Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery Invites You to Support Interlakes Community Caregivers

Ralph Watson, Gallery Manager of the Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery and Pamela Joyal, Executive Director of the Interlakes Community Care Givers are pleased to announce a week-long fundraiser sponsored by the gallery.

Beginning at a kick-off reception on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 from 4:006:00 p.m. and continuing until Wednesday, August 2, 2023, a percentage of all sales in the gallery will be donated to The Caregivers.

The public is invited to the kick-off reception for some good food, drink, visit and shop at the gallery, music and a special appearance by local resident and owner of Club Sandwich, John Davidson. John will perform several songs to help support the cause! Also, a big thank you to The Meredith Village Savings Bank for their donation to host the kick-off reception.

For information on this and other activities happening at the gallery, visit our website www.centersandwich. nhcrafts.org, or stop by the gallery. We are open Monday thru Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 12-5.

Melvin Village Mercantile Opens in Tuftonboro

Located in the former general store in the heart of Melvin Village, this new shop with a vintage vibe opened in May to a huge welcome. Anchored in a community that values time-honored traditions and still looks for a place to connect with others - as the general store would have done 100+ years ago - the shop offers an eclectic collection of household items, time-tested belongings, antique and vintage furniture and home decor. Punctuated by some modern touches by local artisans, it is an ever-changing array of ideas and inspiration to add to your own home and garden.

Shop owners Sharon Anderson and Paige Nicholl, both long-time lo- cal residents, recognized the need for something like this in Tuftonboro and were looking for a change after years in the real estate industry. Even with no prior experience in retail, they jumped in and have created something pretty special that blends in with and complements surrounding businesses. With only a few weeks under their belts, the overwhelmingly positive response from customers – many saying simply, “Thank you for opening this!” – has been gratifying. The shop is also a nod to the hugely popular Geez Louise, which was in the same location several years ago.

“The items for sale change every single day, so that’s part of the fun of it

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for us,” Anderson says. “Every day is a new adventure!” With multiple sources for inventory, the landscape of the shop varies even from hour to hour. With turnover like this, shopping turns into a bit of a treasure hunt because you never know what you’ll find. Looking for an ice bucket? A Packard hood ornament? Wedgewood china or Pyrex? Antique pine furniture? It’s all here … at some point!

The motto here is to reuse, restore, repurpose, repeat ... to give new purpose to what we already have and find homes for the white elephants. The main entrance to the shop features an old breadboard hung by the door and enjoying a new life as a shop sign. You are invited to come take a look and be prepared to leave with some treasures. And if for some reason you don’t, try again tomorrow. That perfect gem just might be here!

Melvin Village Mercantile is open Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Village Players

Area theater-goers will have an opportunity to witness a theatrical masterpiece come to life on stage as Wolfeboro’s Village Players present “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” July 28 and 29, and August 4, 5, and 6.

This groundbreaking play by Edward Albee has captivated audiences since its premiere in 1962. Set in the living room of a New England university town, the play takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride that challenges our preconceived notions of what it means to be in a relationship, the complexities of marriage, and the thin line between illusion and reality.

The story revolves around the volatile relationship between George and Martha, played by Bob Rautenberg and Michaela Andruzzi, a middle-aged couple whose lives are filled with bitterness, deception, and explosive confrontations. As the evening progresses, they invite a young couple, Nick and Honey, played by Robby Sturtevant and Amanda Wagner, into their home, and what follows is an intense and psychologically gripping battle of wits and emotions that exposes the fragile nature of their own lives.

Under the direction of Jay Sydow, with assistance from Joshua Spaulding and Carol Bense, this production promises to deliver an unforgettable and thought-provoking experience.

Special thanks go out to show sponsors Linda Penney and Keith Lion.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, July 28 and 29, August 4 and 5, at 7:30, and Sunday August 6 at 2:00, at the Village Players Theater, 51 Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. Tickets, $20, are available at village-players.com, Black’s Paper Store in Wolfeboro, and at the door.

HHW Day in Bristol August 5 at NRHS

There are many toxic materials that exist right inside many Lakes Region homes. These toxic materials are known as “hazardous wastes” which are substances that poison or contaminate the environment and threaten the health of those in the local community

Look under your kitchen or bathroom sink, at the basement workbench, in the garage or garden shed – wherever you store cleaning products, home and vehicle maintenance items, or garden chemicals. If a product label says “danger”, “warning”, “toxic”, or “caution”, the product contains ingredients that are flammable, poisonous, will burn the skin and eyes, or react violently with other chemicals.

On Saturday, July 29 and Saturday, August 5, twenty-four communities will participate in one of the longest running and most successful household hazardous waste collection programs in New England. Four collection sites will be open on July 29 (Belmont, Franklin, Gilford, and Meredith) and three more collection sites will be open on August 5 (Bristol, Laconia, and Moultonborough). All sites will be open from 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

Every year since 1986, the LRPC

(Lakes Region Planning Commission) has coordinated annual household hazardous waste collections for communities throughout the Lakes Region interested in participating in the shared collection program.

Residents and residential property owners in the 24 participating communities may bring up to ten gallons or 50 pounds of household hazardous products in for safe disposal. The participating communities for the collection are: Alexandria, Andover, Belmont, Bridgewater, Bristol, Center Harbor, Effingham, Franklin, Freedom, Gilford, Gilmanton, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Ossipee, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tilton and Tuftonboro.

Note: This year we will not be collecting fluorescent lamps (tubes and CFLs), batteries, or mercury-containing devices such as thermometers and thermostats. Information on collection sites, accepted materials, and other disposal options can be found at http:// www.lakesrpc.org/serviceshhw.asp, or by calling LRPC at 279-8171.

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