Cavendish Update 10/5/18: News/Arrest/Events

This week’s photo of the Town Garage construction project.

Frost advisory has been issued for tonight.

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10/5/18 Cavendish Update

1 Cavendish Related News

2. Black River Good Neighbor Welcomes Useable Donations

3. Events

1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS

Former Town Clerk Ron Butler Dies: Ronald P. Butler Sr., 86, died unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at his home. He was born Feb. 12, 1932, in Proctorsville, the son of Roy A. and Luella M. (Place) Butler. He graduated from Chester High School. Mr. Butler married Shirley Stevens April 15, 1953, in Salina, Kansas. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force and 20 years in the U.S. Army, during the Korean War and Vietnam War. After retiring from the Army, he was town clerk and treasurer for the Town of Cavendish for 23 years, retiring in 1994. Mr. Butler enjoyed photography, gardening, dancing, bird watching and vacationing in Aruba. Survivors include his wife, of Proctorsville; five children Steven Butler, of Perryville, Maryland, Ronald Butler Jr., of Buxton, Maine, Garry Butler, of Wallingford, Tina and Laura Butler, both of Proctorsville; two brothers Richard Butler, of Baltimore, Ellsworth Butler, of Cavendish; nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a brother, Gordon Butler. Graveside services were held Oct. 4. Memorial contributions may be made to Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department, 513 Main St., Proctorsville, VT 05153; or Ludlow Ambulance Service, 19 West Hill, Ludlow, VT 05149.

NY State Accuses Cavendish Man of ‘Terroristic threats:’ Michael Mills, 32, of Cavendish was arrested on Oct. 4 on a fugitive from justice warrant issued by New York State and was arraigned in Windsor County Superior Court on felony charges of making “terroristic threats.” According to an “accusatory instrument,” the Saratoga County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s office alleged that on Wednesday, Oct. 3, Mills made phone calls to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility threatening to kill a Sgt. Marcel and saying, “I’m going to shoot up everybody, truth, justice and the American way, I guess that doesn’t apply anymore.” Chester Telegraph

 Proctorsville Resident Trevor Barlow is Running as an Independent for Governor: Barlow grew up in Springfield and returned to the state to raise his children. He says he was inspired to run for governor after seeing the effects of the opioid epidemic on his hometown. Barlow says he would spur economic growth in Vermont by earmarking funds from the state’s existing budget to go toward its regional development corporations. Listen to his VPR interview online.

Gun Raffle to Benefit Proctorsville Fire Dept.: Six guns are being raffled off to benefit the Proctorsville Fire Dept. The guns include Henry Golden Boy .22 Mag; Rugger 10-22 Lr; Remington 700 .308; Marlin 45-70; Marlin 336 30-30 and Mossberg 500 12 gauge. The tickets are $20 a piece and can be purchased at Seiples in Rutland or The Happy Hound in Proctorsville or call 226-7281. The drawing is on Oct. 20 at Seiple’s Shoot Shop, Belmont VT. Winners will be notified.

GMUSD Board Oks Restoration Contracts: At the Sept. 27 board meeting of the Green Mountain Unified School District (GMUSD), the board approved contracts for work needed to restore the Chester Andover Elementary school after the August flood damage. While insurance will cover much of the costs, there will be $85,000 not covered by insurance. Further, if all goes according to plan, the school wont reopen until mid November. Students are currently housed at Green Mountain Union High School. Chester Telegraph

 La Tavola Italian Restaurant Now Open: La Tavola owners Fernando and Sao Uva are restaurateurs that have plenty of experience with running Italian restaurants, having had great success with restaurants in New York, Ft. Myers, Fla., and Martha’s Vineyard to name just a few locations. Now they’ve settled happily in Ludlow and have taken over the Route 100 North property that was originally home to Bella Luna and more recently Harry’s. Lavalle describes the menu as “authentic New York Italian” cuisine with all the classic Italian dishes you would expect. Somewhat unexpected however is their fresh preparation. La Tavola is open six days a week, closed on Wednesdays. Restaurant hours are from 5 to 10 p.m. with   lounge open until midnight during the week and until 2 a.m. on weekends. VT Journal

Watch Out for Moose: Wildlife officials in Vermont and New York are reminding drivers to watch out for moose on roads this time of year. Biologists said its moose breeding season and the animals are more likely to be crossing roads, especially after dark or early in the morning. Last year in Vermont, drivers hit 67 moose and so far this year, 51 moose have been hit.

