Weathersfield Weekly Blog, January 20, 2025

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Upcoming Events Mark Your Calendars

Heads Up-Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 4, Voting will take place at Martin Memorial Hall-details to follow

Elected Positions Open: CLICK HERE

Please note that the Town Clerk WILL NOT be sending out Absentee ballots to all registered voters, you must call to have a ballot mailed to you. Only voters who call the Town Clerk will receive ballots by mail. Please call- 802-674-9500 to request a ballot

Meeting to Discuss Staff Needs for Emergency Shelter in Perkinsville Jan. 29 at 6:30 PM

There will be a meeting at the 1879 Schoolhouse in Perkinsville on Wednesday, January 29th at 6:30 pm for people interested in serving the community by working as awake overnight staff in the event that we need to use the 1879 Schoolhouse as an emergency shelter. Overnight staff will be paid for their time, and will work in shifts of two people.

If you are interested in helping in this effort, please come to the meeting Wednesday the 29th at 6:30 pm.

Roderick Bates
Emergency Management Director
Town of Weathersfield

The Seeds are here at the Weathersfield Proctor Library!

Ice Fishing, Anyone? Dewey's Pond, Quechee January 24th and February 10th


Youth Ice Fishing February 1st


The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Lebanon Opera House, January 25th, 9 PM TICKETS
Get all the details HERE


Weathersfield School Announces a Family Dance, Saturday February 8th, 3-5 PM


Weathersfield Proctor Library Hosts a Fondue Party, Saturday, February 15th at 6PM



The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming February 14-17


The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)!
Welcome to the New Year! We are gearing up for another incredible February GBBC where the world comes together to celebrate birds. If you are unfamiliar with the GBBC, learn about this easy, fun, and free event, no matter your level of bird-interest.
If you are organizing or participating in a community birding event for the GBBC, add it to our Community Event Map. This may inspire others to join your flock. Or, find an event close to you and join others in a bird-adventure.Posters and Social Media for 2025 Are Ready
Engage your friends, family, schools, libraries, nature centers, places of worship, or businesses. Share a beautiful poster or social media post on your community board, email list, or social media account. The 2025 graphics are available in several languages. Posters in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Social media posts in English, Spanish and French.

If you are new to the GBBC or would like to inspire others to join us this year, explore our Participate Page. If your family and friends are Merlin users, all they have to do is use the tool once over the four days in February and save their sound IDs or positive bird IDs to participate!


Resources to get Ready: CLICK HERE


Weathersfield PTO Announces a Night of Comedy, March 29th

BC/BS of Vermont Winter Virtual Challenge-Post and Tag Photos Jan. 11-Feb. 5 and $5 gets Donation to Vermont Adaptive

Yup, that's me second from the left.

Get out, get active, and give back! No snow required.

Join their Winter Virtual Challenge by tagging Blue Cross Vermont in photos of your winter activities on Facebook or Instagram, or sending an email to events@bcbsvt.com. 

They’ll donate $5 to Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports for every photo you share from January 11 thru February 8, 2025.

Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports is an organization that empowers people of all abilities through inclusive sports and recreational programming regardless of ability to pay. In addition to sports, their year-round programming options integrate environmental, holistic wellness, and competitive training philosophies for people of all ages with cognitive, developmental, physical and emotional disabilities.

Are You Signed Up for GMP Text Alerts?
They'll send storm and outage updates right to your phone. More details and how to sign up here: www.greenmountainpower.com/apps-skills/text-alerts/

The GMP app is also a super convenient way to manage your account, report outages and track restoration. It is free in the App store and Google play. More info: www.greenmountainpower.com/apps-skills/mobile-app/

Good weather is a great time to take a few steps at home, so you can be prepared in case of severe storms. Learn more at www.greenmountainpower.com/safety/

News You Can Use

ICYMI (In case You Missed It)
Town/School/Regional News


What’s likely to be included in Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform package?
One lawmaker briefed on the proposal called it “probably the biggest proposal that this Legislature has seen in 50 years.” More complete details will be presented Wednesday.
by Ethan Weinstein

Gov. Phil Scott has promised a major education reform proposal that would transform Vermont’s public education system.

