Thursday, March 05, 2009
March ... even more (also see March and more)
I sent along "March and more" a little too quickly as there were many more things to mention... get that calendar back out .... all the information below is new
The kitchen at Berlin Elementary School would gladly accept donations of silverware for use at breakfast and lunch time. Please be sure to include a note so that we know for sure that it's meant to be donated to the kitchen. Thank you!
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Anybody having a bit of cabin fever? The Upper Valley Aquatic Center is now open. It's an aquatic & fitness center featuring state-of-the-art swimming pools, wellness programs and an INDOOR SPLASH PARK!!! The Splash Park includes a current channel that resembles a small circular river that carries you past small waterfalls and other water elements. A zero-entry pool area provides easy access to the water and a safe and fun place for your younger swimmer to play. For those craving a little adventure, climb 20 feet up to the top of the enclosed, circular slide and take a 110 foot cork screw ride out of the building before being sent sliding back across the floor inside. They are open to the public and conveniently located at the junction of Interstates 89 & 91 in Hartford, Vermont Check out their website http://www.uvac-swim.org/index.html and call 802-296-2850 for more information. Daily admission for children ages 3-18 is $7 and for adults $15.
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Both the town and school reports are posted on the town website http://www.berlinvt.org . Interesting reading even though Town Meeting has past.
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Saturday, March 7th 11am - 4pm Ben & Jerry's 7th Annual Winter Festival at the Ben & Jerry's Factory on Route 100 in Waterbury. Free tours all day, games, ice cream, music, caricatures, snow sculpture, food, sugar on snow and gift sale. Also local samplings: Green Mtn Coffee Roasters, Red Hen Bakery, Cider House BBQ & Pub and Cabot Cheese
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With funding in place for another year at Kellogg-Hubbard Library, I would encourage you and your family to visit and make use of the many wonderful resources and programs this gem in our community provides for children, young adults and adults. Be sure to check out their website which is a wealth of information and includes their hours of operation, card catalog, events listings and so much more. Do you know about Listen Up Vermont, where with your library card number you can download audiobooks any time of day or night! http://www.kellogghubbard.org
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Monday, March 16th the Berlin Selectboard meeting at the Town Office is at 7pm
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March 16th - April 11th Spring Book Sale Begins at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library Thousands of books, videos, CDs and more—arranged by subject and a great prices. Proceeds benefit the library!
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Wednesday, March 18th 7pm at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library - The Commercial History Along the Winooski River with Manuel Garcia This slide presentation with Manuel Garcia shows many of the earlier business establishments, large and small, along the Memorial Drive, Berlin Street, River Street, Barre Street area neighborhoods. View the Manufactured Gas and Electric Generating plants along with some pictures of the Railroad, and Trolley systems that traversed this valley, as well as the early single span bridges that crossed the Winooski River. (note: I've seen this and recommend it if you enjoy local history, what's especially interesting is that part of River Street used to be part of Berlin)
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Thursday, March 19th 6:30pm at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Growing Small Fruit & Berries with David Fried, Founder of Elmore Roots Nursery. There are lots of fruit trees & berries that can grow in the cold Vermont climate if you start with the right stock and planting methods. It’s not difficult and the results can be so delicious! You can grow pears, plums, apricots, apples, cherries, peaches, kiwis, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, currents, raspberries, gooseberries, elderberries and so much more! This program is co-sponsored by the Washington-Orange County Master Gardeners!
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March 19th & 20th Kid Watch will celebrate spring with 1/2 day program March 19th 12:30-6pm ($15) making litter critters and enjoying some time outside and on March 20th from 7:30am -5:30pm ($30) making a variety of projects using liquid watercolors and then after lunchgoing to Morse Farm for a tour and Sugar on Snow. Students are bringing home a green flyer March 6th.
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WHOOPS! Had the wrong time for DABBLE DAYS - the correct time is 10am-noon on Saturday, March 28th Berlin Elementary Gym - activities for young children and their families put on by Success by Six.
