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The Commission held its 6th annual rain barrel auction with support from Aquarion Water Company, Wicked Awesome Paint & Wallpaper, and Wayne’s Auto Body. Art teacher Donna Boardman’s eighth-grade artists at Hampton Academy designed and painted 8 rain barrels. They were featured in a silent auction at the Town Hall during the Hampton Garden Club’s Plant Sale in May. The colorful rain barrels attracted a lot of attention, and all the barrels found new homes. The proceeds of the auction will be used to promote and install green infrastructure features such as rain barrels and rain gardens in Hampton.
Last spring, Commission member Pat Swank initiated a project to restore dune vegetation in North Side Park at Plaice Cove. The work was done in

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