DerryNews.com, Derry, New Hampshire

News

November 5, 2009

Spectator

Day of Honor

Birch Heights, located oon Kendall Pond Road in Derry is hosting a Day of Honor for Veterans on Nov. 11 beginning at 10 a.m. The day includes an informational seminar, bag piper, buffet bar and a memorial service in the Birch Heights Chapel. Call 425-7755 for more information.

Also on Veterans Day

Derry Veterans Day activities are sponsored by VFW Post 1617 & Ladies and Men's Auxiliary and American Legion Post 9, Auxiliary and Honor Guard and are held on Nov. 11. Gravesite ceremonies begin at the cemetery on Gilcrest Rd, Londonderry at 8 a.m. and continue at Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry. Services will be held at St. Luke's Church, 63 East Broadway, Derry at 10 a.m. with concluding services, raising the flag and final salutes at MacGregor Park to follow. Open house at VFW Post 1617, 18 Railroad Ave. at noon. Call 432-9702 for more information.

Londonderry's American Legion Post No. 27 will hold its Veterans Day parade on Saturday, Nov.14 beginning at 10 a.m. from Londonderry High School to the Town Common where Maj. Dan Tamburello will be the guest speaker.

Scouting for food

Local Boy Scout Troops are putting out door hangers on residents' homes to ask for help with a food drive. Local food pantries are running low and your help is needed. Pick up for the nonperishable items will be on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Her time of the year

License plate of the week was found on a Massachusetts-registered silver SUV at a bank drive-thru window, where, we can only assume, she was withdrawing cash to purchase eye of newt, flying monkey chow and maybe an umbrella ... just in case. The plate read — "WKDWCH."

Text Only | Photo Reprints
News

Latest News
Stocks