Hold the date for our annual coffee and business meeting.
The gathering will be in person. If there is inclement weather, we will either move to a virtual meeting or reschedule.
Bring three dozen of your best holiday cookies and a big container for our annual swap with our friends from the Red Rock Historical Society. Hospitality begins at 11am and cookie swap is promptly held at 11:30am. See you there for this delicious annual event.
Chatham Voices is a non-partisan initiative that seeks to determine what makes Chatham special and what residents value most. From Solar to housing to how our towns special places will get protected - Decisions affecting our community and town's landscape will be made over the next decade, shaping our future, and we want to ensure that the people who live here are heard first. Otherwise, developers, utilities, investors and other outside groups will get to decide how we live and what happens to our town.
Our annual holiday event is ON. Note we start one hour later this year at 5pm.
Free of charge, but please RSVP by sending an email to mcwilliams@fairpoint.net by December 2d.
Our Annual Celebration of Fall—-All are welcome, free of charge
We will have our storied Apple Baking Competition, games, and good company.
We'll provide drinks: wine, apple cider, a seasonal cocktail and seltzer.
Please bring a savory appetizer, wine to share...and don't forget your best apple dessert for the contest!
Event will be RAIN OR SHINE, if raining we'll be indoors.
Our annual Summer Picnic will be held RAIN OR SHINE on Saturday afternoon July 26th. Come celebrate summer with your friends and neighbors!
We will be getting together for our annual picnic and we can't wait to show you the refurbished Meeting House exterior. Hear how the 27-foot steel beam that now shores up the tower was inserted. You really have to see it in person!
In addition to our picnic (read below for details) we'll enjoy a special treat: Ana Dane’s tea tasting and presentation. She will have 3 different iced teas to sample, along with special tea-based cocktails. The presentation and tasting will be in the Meeting House from 4:30 - 5 pm.
Saturday, July 26
4pm-6pm
The Society of New Concord
2689 County Route 9
New Concord, NY 12060
Rain or shine.
(on the lawn outdoors if it's nice, indoors if it's not)
Grilled hot dogs, condiments and a vegetarian option will be provided with a special
New Concord Summer cocktail.
Please bring a side dish, wine or soft drink or dessert to share.
Please buy tickets in advance:
$20 member
$25 non-member
$10 per child under 12
Note: there is just a single payment link. Please pay the appropriate amount for the tickets you are ordering: Pay here
If you prefer to pay at the door, please let Sara McWilliams know you'll be coming so we can have an accurate headcount: mcwilliams@fairpoint.net
Everyone is welcome, young and old, long-time and new residents; bring your friends to experience the hospitality of our warm community.
Our annual Earth Day community clean up project. Wear your protective clothing, gloves and boots, bring rakes and other garden implements. Small crews clean up roadsides in our area and meet at the end for lunch at the Community Hall.
Join us for a musical evening. Details to come.
Save the date for our annual Holiday gathering, carol singing and tree lighting.
We will hold our annual Autumn celebration rain or shine at the Meetinghouse (hopefully outside!) with our famous Apple recipe contest. Bring a savory appetizer and/or drink to share for this free open community event, no RSVP needed.
Annual summer picnic on July 13th (rain or shine)
We will gather at 10am on the New Concord green (at the Xmas tree) and split into groups to do the cleanup heading in different directions. Come dressed sensibly with boots, gloves and long sleeves. We’ll provide the garbage bags. At 11:30 we’ll gather at the Meetinghouse for coffee and donuts. No RSVP needed, just come if you are available.
Rain/snow day is next day, Sunday, April 21st. Email blast will notify you by 9am if we are postponing.
Our Annual Meeting In Person on Sunday, January 14.
Cookie Swap is on Sunday, December 17, 11am sharp swap time.
Our Holiday Gathering on Saturday, December 2 from 4-6pm. Bring your friends and family for this free event.
Applefest is here. Saturday, September 23d Rain or Shine.
We’ll celebrate summer and the start of our exterior restoration on the Meetinghouse. We’ll enjoy a special treat: Ana Dane’s tea tasting and presentation. She will have 3 different iced teas to sample, along with liquor to make special cocktails. The presentation and tasting will be in the Meeting House from 4:30 - 5 pm.
We will provide hamburgers, hot dogs condiments and a veggie option, please bring a side dish, dessert or wine or soft drink to share.
Please buy your tickets in advance
$20 for members
$25 for non-members
$10 for kids
Note that because of a changeover in our online payment system, there is a single payment link, please pay whatever the appropriate amount is for your tickets: http://paypal.me/SocietyNewConcord
Event will happen rain or shine---we'll move inside if need be.
If you prefer to pay at the door, please let Sarah McWilliams know by July 10th if you'll be coming so we can have an accurate headcount: mcwilliams@fairpoint.net
See you then!
Join your neighbors in our annual cleanup morning in celebration of Earth Day and welcoming Spring. Meet at 10am at the Green in the center of New Concord to break into work teams to pick up roadside debris that has accumulated over the winter. Meet back at the Meetinghouse at noon for lunch. NO RSVP needed. Rain date is the following Saturday, April 29th.
PLEASE COME PREPARED IN WORK CLOTHES WITH GLOVES, BOOTS, RAKES, ETC. Trash bags will be provided and full bags collected at the end.
