ed note: This event has been cancelled ST. JOHNSBURY – The Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium will host the Night Owl Club on Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m., for talks about astronomy with spaceflight presenters, educators, and experts. This live-streamed conversation engages astronomy and space exploration educators and expert guests[Read More…]
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Yellow Barn Project Public information Session June 10
HARDWICK – The Center for an Agricultural Economy is holding a public information session about its role in the Yellow Barn Project. The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) is one of two tenants that will occupy the new building at the Yellow Barn property in Hardwick. The information session[Read More…]
Lakeview Students to Perform at Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival
GREENSBORO – Lakeview Union School’s fifth and sixth graders will be traveling to the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington on Friday, June 7, to participate in a pilot program in collaboration with the Middlebury College Dance Department. The program is called Kickline! Middlebury Dance students created videos[Read More…]
Free Fishing Day is Sat. June 8
VERMONT – The annual, statewide Summer Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 8, this year. “Vermont’s Free Fishing Day gives resident and nonresident anglers the opportunity to go fishing without a license for the day in Vermont lakes and streams,” said Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Christopher Herrick. “Free Fishing[Read More…]
Local Businesses Share in $2.3M Grant
MONTPELIER – The Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) announces 51 awards to working lands businesses and organizations in 2024. The $2,329,561 in awards will support those who are earning a living off the land. “The challenges the farm and forest economy sectors face are significant, which is why my Administration[Read More…]
Vittles Kaef Now Open for Weekday Lunch and Saturday Breakfast
HARDWICK — Vittles Kaef (noun, a slang word for café) will offer a wide menu; including but not limited to hand-crafted sandwiches. They will also serve homestyle soups, seasonal salads, self-serve slow cook meals, breakfast sandwiches, and “Hawwt Dawwgs”. Vittles is a new up-and-coming sandwich and soup shop located in[Read More…]
Headstone Cleaning May 23
CRAFTSBURY COMMON – On May 23, from 9 a.m., to 2:30 p.m., members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, St. John de Crèvecoeur Chapter, will be at the North Craftsbury Cemetery on Craftsbury Common to clean headstones. Members of the community are invited to join them to help and[Read More…]
Califano Winner of DAR Essay Contest
HARDWICK – The first prize winner of the Daughters of American Revolution Essay Contest was Matthew Califano from Craftsbury Common. He was presented a certificate and a medal at the DAR meeting on April 20th. Califano also won first prize at the state level and 3rd prize at the New[Read More…]
Memorial Day Remembrance Craftsbury
CRAFTSBURY – The Memorial Day remembrance will begin at the Craftsbury Academy gym at 10 a.m., on Monday, May 27. There will be songs and poems and a parade down to the cemetery for children to lay flowers, then a wreath laying at the Veterans’ Memorial followed by a picnic[Read More…]
Plant Swap May 26
EAST HARDWICK – A plant swap will be held Sunday, May 26, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at the Calendonia Grange No. 9, 88 E. Church St., East Hardwick. All plants are free to take or drop off. Everyone is welcome to take some plants home. Plants donated to the[Read More…]
Farmers’ Market Opening
HARDWICK – The Hardwick Farmers’ Market will open for the season on Friday, May 24. At 3 p.m., Bread & Puppet will be providing Cantastorias, short shows and songs, and at 3:30 p.m., the Hardwick Recreation Committee will be hosting a family bike ride (meet at the community garden granite[Read More…]
Barbecue Entices Voters to Info Session
PLAINFIELD – The select board will hold a meeting on Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m., to give voters a chance to discuss the articles they will be voting on at the May 22 Plainfield Town Meeting. Both meetings will be at the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 18 High[Read More…]
