Cavendish Update 2/23/24: News/Events
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2/23/24
1. Cavendish Related News
2. Events
1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Sample Ballots Available on-Line: Sample ballots for voting-March 5, 10-7 at the Proctorsville Fire Dept.-are available at the Town’s website.
• Ludlow Shaw’s eyes flood wall, July re-opening: Shaw’s in Ludlow may reopen by the 4th of July, if the Vermont state fire marshal approves the plans presented at last week’s meeting of the Ludlow Development Review Board, according to Bill Faradie of Vertec Corp., the construction management firm handling the rebuild. Designs to prevent flooding include: flood proof masonry coating, sliding compression doors in place of egress doors, concrete stem walls and a freestanding wall. Concrete stem walls would be built in the front left and back right of the building to protect critical resources. Chester Telegraph
• Fletcher Farm School raises over $35,000: Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, a beloved Okemo Valley community institution providing arts education to adults and local youth for over 75 years, is poised to keep its doors open. Over the last 10 weeks, they raised over $20,000 to fund strategic planning for a reimagined arts center. An additional $18,000 has been raised for operating expenses. The funds were raised through a combination of individual donations and gifts from businesses. VT Journal
• Hiking the Appalachian Trail- a Presentation at EBSR: The students at the Expeditionary School at Black River were visited by Betty McEneaney, a Cavendish resident who hiked the Appalachian Trail last summer. Her talk to her students about her experience hiking the Trail is at the Okemo Valley TV website
• Gov. Phil Scott signs law aimed at driving down education spending: Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday signed into law H.850, a bill that repeals a controversial property tax cap and allows school boards to push back budget votes in an attempt to lower education spending and, in turn, property taxes. VT Digger
2 EVENTS
FEBRUARY 28 (WEDNESDAY): In honor of Black History Month and in remembrance of Gloria Leven, make a quilt square. 4-6 pm at the Cavendish Library. No sewing requiring. FMI: 802-226-7807 or margocauifield@icloud.com
MARCH 4 (MONDAY): Town meeting Day Cavendish Town Elementary School or via Zoom at seven (7:00) o'clock pm
MARCH 5 (TUESDAY): Voting takes place (includes both town and school budgets) 10-7 at the Proctorsville Fire Dept. Town Office closed.
MARCH 19 (TUESDAY): Solar eclipse talk by Claudio Veliz at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville starting at 6 pm. Safe, solar-filtered glasses will be handed out to attendees, complete with instructions on their use during the eclipse. FMI: cavendishcommunityconservation@gmail.com.