“The bottom line is our system is out of scale and very expensive. And as obvious as these challenges are, we haven’t been able to fix it,” the Republican governor told lawmakers in his inaugural address earlier this month.

For now, the specifics remain murky. But the broad strokes have begun to come to light, and the Legislature expects to hear a more complete plan in a joint briefing on Wednesday.

The inaugural speech itself hinted at the major areas of proposed reform, including changing school district governance structures, increasing student-to-staff ratios, and reimagining Vermont’s education funding formula.

That means the state could see district consolidation, school closures and state-imposed budget constraints unprecedented in recent memory, all targeted at lowering the cost of Vermont’s public education system.

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Quebec government upping border security with Trump set to take office
The Canadian province has hundreds of police officers on call to secure its border with Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, a government official said this week.
by Shaun Robinson

The Quebec government is bolstering its law enforcement presence along the province’s border with Vermont, New Hampshire and New York — a response, one top official said, to calls by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to curb the number of people crossing illegally into the U.S. from Canada.

François Bonnardel, Quebec’s public security minister, told Canadian news outlets at a press conference this week that the move would show the incoming Trump administration “that we’re ready, just in case.” Bonnardel called on Canada’s federal government to direct additional resources to Quebec’s border, as well.

The security minister also said that while illegal crossings in the reverse direction, from the U.S. into Canada, have not been a recent concern for Quebec officials, “we have to be prepared for the new administration after the (20th) of January — and see, after that, what will happen.”

In the meantime, Bonnardel said Quebec was adding six investigators from its regional police force — the Sûreté du Québec — to a joint task force with U.S. immigration officials that investigates cross-border crime, CBC/Radio-Canada reported. And he wrote on X that another 300 regional police officers were on hand to be deployed to the border “in the event of a significant flow of migrants from the United States.”

Right now, Bonnardel wrote on X, there are about 800 provincial officers patrolling the border along the Swanton Sector, which is a U.S. Border Patrol jurisdiction that includes Vermont, New Hampshire and parts of New York State. Data from U.S. officials shows that the Swanton Sector has accounted for the vast majority — about 80% — of U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the entire Canadian border over the most recent full federal fiscal year, which started in October 2023 and ended in September 2024.

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Gov. Phil Scott previews a public safety bill targeting younger and repeat offenders
The governor’s package of proposed changes would address the detention of repeat offenders and would repeal the remaining stage of Raise the Age.
by Ethan Weinstein

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday previewed a wide ranging crime bill targeting younger and repeat offenders that he’ll soon be proposing to legislators.

“We’re hearing from the general public, they want to feel safe,” Scott said at his weekly press conference announcing the omnibus public safety package.

The administration intends for the bill to target people who repeatedly commit crimes while awaiting trial by clarifying rules around bail revocation. The bill would also increase potential punishments and criminal liability for older youth and young adults.

“We are clearly not striking the right balance between protecting communities from ongoing harm and serving the liberty interests of a small group of defendants,” Tucker Jones, an attorney with the Department of Public Safety, said at the press conference.

The bill would also repeal the last stage of Raise the Age, an initiative the Legislature approved in 2018 that increases the age at which people who commit most crimes — minor and nonviolent offenses — are treated as adults. Currently, the law requires that age to increase April 1 to a person’s 20th birthday.

The first stage of Raise the Age allowed 18 year olds to be treated as juveniles under the law and went into effect in 2020, though 18 year olds who committed serious felonies could still face criminal prosecution as adults. The administration has repeatedly advocated that lawmakers delay the next stage in the initiative, a request the Legislature has obliged.

And in another change to juvenile jurisdiction, the administration will propose changing youthful offender proceedings, which allow people up to age 22 charged with crimes to have their cases held in family court as long as they successfully follow court orders. The governor’s proposal would shift those cases to adult criminal court but keep the proceedings secret.

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Tom Salmon, governor behind ‘the biggest political upset in Vermont history,’ dies at 92
The Rockingham Democrat shocked the state in 1972 when he was elected to the first of two gubernatorial terms. He died Tuesday at a Brattleboro convalescent home, according to his family.
by Kevin O'Connor

Updated Jan. 15, at 2:05 p.m.

