🌱 How Hopkinton voters helped permanently protect Bohanan Farm’s 413 acres

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In today's newsletter:

• How Hopkinton voters helped permanently protect Bohanan Farm’s 413 acres

Also on today's calendar: Contoocook Cider Company and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clouds and sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
• Thursday: Clouds breaking for some sun, temps: high: 84, low: 54.
• Friday: Periods of sun; less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Balancing act: How conservation organizations and housing advocates ‘make more efficient use' of N.H.'s land (concordmonitor.com) — Hopkinton residents once packed the largest town meeting in local history to vote for conserving Bohanan Farm, ensuring its 413 acres stay in agriculture and open to the public. That decision is highlighted in a broader look at how conservation groups like Five Rivers and housing advocates are trying to balance land protection with New Hampshire’s growing housing needs.
   

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📸 Around Hopkinton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkinton

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28

• NightOUT - Bunny Butchers Broadway →
  Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S Main St, Concord
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20

• Brick Books (at the Slusser)
  Hopkinton Town Library Slusser Senior Center, 41 Houston Dr, Contoocook, NH 03229, US
  9:00 am

Saturday August 29

• Music on the Porch
  Hopkinton Town Library 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook, NH 03229
  10:00 am

Saturday September 5

• Contoocook Cider Company →
  Contoocook Cider Company, 656 Gould Hill Rd, Contoocook
  1:00 pm
• Demolition Derby →
  Hopkinton State Fair, 392 Kearsarge Ave, Contoocook
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19

• Library Book Club
  Hopkinton Town Library 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook, NH 03229
  1:00 pm
• Heritage Commission Master Plan Subcommittee →
  Concord, NH Calendar, 41 Green St 2nd floor large conference room, Concord
  4:00 pm
• Inter-gen Book Group
  Hopkinton Town Library 61 Houston Drive, Contoocook, NH 03229
  5:00 pm
• Communication & Policy Committee
  Concord School District 38 Liberty Street, Concord, NH 03301
  5:30 pm
• Energy Committee →
  Town of Bow Public Meetings Bow Municipal Building > Municipal Building, Rm. C - 10 Grandview
  6:30 pm
• Planning Board →
  Concord, NH Calendar, 37 Green St, Concord
  7:00 pm

Thursday August 20

• Brick Books (at the Slusser)
  Hopkinton Town Library Slusser Senior Center, 41 Houston Dr, Contoocook, NH 03229, US
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• Three Bipartisan Bills Related To Protecting Victims Celebrated in Concord (indepthnh.org)
• ‘Keeping Concord vital': Capitol Center for the Arts renames theatre after John Swope ahead of multi-million dollar renovation (concordmonitor.com)
• Concord Man Indicted On Negligent Homicide, Manslaughter Charges: Merrimack County Superior Court Indictments (patch.com)

Bow

• Operation Safe Stop Educational Session (nhpr.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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