 2. BRGN WELCOMES USEABLE DONATIONS:The Black River Good Neighbors’ thrift store and food shelf relies heavily on the generosity of its donors. The store sells donated merchandise and that allows us to provide free food and other assistance to those who need it. We deeply appreciate all of you who donate salable goods to us. You make our services viable. But not everyone is so kind. We cannot use items that really should go to the transfer station or some classes of items that for whatever reason we simply cannot use.

On a recent Sunday morning a grey hatchback backed up in our lot and, even though the donation shed was open and had lots of room, the driver and passenger dumped many boxes of smelly, broken and very worn items on the ground. The weather forecast called for rain, and rain it did. By the time our employees arrived on Monday whatever may have been useful was a junky mess. That gesture then cost us more than 33 dollars at the transfer station.

We don’t know whether these folks had a genuine intent to donate something useful to us, or if they were too cheap to pay the transfer station, but that really doesn’t matter. Their actions didn’t help us. We had to divert money from helping people to paying trash fees.

Our staff is ready to help with any donation. If they turn someone away it’s not because they are being mean. An item may have real value to the donor, but may still not be useable. Please come during store hours. Our staff can check out any donation and help determine what we can use. If you must come on Sunday, please use the donation shed. We want to help and we hate to turn people away. 

3. EVENTS

OCTOBER 7 (SUNDAY): First Peoples Talk at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, 1955 Main St. (Route 131), 2 pm. This is the last day the Museum is open for the season.  FMI: 802-226-7807 or margocaulfield@icloud.com

OCTOBER 8 (MONDAY): Indigenous Peoples Day in Vermont. Legal Holiday for Columbus Day. Town Office will be closed.

OCTOBER 14 (SUNDAY): Raise the Roof Concert Big Woods, 4 pm at Gethsemane Church in Proctorsville. Admission is $10 at the door.

For information on upcoming events, go to the Cavendish Connects Calendar. For area events, check the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce calendar.  

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Cavendish Update 9/28/18: News/Events/Mentors

New doors being installed at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum.

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9/28/18 Cavendish Update

1 Cavendish Related News

2. CTES is looking for Mentors

3. Raise the Roof Concert: Big Woods

4. Events

1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS

CHS Museum Closed Sept. 30: Due to continuing work on the doors of the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, the Museum will be closed on Sunday, Sept. 30. We regret any inconvenience.

 Okemo, Mount Sunapee and Crested Butte are Now Epic: Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced that the Company has closed on its acquisition of Triple Peaks, LLC, the parent company of Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire and Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado. The Company purchased Triple Peaks from the Mueller family for a final purchase price of approximately $74 million, after adjustments for certain agreed-upon terms. As part of the transaction and with funds provided by Vail Resorts, Triple Peaks paid off $155 million in leases that all three resorts had with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate. Press Release

 Public Utility Commission to Investigate Consolidated Communications Service Complaints: Consolidated Communications (CC) merged with Fairpoint in 2017, and the VT Department of Public Service says the company has failed to meet the service quality standards set out in its state permit. CC provides telecommunication services in the northeast section of Cavendish as well as in many other parts of the state. Jim Porter, director of the Department of Public Service's public advocacy division, said the state asked the Public Utility Commission to open an investigation to figure out why the company is having so much trouble servicing its customers. The number of consumer complaints related to service outages between July and September this year jumped by 2,760 percent, compared with that same span in 2017. VPR

2. CTES IS LOOKING FOR MENTORS: Mentoring is friendship-based and happens once a week for up to an hour. Matches meet on school grounds after school between the hours of 3:00-5:30 or 12:30-5:30 on Tuesdays. Mentors will have training, on-going support and weekly contact with program coordinator. You can make a difference in the life of a child!  Please contact Kristen Billings, CTES School Counselor, if you are interested in becoming a mentor!