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Monday, March 30th 6:30pm at Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Transition Town Movie Night Video shorts on raising food in the backyard, in preparation for the second Open Space Meeting on Feeding our Communities (Saturday, April 4th). How much food can be raised around your house? Sponsored by Transition Town Montpelier: Moving from Oil Dependency to Resilient Communities. For more information, contact Annie McCleary, 456-8122.
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Dinner and a Show Thursdays in Montpelier - If you eat at a participating restaurant on a Thursday and show a ticket or ticket stub from Lost Nation Theater or the Savoy Theater, you get 10 percent off your bill and the other way around, if you bring your restaurant bill to one of the two theaters, you get 10 percent off admission. Participating restaurants include: Rhapsody, Postivie Pie II, Restaurant Phoebe, Julio's, The Black Door, Capitol Grounds, La Brioche, and the Main Street Grill. The cafes plan to be flexible with this - if you go to Capitol Grounds at noon with a ticket for that evening they would honor the discount.
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Central Vermont Community Land Trusts (CVCLT) is having an amazing raffle to support affordable housing in Central Vermont. "Bringing It All Home 2009 Raffle" offers your choice of **Sweet Mango Tour of Southeast Asia for Two valued at $9,400** OR **$9,000 Home Energy Improvement Shopping Spree from Allen Lumber Company** OR you can choose **$7,500 in CASH** Tickets are $100 each, only 250 tickets will be sold, only one winner will be chosen with the drawing on March 27th. For information call Peg at 476-4493 x213 http://www.cvclt.org/
Are you familiar with CVCLT? Did you know that they offers Credit/Budget Counseling and Foreclosure Assistant FREE OF CHARGE to everyone in their service area which includes all of Washington County. There are many other services they also offer such as Homebuyer Education, Homes for sale, Rental Apartments and more. CVCLT's phone is 476-4493
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Saturday, April 18th E-waste FREE Recycling Event 9am - 1pm at the South Burlington High School at 550 Dorset St, S. Bgtn. Small Dog Electronics is holding this 3rd annual FREE event! Bring monitors, laptops, CPUs, fax machines, cell phones, etc. For more information and a list of items that can and cannot be accepted, visit http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste
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The kitchen at Berlin Elementary School would gladly accept donations of silverware for use at breakfast and lunch time. Please be sure to include a note so that we know for sure that it's meant to be donated to the kitchen. Thank you!
~~~
Anybody having a bit of cabin fever? The Upper Valley Aquatic Center is now open. It's an aquatic & fitness center featuring state-of-the-art swimming pools, wellness programs and an INDOOR SPLASH PARK!!! The Splash Park includes a current channel that resembles a small circular river that carries you past small waterfalls and other water elements. A zero-entry pool area provides easy access to the water and a safe and fun place for your younger swimmer to play. For those craving a little adventure, climb 20 feet up to the top of the enclosed, circular slide and take a 110 foot cork screw ride out of the building before being sent sliding back across the floor inside. They are open to the public and conveniently located at the junction of Interstates 89 & 91 in Hartford, Vermont Check out their website http://www.uvac-swim.org/index.html and call 802-296-2850 for more information. Daily admission for children ages 3-18 is $7 and for adults $15.
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Both the town and school reports are posted on the town website http://www.berlinvt.org . Interesting reading even though Town Meeting has past.
~~~
Saturday, March 7th 11am - 4pm Ben & Jerry's 7th Annual Winter Festival at the Ben & Jerry's Factory on Route 100 in Waterbury. Free tours all day, games, ice cream, music, caricatures, snow sculpture, food, sugar on snow and gift sale. Also local samplings: Green Mtn Coffee Roasters, Red Hen Bakery, Cider House BBQ & Pub and Cabot Cheese
~~~
With funding in place for another year at Kellogg-Hubbard Library, I would encourage you and your family to visit and make use of the many wonderful resources and programs this gem in our community provides for children, young adults and adults. Be sure to check out their website which is a wealth of information and includes their hours of operation, card catalog, events listings and so much more. Do you know about Listen Up Vermont, where with your library card number you can download audiobooks any time of day or night! http://www.kellogghubbard.org
~~~
Monday, March 16th the Berlin Selectboard meeting at the Town Office is at 7pm
~~~
March 16th - April 11th Spring Book Sale Begins at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library Thousands of books, videos, CDs and more—arranged by subject and a great prices. Proceeds benefit the library!
