Forum: Boating
08-11-2012, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 14,567
tow boat and marine patrol in Melvin Bay
Does anyone know what the white and yellow tow boat was towing low and slow in Melvin Bay tonight? It seemed to be something heavy. They were escorted, at times, and followed, at times, by a green...
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Forum: General Issues
08-11-2012, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 146
Views: 93,014
from Abenaki Tower in Tuftonboro
This must be what I could see last Monday evening at sunset (it was a clear day) from Abenaki Tower. I was astounded to see wind turbines along a ridge in the distance. Has anyone else noticed this...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-15-2012, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 25,189
the best memories
Some of my best childhood memories of Melvin Village and our home in Merrymount center around the Hansel and Gretel Store. It was one of the few places open on a Sunday when I was small. My mother...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-17-2010, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,222
too much
I know what this long time (1947) Tuftonboro summer family will do to try to pay the property tax this year. We will not replace our motorboat which died this summer; so Melvin Marina will not have...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-05-2010, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 50,761
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
05-02-2010, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 41,726
Fond memories are made at places like this
My sons fondly remember stopping for the biggest ice cream cones in the world! at the Red Hill Dairy when they were in elementary school and their grandfather took them to day camp at The Science...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-16-2009, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,112
Owl in Tuftonboro
I came upon an owl, back near the end of July, sitting on the yellow line on Severance Road in Tuftonboro. I was returning home around 9 PM after having attended a lecture at Castle in the Clouds. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-13-2009, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 33,604
a business dealing
No matter if you think it fair or not to owe taxes to a locality on a home that burns down, you still have a legal responsibility to pay your taxes and if your home was mortgaged to pay that also. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-14-2007, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 197
Views: 28,201
No more DD
I would like to say that there are too many Dunkin' Donuts in NH. Why does a town like Wolfeboro need one? I would rather see a small shop like "Pops" come back and sell homemade donuts, not ones...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-18-2007, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 7,323
Bald eagle sighting
It is exciting to see them fly over. On August 19, as we were crossing Melvin Bay, my friends and I were looking up and remarking on how many Monarch Butterflies were flitting around over the water,...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-18-2007, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,713
The Lake
I think if we capitalize "lake" we should just go ahead and capitalize "the" too. As in, "The Lake is my favorite place".
Kunamola;)
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Forum: General Discussion
05-12-2007, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,979
science minded?
My son attended day camp at the NH Science Center in Holderness. The center has since changed it's name but I believe they still have a day camp which did include swimming lessons. There is also...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-12-2007, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 108
Views: 14,358
swimming on a leash?
If a dog is swimming at a public spot and you claim he is never in public without being on a lead, does that mean he/she swims with the leash on?
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2007, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 25,795
What's in my name
My screen name is actually two words Kuna and Mola. It comes from my interest in the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama and their elaborate appliqued blouses called "molas"...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-17-2007, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 7,639
Fishercat and a bobcat too
2 summers ago as I stood on the deck of our house on the east side of Melvin Bay, a fishercat ran through the yard. I happened to have my camera and got a picture of the back end as it went off...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-31-2007, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,543
The house on top
Yes, I did go to the island with the realtor last summer and did go inside the house. It is typical of camps of the early 20th century. A sturdy house with small rooms. Living space on the bottom...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-28-2007, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,543
ditto on Farm Island
I also would buy Farm Island. I would give a conservation easement to LRCT for people in canoes and kayaks to paddle to the island and walk on the trails I would build. I would also give an...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-17-2006, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,573
go for it
If you think the value is too high I would say challenge it. On a boathouse property I own in Tuftonboro they made a huge (and I do mean huge) error in value. The process for challenging the...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-17-2006, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,339
Dr. S.
You can live there with a mouse...
and even live there with a louse...
:eek:
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Forum: General Discussion
09-27-2006, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,970
Heeee's back......
The spider must like it in front of the camera. Still, when I sign on and see him it gives me a start. Maybe someone could put all the stills of him together and make a mini-movie "The spider that...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-25-2006, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,970
Yikes on Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes is my homepage and what a fright I had just signing on! That is the biggest ugliest spider! Is it Halloween yet?:eek:
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Forum: General Discussion
07-23-2006, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 15,798
kids reading the forum?
Come now, do you really think any kid who would possibly be reading this forum, and I do doubt there are many, would consider that this was an appropriate thing to emulate? Give our youngsters more...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-08-2006, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,656
swimming area
I believe the area you see is a public swimming area for Tuftonboro. There is not really a beach and many past years I have seen people sunbathing right alongside the road there. Asking for an...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-08-2006, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,498
Pathway
Actually, the path did (does) not end at Wawbeek but continued (es) all the way through Merrymount to Copps Brook (Creek). Not many people travel that far now.
When I was a child you could...
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Forum: History
12-23-2005, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 63,709
Menotomy
If I remember correctly Menotomy was the Indian word for the area that is now Arlington Mass. The girl scout council from that area owns the camp in Meredith and thus named the camp Menotomy.
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