When Vermont Democrats lacked a gubernatorial candidate the afternoon of the primary deadline in August 1972, Rockingham lawyer Tom Salmon, in the most last-minute of Hail Mary passes, threw his hat in the ring.

“There could be a whale of a big surprise,” Salmon was quoted as saying by skeptical reporters who knew the former local legislator had been soundly beached in his first try for state office two years earlier.

Then a Moby Dick of a shock came on Election Day, spurring the Burlington Free Press to deem Salmon’s Nov. 7, 1972, victory over the now late Republican businessman Luther “Fred” Hackett “the biggest political upset in Vermont history.”

Salmon, who served two terms as governor, continued to defy the odds in subsequent decades, be it by overcoming a losing 1976 U.S. Senate bid to become president of the University of Vermont, or by entering a Brattleboro convalescent home in 2022, only to confound doctors by living nearly three more years until his death Tuesday.

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Killington, ahead of the pack

By Karen D. Lorentz

Editors Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series that explores how innovations at Okemo and Killington enabled them to become successful and popular ski resorts that also contributed to the growth of the ski industry in Vermont and the East.
Killington’s pioneering approach

Killington co-founder Preston Leete Smith had been bit by the ski bug and after experiencing long waits at Mount Mansfield’s old single chair thought that “there had to be a better way” to operate a ski area.

Wanting to get into the ski business, Smith went to see Vermont State Forester Perry Merrill about Mt. Ascutney in 1954. Merrill, who had been trying to interest someone in Killington since acquiring the peak (a gift of 324 acres) in 1938 and purchasing the surrounding 2,776 acres in 1945, told him to check out Killington.

After studying the mountain, Smith went back to Merrill and learned the state would lease it to him and build an access road, a parking lot, and ski shelter.

Raising the money to build the lifts and trails proved problematic until Smith met avid skier and Hartford, Connecticut, businessman Joseph D. Sargent. Sargent, who saw Smith’s plans for a three-mountain complex with European cabin lift as grandiose and beyond his means, thought the project feasible if a company with stockholders was formed and if the plans were scaled down for the first year.

Sensing a kindred spirit who also wanted the ski area to be profitably run, Sargent invested and gave Smith the names of potential investors. One was Hartford businessman Walter N. Morrison, who like Sargent would spend weekends helping to build the ski area. The three men functioned well together as a decision-making team and as the executive committee were largely responsible for Killington’s success and business approach to ski area operations.

Due to various hassles — getting the 5-mile access road built and obtaining the lease —Killington didn’t open until Dec. 13, 1958.

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Weathersfield Town Information
Town Calendar

Town Volunteer Vacancies

The Town of Weathersfield is seeking volunteers to appoint to various available positions. The application can be found at this link. 
Alternatively, you can contact Susanne Terrill at weathersfield@weathersfield.org to obtain a copy via email, or stop by the Town Office at 5259 US Route 5, Ascutney, VT 05030 to obtain a paper copy.

The following positions are vacant:
Board of Listers (2 Vacancies)
Conservation Commission (1 Vacancy)
Development Review Board (1 Vacancy)
Energy Coordinator (1 Vacancy)
Veterans Memorial Committee (2 Vacancies)

Select Board



All regular meetings are broadcasted live on Comcast channel 1087, VTEL Channel 161, and SAPA.org on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Selectboard Members  and Term as listed on the town website
Mike Todd

Chair

2027

Nathan McNaughton

Vice Chair

2026

Rika Henderson

Clerk

2027

David Fuller

Member

2026

Kelly O'Brien

Member

2025




Select Board Meets: 

*Vermont Open Meeting Law
Minute posting: Minutes of all public meetings shall be matters of public record, shall be kept by the clerk or secretary of the public body, and shall be available for inspection by any person and for purchase of copies at cost upon request after five calendar days from the date of any meeting. Meeting minutes shall be posted no later than five calendar days from the date of the meeting to a website, if one exists, that the public body maintains or has designated as the official website of the body. Except for draft minutes that have been substituted with updated minutes, posted minutes shall not be removed from the website sooner than one year from the date of the meeting for which the minutes were taken.

