Choose Community means taking an active interest in city, town or neighborhood activities and events, or simply volunteering a couple of hours on a project of personal interest. It also means choosing to purchase goods and services from area businesses that provide jobs to friends and neighbors, thereby improving the quality of life for everyone.
On the pages of this blog, you will find listings and descriptions of various community events throughout the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire. You will also find expert financial wisdom and advice in articles written by guest bloggers and people who work for Enterprise Bank.
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Join The Wish Project Goods Bank at the Tewksbury Country Club in Tewksbury, MA on February 24 from 7 to 11 p.m. for the “Twist Again Oldies Dance.” Music will be provided by by Curtis Knight Entertainment and will feature great hits from both the ‘50s and ‘60s. There will be a 50/50 raffle, as [...]
“A Sweet Valentine Celebration” will be held on February 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Long Meadow Golf Club located at 165 Havilah Street in Lowell. The celebration will feature music from talented musicians including Tanglewood Festival Chorus member, Alison Burns, and jazz pianist Cathy Martin. Light hors d’oeuvres, chocolate treats and champagne [...]
Lowell Kids Week 2012 will occur February 20 through the 25th featuring kid-friendly activities, including movies, games, ice skating, swimming, puppet shows and more. Throughout the week, the event will host a scavenger hunt to engage children in learning about the rich history of Lowell, and prizes will be awarded upon completion. All activities are [...]
A fundraiser party will be held on February 3 at Princeton Station for McCarthy Middle School teacher Tom Gallagher who ruptured a herniated disk in his spine during the holiday season and became paralyzed. As he returns home, many challenges await, not the least of which is the daunting task of paying for costly medical [...]
The 20th Annual Chelmsford Winterfest will begin Friday, February 3 at 5:30 p.m. and go through February 5, featuring a variety of events including free public skating, an art exhibit, a Chowder Fest and nighttime snowshoeing. There is also a photo contest available for Chelmsford residents with an opportunity to win [...]
Join Destination: Cure, a group of Hudson-area residents, as they raise awareness and funds for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with a benefit concert at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building at 2 Quincy Street in Nashua, NH on Friday, April 20 from 7 to 11:30 PM. For the sixth year in a row, Destination: Cure [...]
Spring is finally here, and it’s time for a little spring cleaning! Join volunteers and community members for the annual Field of Dreams Spring Clean-Up event on Saturday, April 14 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the park on Geremonty Drive in Salem, NH. Volunteers can choose to stay for the entire morning, or [...]
Join the Hampstead Congregational Church at 61 Main Street in Hampstead, NH from 5 to 7:30 PM on Saturday, April 14 for a Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser. The event is set to sponsor the congregation’s community food drive throughout the month of April, which will support local food pantries and soup kitchens throughout Southern NH. Guests [...]
Join John Pizzarelli and the world-renowned John Pizzarelli Quartet in concert on Saturday, April 7 at the Stockbridge Theatre in Derry at 8 PM. Pizzarelli is an American jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter most well known for his album, Dear Mr. Cole. This inspiring musical evening is a 10-year anniversary event designed to benefit Jayme’s [...]
Join the friends of the Hudson Dog Park for the 2012 Tag and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 7 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Hills Memorial Library grounds in Hudson, NH. This collaborative event is designed specifically to support the efforts to open the gates of the Hudson Dog Park at Benson [...]
Join the fun at the Comedy for a Cause event on Friday, April 13 at 6 PM at the Haverhill Country Club in Haverhill, MA. This entertaining evening kicks off with drinks and appetizers, and guests can expect to enjoy a live auction, raffle prizes and mystery balloon games. Several hilarious comedy acts will be [...]
Enjoy a fun family outing while supporting local athletes from your own community! The ANA Synchers, a competitive team of synchronized swimmers from the Merrimack Valley YMCA’s Andover/North Andover branch will perform this weekend at their home YMCA at 165 Haverhill Street in Andover, MA. Featuring the theme, “Every Girl is a Princess,” this year’s synchronized swimming shows will [...]
