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Nov 6, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes |Mary J. Grow |Roland D. Hallee |Melinda Myers
Issue for November 7, 2024It was before Veterans Day, but hearing a cashier say, thank you for your service, to the man ahead of me at the grocery store, made me smile.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta BarnesIt was before Veterans Day, but hearing a cashier say, thank you for your service, to the man ahead of me at the grocery store, made me smile. Since the war that resulted in forming the United States of America, people have had opinions on what would, could, should have happened if . . . On Veterans Day we focus on the men and women who served in our Armed Forces and say thank you to them.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta BarnesOur nights becoming chilly is a reminder to begin preparing for winter. One of the first places to focus on is your windows. While replacement energy efficient windows might not fit into your budget, insulating window inserts are affordable and assembling them with others can be enjoyable.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta BarnesWhen was the last time you enjoyed a live concert put on by experienced, highly-skilled musicians and singers for a worthy cause? Friday evening, August 16, a concert upstairs in the Windsor Town Hall was a musical tribute paid to the life and music of Nat King Cole. The enjoyable music the Downeast Brass Quintet played is part of this country’s musical history. This concert, with superb music and narrations on the life of Nat King Cole, born in 1919, was free.
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May 29, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes |Mary J. Grow |Roland D. Hallee |Peter Cates
Issue for May 30, 2024The Albert Church Brown Memorial Library has announced that it has received grants from The Simmons Foundation and the Oak Grove School Foundation to support a new program for children ages 6-18.
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May 29, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta BarnesToday’s children are our future, and the future of our planet. What helps today’s children to form our future is learning through experience. To help students learn the importance of recycling Ms. Gross and Mrs. Wood, Manchester kindergarten teachers, arranged for the kindergartners to have a guided tour through the China transfer station’s recycling program.
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May 8, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta R. BarnesEven before a baby is born it is best for his or her mother to have every ‘i’ dotted and every ‘t’ crossed. While expecting a new bundle of joy is exciting, unless an expecting or new Mom has supportive relatives or friends close by, she can feel alone. January 2023 the ladies of Sew for a Cause, decided on a way to give support to mothers-to-be, and celebrate the joy of new life in young families.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
by Roberta BarnesWhat if there was a place that was full of books to use for research and enjoyable reading in all genres, without price tags? There is, it is a library. The South China library that has been in the process of changing locations since 2016 is now nearing its finish line. Set in a quiet location at 27 Jones Rd., with ample parking space, this new library is the perfect place to research topics, learn new skills, or enjoy the captivating stories in fiction books.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes |Chuck Mahaleris |Mary J. Grow |Roland D. Hallee
Issue for December 14, 2023Area food pantries: people helping peopleIt is the time of the year when people need help shoveling their walkways and heating their homes. The thing that all lives need at all times of the year is nutritious food. Illnesses and accidents do not care about age, occupation, or sex; they can hit individuals or families at any time. Business and companies can go out of business.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
townline.org | Roberta Barnes
Text and photo by Roberta BarnesIt is the time of the year when people need help shoveling their walkways and heating their homes. The thing that all lives need at all times of the year is nutritious food. Illnesses and accidents do not care about age, occupation, or sex; they can hit individuals or families at any time. Business and companies can go out of business.
