Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2021

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26 Moving Sale! (multiday) Two Family Yard Sale 9 AM (multiday) COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at Harvest Market This Weekend 10 AM (multiday) An Invitation to Worship 10:30 - 11:30 AM Vermont Climate Action Plan - Your Voice Wanted 3 - 5 PM +1 more see less	27 Book Reading with Killacky and Redmond at S.B. Library 5:30 - 7 PM Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda Sept. 27 6:30 - 7 PM Trustee and Selectboard Meeting 6:30 - 10 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM	28 City Policy Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM Easy International Folk Dancing at Island Arts Center! 6 - 7 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting Sept. 28 6 PM Public Hearing on Independence & Trustee Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM James Michael Hudson Fireworks Autism Memorial Sept. 28 7:15 PM +1 more see less	29 5 New Strategies to Hire Employees St Albans 12 AM - 1:30 PM Age Well Grab & Go Luncheon 11 AM - 12 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM Women's Empowerment Self Defense Workshops 6 - 8:30 PM	30 New Date for MMU Lasagna Dinner All Day 5 New Strategies to Hire Employees Milton 12 AM - 12:30 PM Last few Farmers Markets & Customer Appreciation Raffle 3 - 6:30 PM Vermont Reads 7 - 8 PM Sept. 30 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM Holy Angels Church Rummage Sale 8 PM (multiday) +2 more see less	1 St. Paul's Church Rummage Sale This Weekend 8 AM (multiday) Catholic Daughters Rummage Sale 8:30 AM (multiday) Food Shelf Garden Volunteer Day 1 - 4 PM Rummage Sale by the United Church of Fairfax 3 - 7 PM	2 Out & About in Essex! (multiday) Fall Open Studio (multiday) Green River Reservoir State Park 9 AM - 12 PM 1st Annual Harvest, Home & Hearth, Fest Fundraiser 9 AM - 5 PM Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Coffee Hour 10 AM - 12 PM Fall Fungi Workshop (Outdoors) 10 AM - 12 PM Vermont Artisan Backyard Craft Fair 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Artisans Backyard Craft Sale - Essex Junction 10 AM - 4 PM Vermont Open Studio Weekend is Here 10 AM (multiday) Artwork & Shabby Chic Indoor Barn Sale 11 AM (multiday) +7 more see less
3 Snow Farm Vineyard - Harvest Parties 9 AM - 12 PM Community Event at GreenTARA 12 - 2 PM	4 Book Discussion Via Zoom 6:30 - 7:30 PM Milton Selectboard Regular Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM Nowhere to Lay His Head: Homelessness and the Gospel 7 - 9 PM	5 Self-Management Workshop - Free 5:30 - 8 PM So. Hero Republican Committee 6 PM Milton Planning Commission Meeting Oct. 5 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 9:30 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Beth Helfter, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM Nowhere to Lay His Head: Homelessness and the Gospel 7 PM +2 more see less	6 Blood Drive 12 - 6 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM MMCTV Board Meeting Oct. 6 6 - 7 PM Craft and Knitting Group 6 - 8 PM Oct 6 Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda 6:30 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	7 Supporting Resilience in Uncertain Times 12 - 1 PM Free Clothing for the Whole Family, Housewares, Misc 12 - 8 PM Final Farmers Market of the Season! 3 - 6:30 PM Essex Jct Planning Commission Meeting Oct. 7 6 PM	8 Estate Sale - First Weekend 8 AM (multiday) Large 3 Family Yard & Porch Sale 9 AM (multiday) Crowdsourced Cinema VT: Jurassic Park Screening, Essex 7 - 9 PM Suffragette Reenactment Society Play in St. Albans 7:30 - 8:30 PM Play Exploring Women's Suffrage Movement on Oct. 8 7:30 - 8:45 PM New Play About Womens Suffrage 7:30 - 9:01 PM +2 more see less	9 Big Sit Birdwatching Day at Missisquoi NWR 6 AM - 8 PM Big Sit Birdwatching Day at Missisquoi NWR Oct. 9 6 AM - 8 PM Richard Tom Foundation, Richard's Ride 7 AM - 3 PM Essex United Soccer Club - Tryouts Postponed to Oct. 9 9 AM - 7:30 PM Construction Junction 10 AM - 12 PM E-Bike Lending Library & Demo Day 10 AM - 1 PM E-Bike Lending Library & Demo Day 10 AM - 1 PM Harvest Fest! 10 AM - 3 PM Crystal Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Pottery Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Garage Moving Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Read to Wyatt the Therapy Dog 10:30 AM - 12 PM Open Studio 12 - 4 PM The Emmons Island Haunted Trail (Food Drive) 4:30 - 10 PM +10 more see less
