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December 2023

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26 Liberatory Love Auction with Nonprofit Summer Camp 11 PM (multiday) Huge Pop-Up Barn Sale Sat & Sun! 10 AM (multiday) Sunday Service at MMUUF 9:30 AM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM	27 COTS Phoneathon 12 PM (multiday) Answer the Call: Volunteer for COTS Phonathon 5:30 PM (multiday) Watch Party: Bill McKibben's Eating Local Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Bill McKibben - Eating Local Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM Learn How to Lead, Speak and Listen! 6 - 7:30 PM Formal Contra & Traditional Square Dancing 6 - 8:30 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	28 Answer the Call: Volunteer for COTS Phonathon 5:30 PM (multiday) Adult Virtual Book Club 6 - 7 PM Municipal Ethics Listening Session - Nov. 28 6:30 - 8:30 PM Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Nov. 28 6:30 PM Green Mountain Holiday Chorus 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	29 West Coast Swing Dance 6:45 AM - 9:30 PM Adult Knitting Group at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Help Save Lives at Blood Drive 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM VBSR Silent Auction 12 PM (multiday) Age Well Community Meal 12 PM Olam Chesed Jewish Education 4:15 - 6 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Answer the Call: Volunteer for COTS Phonathon 5:30 PM (multiday) WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	30 Soup and Songs for the Season - Day Correction All Day USPS Job Fair Nov. 30 All Day Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library 9:30 - 10 AM Pre-Holiday Meditation Series 9:30 - 10:30 AM The Vintage Nook Holiday Open House, 20% Off! 10 AM (multiday) Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Soup and Songs for the Season at Calvary Church 5 - 7:30 PM Free Soup and Bread Supper & Caroles 5 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Nov. 30 5:30 - 8:30 PM Answer the Call: Volunteer for COTS Phonathon 5:30 PM (multiday) It Takes a Village Women's Circle - This Thursday! 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Development Review Board Regular Meeting - Nov. 30 6 PM Notice of Development Review Board Hearing, Nov. 30 6 PM Westford Final Public Hearing - Nov. 30 6:15 PM +12 more see less	1 Christmas Chaos - Essex Community Players All Day 2 Day Garage Sale - 21 Snowflake Dr - Dec. 1-2 (multiday) First Fridays at BNML 10 - 11 AM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Holiday Market 2 PM (multiday) Attend the Holiday Masquerade Gala! 6 PM (multiday) An Evening with Bobby Dean Hackney 6:30 - 8 PM +3 more see less	2 Girl Scout Bottle Drive All Day Maple Run Community Strategic Planning Forum 8 AM - 12:30 PM Discover Resilence in Gardening 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Freshstart Quit Smoking Workshop 9 - 10 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM House of Troy's Annual Lamp Sale 9 AM - 12 PM St Ann Christmas Bazaar 9 AM - 1 PM Save the Date: Waterville Christmas Market, Dec. 2 9 AM - 3 PM St. Paul's Methodist Church Craft Show 9 AM - 3 PM St. Paul's Arts & Crafts Show 9 AM - 3 PM Westford Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Christmas Fair & Lunch Café! 9 AM - 4 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Town Hall Art Reception: Trees for All Seasons 10 AM - 12 PM Milton Public Library Holiday Open House 10 AM - 1 PM Holiday Studio Sale 10 AM (multiday) Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Studio Sale 11 AM - 5 PM Studio Sale 11 AM Dinoman at the Burnham Library! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Fairfax Annual Tree Lighting 4 - 5:30 PM Lakeshore Community Event Series Begins 5 - 9:30 PM +19 more see less
3 Tourtiere Pie Sale All Day Holiday Studio Sale 12 - 3 PM Debra & Mary's Studio Sale Sunday 12 - 3 PM Citizens Concert Band Holiday Concert 12 - 4 PM Revitalizing Waterville Historical Society 1 - 2 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Citzen's Band Holiday Concert 3 - 4:30 PM Intersted in Torutiere? 3 - 5:30 PM Tree Lighting, Carols and Craft at the Burnham Library 3:30 - 5:15 PM 4th Annual Cambridge Christmas Coffeehouse 4 - 7 PM Tree Lighting with Santa 5 - 6 PM +7 more see less	4 St. Albans City Climate & Energy Committee Meeting 4 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting - Dec. 4 5:30 PM Festive Paint & Sip Event! Only 9 Spots Left! 