3. RAISE THE ROOF CONCERT: BIG WOODS : Four voices, powerful medicine.  That's one way to describe Big Woods, the Vermont a cappella quartet of performers with a shared passion for close harmonies.  These veteran singers, musicians and composers will perform in Proctorsville's Raise the Roof concert series on Sunday October 14 at Gethsemane Church.  The pristine acoustics of the 1895 wooden church create the perfect setting for a cappella voices, making the music of Big Woods feel like hearing poetry on the wing.

 The group unites their diverse talents to perform music from traditions around the world and American roots genres---from heart stopping to foot stomping.   Big Woods is made up of Will Danforth, singer-songwriter and traditional acoustic artist; Becky Graber, director of the Brattleboro Women's Chorus and Animaterra Women's Chorus; Amanda Witman, founder of the wildly popular Brattleboro Pub Sing; and Alan Blood longtime bass singer for the Blanche Moyse Chorale, I Cantori and House Blend.  

 The concert begins at 4:00 at Gethsemane Church at 89 Depot Street.  Admission is $10.00 at the door.  What better way to spend a late fall Sunday afternoon.

4. EVENTS

OCTOBER 4 (THURSDAY): TRSU board meets 6-8 pm at the Roost at Fletcher Farm to consider policy adoptions for the TRSU. Click here for the legal warning 

 OCTOBER 7 (SUNDAY): First Peoples Talk at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, 1955 Main St. (Route 131). FMI: 802-226-7807 or margocaulfield@icloud.com

OCTOBER 8 (MONDAY): Indigenous Peoples Day in Vermont. Legal Holiday for Columbus Day. Town Office will be closed.

OCTOBER 14 (SUNDAY): Raise the Roof Concert Big Woods, 4 pm at Gethsemane Church in Proctorsville. Admission is $10 at the door.

For information on upcoming events, go to the Cavendish Connects Calendar. For area events, check the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce calendar.  

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Cavendish Update 9/14/18 News/Events

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9/14/18 Cavendish Update

1. Cavendish Related News

2. Events

1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS

Stolen Dump Truck: On Saturday, Sept. 8, a 1986 C30 1 Ton Chevrolet was stolen from Tarbell Hill Rd. If you know anything about the truck, please contact the VT State Police. 802-722-4600

 Personal Stories Break Stigma of Addiction: Cavendish resident Kate Lamphere, who is also the Division Director of Adult Mental Health and Addiction Services at HCRS tells her story of how addiction in her own family in Op-Ed section of the VT Journal. For more information on this topic go to Cavendish Resources for Addiction in the Mental Health Section for Health & Senior Resources of the Cavendish Connects website.  

CTES Participates in RiverSweep: On Monday, Sept. 11, the 6th grade from Cavendish Town Elementary School participated in RiverSweep, a program of Black River Action Team that works to keep the Black River and its watershed clean. The Cavendish crew worked at Cavendish Gorge swimming area and at Greven Field, both sites are monitored by BRAT "River Dippers," as part of the water quality-monitoring program. The kids and volunteers from the Cavendish Historical Society and from the Town of Cavendish collected at least four tires, 30 bags of trash, buckets of sharp glass and metal, and several big sheets of plastic. The Cavendish crew enjoyed delicious pizza donated by Goodman's American Pie in Ludlow.

 Oversight or Micromanagement on TRSU Board?: While some members of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union board at its Sept. 6 meeting questioned several purchases and initiatives recommended by Superintendent Meg Powden and her staff, board chair Marilyn Mahusky expressed concern that the board was micromanaging and needs to look at its role in governance. The largest sticking point was Ogment, a curriculum management program that Curriculum Director Michael Eppolito has advocated. The company that developed the software is offering it free for the first year with the following five years costing $8,000 each. The SU central office had proposed to pay a large portion of the contract out of a state grant for transition expenses related to its Act 46 mergers. The disposition of those funds has become a bone of contention over who owns the funds: The supervisory union or one or both of the two school districts. Chester Telegraph

TD Bank Closing in Chester: Dec. 7 will be the last day for TD Bank in Chester. The alternative locations include Bellows Falls, Manchester Center and Brattleboro. This is the second announcement in two weeks of local branches closing (Citizen Bank in Springfield is closing in November). With the availability of on line banking, particularly apps that allow check deposits via a cell phone, there is less need for banking locations.

