Program for May 22, 2025: City of Lebanon Public Works

Jay Cairelli, Public Works Director for the City of Lebanon was our speaker. He started his employment for the city in 2013, working in the Wastewater Treatment plant. He was in this position for 3 years.  In 2016 he joined the administration team for the city.  In...

Program for May 15, 2025 – Rank Choice Voting

Charles Wheelan, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth was our speaker today. Charles Wheelan First a little information about our speaker via his personal webpage (https://www.charleswheelan.com/): Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and...

Program for May 8, 2025 – Katie’s Cookies

Katie Boardman, owner of Katie’s Cookies on the Mall in Lebanon, shared the history of her sweet business. Katie Boardman Katie grew up in Canada. Her father was a Rotarian.  She said it was easy to think of him being a one of our tables enjoying all the...

Program for May 1, 2025 – Marijuana: Status and Issues

Our speaker today was Bob Lyon, PhD, did his undergraduate work in Biology at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT and his graduate (PhD) work at the Albany Medical College in Albany, NY. Bob’s graduate and post-doctoral focus was the receptor pharmacology of...

Program for April 24, 2024 – Open Democracy, NH

Open Democracy: Strengthening Voter Participation Our speaker were Oliva Zink, Executive Director of Open Democracy and Linda Bundy, the volunteer secretary for Open Democracy — Olivia Zink has been the Executive Director of Open Democracy since 2016 and served as the...