Location: Portsmouth Commercial Fishing Pier

Join local fishermen and chefs in support and celebration of our local fishing industry:
- Taste fresh and local fish species
- Taste Red Hook Brewery's "Black Lobstah Lagah"
- Meet local fishermen, brewers, and chefs
- Learn what you can do to support this 400 year old industry

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Open houses are every Sunday from late May (Memorial Day weekend) through mid-October (Columbus Day weekend) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Visitors get to climb to the lantern room to enjoy the magnificent view and to see the fourth-order Fresnel lens up close. Volunteers will tell visitors about the history of the light station, and there will be souvenirs for sale.

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Office Closed for Memorial Day observance.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: January 31 through June 27. This is an ongoing exercise program for older adults to maintain bone health through biweekly strength and balance classes.

• Learn how to make better decisions about spending your money.
• Learn to stretch the dollars you have.
• Learn how to reduce debt and avoid increasing debt.
• Learn about insurance.
• Learn how to make a spending and savings plan that will help you reach
your financial goals.

DATES:
April 30 (Tuesday)
May 10 (Friday)
May 14 (Tuesday)
May 24 (Friday)
May 28 (Tuesday)

9:30 am – 11:30 am

Hillsborough Police Department
22 Municipal Drive
Hillsboro, NH 03244

This is a five week series being held on April 16, 30, and May 7, 21, and 28, 2013, the series will include the following topics: grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy and protein. This program is for Pittsfield Head Start participants only.

Presented by Belknap County Master Gardener Karen Ober.  For more information, contact Karen at backdoorfarm@aol.com.

Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, no meeting in December.

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Agenda items:

Staff Evaluations?

Administrative Staff attending:

Presenters

Larry Lippke, Jennifer Jahedkar Chilek, Susanna Coppernoll, Cassidy Peek

This six series program will be held on the following dates May 8, 15, 22, 29 and June 5, and 12, 2013. This program will cover MyPlate, food safety, budgeting and cooking skills. This program is for Friends Emergency Housing clients only.

A free six week series for parents on cooking, nutrition, and eating healthy on a budget.

Join us for fun and interactive lessons:

• cook inexpensive, nutritious meals
• how to stretch your food dollar
• get the family involved in preparing meals
• increase physical activity

.... and more!

A different recipe will be made and tasted each week.  Presented by Lisa Ford, Program Associate, Nutrition Connections.

A class for youth will be held during the same time with Kathy Jablonski, Extension Field Specialist, 4-H Healthy Living.

Wednesdays from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Enthusiastic gardeners and gardening families welcome.

Make your garden flourish this year! Learn how to become a more successful gardener through this series of hands-on workshops: how to better plan your garden so that you can increase your garden yields, improve the quality of your vegetables, and work smarter not harder!

The garden workshop series begins in March and runs to October, guiding you through every phase of your garden's growing season.

Winter/Spring Workshop Schedule:
- March 6 ~ Vegetable garden planning
- March 13 ~ Growing transplants from seed
- March 20 ~ The nature of soil, soil management
- March 27 ~ Container and raised bed gardening
- April 4 ~ Fruit trees in the home garden NOTE: this class is held on Thursday
- April 10 ~ Berries in the home garden
- April 17 ~ Companions and allies, growing your favorite vegetables
- May 1 ~ Weeds, pests, and disease in the garden
- May 15 ~ Composting, cover crops, and green manures
- May 22 ~ Permaculture, native fruiting plants, shrubs, and trees
- May 29 ~ Season extension
- June 5 ~ Build an inexpensive high tunnel/greenhouse

Fall Workshop Schedule:
- September 11 ~ Season extension
- September 18 ~ Build an inexpensive high tunnel/greenhouse
- September 25 ~ Storing your harvest
- October 2 ~ Closing up your garden

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Click here for more information on the UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program.  

