Cavendish Update 10/4/24: Flood Relief/News/Events
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10/4/24
1. Local support for southern flood relief
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Events Calendar
1. LOCAL SUPPORT FOR SOUTHERN FLOOD RELIEF: If you looking to donate to help the people down south recovering from the flooding, Smitty’s in Chester has posted the following, “Hi everyone, I have a special place in my heart for Asheville, NC which was devastated by the recent hurricane. We know the power of community and coming together after Irene and the recent July 2023 floods. I will be driving a trailer down leaving between noon and 2:00 pm on Saturday. Please contribute whatever you can - I started to type a list of what’s needed but the reality is everything. I’ll have the trailer in the store parking lot tomorrow and will start packing it — please drop off any donations at the store. Thank you everyone. For what’s needed, check the Western North Carolina Resources on Amazon for the types of things needed. World Central Kitchen came to Cavendish to help out last year and are now serving meals in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. For other places to donate, click here.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Accidents in Cavendish: Several serious accidents happened in Cavendish this week. On Sunday night a motorcycle crashed into a bear on 131 WCAX Wednesday night, there was a three care pile up in the Proctorsville Gulf resulting in serious injuries. VSP report
• Cavendish Town Meeting Minutes: Planning Commission Meeting 9/4/24 ; Board of Tax Abatement Meeting 9/25/24 ; Board of Civil Authority 9/25/24 ; Select Board Meeting 9/26/24
• Cavendish Historical Briefs for Oct: Check the dates for the Proctorsville Ghost Walk and other upcoming activities.
• Education finance panel brainstorms cost containment: The Education Finance subcommittee of Vermont’s Commission on the Future of Public Education met for the second time on Monday. Ideas to control cost drivers, reduce property tax rates and reduce district spending included: Control employee health-care costs, including returning bargaining to local districts; Look at ways to control tuition costs – especially out-of-state tuition; Find optimal sizes of schools and classes and close small schools; Make adjustments at AOE to cut administrative costs at the district level; Base education financing on the income tax and tax high earners more; Find ways to reduce special education costs including more support for younger students to avoid the need later; Look at the needs for construction and upkeep of facilities; Make the education fund for education only by moving services schools are obliged to provide to other agencies. Chester Telegraph
• Red Cross Blood Drive @GMUHS
• Big Pops Sandwich Shop Moving to the Java Baba’s Location in Ludlow: With a shop in Manchester, VT, Big Pops is opening a second location at the former Baba Java location in Ludlow.
3. EVENTS
OCTOBER 13 (SUNDAY) Last Sunday the Museum is open for the 2024 season.
OCTOBER 14 (MONDAY): Indigenous Peoples Day. Town office closed
OCTOBER 21 (MONDAY): Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Town Office.
OCTOBER 25 (FRIDAY): Gill Home Haunted Walk. They are currently seeking donations of candy, which can be dropped off at the business office, nurses station, or donation bin located in the lobby.
OCTOBER 26 (SATURDAY) History of the Invasives: Knotweed. 2 pm at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. FMI: margocaulfield@icloud.com or 802-226-7807.
OCTOBER 31 (THURSDAY): HAPPY HALLOWEEN
- Trunk or Treat Benson’s Chevrolet, 25 Pond St. Ludlow 5-7 pm
NOVEMBER 2 (SATURDAY): Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): Starts 3:30 pm at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. Workshop from 3-5:30 Pot luck supper follows
NOVEMBER 5 (TUESDAY): Election Day. Cavendish voting takes place at the Proctorsville Fire Hall from 10-7. FMI: 802-226-7291.