Enjoy a taste of the holidays at Waterville Valley on Saturday, Dec. 12, with the annual Cookies & Snow and Fairytales Festival. Cookies – baked fresh by local restaurants – will be available at all Town Squares shops and restaurants.

This fall the Pemigewasset Chapter of Trout Unlimited completed a $600,000 river restoration project on the Pemigewasset River in nearby Woodstock, NH – the largest project of its kind in the state, and perhaps in the country.

Waterville Valley and Zipcar, Inc., the world’s largest car-sharing service, are once again offering Boston skiers and snowboarders an easy, affordable way to hit the slopes this winter.

Congratulations to the Dunfey family – long-time friends of Waterville Valley (and several were/are property owners) – for their induction into the NH Business Review’s Business Excellence Hall of Fame.

Tops on your Thanksgiving Weekend to-do list is – hopefully – attending Waterville Valley Realty’s 3rd annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 1-5 p.m.

On Friday, Nov. 27, the Rey Center will host a Gallery Opening Reception for THE MAGIC OF RUSSIAN DECORATIVE ART from 6-8 p.m. at the Rey Center facility in Town Square (2nd level).

Missy Lash, a certified & registered yoga teacher, will be offering Pure Power Yoga sessions at the White Mountain Athletic Club from December 1-22, 2009. HOUR OF POWER

HOWARD R. GRIMES July 24, 1918 – November 17, 2009 Howard Ray Grimes, 91, passed away peacefully on November 17 at Hospice House in Vero Beach, FL after an unsuccessful battle with lung cancer.

For Ski Patrol Director, Bill Feather, November means setting up the annual patrol refreshers, making sure everyone is current with their first aid skills and, though he hopes it never happens, lift evacuation drills.

I am excited to attend the Walter Strauss performance tonight at the Rey Center at 7:30 p.m.