ADAMANT – The Blackfly Festival will return Saturday, June 6. The annual free, family-friendly bug-centric celebration will begin at the Adamant Co-Op, for a nature walk with local naturalist John José at 10 a.m., as well as the “Build-A-Bug” craft workshop with former environmental educator Sandal Cate (ages 5-12) for[Read More…]
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For the love of books: author visit, June 28
EAST CRAFTSBURY – Sunday, June 28, from 3 to 5 p.m., four of Vermont authors and illustrators, Reeve Lindbergh, Mary Azarian, Grace Worcester and Natalie Kinsey, are coming together in East Craftsbury for an informal conversation about their five favorite books. This is a fundraiser for the John Woodruff Simpson Memorial Library.[Read More…]
This isn’t about a shoe-shining machine
HARDWICK – There is a phrase used across several disciplines. That phrase is, “The purpose of a system is what it does.” If I invent a shoe-shining machine, and sell it as a shoe-shining machine, and people talk about it as a shoe-shining machine, but what comes out the other[Read More…]
This time it feels very different
GREENSBORO BEND – Here is my question for you all. We all have our complaints, but what makes you want to live here? Is it what Greensboro has to offer? Our lake, woods and scenic views? Do you take advantage of the unique things Greensboro has to offer: the Rail[Read More…]
Walden 250th, June 6
WALDEN – Saturday, June 6, Walden will celebrate 250 years, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Walden Methodist Church on Noyestar Road. The days activities will include displays of antiques, exhibits of Walden history, a barbecue and picnic, live music, square dancing demonstrations, games and more. A town-wide photograph of residents will[Read More…]
Eleanor Cornish
HARDWICK – Eleanor Cornish, while sleeping at home in the early morning hours of April 13th, 2026, slipped peacefully into eternal rest and many heavenly reunions. Her family was near, her hand was being held, and forsythia branches were blooming in a vase nearby. She was 94. She was[Read More…]
It is not the end of the work
MONTPELIER – Yesterday evening, we gavelled out the 2026 legislative session, officially concluding the biennium. We passed the state budget, the yield bill to set property tax rates and the education transformation bill that I have been working so carefully on throughout the past year to get right. While this[Read More…]
Friends of the Athenaeum meeting, June 25
ST. JOHNSBURY – Thursday, June 25, beginning at 9:30 a.m., The Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum will hold their monthly meeting. The Friends are a volunteer group involved in promoting the resources and services of the Athenaeum, providing hospitality at programs and events, and fundraising for the benefit of[Read More…]
Wolcott School District: the future starts now?
To the editor: By a margin of seven votes, on May 20, the Wolcott School District got a budget passed for 2027. So now, what comes next? Starting July 1, there is new leadership at OSSU and at Wolcott Elementary. Meanwhile, state senators and delegates are trying to figure out[Read More…]
TED-Talk symposium, June 13
ST. JOHNSBURY – Saturday, June 13, 2 and 4 p.m., a symposium features 15-plus new TED Talks focused on the evolution and future of democracy, streaming live from Philadelphia during America’s 250th anniversary, via livestream of TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures. Presented in collaboration with Visit Philadelphia and partners nationwide, and[Read More…]
Events June 6 to 30, Ongoing Events, Meetings, Religious Services, Community Services, Libraries and Town Clerk Information
Friday, June 5 Music man Ed Morgan, 10 a.m., Children’s Library, Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury. Information: [email protected] or (802) 745-1391. Saturday, June 6 Walden 250th,10 a.m. Walden Methodist Church, Noyestar Road. Displays, exhibits, a barbecue and picnic, live music and more. Town-wide photograph of residents taken at 1 p.m. on the[Read More…]
Bobolink is grassland bird in reverse tuxedo
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – If you live near a large meadow, hayfield, or grassland, you may have recently noticed some bubbly robotic noises emanating from those areas. It might sound like an overexcited android, but the real source is a medium-sized songbird, the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). One of the few avian[Read More…]
