YOUTH NEWS
Kids escape room
WATERBURY — Waterbury author Aaron Starmer and Bridgeside Books create a math-themed “escape room”-style scavenger hunt for little readers and detectives from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the bookstore.
The event is for kids ages 8 to 11; adult participation required. Tickets are $10 per family and include a signed copy of “Math Mysteries: The Triple Threat,” Starmer’s newest middle-grade novel.
New exhibition
NORWICH — Montshire Museum of Science has opened a new exhibition designed for its youngest visitors with their adult caregivers, “Welcome Home: Celebrating Asian Childhood.” The Welcome Home exhibition was developed as part of the Freeman Foundation Asian Culture Exhibit Series and provides an age-appropriate, play-based introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Hmong cultures while encouraging school readiness skills in children ages 2 to 5. The Montshire Museum is one of four museums selected from across the U.S. to receive this exhibition. To make the exhibition more accessible to families, it is presented in both English and Spanish.
AROUND TOWN
Winter market
NORTHFIELD — Northfield Farmers Market is now accepting vendor applications for its online winter farmers market. The market partners with Good Measure Pub & Brewery, which will continue to host product drop-off, order assembly, and customer pick-up at its 17 East St. location in Northfield. It seeks farmers, cheese makers, food producers, bakers, cooks, artists, crafters and other purveyors of Vermont-made products.
NFM’s virtual store will be open for orders Thursday through Monday beginning Nov. 9. Vendors prepare orders on Tuesday, then drop them off at Good Measure Pub & Brewery from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday for customer pick-up from 5 to 6 p.m. Contact NFM to discuss other order-delivery options.
Vendors can receive direct electronic payments each week. Technical support for setting up and operating your virtual farmstand is also provided. Vendor cost is $125 for 22 weeks; $112 with the Early Bird Discount, deadline Nov. 9; a month-to-month option for only $50/month is also available.
Applications for the full-season are not accepted after Dec. 1. For more information, call 802-279-5684, visit northfieldfm.eatfromfarms.com or email northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.
COLLEGE NEWS
College president
COLCHESTER — Saint Michael’s College board of trustees announced Richard Plumb, Ph.D., will become the 18th president of the college. He will begin his new role in January 2024. He most recently served as president of Saint Mary’s College in California. Prior to that, Plumb served seven years as executive vice president and provost at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and nine years as dean of the Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. A first-generation college student, Plumb holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.
BUSINESS
Artisans Hand
MONTPELIER — Artisans Hand Craft Gallery has been a member of the Montpelier business community for 45 years. In celebration, the gallery is offering 20% off all purchases Nov. 3-5. Artisans Hand exhibits the work of over 130 Vermont-based craftspeople in a variety of media. The gallery is at 89 Main St. at City Center in Montpelier and is open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Ag Agency news
— Vermont Farmers Ecosystem Stewardship Program supports Vermont farmers who enroll in the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Application deadline is Nov. 3.
— Pig On-Farm Slaughter & Processing Workshop on Nov. 4 at Merck Forest and Farmland Center in Rupert. Cost is $70. Registration is required.
— Maple Agriculture Development Grant is open for applications. The Request for Applications, program factsheet, and applicant webinar recording can be found online. Applications close Nov. 21.
— Forest to Fiber: Next Generation Pathways for Vermont reports the emerging technologies and markets showing promise for using pulp-grade wood to replace oil-based plastics. Visit agriculture.vermont.gov to read the full report.
— Local and Regional Food Systems Resilience Playbook is available. It helps answer the question “what can LRFS stakeholders do to learn from experience and ‘stay ready’ for when the next food system disruption occurs?” Visit agriculture.vermont.gov to read the full report.
AROUND VT
Garden clubs
The fall 2023 Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont meeting was held at Rutland Country Club. The Central District garden clubs of Randolph GC, Middlebury GC Mountain Gardeners in the Mad River Valley, Rutland GC, Springfield GC, Weathersfield Garden Club in Weathersfield, were hosts for the meeting. Guest speaker was local floral designer Michele Dauphinais.
The FGCV community service projects include raising funds for a Blue Star Memorial Marker; promoting Penny for Pines, a national project dedicated to sustaining national and urban forests to forested areas damaged by insects, fires or natural catastrophes; welcoming the new Weathersfield Garden Club; and flood recovery effort with Granite Center Garden Club in Barre for gardens and containers replacement of plants and flowers washed away. The Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont consists of 16 clubs with over 700 members.
VTF&W
Poachers
Vermont State Game Wardens are asking Vermonters with information about fish and wildlife crimes to submit them through the Operation Game Thief program. This is a joint nonprofit program sponsored by Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and administered by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. It provides a way for people to help protect the state’s fish and wildlife by reporting law violators at 800-75ALERT (800-752-5378). The toll-free hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to report violations. Rewards are paid for information leading to arrests.
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