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I hope everyone has a chance to get out and visit our local maple syrup producers this past weekend. Sugar on snow can't be beat! News You Can Use Weathersfield select board and town news : The select board met on March 18. The municipal fire department funding was up for discussion. The article to fund the new municipal fire department failed at town meeting and not the select board must decide what to do about fire services in Weathersfield. Options under consideration were presenting the same article (which would require a 2/3 majority to pass); presenting a different article; or repealing the board’s decision to create a municipal fire department. The board discussed possible reasons for the article’s defeat: lack of information, misinformation, resentment that the municipal department had been created by the board and not by town vote; lack of agreement between all three parties. The board will look at the FY 19/20 fire commission budget and discuss it at the next

I hope you all a chance to catch the Yoh Theatre Players production of Mama Mia this past weekend in Woodstock. A young actress, who I’ve known since she was very little, starred as Sophie Sheridan. My friend Molly Shearer, from West Windsor, made her acting debut in the role of Sophie the young woman getting married on a Greek Island who also was trying to find out which of the three men in her mother’s life some 20 years in the past is her father. The whole cast was fantastic, the singing, the dancing, the disco ball, the costumes…kudos to Marcia Bender, her crew and her students. Ah Mud Season. Are you ready? Weathersfield select board and town news : The select board met after town meeting to reorganize. Kelly Murphy remains Chair, Dave Fuller is Vice Chair, Mike Todd is Board Clerk, John Arrison and Dan Boyer are the other select board members. Select board meetings are held the first and third Mondays of each month at Martin memorial Hall at 7 p.m.. More information ab

The Weathersfield Food Shelf (WFS) announced that they will be changing their hours of operation. Beginning with the month of April, WFS will be open the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 1-3 p.m. WFS serves residents of the Town of Weathersfield and is in the 1879 Schoolhouse at 1862 Route 106 in Perkinsville. Donations of nonperishable food are always welcomed and may be dropped off at the facility during opening hours or placed in the collection box at Martin Memorial Hall. WFS is also seeking donations of used slow cookers in working condition for its clients. For more information, call 802-263-5584 or email weathersfieldfoodshelf@gmail.com . Weathersfield select board and town news : By now you know that the voters passed all articles on the Australian Ballot except for funding for the new municipal fire department and borrowing money for a new grader. The select board met to re-organize on Thursday, March 7 and to welcome newly elected members Dave Fuller and Mike Tod

Spencer Lewis and Friends (Niles Franc on upright bass and Kevin Wright on guitar) performed at the third in a series of four concerts of the newly formed “Winter Concert Series” in Reading, Vermont. The idea for the series came about when Reading resident and musician, Niles Franc approached the Reading Recreation Commission and suggested the series to increase the use of Robinson Hall. About 50 people attended the performance on Saturday, March 9.  More Photos: CLICK HERE One more show is scheduled for the Winter Concert series on April 13 at 7 p.m., featuring Gerry Marletta’s (concert series sound engineer) Alternative Rock band Monkey Pudding Face ( https://monkeypuddingface.bandcamp.com/ ). Admission is $10 for adults and children under 15 free, net proceeds go to four local non-profits serving Reading: Reading-West Windsor Food Shelf, the Reading PTO, WISE (which works to end gender-based violence) and Reading Greenspace. Organizers also asked that nonperishable fo