For Vermont’s Sheriffs, Policing is a Lucrative Business: Though it may sound backward for a law enforcement official to put the bottom line first, it's a common, state-sanctioned practice among Vermont's 14 sheriffs. They are public servants, but they also preside over quasi-private enterprises. Elected by residents of each county, sheriffs receive taxpayer dollars to provide certain state-mandated law enforcement services. Most of their revenue, however, comes from contracts they sign with individual state agencies, towns, schools, courts, construction companies, malls and other entities. As long as sheriffs are fulfilling their required duties, "they’re free to enter into contracts with any kind of private or public entity." Oftentimes, these will be contracts with towns that don’t have their own police force or with private companies, such as construction companies that require the ‘blue lights’ to slow down traffic. Such contracts have allowed some Vermont sheriffs to double their base salaries. Seven Days

2. EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 15 (SATURDAY): Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Goodyear Building in Windsor VT. 9-1 pm

 SEPTEMBER 18 (WEDNESDAY): GMUSD Board Meeting, 6-8 pm at GMUHS-Agenda Minutes from Aug. 21 Meeting Legal Warning of Policies.

 SEPTEMBER 21-23 (FRIDAY-SUNDAY): Fall Rummage Sale of Black River Good Neighbors at Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 on the Cavendish/Ludlow line. Hours are 10-4 Friday and Sunday and 10-2 on Sunday.

For information on upcoming events, go to the Cavendish Connects Calendar. For area events, check the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce calendar.  

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Cavendish Updated 9/7/18 Bont/Preparedness/News

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9/7/18 Cavendish Update

1. Cavendish Related News

2. Cavendish Honors Dr. Eugene Bont

3. Cavendish Preparedness: Are You Prepared?

4. Events

1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS

Proctorsville House Fire: On September 4, 16 fire companies, with 100 fire fighters responded to a house fire on Main Street in Proctorsville. While the homeowner, Mario Gattarno, escaped without injury, his house was damaged beyond repair. In spite of the heat, the fire fighters were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading. The cause is undetermined at this time. Our thanks to our fire fighters. Special thanks to the Golden Stage Inn for providing shelter when it was most needed.

What’s the Buzz at Vermont Golden Honey Festival: The Vermont Golden Honey Festival is back Saturday, Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Golden Stage Inn, 399 Depot St. in Proctorsville. The Golden Honey Festival is part farmers market, part craft fair, and part networking event for bee enthusiasts. Goodman’s American Pie brings back their Honey Apple wood-fired pizza from their 1940s tow-truck that has been converted into a mobile wood-fire pizza oven! This is our sixth year of the festival and is possibly our biggest year yet! We will have a raffle with several different prizes, ranging from gift certificates to books to themed baskets. Each year, we donate all profits to a local charity or nonprofit. This year proceeds will go to a student scholarship to Fletcher Farm Craft School. There will be honey-related drinks, including mead and honey gin for adults. A free craft table will be provided for the kids. Come, rain or shine, and celebrate all things honey. Admission is free. For more information, go to www.goldenstageinn.com/vermont-honey-festival.

