Season Surprise
Zeke Dela Cruz was more than excited about the arrival of Santa Claus at the annual Polar Express reading at the Taylor Library in Derry last week. The annual tradition continued this year with three readings. See more photos on…
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Polar Express Rolls Through Taylor Library Once Again
Staff at the Taylor Public Library in East Derry resumed what had been a holiday tradition for a good many years. The Library was able to host the reading of the Polar Express once again after having to conduct the…
Hampstead Holiday Parade Rolled Through Town Sunday
The Hampstead Lions Club once again orchestrated a mobile Holiday Parade which traveled throughout many of the streets and neighborhoods in the town of Hampstead. This year’s theme was a Hawaiian style Christmas and many of the floats were decorated…
Holiday Wishes
Three-year-old Arya Anderson shares some Christmas wishes with Santa after the Holiday Parade on Saturday afternoon in Derry. Derry Parks and Recreation held its annual workshop at Veterans Hall to help ring in the holiday season. See more page 5.…
Very Derry Holiday Parade Welcomes the Holiday Season
The annual Nutfield Holiday Parade was held on a very cold and windy Saturday afternoon last week and featured a number local marching bands, clowns, dance groups and ended with a vist from Santa and Mrs. Claus. The parade is…
Derry Recreation Holds Walkthrough Santa Workshop
Although the process was a bit different this year due to COVID concerns, the annual post-parade activities held at Veterans Hall by the Derry Parks and Recreation Department returned once again after a one-year break. Eager children and their families…
Holiday Celebrations Coming to Some Local Communities
By Alex Malm As the 2021 Holiday Season approaches local communities have scheduled their different community events. In Derry they will be hosting the “Very Derry Holiday Celebration” On Nov. 27 Derry which will consist of a number of different…
Derry Community Fund Aids Families at Holidays
Many local families have all they can do to put a meal on the table at the holiday season, and that is where the Derry Community Fund comes in, with its mission to strengthen and enrich the lives of those…
Community Turns Out to Help at Free Thanksgiving Dinner
The Community Meals Network, which provides monthly free meals, put on a free Thanksgiving Day Dinner at Derry’s Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration last month. Organizer Mimi Cagle deemed it a great success, especially from the volunteer point of view.…
Pinkerton Players Stage ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dec. 11-14
Solon Rawson paused for a telling beat before he looked at another Pinkerton Academy student. Then his voice roared through the Stockbridge Theatre as he snarled the classic lines, “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?” Rawson will transform…