SPRINGFIELD — The East Coast Aubuchon hardware chain is set to purchase seven locally owned locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, Colchester, Essex, South Burlington, Springfield and Woodstock. Vermont’s biggest locally owned group of hardware stores is set to be purchased by what bills itself as the country’s oldest and largest family-held[Read More…]
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Green Up Day May 4
WALDEN — Green Up Day, will be held Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bring only roadside garbage to the Walden Town Garage for drop-off. The town will have an extra dumpster for tires for $5 each and truck tires for $10. Green up bags can be[Read More…]
Printmaking Workshops Scheduled at Gallery
MONTPELIER – The T.W. Wood Gallery is offering printmaking classes. The workshops are taught by Professor Phillip Robertson, who teaches art at the Community College of Vermont and Vermont State University-Johnson Campus. Tuition for the workshops is $100 each with materials included. Scholarships and payment plans are available. Workshops include[Read More…]
Free Smoke Alarms, Installation May 4
MONTPELIER – The American Red Cross Northern New England Region is offering free smoke alarm installations for Washington County residents during a “Sound the Alarm” home fire safety event on Saturday, May 4. The organization is partnering with the Berlin, Barre, Warren and Montpelier Fire Departments as well as the[Read More…]
SALLY PLEASANTS LONEGREN
Sally Pleasants Lonegren, formerly of Greensboro, passed away on December 12, 2023. We invite friends and family to join in a Celebration of Sally’s life on May 25, at 1:00 p.m., at the Greensboro United Church of Christ. Please join us for a service followed by a reception in Fellowship[Read More…]
GERALD S. “JERRY” HALL
HARDWICK – A Celebration of Life for Gerald S. “Jerry” Hall, (town clerk, retired) who died January 2, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, May 18, at the American Legion Post No. 7 in Hardwick. Join family and the community to celebrate the life of[Read More…]
Book Drive for Children’s Literacy Foundation Begins May 6
HARDWICK – The Galaxy Bookshop is celebrating Children’s Book Week, May 6 through May 12, by hosting a book drive for the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF). The book drive will run through the end of Children’s Book Week. Brand new books donated during this time will be given to CLiF[Read More…]
Energy Committee Home Tours, Saturday, May 4
CRAFTSBURY — Craftsbury’s Energy Committee and SaveEnergyNEK offer three home weatherization tours on Saturday afternoon, May 4. The old and new home tours will feature presenters NETO, with income-qualifying free weatherization and appliances; Mark Snyder of Vt. Energy Audits and Matt Moody, energy-efficient home contractor. At 1 p.m. NETO will[Read More…]
Coffin to Speak on Civil War Women
PLAINFIELD – The Marshfield Historical Society and Jaquith Public Library presents “Vermont Women and the Civil War,” with Howard Coffin, May 10, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Twinfield Union School Library. With nearly 35,000 of Vermont’s able-bodied men actively engaged in the Civil War, the monumental task of keeping Vermont’s[Read More…]