🍷🎨 6 - 8 PM Selectboard Regular Meeting on Dec. 4 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM Town Meeting Discussion - Share Your Experience 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	5 Free Flu and Covid Vaccinations Clinic 10 AM - 1 PM Make Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses at BNML 4 - 7 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Belonging, Equity & Inclusion Committee 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 5 6:30 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM Green Mountain Holiday Chorus 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	6 Endangered Species Act Turns 50 6:30 - 8 AM Adult Knitting Group at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Music & Movement with Miss Emma - Jericho Town Library 10:30 - 11:15 AM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Lions Club Holiday Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Local Red Cross Blood Drive 12 - 5 PM Olam Chesed Jewish Education 4:15 - 6 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM CSWD: Zero Waste Holiday Hacks 6 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM St. Albans City & Town Joint Police Board Meeting 7 PM +9 more see less	7 Holiday Gift Making for Kids 12 AM (multiday) Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library 9:30 - 10 AM Pre-Holiday Meditation Series 9:30 - 10:30 AM Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Gingerbread House Decorating at The Burnham Library 4:30 - 5:30 PM Vermont Land Trust Brewster Uplands Presentation 5 - 6 PM Needle Felting Mushroom Garden Class 6 - 8 PM Underhill Selectboard Meeting Dec. 7 6 PM Book Group for Adults at Milton Public Library 6:30 - 8 PM Free Band Concert 7 PM +6 more see less	8 Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Music at Deborah Rawson Library 11 AM - 12 PM Let's Do Lunch 11:30 AM - 12 PM UVM Hockey Game - Swanton PTO Fundraiser 2 PM Future of the Common School Discussion 3 - 4 PM Troop 42 Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 5 - 7 PM Dinner with Santa 6 - 7 PM Choral Concerts - Dec. 8-9 7 PM +4 more see less	9 JB Harris Book Signing – The Immigrant's Wife - Tomorrow 1:30 AM - 3 PM Freshstart Quit Smoking Workshop 9 - 10 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM LGBTQ+ Coffee Meetup 9 - 11 AM Craft Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Craft Fair at Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center 9 AM (multiday) Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Methodist Church White Elephant Christmas Sale 10 AM - 12 PM Mudcraft Artist Market 11 AM - 3 PM Dungeons & Dragons 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Holiday Paint & Sip 12 - 2 PM Make Your Own Snow Globe at Jericho Town Library! 1 - 2 PM Holiday Show in Four Part Harmony 2 - 3 PM Holiday Concert - Green Mountain Chorus & Barre-Tones 2 - 3 PM Gingerbread House Christmas Party 2 - 4 PM Love, Kelly Free Event ~ See Local Artistic Creations! 6 - 9 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along to Benefit Locals 7 - 8:30 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along to Benefit Locals 7 - 8:30 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along to Benefit Locals 7 - 8:30 PM Yuletide Concert & Sing Along Saturday 7 PM +16 more see less
10 Guest Speaker Myra Flynn at Good Shepherd All Day Sunday Service at MMUUF - Dec. 10 9:30 AM Second Sunday of Advent with Joshua Collier, Tenor 10 - 11 AM Ugly Sweater 5k Run/Walk - Rotary Club of SB 10 AM - 1 PM Rotary of South Burlington Ugly Sweater Fun Run/Walk 10 AM - 1 PM Second Annual Stocking Stuffer Craft Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Come Have Some Fun! 10 AM - 3 PM Milton Historical Museum - Holiday Open House! 11 AM - 2 PM Visit with Santa and Cookie Decorating 1 - 3 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Celebrate the Season: Holiday Concert 3 PM The Vermont Choral Union Presents Handel's Messiah 4 - 6 PM Messiah Performance 4 - 8 PM Chanukah Menorah Lighting at Taylor Park! 5:30 PM +10 more see less	11 Kids Winter Craft at Burnham Library Dec. 11 3:30 - 4:30 PM Give Santa a Call 🎅📞 6 - 7 PM Waterville Town Library Trustee Meetings 6 - 7:30 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting: FY25 Budget 6 - 9 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM St. Albans City Council Meeting Dec. 11 6:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	12 Surviving the Holidays After Losing a Loved One 10 - 11:15 AM The Curious Place Storytime at Spruce Peak Arts 10:30 - 11:30 AM Heartbreak & Hope: Interfaith Vigil- Unsheltered Lives 12:30 - 12:50 PM Community Vigil in Solidarity w/ Unsheltered Neighbors 12:30 - 1 PM Second Tuesday Quilters at Milton Public Library 1 - 3 PM 2024-25 Preliminary Proposed Budget Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM Franklin County Photogs