Join the Massachusetts School of Law for the sixth annual Animal Rights Day on Saturday, April 7 from 8 AM until 4 PM at 500 Federal Street in Andover, MA. This powerful event is designed to bring the community together for the benefit of animals and has something for everyone – even the children! With [...]
Join the Merrimack Valley Food Co-Op for the Savor Lawrence Local Food & World Art event on Saturday, March 24 from 6 until 9 PM. This one-of-a-kind event includes exclusive Boston-area showing of an international mural exhibition called “Danza de la Naturaleza,” as well as music and entertainment by Jesus Andujar and Grupo Sazon, a [...]
Get your team together, grab some costumes and get ready for a good old-fashioned spelling bee! The 15th Annual Andover Spelling Bee is set to take place on Friday, March 30 at 7 PM at Wood Hill Middle School in Andover, MA. This spelling bee is unique in that it is designed as a team [...]
Halloween is here again, and this year’s snowcapped evening will make for the most unique trick-or-treating in years. For many towns in the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire, trick-or-treating events held over the weekend have been postponed until this evening, Monday, October 31, and throughout the upcoming week.
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It’s close to that time of the year, filled with rosy cheeks, piping-hot beverages and lots of warm blankets. Winter? Close, it’s nearly flu season! No one likes the flu and for local residents, several cities will be holding flu shot clinics to help keep you healthy this winter.
Community Health Connections of Fitchburg, Leominster and [...]
On Saturday, October 1, the 8th Annual Fitchburg Forge-In will showcase blacksmiths of all skills competing against one-another to determine the region’s best blacksmith. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Riverfront Park, located off Boulder Drive in Fitchburg. Come out for this exciting event and experience the old world thrill [...]
Summertime isn’t complete without one last barbecue! Join Leominster residents on Saturday, September 17 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. to enjoy delicious grilled food and help support one of the city’s oldest buildings, the No. 6 School House, which sits at the corner of Pleasant and Wachusett Streets.
The meal will include a half chicken, salad, [...]
The Lowell Summer Music Series has already brought some huge headliners to Boarding House Park, including the season’s debut performance by the iconic Chris Isaak, back-to-back nights by the Indigo Girls, and last weekend’s pairing of jam band moe. and blues rocker Jonny Lang. Well hold on to your hats folks, because it’s about to [...]
On Sunday, June 12, the Westford Museum will feature a Laotian culture celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. The “Worship Spaces of Westford: Dok Bouathong and Dok Champa” exhibit is a collection of photographs and keepsakes from Laotian history.
Artists will bring traditional Laotian music and dances to the celebration. Performers from the Wat Buddhabhavana [...]
Join the Tucker Family and the Friends of Bella on May 21 for BellaPalooza at Kimball Farm, located at 400 Littleton Road in Westford. BellaPalooza is an all-day, all-inclusive event that will offer everything from golf to live entertainment to food and family fun.
Hosted at Kimball Farm, an outdoor entertainment complex featuring their world famous ice cream, [...]
Singing bowls, or the act of producing sound and vibration from the rims and sides of standing bells, can be engaging and relaxing. Bindy Johnson is taking her meditative and inspiring singing bowls act to the Townsend Library on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m.
Bindy has performed at the Townsend Library in the past and [...]
The first annual Survivor Run will be held on Sunday, June 26. Inspired by the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, Heather Morse has combined her love for motorcycle riding and breast cancer support into a two-hour benefit ride, kick starting a whole afternoon of fun and support.
The event will begin and end at [...]
Mother’s Day is a special occasion each year. But for one Ashby family, the smell of coffee and pancakes has been exchanged for the striking aroma of fresh llama manure. Every year for the last decade on Mother’s Day, the Moylan family has collected the droppings of their herd of llama and brought it to [...]
