Note Time Change Due to the Snow Storm
The Supervisors of the Checklist
Will be in session to register new voters on
Saturday March 4, 2023
4 PM - 4:30 PM
At the Town House
This is the last date/time to accept voter registration applications.
No additions or corrections shall be made to the checklist
after this session until election day.
The Supervisors of the Checklist
Will be in session to register new voters on
Saturday March 4, 2023
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
At the Town House
This is the last date/time to accept voter registration applications.
No additions or corrections shall be made to the checklist
after this session until election day.
Orange, New Hampshire Town Meeting 2023
WARRANT ARTICLE 1: (by official ballot) To elect the following town officers for the following terms:
1 Selectperson (3-year term),
1 Tax Collector (1-year term),
1 Deeding agent (1-year term),
1 Town Clerk (1-year term),
1 Treasurer (1-year term),
1 Road Agent (1-year term),
1 Trustee of Trust Funds (3-year term),
1 Cemetery Trustee (3-year term),
1 Budget Committee Member (3-year term),
2 Planning board members (3-year term),
...and any other officers as required by law.
THE FILING PERIOD FOR CANDIDACY IS NOW OPEN.
Anyone who wishes to run for any of the above offices must submit a Declaration of Candidacy with the Town Clerk by Friday, 2/3/23 at 5:00 pm.
The Supervisors of the Checklist
Will be in session on
Tuesday January 24, 2023
7:00 - 7:30 PM
Orange Town House
For Corrections of the Checklist
Change in party registration may be accepted.
The Supervisors of the Checklist
will be in session on at the Orange Town House
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
7:00 - 7:30 PM
To make corrections to the checklist.
No additions or corrections shall be made to the checklist
after this session, until election day.
If you are unable to make it in person to vote in the General Election on November 8th, you can request an absentee ballot by submitting an absentee ballot request form to the town clerk office.
Absentee ballot request forms may be filled out and submitted in-person during office hours, or by mail to Orange Town Clerk, PO Box 37, Canaan NH, or scanned and submitted electronically to orangetownclerk@myfairpoint.net.
As soon as your request form is received and processed, your ballot will be sent to you by mail.
Links:
The Supervisors of the Checklist
will be in session
Tuesday September 6, 2022
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Orange Town House
To accept Voter Registration
Applications.
No additions or corrections shall
be made to the checklist after this
session, until election day.
If you are unable to make it in person to vote at the Townhouse on September 13, 11:00 am-7:00 pm, you can request an absentee ballot by submitting an absentee ballot request form to the town clerk office.
Absentee ballot request forms may be filled out and submitted in-person during office hours, or by mail to Orange Town Clerk, PO Box 37, Canaan NH, or scanned and submitted electronically to orangetownclerk@myfairpoint.net.
As soon as your request form is received and processed, your ballot will be sent to you by mail.
You may also submit an early request for an absentee ballot for the November 8th General Election, though ballots for the general election will not become available until after the primary.
More information on absentee ballots —> https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/voters/absentee-ballots
The foundation does great work in our area. They’ve asked us to post this update:
Friends Feeding Friends Schedule Summer Schedule Starting in June:
We will be CLOSED the week of May 30th
Enfield Pantry: We will reopen in at Huse Memorial Park on Tuesday, June 7th. Note the schedule below.
Summer Pantry Days and Hours will be Tuesdays from 3pm to 5:30pm at Huse Memorial Park and Wednesdays from 3pm-5:30pm at the FOM headquarters behind Canaan Hardware Store, 9 On The Common Way.
Our pantries are open to anyone in need of a 3-day supply of groceries that lives in one of the 5 Mascoma Valley Towns: Canaan, Dorchester, Grafton, Enfield, and Orange. Our public pantries are open to all residents in need. If your budget (or someone you know) is tight because of rising fuel costs or other expenses shopping with us can make a big difference. We have a great mixed selection of fresh produce, pantry staples, dairy, and bread items each week. We also have personal care items available.
NH Gives! June 7th-8th
We are pleased to report that we have once again signed up to participate in NH Gives! This year’s event will kick off at 5pm on June 7th.
NH Gives – an initiative of the NH Center for Nonprofits - is a powerful, statewide 24-hour online fundraising event that is designed to build community, connect donors to local nonprofits and generate excitement about the nonprofit sector.
This year, our friends at the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits have added a new giving incentive: a bonus pool!
What's a Bonus Pool you ask?
A bonus pool is a proportionate match that is determined by the overall amount that you raise online. We believe that this will result in a more equitable distribution of funds. Site-wide matching dollars will be distributed as a bonus pool this year.
How does the Bonus Pool work?
Every organization that raises $300 or more between 5pm June 7 and 5pm June 8 will receive a proportionate amount of the bonus pool. FOM's portion of the bonus pool depends on a few things.
Final total of the bonus pool.
Final total of online donations by organization raising $300 or more
The amount that your organization raises online
The formula for the bonus pool is: (FOM’s Amount Raised online / Total Amount Raised online by all organizations raising $300 or more) x Total Amount in Bonus Pool = FOM's Share of Bonus Pool.
What does this mean for you, our loyal friends, and donors?
It means that every donation really counts this year. EVERY. SINGLE. DONATION. COUNTS. The higher FOM’s total online donations, the higher percentage of the bonus pool FOM will receive.
How you can help NOW: We are hard at work trying to secure internal matches, fundraising champions, and we’ve initiated a friendly rivalry amongst MVRHS alumni classes to raise money. If you are interested in providing a match, becoming a fundraising champion, or helping your class compete please email us at info@friendsofmascoma.org
Mascoma Matters Project:
At our April meeting we discussed having an event for families with young children this summer. We heard from the NH Children’s Trust and brainstormed ways we could bring more resources and programming for families to the Mascoma Valley. We are looking for those who can help our community with issues around isolation.