at BNML 6 - 7:30 PM Get on Board! Pre-Board Candidate Training 6 - 8 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting: FY25 Budget 6 - 9 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting Dec. 12 6 PM Holiday Choral Concert and Party 7 - 8:30 PM Green Mountain Holiday Chorus 7 - 9 PM +8 more see less	13 Adult Knitting Group at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Holiday Storytime at the Eloquent Page 10 AM - 12 PM Correct Email Address for Arrowhead Senior Center Lunch 11:30 AM - 1 PM Intro to Online Resources at Georgia Public Library 5 PM Letters to Santa Due 5 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting: FY25 Budget 6 - 9 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	14 DRB Notice of Public Hearing (Warning) All Day Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library 9:30 - 10 AM Pre-Holiday Meditation Series 9:30 - 10:30 AM Town Coffee Talks - FY25 Budget 10 - 11 AM Seniors Stepping Out! 10 AM - 2 PM Take a Break from the Holiday Rush 10 AM Coffee Hour! 10 AM Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Notice - Lamoille County Democratic Committee 5:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Next Thursday 6 - 9 PM Development Review Board Meeting 6 - 9 PM Vermont Blues Society Documentary/Band and Meeting 6 - 10 PM +10 more see less	15 Pre Christmas Sale 9 AM (multiday) Admissions Open House at Christ the King School Dec. 15 9 AM Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch 12 - 2 PM Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch 12 - 2 PM Make Your Own Gingerbread House 3:30 - 4:30 PM Holiday Caroling! Food! Desserts! the Snow Queen! 5:30 - 7:30 PM Holiday Gift Making for Kids 6:15 - 7:30 PM Prek-6th Grade Holiday Gift Making 6:15 - 7:30 PM Free Christmas Movie Night Friday Dec. 15 6:30 - 8 PM +5 more see less	16 Tri-County Christmas Bird Count 12 AM - 11:59 PM Men's Breakfast Saturday Dec. 16 at CCF 7 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Food Shelf Distribution Dec. 16 9 - 10:30 AM Food Shelf Distribution Saturday 9 - 10:30 AM Youth Skate Swap Saturday 9 - 11 AM 2nd Annual Holiday Craft Show! 9 AM - 3 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Siber Sled Dogs at the Waterville Town Library! 10 - 11:30 AM Kids Ornament Making Class 10 AM - 12 PM Holiday Spectacular - This Saturday at Matt's Wash & Wax 10 AM - 12 PM Camels Hump Middle School Holiday Craft Market 10 AM - 3 PM Greek Food Event 12 - 4 PM Sled Dogs Meet & Greet 1 - 2 PM Open House at Town Garage on Saturday! 1 - 3 PM Holiday Cookie Decorating Party 1 - 4 PM Waterville Christmas Concert - Dec. 16 2 - 3:30 PM Christmas Concert in Waterville - Sat, Dec. 16 2 - 3:30 PM Winter Solstice Gathering (A Little Early) 2 - 3:30 PM Community Dinner to Benefit Sheldon Food Shelf 4 - 6 PM Holiday Kids Night Out 4:30 - 7:30 PM Movie Night 5 - 9 PM Jeffersonville Cambridge Holiday Parade 5 PM All Ages Open-Mic 7 - 9 PM Solaris Vocal Ensemble Holiday Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) +21 more see less
17 Christmas Carol Sing-Along 3 - 4:30 AM Breakfast with Santa! 8 AM Breathwork Workshop Series 12 - 6 PM Breathwork Workshop with Retribe 12 - 6 PM History Talk: "Some Ghosts of Christmas Past" 1:30 - 3 PM Some Ghosts of Christmas Past 1:30 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Candlelight Christmas Service 4 - 5 PM Skip Gorman at the Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM Neighborhood Holiday Caroling Sunday Dec. 17 4:30 PM Highgate Holiday Light Parade 5 - 6 PM Learn How to Lead, Speak and Listen! 6 - 7:30 PM +8 more see less	18 Town Coffee Talks - FY25 Budget 12 - 1 PM Free Vaccine & Health Clinic 4 - 6 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting, Dec. 18 6 - 9 PM Milton Liquor Board Meeting, Dec. 18 6 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting & Public Hearing 6:30 PM WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	19 St. Albans Vaccination Clinic 2 - 6 PM Banned Book Tour Coming to Milton 5 - 6 PM Police Community Advisory Board Meeting Dec. 19 6 - 7:30 PM Yule Lore Workshop-Second Date Added!!! 6 - 8 PM Milton Special Selectboard Meeting: FY25 Budget 6 - 9 PM Trivia Night at the Burnham Library! 