Ludlow Seeks Solution for Ambulance Deficit: Ludlow Ambulance, which serves Cavendish, is running at a deficit. According to Ludlow Town Manager, Scott Murphy, “It boils down to increasing costs, limited reimbursements, decreasing volunteers, and difficulty attraction qualified paid personnel. There’s an increase in the number of calls as the population ages so all of these things together are putting a strain on regional ambulance services.” Scott organized a first meeting on Aug. 29 to begin addressing this crisis. The meeting was attended by regional ambulance operators and select board members from Chester, Plymouth, Cavendish, and Ludlow; Southern Windsor County Planning Commission members; and two members of the Vermont Office of Emergency Medical Services. VT Journal

 BRGNS to Hold Annual Rummage Sale: Black River Good Neighbor Services will hold its annual Fall Rummage Sale at Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 South in Ludlow on Friday and Saturday, September 21st and 22nd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday September 23rd, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Please mark your calendar and come explore the many unique bargains. Donations of any excess produce from your garden, and baked goods are needed. For further details please contact Audrey at the Black River Good Neighbor Services Thrift Store, 37B Main Street, 802-228-3663, or BRGNS@gmail.com.

Solzhenitsyn’s Adopted State Marks His 100th: Search for the exiled Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn when he lived in this tucked-away Vermont town from 1976 to 1994 and the only thing you’d find is a sign at the general store that revealed “no restrooms, no bare feet, no directions to the Solzhenitsyn’s.” A quarter-century after the now late Nobel laureate’s return to his native land, the store and the sign are gone, too. Some things, however, remain the same: “We still do not give directions to the Solzhenitsyn’s,” resident Margo Caulfield says. That’s because locals continue to remember. Upon the centennial of the author’s birth, Cavendish is joining the state and literary world in celebrating the man who lived in the Windsor County town — population 1,381— longer than he did in any other community in his 89 years. VT Digger

 Officials Target Terrible Mountain for More Signage: An accident, which launched enormous crane pallets from the truck bed into the house at 688 Andover St., obliterating the home, damaging the neighbor’s residence, flattening cars and sending two people to the hospital with injuries, has caused Ludlow’s Select Board and town manager to appeal to the state for help. “I want you to know the secretary and I share your concerns, and staff from our Traffic Operations section and the Office of Highway Safety are already reviewing the area,” wrote chief engineer Wayne B. Symonds in a letter dated Aug. 22. “I expect them to have recommendations for improvements in the coming weeks, and will ask them to reach out and keep you in the loop.” Rutland Herald

 Citizens Bank Springfield Branch Closing: Citizens Bank is closing branch offices in downtown Lebanon and Springfield VT in November.

New VT Rules Regulate ‘Gig Economy’ Companies, like Airbnb: In June, legislators passed a short term rental law for people who rent their homes on platforms like Airbnb and Homey Away, as well as a ride sharing law that regulates drives who use their cars through Uber or Lyft. Both laws are now in effect. The rental law requires that phone numbers for the health department and fire safety are posted along with a tax ID number on their web listing. Ride sharing law is a regulatory code for companies like Uber. VT has one been of the last states to adopt such a code. VPR

2. CAVENDISH HONORS DR. GENE BONT: For his commitment to the children of Cavendish, Dr. Eugene Bont is being honored with a bench in the park adjacent to the Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES).

Dr. Bont came to Cavendish in 1957. In addition to establishing the Black River Health Center and providing primary care to Cavendish and the surrounding area, he served on the Duttonsville School Board, the independent school district for Cavendish village, for many years. Through his leadership, in 1967, he helped to craft a union high school district (Green Mountain Union High School) for grades 7-12 that consisted of the towns of Cavendish, Andover, Chester and the Duttonsville Independent School District.  The latter school would be merged in 1972 with the Proctorsville School, creating CTES.

 In 1988, Dr. Bont left Cavendish for Albany Medical Center’s Department of Family Medicine, but upon retired in 1999, returned to Cavendish full time. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Bont was elected to the CTES board, often serving as chair, until it was dissolved in June 2018. He also served on the GMUHS Board in recent years.

As an acknowledgment to his commitment to the children of Cavendish, past and present, there will be a special dedication of a bench for Dr. Bont on September 12 at 4 pm in the little park next to the school.

3. CAVENDISH PREPAREDNESS: ARE YOU PREPARED? September is National Preparedness Month, the perfect time to get your household ready for an emergency. The American Red Cross urges everyone to make sure they are prepared for a disaster and not wait until an emergency occurs and it’s too late.

