friends the reading corner host- into fun by sawing a log serves seven towns of tion of New Hampshire as executive director and neighbors following ed by the Milton Public with an old-fashioned the Moose Mountains Forests to ensure that for approximately two this very difficult and Library. Those ready cross-cut saw to make a region: Brookfield, the land would be used years, and also serves as extraordinary year and to read and stroll at the “tree cookie” to decorate Farmington, Middleton, for forestry an/or agri- an MMRG board mem- a half.” same time can take the at home. Milton, New Durham, cultural purposes in per- ber and the vice chair The rain or shine Book Walk. Wooden kayaks and Wakefield, and Wolfe- petuity. of the NH chapter of the event will include many New Hampshire Fish boro. He established Native Fish Coalition. opportunities for both and Game will provide SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE A13 Tour the Meetinghouse Sunday NEW DURHAM — Visitors to the New Durham 1772 Meetinghouse this Sat- urday as part of New Durham Day will have an opportunity to tour the struc- ture, once the seat of government and religious life. The Meetinghouse, surrounded by farms, taverns, stagecoach stops, a grist mill, and the first library, functioned as the Town Hall and the home church for Rev. Benjamin Randal, founder of the Freewill Baptist Church. Many elements of its past are visible today, especially in the hand-cut ceil- ing lathe and finishing work done in 1848. Signatures of past selectmen adorn one horsehair plaster wall. In addition to tours of the building, the Meetinghouse Restoration Commit- tee has created a display of information and pictures to follow the building’s progress toward becoming a heritage center, a proportioned 3D replica of the structure, and an array of Native American artifacts. Meetinghouse Park includes the historic Stone Pound, the town’s oldest cemetery, nature trails, picnic tables, a vernal pool, and a Story Walk, all of COURTESY which are open to the public. This was the New Durham 1772 Meetinghouse before a group of volunteers spearheaded a The Open House is from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and includes an invitation to ex- town movement in the 1980s to save the building. Now it is a state Seven to Save resource and a Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) grant recipient. Changes plore the murals of the Mouradian House across the street. Plenty of parking in its appearance and function will be highlighted at the Open House this Saturday. is available. A2 THE BAYSIDER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 Free Estimates North Country Notebook Reasonable Rates Bill Jedrey’s Interior • Exterior Hummingbirds; propane tanks; Painting Power Washing EPA Certified gas cans; the Greely Expedition Ossipee, NH We work 603-651-6639 weekends so you don’t Insured have to! By JOHN HARRIGAN Design, Sales & Installation Of Cabinets, COLUMNIST Countertops, Hardware & Plumbing Fixtures For Any Room In The House. 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