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🌱 How a $225,000 grant will reshape Barrington’s Ayers Pond Forest
And check out Dover Holiday Stroll on the Barrington Patch calendar
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- How a $225,000 grant will reshape Barrington’s Ayers Pond Forest
Also on today's calendar: Dover Holiday Stroll and 7 more events.
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- Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 37 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Breezy in the a.m., then cold, temps: high: 27, low: 13.
- Saturday: Some sunshine, with a high of 31 and low of 16 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Robert Frost's Home and Museum in Franconia Among LCHIP Grant Recipients (indepthnh.org) — Barrington is set to benefit from a $225,000 LCHIP grant to permanently protect 410 acres at Ayers Pond Forest, including shoreline and Isinglass River frontage. The award is part of more than $3.5 million in statewide land and historic preservation grants, including work at Robert Frost’s Franconia home and other notable New Hampshire sites. 
📸 Around Barrington
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Barrington
★ Featured events ★
- Dover Holiday Stroll
SEH Studios Art, 456 Central Ave, Dover
4:00 pm - Concert at Nottingham Community Church, UU
106 Church St, Nottingham
3:00 pm
Thursday December 11
Sunday December 14
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Other local events
- Game On @ the Library
Barrington Public Library , 426 Calef Hwy , Barrington
1:00 pm - Paint Wooden Ornament
Program Room Barrington Public Library , 426 Calef Highway , Barrington
4:00 pm - Family Sensory Story Time
Program Room Barrington Public Library , 426 Calef Highway , Barrington
10:30 am - HOLIDAY MARKET
North Country Hard Cider , 38 Littleworth Rd , Dover
12:00 pm - Melted Crayon Ornament workshop
Program Room Barrington Public Library , 426 Calef Highway , Barrington
1:00 pm - Fire Cider Making Workshop
Tuckaway Farm , 36 Captain Smith Emerson Rd , Lee
1:00 pm - Nippo Lake Bluegrass Series
Nippo Lake Golf Club Restaurant , 88 Stagecoach Rd , Barrington
6:00 pm - Polar Bear Cookie Pops
Program Room Barrington Public Library , 426 Calef Highway , Barrington
4:00 pm
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Monday December 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- No More Stolen Sisters
Dimond Library UNH Museum
8:00 am - Praxis of Happenstance: Eric Katzman / Damion Silver
Gallery of Art
8:00 am - Arts and Crafts Storytime
Dover Public Library , 61 Locust St. , Dover
10:00 am - Sensory Playtime
Hill Library , 1151 Parker Mountain Rd , Strafford
10:00 am
Thursday December 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Rochester
- Here are Rochester Holiday Parade's best float award winners for 2025 (fosters.com)
- Torrington Acquires 300,000-Square-Foot Retail Center 'The Ridge' in Rochester for $51.3 Million in NH (bostonrealestatetimes.com)
- See unique, elaborate indoor holiday displays in New Hampshire (wmur.com)
Dover
- Chinburg looks to add 27 apartments to Cocheco Mills in Dover (seacoastonline.com)
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