Whether the emergency is a home fire or something bigger like a hurricane, the situation may force you to leave your home. There are ten steps you can take now to be prepared if the emergency makes it unsafe to remain at home.

1.      Follow the instructions of officials and evacuate if told to do so.

2.      Leave early enough to avoid being trapped by severe weather.

3.      Remember you may have to get out on foot depending on the type of disaster. If you don’t have a car or can’t use your vehicle, plan on how you will leave the area.

4.      If you have a car, keep the gas tank full if an evacuation order is possible. Don’t let the tank go below half full in case gas stations are unable to pump gas.

5.      Decide where you would go and what route you would take to get there. This could be a motel, the home of a friend or relative a safe distance away, or an evacuation shelter. Download the free Red Cross Emergency App to find shelter information and weather and emergency alerts for more than 35 different situations.

6.      If you have time, let someone out of the region know you are evacuating and where you are going. Leave a note saying when you left and where you plan to go.

7.      Wear sturdy shoes and clothing that provides some protection.

8.      Be alert for road hazards such as downed trees, flooding, etc. Do not drive onto a flooded road.

9.      Practice evacuating your home twice a year. Grab your emergency kit and drive your planned evacuation route. Include an alternate route in a different direction in case one is impassible. Make sure you have locations and maps saved on devices such as cell phones and GPS units and on paper.

10.  Don’t forget your pets. If it’s not safe for you to stay home, it’s not safe for them either. Prepare a phone list of pet-friendly motels and animal shelters located along your evacuation route. Keep in mind only service animals are usually allowed in shelters.

Getting prepared is easier than it sounds. There are three basic steps: get a kit, make a plan, and be informed.

• Get a kit: Pack the following items in an easy-to-carry container: a gallon of water per person per day; non-perishable food; flashlight and hand-crank or battery-powered radio; extra batteries; sanitation and personal hygiene items; copies of important papers; extra cash and any medical or baby supplies family members may need.

• Make a plan: Have all members of your household help devise your emergency plan. Consider what emergencies could happen where you live; what to do if you are separated and how will you let loved ones know you are safe.

Be informed: Cavendish Connects has a special section-Emergency Preparedness that provides contact numbers and information for Cavendish. In the event of an emergency, the Cavendish VT Facebook page, will provide ongoing updates and the Cavendish Update will provide subscribers with regular bulletins as needed. If you are not familiar with the Cavendish Update, this is a free subscribe to e-mail service that provides weekly information about Cavendish on Fridays and in times of emergency. You can subscribe to this by going to http://cavendish-connects.squarespace.com/subscribe-to-the-cavendish-update/ The Cavendish Town Office has an e-mail service to provide updates and alerts by e-mail. You can subscribe to this by going to https://www.cavendishvt.com/sign-up/

4. EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 8 (SATURDAY): Honey Festival at the Golden Stage Inn, off Depot Street in Proctorsville, 10-4

• Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Springfield Transfer Station 9-1 pm.

SEPTEMBER 9 (SUNDAY): Phineas Gage Walk and Talk. Cavendish Historical Society Museum 2 pm.

SEPTEMBER 10 (MONDAY):  Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office.

SEPTEMBER 11 (TUESDAY): Noon Community Lunch at Gethsemane Church off Depot Street in Proctorsville. All are welcome. The menu is ground beef stroganoff, kale salad, French bread and dessert by the first graders.

SEPTEMBER 12 (WEDNESDAY): Cavendish Honors Dr. Gene Bont Dedication of a park bench honoring his dedication, 4 pm at the park next to the school

SEPTEMBER 15 (SATURDAY): Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Goodyear Building in Windsor VT. 9-1 pm

SEPTEMBER 21-23 (FRIDAY-SUNDAY): Fall Rummage Sale of Black River Good Neighbors at Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 on the Cavendish/Ludlow line. Hours are 10-4 Friday and Sunday and 10-2 on Sunday.

For information on upcoming events, go to the Cavendish Connects Calendar. For area events, check the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce calendar.  

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