Weathersfield Police Blotter


Weathersfield School



January 20th - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School

January 31st P.R.I.D.E. Assembly 8:15 AM in the GYM

School News Weekly Newsletter: January 10


High School Fair
On Tuesday January 14th from 5-6pm, the school will be hosting their annual High School Fair in the WS Multi-purpose room. This is a great opportunity for families to speak with representatives from local schools, sign students up for shadowing opportunities, and start planning for pre-enrollment in the High School of your choice. They are looking forward to seeing you there.


No Winter Activities This Year
The school has decided that they will not be doing winter activities this year. Please stay tuned for a different opportunity for students to be involved.

Weathersfield School Board
Meeting Agendas may be found HERE

Weathersfield School Board meets on Tuesdays
In Person at Weathersfield School (135 Schoolhouse Road, Ascutney)
Location: 135 Schoolhouse RD Ascutney 

January 13 School Board meeting
Date: Monday, January 13, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Weathersfield School Music Room and Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/vnf-sxnu-xoq
By Phone: (US) +1 484-424-4784 PIN: 195-154-094#
Agenda Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vu9TcVeEURwddAuenwcDdegNTNkbY1-z

School Board Meetings Agendas and Minutes
March 11
February 11
January 13
December 10
November 12
October 1
September 10


Winter Sports Registration

Winter sports registrations are OPEN. Use this link to register your athletes:
https://weathersfield-athletics.sportngin.com/register/form/975095812

If you are interested in coaching, please register here:
https://weathersfield-athletics.sportngin.com/register/form/299461426


Amazing Opportunity-Join the School Kitchen Team

Do you want to work with an amazing team of people? Come join our school's kitchen team. The school offers an amazing work environment, fantastic schedule (great for parents), paid holidays, great health coverage options, and the opportunity to help feed our students every day. This is a great opportunity to work with an awesome team of culinary professionals.
Follow the link below or send them a message to learn more about our open positions.

WSESU Kitchen Team Application

Things to Do In and Around Weathersfield
Arts, Entertainment, Volunteer, and Health


Weathersfield Proctor Library 

It's Back-The 11th Annual Town Challenge March 22 at 7 PM
(Snow date will be March 23th)

The Weathersfield Proctor Library will have their 11th Annual Town Challenge. Local organizations are invited to participate, form a team and join in the fun. The trivia topics will cover Weathersfield History, Geography, Spelling, Current Events/Sports, Literature and Music.

This is a fundraiser for the Weathersfield Proctor Library. Team members are encouraged to collect donations (family members, neighbors and/or friends), there is a prize for the team that raises the most money. And there is a coveted prize for the team that displays the most TEAM SPIRIT!
Each team may have three members, plus an alternate. Contact the library for more info.

Perkinsville Music Series Announced

Perkinsville Community Church will be hosting live music every 1st Sunday starting Jan. 5th, 2025 and will continue until June 2025. 4pm-5:30pm. Matt Meserve will open the series on Jan 5th. Matt is an amazing piano player and singer.

Come out and support our local musicians and enjoy some beautiful music. These are free events but donations will be accepted to go towards local charities.

Follow the series on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/566716035976750

Weathersfield Center Church and Meeting House

Weathersfield Garden Club

The Weathersfield Garden Club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at The Weathersfield Proctor Library from 6-8 p.m. New members and guests are always welcome.  Any questions? please email weathersfieldgardenclub@gmail.com

Weathersfield Historical Society

Weathersfield Parks and Recreation

Follow them on their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550836741096

Weathersfield Tai Chi
When: Weekly on Thursdays, 9:30 to 10:30 AM, from Jan 16 through Mar 6, 2025
Where: Weathersfield Town Office, U.S. 5, Ascutney, VT
REGISTER

This program is offered FREE to seniors by Senior Solutions and the Weathersfield Parks & Recreation Commission. Instructor: Karen Gautney, certified by Tai Chi Vermont and Tai Chi for Health Institute.

