Party on the Patio 2023 photos are available on the “Community Photo Albums” section of our website.

Relax, unwind, you’re on patio time…welcome our new neighbors!

Sunday, June 4th
12 noon, a catered lunch* will be served at 1:00 pm

The cost is $20/pp
Please put cash in an envelope with your name on the front. Deliver the envelope to Anne Slaney (28 Quarry) – a basket will be on the front porch.  Anne will enter your name on this online spreadsheet. See who’s coming!

NOTE:
-> Deadline for signing up is Friday, May 26th.
-> BYOB
-> Seating is limited, so please bring chairs.
-> Bocce and corn hole available!
-> SIGN UP to help with setup on June 4th at 10 AM

*The menu:
Italian cold cut platter, chicken wings, sausage pepper onions, finger sandwiches (egg, chicken, tuna, seafood salad), pickles and olives, garden fresh salad w/ dressing, potato salad, rolls and butter.

Organizers: 
Vern Loschi, Ellen Medeiros, Anne Slaney, Pat Hoopes, Susan Orr, Joanne Fallon

• First Quarter: Ken Penaskovic
• Second Quarter: Bob Doyle/Marty Quinn [partnership]
• Third Quarter: Bob & Maryellen McGrath
• Final Score: Judy Goglia

Fun sightings in Hickory Woods this week! Not certain if he’s a prospective resident…?!

Dottie Pullo invited us to a painting class to create a beautiful glass block. Here are the wonderful creations:

Friday 12/9 Workshop:

Monday 12/12 Workshop:

Wednesday 12/14 Workshop:

Bring to the workshop:

• 7 ½ inch by 7 ½ inch square block to paint on or any other glass surface that will work, such as a glass cookie jar or straight-line vase.  If you need a glass block let me know, they are an additional $6, but I do have some. Call Dottie 781-568-1439 if you want to have one.
• A few paper towels
• A small water container for cleaning brushes
• An apron (optional)

Call Dottie with any questions 781 568 1439.  Plan on having a fun afternoon!

THANK YOU! The HW Clubhouse was a-jingling! Such Ugly Sweater fashions! Christmas Trivia! The “Sister Act” (with a couple of drafted singers) was a classic. (Yes, definitely send CASH.) Carolling with Hannah and Jon was extra special and got us all in the holiday spirit. We will never hear the “Twelve Days of Christmas” quite the same, after the HW “flashmob” rendition. Thank you to all who made the evening a wonderful success.

Be sure to check out the pictures from the evening in the “Community Photo Album” under Activities.

It’s time to celebrate the season with our neighbors! 

When: Saturday, December 3, 2022 @7 PM

Sign up to bring a hot/cold appetizer, specialty drink or a dessert.

Also needed: Help with setup on 12/3 and cleanup on 12/4

Please sign up by November 30th
(You won’t be turned away if you sign up late, but it sure helps for planning if you can sign up by 11/30 – thanks)

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT:

• Ugly Sweater Contest (so drag out your sweater and get ready to strut the runway!)
• Trivia Contest
• SURPRISE!

The Septic Committee developed a resource guide for our septic systems.
DOWNLOAD A PRINT COPY

CARE AND FEEDING of your SEPTIC SYSTEM: Good to Know!
Compiled as a part of the HW Email Update 11/13/2022    DOWNLOAD A PRINT COPY

• If you would like to learn to knit or crochet, this is the opportunity. Instructors will teach beginner stitches. Yarn and needles will be provided. Even if you are left-handed, you can learn!
• If you have patterns for adult winter hats, please bring them to share at the workshop.
• Every Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM, neighborhood handcrafters meet at the HW Clubhouse – join in! It’s not limited to knitting and crocheting; feel free to bring your own craft project.

Laura Kuzia is offering a workshop to make a fun Christmas craft.

