Community Events

Health assessment survey

BENNINGTON- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is initiating a comprehensive health assessment of the communities that it serves. Conducted every three years, the Community Health Needs Assessment process allows SVMC to understand the health needs of its region, assess the services available,...

Summer job opportunities

VERMONT- Curious about what working in one of Vermont’s State Parks is like? Now is the chance to find out, virtually.
On Tuesday, April 6, from 6 to 7 pm, Vermont State Parks hiring managers will give an online presentation on job opportunities in Vermont State Parks this summer. State...

Support session for Vermont farmers

VERMONT- Abbie Corse, an owner and operator of the Corse Farm Dairy in Whitingham, has been learning to juggle mothering and farming for 10 years.
“I thought I would be able to become a mother and still farm, just like I had before,” Corse recalled.
In fact, after having her first...

Recovery coaching is available locally

BRATTLEBORO- Recovery Coaching is a meaningful peer-recovery service to help people begin or maintain their recovery from substance-use disorder. Turning Point is hiring trained coaches for Windham County.
Turning Point is a recovery community that relies on the lived experience of people...

Learn gardening this summer at camp

WALPOLE, NH- Know a child with an interest in farms or gardening? Would he or she like to explore these interests this summer? The Jeffrey P. Smith Farm Scholarship endeavors to connect young people with agriculture and the natural world around them. Through this scholarship, the Monadnock...

Emerging leaders offered help

VERMONT- The Small Business Administration is accepting applications for the 2021 Vermont Emerging Leaders Program, which will be held virtually and is slated to begin in the spring.
Emerging Leaders is an intensive executive-level series intended to accelerate the growth of high-...

A screen shot from a previous puppet-making workshop.

Puppet and storytelling class for kids

BENNINGTON- Jackie Marro and Kyra Fitzgerald are hosting free puppet-making and storytelling workshops for students in grades K-6. This is part of spring break programming from the Bennington Center for Performing Arts.
Tune in live on Zoom from April 12 to 16 from 10 to 11 am to learn...

Governor’s Institutes is seeking motivated high school students

VERMONT- The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont is looking for passionate and motivated high school students from all across the state. Applications have just opened up for GIV’s fun and intensive summer 2021 online immersion programs in arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, environmental science...

State looking for “ice-out dates”

VERMONT- The Department of Environmental Conservation is asking Vermonters to report when lakes and ponds lose their ice cover, also known as the “ice-out date.”
Once a lake or pond is completely free of ice from shore to shore, DEC scientists can begin their spring water-quality sampling...

Pandemic school meals

VERMONT- The annual School Breakfast Scorecard, released by the Food Research & Action Center, found that Vermont ranks second in the nation, behind only West Virginia, for the ratio of low-income students eating breakfast to those eating lunch.
Vermont and West Virginia were the only...