Our next meeting will be on June 16th from 12-1 PM.
Mascoma Matters Coalition Meeting (online) – Come and learn about opportunities to help your community thrive. Existing and new partners welcome. This meeting will focus on priority areas including supporting families with young children. If you have questions or would like more information please contact Sue Cagle at sue.cagle@unh.edu.
Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Zoom Link: https://unh.zoom.us/j/95078708536
If you know of or are associated with an organization or town department that would like to present during our meetings, please let us know.
More information on our past meetings is available on the Padlet.
If you have any questions about our project or future and past meetings, please don't hesitate to reach out to Alyssa Lemmermann at Alyssa.Lemmermann@unh.edu.
~A Note from Eula~
Dear Mascoma Community,
As many of you may know by now, I have made the decision to leave my role as Executive Director of the Friends of Mascoma Foundation. This was not an easy decision, and I will greatly miss the FOM team and this community.
At every job, my goal is to leave an organization in a better place than before my arrival. The last three years have not been without challenges, but I firmly believe I, along with our Board and volunteers, achieved this goal. We weathered the pandemic, unprecedented shutdowns, and other changes to our local and global community. We expanded our donor base, strengthened existing partnerships and forged new relationships.
Not only did we survive these unusual times, but our organization thrived during this time. Friends of Mascoma has grown over the last three years and is poised for continued success in the years ahead. This organization has a lot of heart and I know that FOM, with its team of volunteers, staff, Board members, and loyal donors will, continue to do good work and achieve great things.
Thank you for allowing me to serve as FOM’s Executive Director these last three years. It has been an honor and privilege to play a small part in this wonderful organization’s story.
All my best,
Eula Lee Kozma
Thank you,
Friends of Mascoma, Board of Directors
Bridget Labrie
The Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session Tuesday, May 31, 2022, from 7 to 7:30pm, at the Orange Town House.
For additions and corrections to the checklist.
This is the last day for voters already registered to change or declare a party and vote on primary election day.
Cemetery Trustees of Orange are hosting a NH Old Graveyard Association workshop on how to straighten, clean and repair stones.
Location: French Cemetery, Cardigan Mountain Rd (south side of the road and west of the Town House)
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm
Bring spade, work gloves, outdoor wear, water/snacks for yourself
For more information, contact Anita Garland: (603) 523-7141
All are welcome!
The Cemetery Trustees will meet 6:30pm Thursday, December 16, in the Town House, to follow up on a plan for tree work in the Orange Common Cemetery.
Dave built the capsule with concrete blocks and a concrete floor, measuring 32x32x24 inches.
Dave Stacy has built a time machine—well, capsule—under the Town House, to give future Orangeites a glimpse of life today. While he made it “bombproof,” our descendants will be able to remove a block to get to the contents. The Orange Historical Commission is ordering a plastic plaque.
Interesting in contributing to the future? Talk to Sharon Proulx, (603) 523-4590. You need to provide your own small waterproof container.
Dorothy and Jay talk to the NH Bulletin about the need for genuine broadband as a way for residents to make a living while keeping Orange rural. You’ll find the piece here.
If you haven’t filled out the broadband survey yet…
Go to www.speedtest.net and note your current upload and download speeds.
Complete this 5-minute survey.
Nik Coates, the Bristol town administrator, reports that the Grafton County Broadband Committee recently received grant funds to support high-level design work for Orange and other towns to connect into the “middle-mile network.” This is the backbone of the Internet.
Meanwhile, the committee applied for a $26.2 million grant from the National Transportation Infrastructure Agency (NTIA) to fund the construction. The agency has been asking follow up questions about the project that “we believe to be encouraging,” Nik says. The committee should learn this month about grant approval.
To improve the chances, the committee needs some additional data by Monday. Please help bring real broadband to Orange!
Go to www.speedtest.net and note your current upload and download speeds.
Complete this 5-minute survey.
Even if you’ve filled out the survey before, it would help to do it again. The more responses NTIA get from our county—particularly our corner of it—the better.
The Orange Conservation Commission is hosting a special event Saturday, November 6, from 3pm to 5pm: Naturalist Michael Wojtech, author of Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, will give us a walking lecture through our woods.
We’ll meet at the Heinrichs place, 148 Cardigan Mountain Road; the drive is just opposite Tuttle Hill Road. Dress for a walk in the woods—shoes that can get wet, November-friendly outer gear—as well as something orange for hunting season. A hot dog roast will follow. Bring money if you want to buy a book!
Let Sandi Pierson know if you’re coming: 603-523-7936.
Monthly Saturday morning hours have been rescheduled to Saturday 10/9, 9:00 - 11:00 am.
The Orange Planning Board will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting, 6:30pm Tuesday, October 19, to receive public comments on proposed amendments to the Town of Orange Driveway Regulations. The meeting will be held remotely on Zoom. You can find link and call-in details on the Calendar.
You can find the draft revisions here, and the current regulations here.
Gulley Dunlap asked us to post this:
The Orange Cemetery Trustees will be hosting a workshop on the proper care and maintenance of old gravestones. John Lord of the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association will lead the workshop on September 18, 2021, 2-4pm, at the Orange Common Cemetery on Tug Mountain Road. Interested in helping preserve this important piece of Orange’s history? Please RSVP to Anita Watson Garland (523-7141/anitawats at hotmail.com) or Gulley Dunlap (ecossaise at comcast.net).