When: December 8th, 1 PM @ HW Clubhouse

Bring: Your candy supplies (see list, below) & scissors

No signup is necessary
Questions? Contact Laura 508-847-8263
Lolly1313kuzy@gmail.com

SUPPLIES:
2 candy canes
1 Kit Kat (full size)
10 miniature HERSHEY candy bars
1 Santa Claus candy (about 2-3″ tall)
1 mini gift bow
Double-sided tape
Clear tape

From Rick and Monique Pierce
27 Quarry Road
rgpierce@earthlink.net
moniquepierce782@gmail.com

Update 11/5/2022:  Leading up to Halloween 2022, we gave out almost 600 costumes in Manchester and Nashua. We accept any costumes,  sizes infant to 3x adult.  The most popular sizes this year were toddlers and teenagers. We are very grateful for the volunteers for our first SCARE Costume Drive at Londonderry Flea Market.  It was not a successful day for costumes but it was a huge success in other ways. Spending a great sunny day socializing with our neighbors!  THANKS to Kris and Phyllis and to the Londonderry Flea Market. If you missed the 11/5 dropoff, you may leave donations at our home, 27 Quarry Road.

10/6/2022: As many may know Rick and I are Halloween enthusiasts, and we recently joined the board of directors of a great organization- S.C.A.R.E.

S.C.A.R.E stands for Secondhand Costume Annual Redistribution Effort – a long name for a simple concept.  

We believe that all children deserve to enjoy the fun & magic of Halloween, but we also understand that families sometimes need to prioritize food and shelter over Halloween costumes and activities.  S.C.A.R.E. was born so no child feels left out or left behind. Our mission is to provide Halloween costumes and activities to children and families in need in Southern NH. We will collect and distribute both new and used costumes and create free haunt experiences to terrify and delight. https://scarenh.org

 WHAT WE NEED:

1. We are looking for volunteers to help with a Halloween costume drive.  The Londonderry Flea market has graciously donated the use of their site on Nov 5^th for people to drop off Halloween costumes.  We need volunteers to help the SCARE Team with the intake and sorting.   Hours are 10:00am to 1:00pm.   If you can volunteer for a couple hours on Nov 5^th to help us receive in and organize costumes at the Londonderry Flea Market,  please contact us.
2. Help us get the word out. Please let people know about the costume drive on Nov 5^th.  Also share our website with friends and family https://scarenh.org   We have posted the schedule for our COSTUME DISTRIBUTION DAYS and SPOOKEVILLE HAUNT.  This year’s theme is “Haunted Acre Woods”

THANKS!

“Off Your Rockers”, The comedy group from the Nevins, is returning! 

Be prepared for lots of laughs.
No tickets, no reservations, all fun!

Where: HW clubhouse
When: Tuesday, September 13 @ 4 PM

Questions? Contact Mary-Helen McGrath 703-901-1628

THANK YOU, Hickory Woods for your caring and generosity!

We have packed up the socks, trail mix, beef jerky, lotions, protein bars, (ETC) and will be delivering your donations to Brookline NH on Friday 6/17.

Monetary donation totaled $1580.

We collected 200 letters to the troops!

Picture, right: Karen Wilson, Vern Loschi and Ellen Medeiros (and Ann Perham) packed Ellen’s car on Thursday.

From Operation Care for Troops – Thank you notes from the troops!  Page 1   Page 2   Page 3

6/13 to 6/15: THIS IS THE WEEK TO BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO THE CLUBHOUSE

Drop your donation off in the clubhouse entryway 24/7, Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Letters to the troops go in the collection box, also in the entryway.

OPERATION CARE FOR TROOPS  OCTnh.org

Operation Care for Troops OCTnh.org

For 19 years, OTC has been sending care packages all over the world to US deployed service men and women. They are a volunteer organization that relies on donations. More than ever, there is a significant need for us to show our support to our troops. 

From the OCTnh.org website: “Operation Care For Troops” began as a family and friends effort to provide needed but not easy to obtain items to the founders’ family members serving in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Soon, the fellow soldiers were requesting items and the grass root effort of the family, friends and local community volunteers were sending care packages to fulfill these requests. 

Letter Writing setup in the HW Clubhouse entryway. Stationery is available and a box to put your letters in. Thank you!

The Hickory Woods efforts will be twofold:

1. Collecting products most requested and needed by our troops (list, below)
2. Writing personal notes/letters to the troops. See the display in the HW Clubhouse foyer (left). 