Master Gardeners are volunteers trained by UNH Cooperative Extension staff. They provide practical home and garden education to help people and communities solve problems, develop skills and develop a better future.  They answer questions at our phone center and at horticultural events, county fairs and farmers markets.  They help create and manage school gardens, community gardens and demonstration gardens.  They provide gardening information through news and social media and host workshops, tours, classes and clinics in their communities. 

How do I become a Master Gardener Volunteer?   After you complete an application, we will meet with you for a short interview.  Our primary requirement is you must be willing and available to volunteer 55 hours upon completion of your training.  You will attain your Master Gardener status upon completion of the training and 55 volunteer hours. 

Fall 2013 classes are on Thursdays, 9-4:00, September 5 – December 5, 2013

excluding the week of Thanksgiving. Inclement weather date is Dec 12.

Unitarian Church, 274 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH

Cost: $300 plus $50 for the optional Master Gardener Handbook

All Garments being judged for the State Activities Day Fashion Revue will be evaluated at the Memorial Union Building on the UNH Campus.

This 2-day workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 30th and Wednesday, May 31st.  Participants must attend both days.

Training topics will include:

. creating collaborative relationships

. designing processes to meet the needs of specific groups

. developing intentional facilitation practices

.  using mapping to design meetings and identify behaviors that impact group process.

** On-line registration is required**  Click here to complete registration form. 

For more information contact Sue Cagle at (603) 527-5475 or e-mail to sue.cagle@unh.edu

Click here for information on additional facilitation training opportunities.

Training topics to include creating collaborative relationships, designing processes to meet the needs of specific groups, developing intentional facilitation practices and use mapping to design meetings and identifying behaviors that impact group process.

Presented by: Sue Cagle, Field Specialist, Belknap County UNH Cooperative Extension and Thom Linehan, Field Specialist, Merrimack County UNH Cooperative Extension

Tuesdays and Thursdays: January 31 through June 27. This is an ongoing exercise program for older adults to maintain bone health through biweekly strength and balance classes.

An Educational Series for New Hampshire Tree Farmers and people interested in learning more about woodlot care and management. Join us for a series of programs focusing on the cornerstone themes of sustainable Tree Farm management: wood, water, wildlife, and recreation!

Join Tree Farmer and Plymouth State University Ecology Professor Len Reitsma for some close encounters with birds. Len and graduate student, Meagan Bassett will mist net birds and discuss the different habitats they frequent. Len has created openings and clearings throughout his 112-acre Tree Farm to evaluate how different bird species respond to and utilize the different opening sizes. Len and Meagan will also demonstrate bird banding. This workshop is a great opportunity to see birds up close and learn about their preferred habitats, as well as to bring home ideas about how you can enhance bird habitat on your property.

This six-part webinar series is designed to help participants:

.  Gain control over spending

.  Develop a plan to achieve financial goals

.  Reduce expenses and debt

.  Increase savings

.  Understand insurance needs

* * Participants should attend all 6 sessions.  Sessions are scheduled for the following 2013 dates:

Thursday, April 25

Thursday, May 2

Thursday, May 9

Thursday, May 16

Thursday, May 23

Thursday, May 30

This 2-day workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 30th and Wednesday, May 31st.  Participants must attend both days.

Training topics will include:

. creating collaborative relationships

. designing processes to meet the needs of specific groups

. developing intentional facilitation practices

.  using mapping to design meetings and identify behaviors that impact group process.

** On-line registration is required**  Click here to complete registration form. 

For more information contact Sue Cagle at (603) 527-5475 or e-mail to sue.cagle@unh.edu

Click here for information on additional facilitation training opportunities.

Training topics to include creating collaborative relationships, designing processes to meet the needs of specific groups, developing intentional facilitation practices and use mapping to design meetings and identifying behaviors that impact group process.

Presented by: Sue Cagle, Field Specialist, Belknap County UNH Cooperative Extension and Thom Linehan, Field Specialist, Merrimack County UNH Cooperative Extension