Community Events

Senior meal celebration

READSBORO- Welcome everyone to the senior birthday celebration on Wednesday, June 14, at 12 pm at the First Baptist Church. The Friendly Mission Circle will host. Lunch will be a salad plate with potato, egg, and ham salads, and fruit. Birthday cake and ice cream will be served plus a present of...

Sunday services are moving

WARDSBORO- Worship services of the Wardsboro Yoked Parish will move to the Congregational Church at 64 Cobb-Reed Road in South Wardsboro beginning Sunday, June 4. Service each Sunday starts at 9 am and will continue through Sunday, September 24. Communion is served on the first Sunday of each...

Bees are important pollinators in backyards.

Program about bees and wasps

MARLBORO- Julia Menges will be setting up an interactive table exhibit on the main floor of the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum for the first “From the Vaults” program.
Menges has searched the museum back rooms and will teach the community all about the bees and wasps of Vermont....

Teen leader summer programs offered by UVM

Burlington- The University of Vermont Extension 4-H is seeking high school students who are interested in taking on a leadership role to develop science programs and/or organize an environmental summit for their peers during the next school year.
Two opportunities are available, each with...

Antiques appraisal day benefits Abenaki project

BRATTLEBORO- The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (Congregation Shir HeHarim) will be producing its sixth annual Antiques & Collectibles Appraisal Day on Sunday, June 4. The event is from 12 to 5:30 pm at 118 Elliot Street.
Five specialists, Kit Barry, Charles Suss, Stephan...

Hospice memorial tree planting

BRATTLEBORO- The 24th annual Memorial Planting Service sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice will be held Tuesday, June 6, at 5 pm at the Brattleboro Area Hospice Memorial Garden, Living Memorial Park, Guilford Street.
Join them as they gather to plant flowers, create memorial messages on...

The Vault open for June

WILMINGTON- The Vault teen room is open to all seventh-to 12th grade students on Mondays in June from 3 to 5:15 pm and Wednesdays from 1 to 3:15 pm.
Come and join in the fun. Spend time with friends or make new ones. There’s always open gym, meta quest VR, Xbox, Wii, foosball, air hockey...

Learn about wild edibles

WILMINGTON- Join Abenaki artist Carol Billings McGranaghan when she presents “Honoring and Respecting the Wild Ones Around Us” on Thursday, June 8, at 6 pm at Pettee Memorial Library.
The event educates people on wild edibles and Vermont history from an Abenaki perspective. There will be...

Historic Bible to be on view

BRATTLEBORO- Volume six of seven of the St. John’s Bible will be at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church for viewing by all in the community Sunday morning, June 4. Additional viewings can be arranged by appointment on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4.
Commissioned by Saint John’s Abbey and...

Matt Cota, left, and Greg Nido, right, flank Dana Bemis, who was given the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association Founder’s Award at a recent ceremony. Photo courtesy of Tella Penson

Bemis honored with Founder’s Award

WILMINGTON- For the past 30 years, the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association has honored deserving recipients with the Founder’s Award. This annual award recognizes the service technician, delivery driver or customer service specialist that goes above and beyond to keep their customers safe and warm....