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HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY GIFT CERTIFICATES Do you have a special someone that you just don't know what to get him or her? Or someone who needs everything? Or someone who has everything? We've got the answer, the Hillsborough Community Gift Certificate. They can get whatever they want or need, from A to Z. The Community Gift Certificates are available for sale in $10 and $25 dollar increments at the following locations: TD Bank North, Sovereign Bank, Ocean National Bank, Lake Sunapee Bank & the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce. They are redeemable at over 40 local merchants. Keep them in mind for anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, or anytime you want to show someone you care. Keep your dollars in your Community |
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The Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Community Gift Certificate Program, a "community reinvestment program" designed to support and promote local chamber members. Gift Certificates are sold in $10 and $25 amounts and are accepted at over 50 local chamber businesses. Don't know what to get someone to say "thank you", as a birthday or anniversary gift, to reward an employee or to donate as a raffle item? Why not purchase a Community Gift Certificate - the recipient can get what (s)he wants or needs from Auto repairs to a Zebra safari. The Friends of the Hillsborough Food Pantry have undertaken to raise $100,000 to rebuild the Hillsborough Food Pantry. Various groups and people are holding fundraisers throughout the area to help meet the lofty goal. Please support these projects and events. Log onto www.hillsboroughfoodpantry.org for more information about the reconstruction project and see how much money has been raised. The Hillsborough Food Pantry Cookbook is available for sale. This cookbook features 200 recipes submitted by area residents. It is a great gift for that cook or special someone in your life. Treat yourself to one, too! All the proceeds go to the Food Pantry Reconstruction Project. Price is just $15.00 and are on sale at German John's Bakery; Hair Details; Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce; Knapton, Reade & Woods Agency; Sue McPhee Therapeutic Massage; Windsor Cottage; Upton & Hatfield. Please join us for the Sixth Annual Hillsborough Area Artisans Spring Into Summer Faire! Saturday and Sunday June12 &13, from 10AM to 4PM (rain or shine...) The Faire will feature Hillsborough Area Artisan members and guest artists. This years faire will include baskets, jewelry, blown glass, fabric art; paintings, pottery, photography; woodburning, blacksmithing, and more. In addition to artist displays in outdoor tents there will be artisans in the Center Club. Also Bob Lint and Jane Pinel will host several artisans at the Well Sweep Gallery. Gibson Pewter and Sissi Studio, both located in Hillsboro Center, will also be open during the faire. Refreshments will be available in the Center Club: Coffee, tea, cold drinks, pastries, German soft pretzels and a special lunch menu will be served by German John's Bakery. Entertainment by local musicians. Reception will be held at the Well Sweep Gallery in Hillsborough Center. Everyone is welcome to come meet the artists and view their work at the Gallery. The Hillsborough Balloon Festival and Fair has become a major four day event since it was created almost 30 years ago. In addition to the original events and live entertainment, each year new attractions are added. Revived in 2008, the old fashioned Fireman's Muster on Sunday afternoon features competitions among the area fire departments. Along with the typical thrill rides and games of the Carnival Midway, the Festival also features some of the best regional performing artists, including Hillsborough's own Country and Western vocalist, Angela West, with her group "Showdown". Other popular events include 4x4 tractor pulls, a Mud Bog pull, an Artist's Fair & a Hometown Parade. The Saturday night fireworks extravaganza is one of the premier fireworks displays in all of New Hampshire. But the thrill of the weekend is the Hot Air Balloons piloted and crewed by about a dozen regional balloon enthusiasts. Balloon flights over New Hampshire's beautiful Monadnock Region are available to the general public along with tethered flights for the more cautious. Hot Air Balloon lift offs are at 6am & 6pm (weather permitting Fri. evening to Sun. morning). Held at Grimes Field, Hillsborough, NH. Fun for the whole family. FREE Admission! (Parking donation) More information can be found at www.balloonfestival.org or by calling 603-464-5858. Experience the 1700's, 1800's, and early 1900's as you interact with period musicians, reenactors, historical figures, artisans, craftsmen, and children's activities where history comes alive. For more information E-mail: LivingHistoryEvent@gmail.com visit:www.LivingHistoryEventNH.com, or write to Living History Event 2010, P. O. Box 703, Hillsborough, NH 03244-0703. Hosted by the Hillsborough Historical Society and Living History Event Committee This is a great way to spend the weekend experiencing some of New Hampshire's most beautiful countryside, visiting with the artisans and learning their creative process. You drive from studio to studio at your leisure and all the studios are within a 20 mile radius of the downtown area. Many of the artist will be demonstrating their craft. The hours of the studio tour on Saturday and Sunday are 10am -5pm Sponsored by the Hillsborough Area Artisans 11am to 5:00pm in downtown Hillsborough, NH. Under the tents….rain or shine!
Enjoy the most authentic German food you'll experience outside Germany: Schnitzel (breaded or grilled), Bratwurst, Wieners, Homemade German Potato Salad, Rotkohl & Sauerkraut, Breads, Desserts, Beer & Wine. |
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