Cavendish Update 10/13/23: Outage/Photos Needed/News/Events
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Multi town Green Mountain Power outage-168 customers in Cavendish are without power along 131, Twenty Mile Stream and Heald Rd. Estimated repair time is 9 am.
10/13/23
1. Flood Information
2. Flood Photos Needed
3. Cavendish Related News
4. Events
1. FLOOD INFORMATION: Please use the Cavendish Guide for Flood Recovery for up to date resources and information.
FEMA & SBA Extension: FEMA and the Small Business Administration have extended the deadline for seeking flood assistance to Oct. 31. The Disaster Recovery Center in Ludlow at the Community Center is slated to close Oct. 21.
2. FLOOD PHOTOS NEEDED: The Town office is looking for photos of the damage caused by the heavy rains in July. If you have any photos of flood damaged areas within Cavendish, please text them to us at 802-738-6445, along with a brief description of the area where the photos were taken. They are in particularly need of back road damage. Please note that this is an unmanned phone, and questions or complaints will not be answered. Thank you! If you have questions, call 802-226-7291.
3. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
GMUHS PCB levels under control; long, complex cleanup ahead: The results of air monitoring and sampling as well as identifying sources of PCBs at Green Mountain High that took place over the summer are in and the report is a mixed bag. While some areas – especially the caulking around windows – are registering quite quite high, it appears that carbon filters have lowered the concentration of the carcinogenic chemicals to acceptable levels. The required clean up likely will be prolonged and expensive but the State of Vermont has said it would shoulder the costs in Act 74 of 2023. More sampling will be done in early November, which will give school officials an idea of how closing the windows and heating the building will increase the airborne PCB levels. Chester Telegraph
Trunk or Treat returns to Benson’s Chevrolet Oct. 31: Benson’s Chevrolet, 25 Pond St. in Ludlow, will again host Trunk or Treat from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The event is free. Park on the north side of the building. After this event, you are invited to make your way down to the Ludlow Community Center, 37 Main St., where there will be a haunted house display courtesy of the Ludlow Parks & Recreation Department. Please call 802-228-4000 if your business is interested in sponsoring a trunk.
Divided Sky: Residential recovery program prepares to open in Ludlow: A residential treatment facility for addiction is preparing to open in Ludlow. It was made possible by the Divided Sky Foundation, which was started by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio. An open house Friday at the Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program gave the public the opportunity to look inside at a facility that officials say will help people change their lives. The 46 beds in the facility will fill up quickly over the next few weeks. Residents pay thousands of dollars each for a 30-day abstinence-based 12-step program. Divided Sky officials say one important mission of the program is to offer as many scholarships as possible so money is not the only obstacle for people who want to start the road to recovery. WCAX
Ludlow Post Office has Reopened: The Ludlow Post Office is once again open and serving customers.
Vermont’s minimum hourly wage to increase by 49 cents in January, to $13.67: In January, the minimum wage in Vermont will increase by 49 cents, to $13.67 per hour. This will also impact the state’s tipped minimum wage — which is 50% of the full minimum wage. The wage rate for service — or tipped employees — will increase 56 cents to $6.84 per hour, according to a press release from the state Department of Labor. VT Digger
Green Mountain Power vows new plan will end outages: GMP just filed a first-of-its-kind plan with state regulators that the company says will end outages for all of its 270,000 customers by the year 2030. GMP wants the Vermont Public Utility Commission to approve spending up to $280 million over the next two years to bury powerlines and strengthen the overhead lines that are not buried with so-called spacer cables, that can more easily withstand trees falling on them. And to supply homeowners in really rural areas with battery backup storage units. They would start in the central and southern parts of Vermont. WCAX
4. EVENTS
OCTOBER 16 (MONDAY): Monthly Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office.
OCTOBER 21 & 22 (SATURDAY-SUNDAY): Cavendish Town Elementary School needs 20 volunteers to complete their playground build. Sign Up Here: https://tinyurl.com/yc52efbe Bring wheelbarrows, shovels, steel garden rake, gloves. If you have any questions, call Jenn Harper: 802-548-7419
OCTOBER 31 (TUESDAY): HAPPY HALLOWEEN
• Trunk or Treat at Benson’s Chevrolet from 5-7 pm
• Ludlow Community Center, 37 Main St., Haunted house display
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