Max Cane and Dodie Gearing will be presenting their discoveries while metal-detecting in New Concord and in the Town of Canaan as well as some of the research and mapping techniques that reveal home sites and cemeteries lost to time. Artifacts like militia buttons, fancy Georgian shoe buckles and counterfeit British halfpennies give a glimpse into the daily lives of these families and the social climate in early American History.
On September 23, 2022 Dodie Gearing and Max Cane found the Lea-Van Cott Cemetery in Canaan, New York using his metal detecting device. The Pratts and Van Cotts were the families that left Canaan and eventually founded the Mormon faith.
The illustrated talk will be followed by savories and an opportunity to meet and question the speakers.
Max Cane holds a Master’s Degree in Geology/Earth Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the president of Pro-Tec Recycling and consultant in Troy, New York
Dodie (Doris) Gearing holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Classroom Teaching and History from the State University of New York at Albany. Dodie has been the Town of Canaan Historian since 2017 and the Canaan Historical Society Museum Curator since 2020. She is a charter member of the Society of New Concord.
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT AND NO RSVP REQUIRED.
MOVED TO SATURDAY, MARCH 11 BECAUSE OF SNOW PREDICTIONS.
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
Hilary (Olivia Colman) is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward) is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
The evening:
At the SNC Community Hall and Meeting House, of course. We will provide an array of chilis: beef, turkey, sausage and vegetable, along with toppings and cornbread.
Please bring a dessert if you'd like, and wine or soft drinks to share.
We'll provide the popcorn!
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Dinner starts at 6
Movie 7:30ish
If possible, please pay in advance (which will also be your RSVP) If you plan to attend but prefer to pay at the door, please email Sara McWilliams @ mcwilliams@fairpoint.net
MEMBER PRICE: $20.00 each adult
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $25.00 each adult
PAY ONLINE WITH THIS LINK: https://paypal.me/SocietyNewConcord
Kids under twelve free!
No charge if you just come to the movie.
Hope to see you there!
View the trailer here: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/empire-of-light/
iF WE NEED A FURTHER SNOW DATE, WE WILL POST IT HERE.
Join us for a casual get-together. We will provide the ham, you can bring a side dish, a dessert, wine or a soft drink to share. All are welcome. No charge! Just RSVP to Sara McWilliams so we can get ready for the crowd: mcwilliams@fairpoint.net Note the time was originally published as 7pm but we will actually begin at 6!
Come for our annual meeting and hear about our progress and plans for building renovation and fundraising, let us know what you would like to see us do in the coming year. We are now holding this meeting on Zoom, no registration needed. Here’s the Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/my/dge4ever
In conjunction with the Red Rock Historical Society, bake your favorite holiday cookies, then bring them with empty containers for a swap like no other. Coffee and hospitality starts at 10:30am and the swap begins at 11:30am sharp. Bring three dozen cookies minimum!
The annual Society of New Concord Holiday Gathering is back! Meet up at 4pm for a potluck (we’ll supply the ham and turkey, you bring side dishes and desserts to share) After eating, we’ll do some caroling in the church building, then bundle up and walk over to the village Green for the tree-lighting.
No charge to attend, but we would appreciate an RSVP so we can plan the main course and eggnog. Email thesocietyofnewconcord@gmail.com to let us know how many people are coming.
Applefest is here. Saturday, September 24th Rain or Shine.
Let’s clean up New Concord for Earth Day!
Save the date for our annual meeting.
Tentative date for our annual gathering.
Join us for the Society of New Concord Annual Apple Fest!
Saturday, September 18th (rain date Sunday, September 19th)
4-6:30pmDinner and outdoor fun with your friends and neighbors.
Including our annual Apple Dessert Competition!
Pumpkin decorating for the kids.
Chrysanthemums for sale, too!Dessert Competition judging 6:00 sharp
Must purchase tickets in advance, click below.
Adult Members—$20
Non-Members— $25Children 5-12 years—- $10
Children 0-5 —free
We will be serving chili, cornbread, garnishes; also a vegetarian option will be available. Apple cider, a seasonal cocktail and seltzer. Bring a bottle of wine to share.
Don't forget to get baking to enter your best apple dessert for the contest.
THIS IS A RESERVATION ONLY EVENT AND WE MUST HAVE YOUR ORDER IN BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 5PM.
Buildings will be open for bathroom use only—masks will be required inside, all Covid protocols will be observed.
Thank you for understanding that reservations are essential! NO WALK INS.
We will prepare food/drink based upon the number signed up.
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Adult Member ticket: $20 each
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Adult Non-Member Ticket: $25 each
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Kids 5-12 Ticket: $10
Join us for a summer picnic! Outdoor event! Members and non-members welcome. click thru for details. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Our community volunteers come together for one morning to clean up the roadside debris of the last year. We provide bags and take the stuff away. You bring rakes, gloves. Lunch afterwards is our treat. NOTE: IF THE WEATHER DOES NOT PERMIT THIS EVENT TO HAPPEN, WE WILL EMAIL A NOTICE AND RESCHEDULE FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, SUNDAY THE 26TH.
Meet on the green at 10am to divide into teams.