Class meets at 9:30-10:30 am every Thursday for 8 weeks (January 16 - March 6, 2025) at Martin Hall in Ascutney (Weathersfield Town Office), lower level. Each class builds on the previous lesson, therefore regular attendance is encouraged.

Tai Chi is often described as meditation in motion. It is clinically proven to reduce the risk of falls and improve balance among older adults. Through slow, gentle movement, participants gain flexibility, muscle strength, improved posture, better balance, and greater concentration. Tai Chi can be practiced either standing or seated.

No experience is needed. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and well-fitted flat shoes that cover your toes and heels. While targeted to older adults, these classes are appropriate and beneficial for people of all ages who want to experience beginner Tai Chi.

Questions-call the instructor at 802-299-8008.

Veterans Memorial Committee

The Veterans Memorial Committee meets regularly on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Weathersfield Proctor Library. In the event of holidays or special circumstances, the meeting will be held at a time and location to be set by the Committee.

Thrive Thrift Store & Community Resource Center

Entertainment

All shows are at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise stated.

ALL EVENTS

2025

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Presented by Upper Valley Baroque, January 24, 7 PM TICKETS

Cindy Pierce: Glitchy Business A benefit for the Special Needs Support Center, Presented by the Special Needs Support Center
January 26, 7 PM TICKETS

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, February 2, 3 PM FREE but please REGISTER

Mike McDonald’s Comedy Extravaganza, February 7, 7:30 PM TICKETS

Recycled Percussion, February 8, 2 & 7 PM TICKETS

City Lights (Silent Film with Bob Merrill on piano), February 13, 7 PM FREE but please REGISTER

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival, February 14, 7 PM TICKETS

Dom Flemons LOH on Location, February 15, 7:30 PM TICKETS

Maria Bamford, March 7, 7:30 PM TICKETS

Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats, March 8, 7:30 PM TICKETS

If I Could Ride 2, Presented by Don Miller, March 9, 2 PM TICKETS

Another Tequila Sunrise A Tribute to the Eagles, March 14, 7:30 PM TICKETS

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber & More, March 15, 7 PM TICKETS

RENT (the movie) March 20, 7 PM FREE but please REGISTER

San Jose Taiko, March 30, 4 PM TICKETS

San Jose Taiko, Youth Education Series, March 31, 10 AM FREE but please REGISTER

BeauSoleil (50th Anniversary)with special guest Richard Thompson, April 4, 7:30 PM TICKETS

Trailblazing Women of Country Music A tribute to Patsy, Loretta, and Dolly, April 5, 7:30 PM TICKETS

Fly Fishing Film Tour, April 10, 7 PM TICKETS

Comedian Bob Marley, May 10, 8 PM TICKETS

The Great Gatsby Ballet, May 13, 7 PM TICKETS

Theater Works USA: Ada Twist, Scientist and Friends, Youth Education Series, May 19, 10 AM FREE but please REGISTER


Lift Every Voice Friday, February 7th at 10AM

Recycled Percussion – Winter Tour February 15, 2025 at 2 PM & 7 PM

Disciple of the Garden – Legacy of Chris Cornell Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 8PM.

Rock n’ Roll Circus Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 8PM.

A Tribute to Willie Nelson Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8PM

Take 3 – Where Art and Pop Music Collide Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 7:30PM.

Johnny Folsom 4 Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 7:30PM

Comedian Juston McKinney Saturday, April 19 at 7:30PM

Tell Me Lies – Fleetwood Mac Experience Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 8PM

Floydian Trip – New England’s Premier Pink Floyd Tribute Saturday, May 24 at 7:30PM

Yoga in Weathersfield

Whole Roasted Tro

Crown Point Country Club

Class Schedule January Classes 
Tuesday Evenings 5:30-6:30pm  Jan.  21, 28

Wednesday Mornings 9-10am Jan. 22, 29

Please arrive to class between 5-10 minutes early. Earlier than that, and you may find the door locked while Lisa is prepping our space. If you've prepaid for a spot but can't make it, please let Lisa know since someone may be on the waitlist. And if you want to try to switch from the morning to evening class or vice versa, please ask Lisa if there's room so she can try to accommodate you.


