Bellows Falls & Vicinity Community Organizations 

American Legion 802-463-9700

Bellows Falls Woman's Club- meets at the Masonic Temple

Bellows Falls Historical Society 802-463-3734

Citizens for Participation in Rockingham (CPR)  Candidate Forums Thursday Feb 19 & 26 at 7 PM in the Women's Club Meeting Room or catch the show 0n Fact TV. The Forum's will be aired on Channel 8 and repeated on Channel 10 at 7PM and 7 AM.

Elks 802-463-4555

Friends of the Rockingham Free Public Library   Location      Rockingham Library

Great River Arts Institute  802-463-3330

Knights of Columbus 802-463-4793

Masonic Temple 802-463-4898

Meeting Waters YMCA 802-463-4769

Moose Lodge 802-463-4054

Our Place Drop In Center- 802-463-2217 Day shelter serving meals, food shelf available. 6 Island St.  Empty Bowl Event- 1st Sunday in November.

Our Town Civic Organization, Inc  802-463-3092

Our Town Front Porch  Summer Entertainment Series

Our Town Front Porch Theater Company 

Parks Place Community Resource Center,

located in a comfortable old house at 44 School Street in Bellows Falls  802-463-9927. They host many health, human service and education programs.

Polish-American Club 802-463-9896

Rockingham Multi-Age Recreation Facility

Bellows Falls Rotary Club

Our neighbors - 

 Saxtons  River Organizations:

Main Street Arts- (Events) plus Jelly Bean Tree Crafts Cooperative, and the Saxtons River Historical Society    *****  NEW ***** Main Street Arts Calendar  

Saxton's River Historical Society 802-869-2566    or 802-869-2689    Email: luring@sover.net

Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 18   Saxtons River, VT 05154

Telephone: 802-869-2566    or 802-869-2689    Email: luring@sover.net

Grafton:

Nature Museum at Grafton  802-843-2111

Citizens for Participation in Rockingham (CPR)

CPR, formed in 1997, is a nonpartisan group which seeks to encourage Rockingham area citizens to participate in the democratic process by:

• facilitating voter registration
• promoting attendance at Town Meeting and voting  on election days
• encouraging citizens to run for political positions (Select Board, Board of Trustees, School Boards, and other offices)
• sponsoring candidates forums to introduce candidates to the voters and to learn about their positions on important issues
• advocating tenets of good government

Adopted December 8, 1997

CPR's Principles of Good Government

A Good Board of Commission will:

1. Conduct fair and impartial meetings with personal bias set aside/
2. Establish and follow a clear conflict-of-interest policy.
3. Treat the public with civility and respect
4. Focus on the facts, regulations, and policies on any given subject.
5. When addressing issues, draw on all resources and encourage the participation of the public and local citizen groups.
6. On all issues, have the overall good of the community as the top priority.
7. Conduct all affairs in open meetings, limiting use of executive sessions.
8. Adopted January 12, 1998

CPR Steering Committee:

Any citizen of Rockingham who supports our goals is welcome to join CPR.

CPR sponsors political debates during the campaign season

A schedule is being prepared., contact a Steering Committee member for details.

Organizational Meeting

Feb 27   7pm- cafe at Village Square Booksellers

Bellows Falls Historical Society 

Formed in the 1960's, the Historical Society has about 190 members.

The Historical Society maintains the interior of the Adams Grist Mill Museum, located near the railroad on the North corner of the Square. The Mill was built in 1831.  The structure houses much of its original equipment, including all the grain elevators and storage bins. Implements from the Vermont Farm Machinery Company are also stored in the building, as well as household articles, antique signs, and hand tools used by various craftsmen.  The original sleigh for the Mill, as well as a family sleigh are on exhibit, all belonging to the Adams Family.

This Museum is run by volunteers and is kept open on weekends from 1-3 during the summer through October.  It is also open during the Bellows Falls Alumni Weekend.  (You can call Dennis & Marge at 802-463-3734,  facades@sover.net, to confirm on the weekend that you are visiting BF)  2006- closed during railroad tunnel construction.

The Bellows Falls Historical Society's collection of archival materials of Bellows Falls memorabilia is temporarily housed in the Rockingham Free Public Library.  The Historical Society's collection of Hetty Green furnishings is on exhibit in the Library Museum.  Annual Dinner in the Fall.

Membership Dues:.......$10 regular, $15 couple, $5 senior................$100 lifetime.  Donations gratefully accepted for Grist Mill electricity-sponsorships.

In Nov 2004, Village Square Booksellers held a benefit to add an alarm system to the Grist Mill with Charles Slack, author of Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon.  The proceeds from the dinner & 20% from book sales came to a $735 donation to the Historical Society. 

Please contact Dennis Ladd, President at 802-463-3734 , facades@sover.net, for more information on the Historical Society's collections.

Rotary of Bellows Falls

Activities include:

• Our Place - September

• Rotary - Christmas Movie

• Radiothon -  October

• Spaghetti dinner - February

• Penny Sale - April

Rotary sponsors the annual Christmas movie at New Falls Cinema during the Holiday Extravaganza Event, works with Our Town for the photos with Santa visit and places holiday wreaths on the lamp posts downtown.

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of al useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; 

THIRD.  The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life. 

FOURTH.  The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service

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Pat Paltiel Fowler
Last Edited Friday, February 29, 2008 06:40 PM