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On Saturday, November 13th Cub Scout Pack #359 worked hand in hand with volunteers from the town to help plant over 400 daffodil bulbs at the Lee Hill Cemetery. The bulbs were donated to the town through the “New Hampshire the Beautiful” initiative and the scouts provided the labor to plant them. We are all looking forward to a bit of color this coming spring across from the Town Hall. Thanks go to Jackie Neill as the organizer of the planting.
Highway Department Update
The pictures shown HERE are the work that the NH DOT Bridge Division did on the Old Mill Bridge. The concrete abutments/footings had settled and were cracked. It was a case where the metal pipe was holding the abutments in place instead of the abutments supporting the metal pipe. DOT fabricated and installed rebar and welded it to the metal pipe. They then poured a new floor and partial side walls. Upon completing this DOT fabricated rebar frames and poured new wingwalls and a headwall on the upper end of the bridge. DOT did and excellent job and it
only cost the Town 20% of the total cost of the repair.
Town Administrator on Town Meeting
The residences of the Town of Lee have long wanted the Board of Selectmen to consider changing the legislative part of town meeting to a Saturday. The Board of Selectmen instructed Chris Buslovich, Information Technology to post a survey on the web page asking the residences of Lee to vote on weather they wanted to continue Town Meeting on Wednesday evening or move to the first Saturday following Election Day in March. The vote was overwhelming to move town meeting to a Saturday.
At Town Meeting on March 3, 1960 warrant article #18 states “(Petitioned by Theodore W. Turner and nine other registered voters of the Town of Lee). To hold the Town Meeting in the evening.” The minutes did reflect the passing of this warrant article.
Since it was a warrant article vote to move town meeting to an evening, it will require a town meeting vote to change to a Saturday. You will see a warrant article at Town Meeting requesting the residents “to vote to continue Town Meeting on the Saturday following Election Day in March.”
Lee Police Department
An undisclosed amount of money was found at the Transfer Station. If you have lost money or know someone who has lost money please have them contact the Lee Police Department at 659-5866. The person will need to provide the amount of money, denominations and what the money was labeled for.
The Lee Police also wish you safe and Happy Holiday Season!
Lee Public Library
MAKE A HOLIDAY GRAHAM CRACKER HOUSE
Saturday, December 4 at 10:30 a.m.
Lee Public Library
Families are invited to come to the library on Saturday, December 4 at 10:30 a.m. and create a holiday graham cracker house. This edible treat makes for a great holiday centerpiece. This is a free program although donations of graham crackers or candies are gladly accepted. Come and join the fun! Space is limited and registration is required by calling the library at 659-2626.
8TH ANNUAL “LIGHT UP LEE’S HOLIDAY TREE”
Saturday, December 4 at 6:00 p.m.
Lee Triangle/Town Center
Come meet your neighbors and share the spirit of the Holiday Season with candy canes and songs and of course, the lighting of the tree!!
Please note that the tree lighting starts at a later time this year, so please bring a flashlight as you make your way to the tree lighting. Parking is available at the Town Hall parking lot, with limited parking available at the Grange Hall.
Holiday Community Concert
Saturday, December 4 following the Tree Lighting
Grange Hall
The FRIENDS OF LEE PUBLIC LIBRARY invite you to attend a free community concert. Immediately following the annual Lee tree lighting ceremony on the green stroll to the Grange for an evening with GARY HUNTER’S IRISH BAND - THE BLACK PUDDING ROVERS.
The nine-member group will feature an evening of reels, jigs, hornpipes and Celtic polkas. An Irish tenor will sing melodies and ballads and a bagpiper “pipes” with tunes from Ireland and Scotland. Rovers’ band members count six Irish counties as ancestral homes and they sing to them all! Music entertainment of traditional Irish and holiday favorites will begin at 6:30 PM.
Light fare will be available for a small donation.
Parking at the Library, the Grange, and both sides of the side road leading to the Safety Complex and in front of the Safety Complex will be available.
Daytime Knitting Group
December 6 & 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Join us at the library on the first and third Monday afternoons of each month at 1 p.m. for open knitting. All skill levels are welcome. No need to register. Just show up and bring a project to work on. Please call the library and speak with Cheryl if you have any questions.
Ornament Workshop
Monday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Make an ornament to hang on your tree or to decorate a package. This workshop is limited to 10 people, ages 14 & up. Please call or email the library to register.
December Holiday Hours
The Library’s operating hours on Christmas Eve (Friday, December 24) and New Year’s Eve (Friday, December 31) will be 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Please note that this opening/closing time is earlier than the library’s usual operating hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. The Library will be closed on Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) and New Year’s Day (Saturday, January 1).
No More Book Donations Please
The monthly book sale is on hiatus during the winter months. Due to limited storage space, the library cannot accept any donations for the book sale until April 1.
Book Discussion Group
Monday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m.
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
The Book Discussion group will not meet in December. The group will next meet on Monday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family—until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver descends into the deceptive world of the English stock jobbers, gliding between coffee houses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more Weaver uncovers, the darker the truth becomes, until he realizes that he is following too closely in his father’s footsteps—and they just might lead him to his own grave. (From the publisher).
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