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Posted August 15, 2010

Library Dedication!!!
After years of planning, fund raising, more planning, more fund raising and finally construction, the newly-renovated Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library was dedicated today! On this perfectly beautiful day, the crowd (some estimated 250 people of all ages) gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Since children play such a vital role in the life of the library, it was the children who cut the ribbon, after appropriate remarks by Bob Williams, outgoing president of the board of trustees. The library was built originally in 1908, and served as the home of the Ladies Library Club of Lovell. It was renovated in 1976, but grew out of its space as a center for the communities of Lovell, Stow, Sweden and Chatham (NH). Over 500 donors made this dream a reality. Thank you each and every one!

Posted August 10, 2010
The Dave Mason Kezar Lake Tennis Tournament finals, which were played this past weekend, are as follows:
Men's Singles: Mark Greene defeated Skip Leiblein 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Men's Doubles: Mark Greeene and Burt Kendall defeated Mark Shafer and Matt Connelly 6-3, 6-4
Women's Doubles: Anna Romer and Chris Rothman defeated Snowdie Brown and Celia Shafer 6-3, 6-1
Mixed Doubles: Mark Shafer and Celia Shafer defeated Elliot Lilien and Irene Angers 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Junior Singles: Jackson Shafer defeated Henry Shafer 6-2, 6-3

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated!

Posted August 6, 2010
The Annual Lions Club Auction will be held Saturday August 7 at the Center Lovell Fire Barn at 10:00 a.m. Proceeds will go to the Lovell Lions Club Scholarship Fund.

Posted June 1, 2010
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE:
The Lovell VFW held a Memorial Day observance at the monument in Lovell Village on Monday. The Rev. Bill Gardner read from scripture and gave a brief meditation, and the audience and Honor Guard stood at attention during the playing of Taps. Laurie Lusky laid the wreath at the base of the monument.

Posted March 6, 2010
REPORT OF TOWN MEETING:
There was Standing Room only at the 9:00 a.m. start of the Annual Town Meeting, which was held in the old Town Hall on March 6 (always the first Saturday in March). Jon Bliss was elected moderator. The second article was "to see if the Town will nominate and elect one member of the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the poor for a term of three (3) years". John ('Turf') Ramsden and Charlie Fowlie were nominated, and after a call for a paper ballot, with 137 votes cast, 'Turf' Ramsden was duly elected. Other officers elected were for the Planning Board, the Budget Committee and for the school board. For the latter (MSAD #72 Board of Directors), Martha Armington was elected to serve a one-year term, and Bob Steller was elected to serve a one-year alternate position. The other committee members are posted under "Officers and Committees". Of a total of 91 articles, only one was contended (Art. 30), which was ultimately passed with an amendment, upon the advice of the town's attorney, A. Kingman ("Buzz') Pratt. The Article, as amended (in boldface), reads: "To see if the Town will vote to allocate up to the first $5,000.00 of funds received from penalties assessed on properties removed from Tree Growth or Open Space status and then 50% over that to a Town Conservation Account for use in the purchase of conservation lands, promotion of conservation education, and conservation projects by the Town independently or in partnership with conservation organizations, and to add all funds previously allocated to the Town Conservation Account be deemed eligible for the uses set forth above. Balance forward: $65,793.14." The meeting adjourned about 12:20 p.m.

Posted February 18, 2010
Phenomenal skating on Kezar Lake! The lack of snow, cold temperatures and windy days have made perfect ice. Folks say it hasn't been like this in recent memory! Skaters are revelling in long skates from the Town Beach to the north end and back; hockey games off the Town Beach make for good memories!

From north end.. to Boulder Brook.. to Town Beach!!

Posted July 21, 2009
The Lovell Neighborhood Watch Program has a web site. Please check it out and get involved!

Posted April 15, 2009
The Building Committee for the proposed new Town Office met last night at a Public Forum, held at the Center Lovell Fire Station, to present plans and to hear comments about the proposed building. Plans are on view at the Town Office, and people are encourage to stop by, review them, and give feedback to members of the Building Committee. There will be another meeting scheduled, probably in the fall. Stay tuned...

Posted March 27, 2009
Note the Color-Coded Calendar! This is how it works: each organization in Town will have its own color background for all of their events. So far, this is what it looks like:

Town Government Light yellow
Library Blue
Historical Society Forest Green
Lovell United Church of Christ Peach
General Town Events Light Red
Kezar Lake Watershed Association (KLWA) Teal
Lovell Recreation Department Light Olive
Brick Church for the Performing Arts Light Purple
Kezar Trailbreakers Snowmobile Club Light Grey
Greater Lovell Land Trust Aqua

Posted February 5, 2008
The town of Lovell's tax maps and tax information are on line and may be accessed at:

http://webmap.jws.com/lovell/

Please see Special Notices for other information