MONTPELIER – The statewide order banning outdoor burning was lifted on October 24 by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR). Town Forest Fire Wardens may once again issue burn permits throughout Vermont. Recent rainfall has helped reduce wildfire danger across Vermont. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports that[Read More…]
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What brought me out?
To the editor: As the crowd of nearly 300 people gathered in Hardwick, Saturday, Oct. 18, I donned my old crossing guard vest and took my aging, somewhat creaky, body out of its cozy downtown nook (where my husband and I are living, as I care for him, and he,[Read More…]
Rain-maker takes most of forecast, snowflakes to start weekend
EAST HARDWICK – Tuesday morning was another chilly wake-up to frost and low temperatures around freezing here at the observing station. The weather in general has trended cloudier and cooler. Much of the weekend dodged large breaks of sun, as overcast conditions and scattered showers occupied the skies. For our[Read More…]
Hope and wishful thinking
EAST MONTPELIER – I’m not much of a hand for praying anymore. More and more over the years it has come to seem too much like an implicit abdication of responsibility for desired outcomes. Still, thanks to many decades of indoctrination, I do occasionally slip into prayer-ful attitudes toward coming events. They[Read More…]
Community room has been busy
HARDWICK – I wrote last month of Parker Ladd, a Hardwick native who bequeathed almost half a million dollars to our Jeudevine Memorial Library. In honor of his memory, the trustees have chosen to name the large meeting space in the new addition the Parker Ladd Community Room. It has[Read More…]
Library grew, serving community for 130 years
WALDEN – Small and unassuming, the Walden Community Library is tucked away behind the town’s school. In a town that does not have a general store or town green, and just under 1,000 residents, the library is a focal point for the community. Since its beginnings in 1895, the rural[Read More…]
The Meadow Across the Creek
GREENSBORO – Whatever preserves and enhances this meadow in the natural cycles of its transformation is good, whatever opposes this meadow is not good. My life orientation is that simple. It is also that pervasive. My understanding of the Great Work began when I was quite young. At the time[Read More…]
Interim school principal hired
CABOT – Superintendent Matt Foster recommended Steve Owens be hired as interim principal for this school year at a special meeting of the Cabot School District Board of Directors, October 20. Board members then authorized Foster to hire Owens at .6 full time equivalent. Cabot School Board Vice-Chair Ellen Cairns[Read More…]
Window insert volunteers needed
CRAFTSBURY – October 31 to November 9, The Craftsbury Outdoor Center will host the WindowDressers community build, a week-long community event. Throughout the week from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., volunteers will gather to assemble pre-ordered insulating window inserts to help local residents and businesses save energy and lower heating[Read More…]
Library Mystery Month features games, trivia, performances
ST. JOHNSBURY – The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum has a slate of events for its November Mystery Month, including a live CLUE game and a murder mystery live radio play in the Art Gallery. Throughout the month visitors can pick up a Mystery Bingo card and complete to win prizes. On[Read More…]
Constitution reading, Oct. 29
CRAFTSBURY – Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., a community reading of the U.S. Constitution will take place at the John Woodruff Simpson Memorial Library, 1972 East Craftsbury Road. More information is available at jwsimpsonmemorial.org
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail to GUCC, Oct. 31
GREENSBORO – The Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail will happen throughout Greensboro Village on Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Residents and volunteers will be handing out treats from porches and driveways along the route and the Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC) will have free grilled cheese sandwiches[Read More…]