PROJECT TIMELINE:  

• May 1 to June 15: Publicity via Newsletter update, HW website and flyers at the HW Clubhouse
• May 19 – Thursday morning letter writing workshop
• June 3 – Friday night social and letter writing 7-9 PM
• June 13, 14, 15 –  Dropoff at the Clubhouse (Plastic bins in entryway).
  Alternate pickup @ your home – Contact Vern Loschi vern.loschi@gmail.com
• June 15-16: Packing the donations @ HW Clubhouse
• June 17: Delivery of goods, letters to Brookline NH 

LINK: OCTnh lists their most recently requested items 

Products most requested and needed by our troops:

The committee: Ellen Medeiros and Ann Perham (Leads); Vern Loschi, Karen Wilson, Cherryl Gordon, Judy Noonan, Mary Doherty, Anne Slaney

HICKORY WOODS SPRING BREAK

Before the beach,
Before the lake,
Time now for
Spring Break!

.

A break from winter,
Before the heat,
Let’s get together,
Let’s all meet.

DETAILS:

• Sunday May 15, 2022 @ HW Clubhouse Patio 3 to 5 PM (or whenever)
• BYOB
• Seating is limited, so bring a chair
• Please bring sweet or savory dish (serve 12)
• There will be a RAFFLE! WON BY PHYLLIS ENGLEMANN

The Humane Society for Greater Nashua is in desperate need of linens (blankets, towels, sheets, pillow cases).

If you have linens that you no longer use and would like to donate, please contact Maryellen McGrath, 16 Tavern Hill Rd., 603 930 9937, memkng@msn.com.

She will be happy to bring them to the animal shelter for you. If you have questions about what is acceptable to donate feel free to call/text or email her.

In Hickory Woods, email is an important tool for communication.
There is a long list of those who send out all-neighborhood emails:
The BOD, NewStar, weekly newsletter, and the Patriots update.

Unfortunately, some email applications have an over-active spam filter and many important emails are ending up in our “spam” folders. Comcast is probably the most problematic.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to “teach” your email that an email is NOT spam (Note that this can be used for any email you find in the spam folder). It is specific to Comcast, but Gmail, AOL and Yahoo should have similar procedures:

1. Locate and open your email spam folder
2. Scroll through to locate an email that is NOT spam (BOD email, HW Update etc). Open the email.
3. Find the 3 bars that say “More Actions” when your cursor hovers (see below)
   
4. CLICK on the 3 bars. There will be options available (see below). Scroll down to select “Not Spam” – this will restore the email to your inbox and (hopefully) teach your email filter that it’s not spam.

9/15/2021 Neighbors gather to garden on 9/14 — from Roberta Wells:

Many thanks to the committee who helped plan the beautification efforts, to everyone who dug up their own gardens to lend a plant to our effort, and special thanks to everyone who gave up their morning to dig in the dirt with us.

Before

During

 

Finished!

THANKS to:

Those who contributed plants: Bergeron, Daigle, Jenkins, Loschi, McMullen, Morris, Pannese, Slaney, Wells

People who helped with the planting:Susan Daigle, Sheila Jenkins, Dick & Vern Loschi, Cathy & Tim McMullen, Ken Penaskovic, Anne & George Slaney, Brian & Roberta Wells.

Also much appreciated: Mimi Sullivan for giving us access to water; Susan & Gregg Orr for bringing water bottles to the workers.

9/4/2021 Planting Dates announced, appeal for gardening tools:

Thanks to MH McGrath vmcgra@msn.com, the Nevins comedy group is coming to HW:

Hey, Hickory Woods, are you ready for some good laughs?! 

Coming to the HW clubhouse
Tuesday, September 21st
@ 4 pm
the comedy group from the Nevins,
“Off Our Rockers”

Contact Mary-Helen McGrath if you have questions.

8/2/2021 From the Board of Directors:

The Hickory Woods Board of Directors is committed to closely watching the development of the Rt 102 project. For those new to this issue, this refers to the parcel of land on the left of the HW entrance on Rt 102. This land comes with an easement entrance from Tavern Hill.  The easement starts at the 102 entrance and ends approximately at the beginning of the median.  Last year’s Board confirmed with our Attorney that this easement is legal and that Hickory Woods is responsible for the care, maintenance and repair of this road regardless of plans for this parcel.

