LEBANON — Listen Community Services is seeking donations to help fill the organization’s School Supply Closet to help Upper Valley students in need.
Donations including backpacks, lunch bags, pencil pouches, binders, folders, calculators and other supplies can be dropped off at the Listen Offices at 60 Hanover St. in Lebanon.
LEBANON — The Granite United Way is taking applications from nonprofit agencies interested in having the support of Granite United Way volunteers to complete projects on the annual Day of Caring, taking place Friday, Sept. 20, in the Upper Valley.
Projects can include painting, cleanup, landscaping, office assistance or any other outstanding work an agency has. Agencies must have 501(c)(3) status to participate. For more information on submitting an application, contact info@graniteuw.org.
WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Library is accepting book donations for its annual book sale, taking place Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Donations can be brought to the library, 5133 Route 14, during library hours until Wednesday, Aug. 7.
Library hours are Mondays from 2-8 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesdays from 10 a.m-7 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
NORWICH — Goodrich Four Corners is now a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
The area includes the Root School and Hogwash Farm, which originally was settled by John Slafter 230 years ago. The listing means a grant to the town for the Norwich Historic Preservation Commission from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation and the National Park Service.
Architectural historian Brian Knight and volunteers with the commission helped secure the listing, with the participation of owners.
The listing, including extensive historical and architectural narrative, is available online at https://norwichhistory.org/historic-preservation.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has awarded $690,228 in grant money from its Upper Connecticut River Mitigation and Enhancement Fund to 13 projects across the upper Connecticut River watershed.
“Each one of these projects is closely aligned with the fund’s mission to protect and improve the Connecticut River Watershed,” Ben Amsden, manager of the Mitigation and Enhancement Fund program, said in a news release. “Through dam removal, property acquisition and habitat improvement, these projects will play a critical role in continuing the fund’s legacy of helping to protect the natural resources upon which so many of us rely.”
Among the grants received: The Nature Conservancy’s New Hampshire Chapter received $7,000 to purchase a parcel of land for permanent protection as part of the Conservancy’s Maidstone Bends Preserve; Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission received $13,160 to prepare a petition to designate the White River mainstream as ‘Outstanding Resource Waters’; Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife received $54,000 to partner with Trout Unlimited to improve Brook Trout habitat in five priority areas by adding large, woody material to streams; The Vermont River Conservancy received two grants totaling $14,073 to support train improvements; and the White River Partnership received $107,640 to restore 30 miles of connectivity by implementing a project to remove the Upper and Lower Eaton Dams on the First Branch of the White River in Royalton.
— Compiled by Kelly Burch