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Spooky Family Fun Day Trunk or Treat!!!
 
 
 

🎃 Trunk or Treat Event: Join us for a fun-filled day of costumes, candy, decorated trunks, scavenger hunts, music, and more from 11-1pm! Sign up on Rec Desk to host a Trunk! Once you’ve celebrated with Durham head over to Middlefield’s Trunk or Treat at Peckham Park from 2-4pm! 

 
 

 💊 RX Take Back Day: This important event is happening in conjunction with our day hosted by the Resident Troopers. Safely dispose of unwanted medications at the Community Center during the event. Let’s do our part to keep our community safe and healthy!
 
 
 

🍂 Durham Fall/Winter Market: Support local vendors at the Fall/Winter Market from 10-1. From handmade crafts to delicious seasonal goodies, there’s something for everyone. Grab a warm drink, stroll the tables, and enjoy the festive atmosphere. 

 
 

🎃Let’s make our events the heart of our community spirit! We hope to see you all there! 🎃

 

FOR 40+ YEARS, THE EXCHANGE CLUB HAS HOSTED A ROAD CLEAN-UP EACH FALL & SPRING. WE’D LIKE TO KEEP THIS TRADITION GOING & WE NEED YOUR HELP!

For those of you who would like to clean up your road/neighborhood, you can come pick up trash bags & tags & claim your road(s):

Clean up when you’re able to over the course of the weekend.
Full trash bags will be picked up by Public Works starting on October 28th. For Questions or to claim your road before the 26th, please contact Erica at: edamiatafisher@gmail.com 860.685.8793 

This event is sponsored by Durham Public Works, Sustainable Durham and CRHS ECO Club. With help from former Exchange Club Members!

CRHS POPS will be collecting items including:
*Clothing * Coats * Belts * Shoes * Boots* Handbags*
*Linens * Bedding * Blankets* Curtains * Towels *
* Sleeping Bags * Backpacks* Soft Stuffed Animals*

POPS partners with Pay It Forward Recycling, a nonprofit organization out of Westfield, MA. The donated items are
sent either to needy areas in the south, or third world countries where the population cannot afford to pay full price for
new items. Items that are not usable are sold to be used as a part of insulation material. Pay It Forward was started by a
Westfield law enforcement officer, to provide jobs for young men who he identifies in his service area as at risk.

Sustainable Durham & CRHS Eco Club will be collecting Plastic Film for our TREX Recycling Challenge!
*Bubble Wrap * Dry Cleaning Bags * Plastic Shipping Bags *
Newspaper Sleeves * Clean Cereal Bags* Grocery Bags*

Check out our FB Pages: @Sustainable Durham and @crhsecoclub for more acceptable items!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Towns of Durham, Guilford, and Madison, in coordination with their local land trust organizations, are pleased to announce a ceremonial boundary walk to be conducted by the First Selectman of each town on Friday, October 18, 2024. For well over a century, Selectmen from the neighboring towns of Madison, Guilford, and Durham have walked their towns’ boundaries to place a “Selectmen Stone” marked with the year and their initials on the town lines, which meet in the Mica Ledges Preserves. Such a walk is sometimes referred to as the "perambulation of the line" or "beating the bounds" and was historically completed to ensure the accuracy of the town boundaries. The last boundary walk to occur by the three towns was completed in 2008.

This year, on October 18, the public is invited to join the three First Selectmen at the intersection of the three town lines at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the Mica Ledges Preserves. The Mica Ledges Preserves is located within the Madison Land Trust and Middlesex Land Trust. A rain date of October 25 has been set in the event of inclement weather. Please see the reference maps linked below for additional information on the origins in each town for the hike and the meeting point at the Selectmens Stones.

The Durham walk will depart from Cream Pot Road at 1 p.m., with the hike expected to take approximately 30 minutes to reach the Selectmen Stones at approximately 1:30 p.m. For additional information, please contact Durham’s First Selectman Brendan Rea at (860) 349-3625.

The Guilford walk will depart from the Braemore Trailhead at 12:30 p.m., with the hike expected to take approximately 30-45 minutes to reach the Selectmen Stones at approximately 1:30 p.m. For additional information, please contact Guilford’s First Selectman Matt Hoey at (203) 453-8015.

The Madison walk will depart from the Rockland Preserve parking lot on Renee’s Way at 12:15 p.m. and is expected to take approximately 60-75 minutes to reach the Selectmen Stones at approximately 1:30 p.m. For additional information, please visit the town website or contact Madison’s First Selectwoman Peggy Lyons at (203) 245-5601.

Those joining the walk should bring water and wear comfortable hiking shoes. For additional resources about the meet-up points and pathway for the Boundary Walk, please visit:

Braemore Preserve Map for Guilford https://scrcog.org/wp-content/uploads/trails/guilford/alt/RecTrails_G2_Alt_5-25-18.pdf

Mica Ledges Trails Map for Durham and Madison https://madisonlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/MLCT_MicaLedges.pdf