Quilt show

Town Office Building on March 19 and 20, 2011

Calling all Monson Quilters!  Please show your quilts at the 250^th Anniversary Quilt Exhibit.  The exhibit will be held at the Town Office Building on March 19 and 20, 2011.  Please contact Dawn Sullivan @267-4622 or dsull54@comcast.net for information.  She needs to know the number of quilts being exhibited by early March.  Also, it’s not too late to make your wall-hanging challenge quilt!  Raffle tickets are also still for sale at the Library, Woodbine, Beth’s, Truine Wellness, Saturday Morning Curiosities.  Tickets will be for sale at Adams on February 19^th.  $1 each or 6 for $5.  Please be sure to come see the 250^th Anniversary Quilt, pictured here, up close and personal.   It is truly a work of art.  We have so many talented people here!

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October 17 Peaked Mt. Race

Celebrate Monson’s 250th at this fantastic 6thannual celebration of the formation of the  Peaked Mountain Reservation

•  7K trail race
• 1.5-mile fun walk
• Live Music
• Bring a Picnic for After

Place:

• Peaked Mountain Reservation
• Main Peaked Mountain Parking Lot
• Butler Road – Monson, MA
•  Registration: 9:00 – 10:15 am
• Start Times:
• Walk: 10:00am
• Trail Race: 10:30am
•  Race Distance: 7K
• Walk Distance: 1.5 miles
•  All Proceeds support Peaked!
• Race Entry Fee: $25

Walk Entry Fee: Walk only $5    Walk & T-shirt $15  T-shirt (at event, as available): $15   Race Course Description

Start/finish at Peaked Mountain main entrance, figure eight loop around Peaked Mountain and Miller Forest Tract on woods-road, single-track trail and pavement. Terrain includes steep incline to start, decline, and then gently rolling-to-flat to the finish.

 Enjoy the Music of Peter Newland

2010 Peaked Mountain Run Flier and Registration Form-trifold 2 sides[1].doc

Scavenger Hunt Deadline Extended

Registration deadline has been extended to September 10. Don’t wait to register!!

Time	September 25 · 12:00pm – 9:00pm
Location	Memorial Town Hall, Monson, MA 01057
Created By	Monson 250 Year Dash
More Info	Monson’s 250 Year Dash is a town wide scavenger hunt celebrating Monson Massachusetts 250 year anniversary. Teams of four will attempt to complete the scavenger hunt list. The list is a combination of items teams must obtain and photos to take, all highlighting “250″ and/or Monson points of interest.

11th Annual Town Wide Tag Sale

Sept 4 

Saturday, Sept. 4,2010.  Applications are now available at  Adam’s IGA or Woodbine Country Store and will also be available @ Summerfest on July 5th. Or call Jeanne at 413-267-3996.

Monson-Glendale United Methodist Church will have a Pancake Breakfast from 7:00 – 10:30  featuring “specialty pancakes”, sausage, beverages.   Also, there  will be lunch available from 11:00 – 1:30 sandwiches, etc. This will give all the “tag salers or is that tag sailors”  a great beginning to a fun day, and a nice little lunch and a place to sit a bit after they’ve done some shopping….

250th Commemorative Plate

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Commemorative Plate. View of front with buildings on it and the back has the logo and the number  printed.  Information on ordering:

Contact Jim Duggan at jamesduggan@comcast.net or 413-267-3467. Plates are $35.00 each. There are selected numbers (1 -  250) but some numbers have already been taken. (#1 and #250 are not for sale right now.) Customers can choose a number if available. Payment must be received before you can get the plate. Plates can be shipped at an additional cost of $6.00 per plate. Please contact Jim with shipping information

Birthday Cake in Summerfest Parade

Cake Float in Parade

1st place Float

Cake Float

Cake Float

Photos by Ken Bailey.

Canvas Tote Bag Now Available

 This heavy-duty Canvas Boat Tote is now available. Go to souvenir page to see it.  Buy one at the Monson 250th booth at Summerfest or at Woodbines. ON SALE  Only $15 while they last!

Hats & T-shirts are now available at Woodbine Country Store, Beth’s Restaurant & Monson Library

See the shirts on our souvenir page.

Girl Scouts Pancake Breakfast

Don’t miss the Girl Scout Annual Pancake breakfast on Summerfest, July 5, 2010. 6:30-9am at the Fire Station, Main St. Monson. Donation $5

Story of Monson available at Library

Now available at the Monson Library: The Story of Monson by Mary Newland.  Only $5.00 and the proceeds go to the library.