Town of Monson, Massachusetts 250th Celebration 1760-2010

Quilt show

goneinc — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:07:23 +0000

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

goneinc — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:09:21 +0000

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

goneinc — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:38:18 +0000

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

goneinc — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:24:32 +0000

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

goneinc — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:24:32 +0000

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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

goneinc — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:30:06 +0000

Photos by Ken Bailey.

Canvas Tote Bag Now Available

goneinc — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:23:48 +0000

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

monson250 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:11:24 +0000

See the shirts on our souvenir page.

Girl Scouts Pancake Breakfast

goneinc — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:47:30 +0000

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

goneinc — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:58:01 +0000

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