You must Register for each class by emailing Lisa. 



Volunteers in Action (ViA) is seeking volunteers

Volunteers in Action (ViA), a neighbor helping neighbor organization, is seeking immediate volunteer support for two Meals on Wheels routes in Windsor. Details:
  • Open shifts available Monday through Friday, help when you have time
  •  Roughly 2-hour commitment (10am – Noon) on volunteer days
  • Individual training available upon sign-up
  • Minimal driving, low mileage routes.
  • There are additional needs in Weathersfield as well, if people are interested.
For more information: Call (802) 674-5971 Email via@mahhc.org
Melanie P. Sheehan, MPH
Director of Community Health

Hikes

Local trails to explore: CLICK HERE

Also Hiking Close to Home: CLICK HERE

Workshops Online

 

Vermont Online Workshops

Lots of events and movies online. Contact: AARP Vermont Email: vtaarp@aarp.org with questions.

Events for Perkinsville/Weathersfield (online) https://local.aarp.org/perkinsville-vt/aarp-events/


Visit Our Local Restaurants

The Copper Fox 56 Main St., Ste. 1 Springfield, VT 05156 (802) 885-1031
Dinner 5:00pm - 9:00pm  Sunday Hours 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday through Sunday (Closed Monday and Tuesday)

Daily Grind Café 
Call ahead for take out (802) 674-9859
93 Pleasant St. Claremont, NH (in the space formerly occupied by Dusty’s Café)
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Exit Ate 
Route 131 in Ascutney
Monday-Saturday 6 a.m.-2 p.m.

Harpoon Beer Garden and Brewery 802-674-5491
336 Ruth Carney Drive
Windsor, VT 05089

Inn at Weathersfield (802) 263-9217 
Dine inside or outside Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, call for a reservation 802-263-9217. 1342 VT Route 106 Perkinsville, VT 05151

Maybelline's (802) 591-4311
12 Clinton Street, Springfield, VT Open for breakfast and lunch, daily except Sundays.

Sundaez-CLOSED Monday and Tuesday;  Open Wed. & Thurs 3-7 p.m.; Fri, Sat Sun noon-7 p.m.
West Pleasant St Claremont, NH 03743 and have winter hours:

Villagers Ice Cream Restaurant-(802) 795-0063 CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
Tuesdays-Sundays 11:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. (they stop cooking at 7:30 p.m.)
4261 Route 106 in Perkinsville, Downers Four Corners to the locals.
Unicorn Sundae at Villagers Rtes. 131 and 106, Downers Four Corners, in Perkinsville

Food Assistance

Weathersfield Food Shelf in Perkinsville.
The food shelf is open 2:00 pm-4:00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. 
 The Weathersfield Food Shelf is located in the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse at 1862 Route 106 in Perkinsville. The Food Shelf has lots of good food to offer!

Call the Weathersfield Town Office to be refereed to a volunteer, visit the Weathersfield Food Shelf Facebook page and leave a message, email weathersfieldfoodshelf@gmail.com
Donations of non-perishable food are always welcomed and may be dropped off at the facility during open hours or placed in the collection box at Martin Memorial Hall. For more information, call 802-263-5584 or email weathersfieldfoodshelf@gmail.com.

Hartland Food Shelf in Hartland. 4 Corners UU Church Fridays 8-10 a.m., Saturdays 10 a.m-2 p.m.

Reading-West Windsor Food Shelf in Reading. Mondays 2-4 p.m. and Thursday 4-6 p.m. Stone School 3456 Tyson Rd, Reading.

Mt. Ascutney Hospital Open for Walk-Ins M-F 1-5 PM

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is now offering walk-in service on weekday afternoons for people ages 2 and older, according to a news release.

The visits are available for urgent, but non-emergency medical needs Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. Patients can check in at the hospital’s central registration, through the main entrance.

Some of the conditions appropriate for care through walk-in services are minor cuts and burns; urinary tract infections; strains and sprains; minor fractures; rashes; and ear, sinus and eye infections. In addition, X-ray and lab services are available on-site.

A nurse will be on hand to determine if a patient’s condition calls for transfer to the emergency department.


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