6:15 - 7:30 PM Town Plan - Public Hearing, Selectboard 6:30 - 8 PM EWSD Board Meeting Dec. 19 6:30 - 9:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 9:30 PM Essex Junction DRB Meeting Dec. 19 6:30 - 10 PM Green Mountain Holiday Chorus 7 - 9 PM +7 more see less	20 Adult Knitting Group at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Santa's Convoy 🎅🏼 4:30 - 8 PM Paint (With Bob Ross) and Sip (Hot Cocoa) 5 - 7 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board of Directors Meeting 6 - 8 PM SongFarmers - a Community Music Jam on Dec. 20 6 - 8 PM Yule Lore-A Wheel of the Year Workshop 6 - 8 PM Songfarmers - A Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Westford Adult Book Group 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	21 Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library 9:30 - 10 AM Pre-Holiday Meditation Series 9:30 - 10:30 AM Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Community Center Holiday Party - Pictures with Santa! 1 - 4 PM Longest Night/Blue Christmas Worship Service 5 - 6 PM Longest Night/Blue Christmas Worship Service 5 PM Holiday Light Parade 6:30 PM +3 more see less	22 Jingle Wagon Returns! 12 - 8 PM Fairfax Westford Band Holiday Concert at WCH 7 - 8 PM	23 Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Dungeons & Dragons 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Buck Hollers Rockin' in Christmas at Mill River Taphouse 5:30 - 8:30 PM Buck Hollers Rockin' in Christmas at Mill River Taphouse 5:30 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less
24 Christmas Eve for All at First Congregational Burlington! All Day Essex Catholic Community Christmas Masses All Day Christmas Eve Services 9 AM - 12 PM Christmas Service 9:30 - 10:30 AM Live Nativity 10 - 10:45 AM Christmas Eve Virtual Yoga! 10 - 11 AM Christmas Eve Services 10:30 AM - 7 PM Christmas Eve at Grace Church 1 - 1:30 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Christmas Eve Service at MMUUF 4 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 4:30 - 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Events Waterville Union Church 4:30 - 8 PM Christmas Eve in Waterville 4:30 PM Christmas Services 5 PM (multiday) Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at College St Church 6 - 7 PM Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols with Candle Lighting 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Service with Candle Lighting at UCU 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Worship Service 7 - 8 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM Christmas Eve - Jeffersonville Church 7 PM Christmas Eve Episcopal Service 9:30 PM +18 more see less	25 Essex Catholic Community Christmas Masses All Day WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	26	27 Adult Knitting Group at Jericho Town Library 9 - 10 AM Next Age Well Lunch at Arrowhead Senior Center 11 AM - 1 PM ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) ReTribe Winter Teen Retreat for Ages 13-19 3 PM (multiday) WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Westford Public Library Star Gazing Event 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	28 Storytime Yoga at Jericho Town Library 9:30 - 10 AM Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Birds of Vermont Bird Soap Carving 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Special Climate & Energy Committee Meeting 4 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	29	30 Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Space Opened for Sparkling Wine Class Tomorrow 1 - 3 PM Girls Hockey Event 3:15 - 7:15 PM
31 Good Shepherd's Special Morning Worship - All Welcome! 9 AM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM	1 WRD Adult Women's Futsal Starts Monday 7 - 8:30 PM	2 Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting, Jan. 2 6 - 9 PM City Belonging, Equity & Inclusion Cmte. Meeting 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting Tonight 6:30 - 9 PM Yoga at Synergy Dance Studio 7 - 8 PM	3 Lower English Settlement Rd - Temp. Road Closure 8 AM - 2 PM Wednesday Walk and Stretch with the Town Clerk 4:30 PM Kick It at Cambridge Community Center 5:30 - 6:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	4 Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Great Finds in Nature 6:30 - 7:30 PM Abenaki and the Missisquoi 7 - 8 PM Introduction to American Abenaki Prehistory 7 - 8 PM American Abenaki Prehistory and the Paleo-Indian Period 7 PM +1 more see less	5 Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Order Your Pizza for Superbowl! 12 PM (multiday) Sinclair Inn Soup +Bread + Ale Experience 5 - 8 PM	6 Free Online Quit Smoking Program 9 - 10 AM Tot Open Gym 9 - 10:30 AM Blue Moon Pottery Second Sale 9 AM - 12:30 PM Cambridge Fire Dept Annual Blood Drive 9 AM - 2 PM Saxon Hill School - Open House Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM Join Saxon Hill School for an Open House This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM 12th Night, a Winter Celebration 7 - 8 PM Twelfth Night "A Winter Celebration" 7 - 8 PM Northern Bronze Handbell Concert 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less