The HW Board of Directors is closely following the progression of this project and is committed to  keeping the community up to date on all developments. At the Board’s request, Jeff Lessard of New Star has been in touch with the owner  to express our interest and concern regarding plans for this parcel. After some starts and stops, we have received a draft of the preliminary plan. The Board is in contact with the Town Planning Department and as abutters, we will be notified if and when plans are submitted for Town approval. There is reason to speculate that the final plan may look different from the preliminary plan as there are  both State and Town approvals and permits involved. The Board has received comments from residents about whether we will be able to negotiate with the parcel owner to share costs of road repair, etc.  When the time comes, the Board will certainly advocate for any provision that would benefit Hickory Woods.

There are many questions to be answered but at this point it is unlikely that we can get definitive answers. Again, we are closely watching this development and will keep our community up to date on any and all new information. Residents will be given the opportunity to ask questions and comment through this process.

VIEW CONCEPT PLAN

Voted at the BOD August Meeting  – Rule 15 on Estate Sales:

15. Estate, Garage or Yard Sales

1. Board notification with submission a signed copy of the Estate Sale Request Form two weeks in advance
2. Adherence to following guidelines:
3. One time Estate Sale
4. The Estate Sale shall be held no more than two consecutive days
5. No items will be displayed outside of the home
6. Parking for attendees is only permitted on the side of the street of the house having the estate sale.
7. It is the responsibility of the unit owner or Estate Manager to oversee parking restrictions.

From the Board of Directors, 6/17/2020

The HW BOD voted to allow one time Estate Sales for residents who have listed or sold their home.  Please see the attached request form that is to be filled out at least two weeks prior to a planned Estate Sale and sent to New Star Property Management.  The form includes the rules that the BOD agreed are necessary to allow Estate Sales but decrease possible negative impact to the neighborhood.  The form will be located on the HW and New Star Websites.  If you have any questions please use the BOD email: BOD-input@hwcommunity.info

VIEW / DOWNLOAD the Estate Sale Request Form

From John Goglia: 

UPDATE 8/6/2021: The Mesiti Trophy is on display in the Tavern at the HW Clubhouse

UPDATE 7/21/2021: Great day for golf. HW recaptured the trophy which will be engraved for 2021 and go on the shelf at the Tavern for 1 year. Marty Quinn + Bob Doyle for I think the third year in a row were high scorers overall meaning they earned the most points for our team. Len Pellerin won a raffle prize.

VIEW a photo album of the event (thanks to Bill Lannigan for taking these pics.)

UPDATE 7/16/2021: The Fifth Annual Mesiti Tournament and Banquet is this Wednesday at Candia Woods Golf Course. Participants are Hickory Woods, The Nevins and Cross Farm. We have 50 tournament players but only 1 woman (from The Nevins). There are 7 other women playing for fun and everyone is eligible for prize money. So, there is a grand total of 57 participants, the biggest group since we started 5 years ago.
Kudos to our own Lou Pellerin, Joyce Newman and Cherryl Gordon for joining us. Maybe we will have a few more women next year. Everyone wish us good weather and we will try our best to bring that trophy back to the empty shelves in The Tavern at The Hickory Woods Clubhouse.

UPDATE 7/1/2021: It looks like 56 players participating in the golf and luncheon at Candia Woods on Wednesday, 7/21/21. There are 6 women and 50 men at last count from The Nevins, Cross Farms & Hickory Woods. We will have our final meeting to determine team pairings and foursomes in the next 2 weeks. All we need is a good weather day.

Calling all HW golfers. The 5th Annual Mesiti Cup Tournament is currently being scheduled for Wednesday, July, 21, 2021 at Candia Woods in Candia, NH. There will be a shotgun start at 9:00am for 18 holes followed by a to be determined banquet at Candia Woods. The total cost is expected to be around $90 pp.

The participants will be The Nevins, Cross Farm and Hickory Woods. Currently, The Nevins & Cross Farm anticipate having 3 women each on their teams. So far HW has no lady golfers on our team. The format has yet to be finalized and the number of golfers per team is in process.

If you are interested please let John Goglia, Dick Loschi or Marty Piekos know and provide your current score. Although there is a trophy that has been passed back & forth between HW & The Nevins the last 4 years this is more about getting to know our senior neighbors whose communities were also built by Mesiti Development ( or whatever their name is now). We have a great relationship with The Nevins and it is time to expand that to include Cross Farm.