THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 2, 2011


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CONCORD, NH 03301 Permit No. 177


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VOLUME 20, NO. 22


THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011


COMPLIMENTARY


Keeping Traditional Skills Alive At 20th Annual Wood Days


by Roger Amsden News Correspondent


CANTERBURY - Working with wood was one of the skills brought to what is now the Emerson farm on Shaker Ridge here when it was first settled in 1785. That was the year that


Joseph Ham, 24 years old, paid the first recorded taxes on the farmstead that he cleared and estab- lished. He was one of 10 children of a master ship builder from Portsmouth and put the knowledge he had gained from working


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Laconia Main Street Outdoor Marketplace


Start ing Thursday,


June 2nd and running through September 29, every Thursday afternoon from 3-7pm, the parking lot between Pleasant and Main Street in Laconia will by teeming with entre- preneurs selling seasonal vegetables and fruits, ma- ple syrup, baked goods, meats, fish, eggs, coffee, wine, crafts, jewelry, pot- tery and zen gardens. The Marketplace has be-


Dave Emerson of Old Ways Traditions does some wood turning using an old-fashioned steam engine. He helped start Wood Days and now hosts the event at his Canterbury farm on Shaker Road.


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come, with the musical entertainment, a regular gathering spot in Down- town Laconia for families


and friends. The purpose of the Marketplace is to create an income opportunity for area growers, farmers and craftspeople while strength- ening ties within our com- munity and putting “feet on the street”. Businesses are encouraged to participate and remain open on Thurs- day evenings.


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with his father to work to turn the bony hillside on Shaker Road into a work- able farm. He used all of the tra-


ditional skills and tools to build his house and barn, clear fields and build stonewalls while working the land to raise corn, beans and other crops. Today what was the Ham


Farm is now known as Old Ways Traditions and has been the home of Dave and Ann Emerson for over 40 years. This weekend, June 4-5, See WOOD on 30


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