~~~
Wednesday, March 18th 7pm at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library - The Commercial History Along the Winooski River with Manuel Garcia This slide presentation with Manuel Garcia shows many of the earlier business establishments, large and small, along the Memorial Drive, Berlin Street, River Street, Barre Street area neighborhoods. View the Manufactured Gas and Electric Generating plants along with some pictures of the Railroad, and Trolley systems that traversed this valley, as well as the early single span bridges that crossed the Winooski River. (note: I've seen this and recommend it if you enjoy local history, what's especially interesting is that part of River Street used to be part of Berlin)
~~~
Thursday, March 19th 6:30pm at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Growing Small Fruit & Berries with David Fried, Founder of Elmore Roots Nursery. There are lots of fruit trees & berries that can grow in the cold Vermont climate if you start with the right stock and planting methods. It’s not difficult and the results can be so delicious! You can grow pears, plums, apricots, apples, cherries, peaches, kiwis, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, currents, raspberries, gooseberries, elderberries and so much more! This program is co-sponsored by the Washington-Orange County Master Gardeners!
~~~
March 19th & 20th Kid Watch will celebrate spring with 1/2 day program March 19th 12:30-6pm ($15) making litter critters and enjoying some time outside and on March 20th from 7:30am -5:30pm ($30) making a variety of projects using liquid watercolors and then after lunchgoing to Morse Farm for a tour and Sugar on Snow. Students are bringing home a green flyer March 6th.
~~~
WHOOPS! Had the wrong time for DABBLE DAYS - the correct time is 10am-noon on Saturday, March 28th Berlin Elementary Gym - activities for young children and their families put on by Success by Six.
~~~
Monday, March 30th 6:30pm at Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Transition Town Movie Night Video shorts on raising food in the backyard, in preparation for the second Open Space Meeting on Feeding our Communities (Saturday, April 4th). How much food can be raised around your house? Sponsored by Transition Town Montpelier: Moving from Oil Dependency to Resilient Communities. For more information, contact Annie McCleary, 456-8122.
~~~
Dinner and a Show Thursdays in Montpelier - If you eat at a participating restaurant on a Thursday and show a ticket or ticket stub from Lost Nation Theater or the Savoy Theater, you get 10 percent off your bill and the other way around, if you bring your restaurant bill to one of the two theaters, you get 10 percent off admission. Participating restaurants include: Rhapsody, Postivie Pie II, Restaurant Phoebe, Julio's, The Black Door, Capitol Grounds, La Brioche, and the Main Street Grill. The cafes plan to be flexible with this - if you go to Capitol Grounds at noon with a ticket for that evening they would honor the discount.
~~~
Central Vermont Community Land Trusts (CVCLT) is having an amazing raffle to support affordable housing in Central Vermont. "Bringing It All Home 2009 Raffle" offers your choice of **Sweet Mango Tour of Southeast Asia for Two valued at $9,400** OR **$9,000 Home Energy Improvement Shopping Spree from Allen Lumber Company** OR you can choose **$7,500 in CASH** Tickets are $100 each, only 250 tickets will be sold, only one winner will be chosen with the drawing on March 27th. For information call Peg at 476-4493 x213 http://www.cvclt.org/
Are you familiar with CVCLT? Did you know that they offers Credit/Budget Counseling and Foreclosure Assistant FREE OF CHARGE to everyone in their service area which includes all of Washington County. There are many other services they also offer such as Homebuyer Education, Homes for sale, Rental Apartments and more. CVCLT's phone is 476-4493
~~~
Saturday, April 18th E-waste FREE Recycling Event 9am - 1pm at the South Burlington High School at 550 Dorset St, S. Bgtn. Small Dog Electronics is holding this 3rd annual FREE event! Bring monitors, laptops, CPUs, fax machines, cell phones, etc. For more information and a list of items that can and cannot be accepted, visit http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste
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