10 Lil' Vermonters Consignment Sale Through Tuesday! (multiday) Bottle Drive - Colchester Boy Scout Troop 601 10 AM - 4 PM 5k Run/Walk Honoring a Vermont Coaching Legend 11 AM - 12 PM Grand Opening of Milton Disc Golf Eagle Course 11 AM - 1 PM Church Street, Sounds of the Season: Organ Recital 3 - 4 PM Twangtown Paramours 4 - 5 PM Annual Harvest Ham Dinner -Take Out 4 - 5:30 PM +3 more see less	11 Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM MMUUSD Board Meeting Oct. 11 6:30 PM St. Albans City Council Meeting: Oct. 11 6:30 PM Westford DRB - Oct. 11 Agenda 7 PM	12 The Red Scare in the Green Mountains Presentation All Day St. Albans Parkinson's Outreach Group Meeting 10 AM - 11:30 PM Teen Advisory Board 12 - 7 PM VT's Future: Conversation with Legislative Leadership 5:30 - 6:30 PM Teen Advisory Board - Correction 6 - 7 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting Oct. 12 6:15 PM Trustees Meeting Scheduled for 10/12/21 at 6:30 PM 6:30 - 10 PM Underhill Historical Society Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM +4 more see less	13 Immediate Blood Shortage! 11 AM - 4 PM Colchester-Milton Rotary Blood Drive! 11 AM - 4 PM Survivor Healing Day 1 - 2:30 PM A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford 4 - 5:15 PM Rec Park Nature Ramble 5:30 - 6:30 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM GICWD October Monthly Meeting 6:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Fire Safety Storytime at the Library Thursday 11:15 AM Rise Up! - 5 Ways to the First Page of Google 12 - 1:30 PM Housing & Homeownership Discussion Oct. 14 5:30 - 6:30 PM Oct. 14 Public Hearing on Lamoille Basin Plan 6 - 7:45 PM Milton Development Review Board Meeting - Oct. 14 6 PM What is Going on in Your Watershed? 6 PM Essex Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 PM Grand Isle County Farm Bureau Meeting Tonight! 7 - 8 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda Oct. 14 7 - 9:30 PM FCTC Presents “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown” 7:30 PM (multiday) +6 more see less	15 Nano Brewery Soft Opening 6 - 10 PM	16 Youth Theater Event 12 AM (multiday) Food Shelf Saturday 8 - 9 AM Bird Walk: Missisquoi NWR - Oct. 16 8 - 10 AM Bird Walk: Missisquoi NWR - Oct. 16 8 - 10 AM Fairfax Household Hazardous Waste Day 8 AM - 12 PM CVU Craft Fair Oct. 16 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair 9 AM - 4 PM 4-H Tack Sale 9 AM Food Shelf Distribution Oct. 16 9 AM Garage Sale Oct. 16 ~ 24 Hillside Circle, Essex 9 AM Farmers' Market Extended Season 10 AM - 2 PM Harvest Festival 1 - 3 PM Pilates Studio Open House 1 - 3 PM Star Party at DRML 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less
17 Garage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Sunday UMC Worship 10:30 - 11:30 AM 8th Annual Champlain Islands CROP Walk 1 PM Turkey Dinner Takeout Meal 4:30 - 6 PM	18 MTSD Facilities Master Planning & Community Dinner 5:15 - 8:30 PM St. Albans City Planning Commission Mtg. Oct. 18 5:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Oct. 18 6:30 - 10 PM Westford Planning Commission - Oct. 18 Agenda 6:30 PM	19 Good Beginnings for the Youngest Among Us 3 - 4 PM Refugee Resettlement Town Hall Oct. 19 5:30 PM Author Talk 6 - 7 PM Community Wastewater Project Informational Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 9 PM Trustee and Selectboard Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 19 6:30 - 10 PM Cyberbullying and Suicide - Online Presentation 7 - 8 PM +3 more see less	20 The Child-Care Crisis and What You Can Do About It 12 - 1:30 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Needlefelting Leaves 6 PM Make a Fairy House Night Light! 6:30 PM Oct. 20 Westford ARPA Committee Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:30 PM Notice: Milton Democratic Town Caucus 7 PM +3 more see less	21 South Hero School Board 6 PM	22 Not So Spooky Halloween Train Rides (multiday) Haunted Slay Ride 6 - 9 PM	23 Spaghetti Dinner All Day Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser All Day Blowout Halloween Costume Sale All Day Moving Sale 8 AM (multiday) Pumpkin Painting 10 - 11 AM Multi-Family Yard Sale 46 and 48 Main Street 10 AM - 2 PM Milton Craft Hop 10 AM - 3 PM Weatherization Event at Essex Lowe's Oct. 23-24 10 AM (multiday) Housing 10 AM Farmers Market This Saturday 10 AM Marathon Takeout Pasta Dinner 12 - 12 PM Marathon Takeout Pasta Dinner 4 - 7 PM The Glow Run is Back! Fun for the Whole Family! 6 PM +9 more see less
24 Moving Sale - West Shore Rd All Day Volunteers Needed! 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cub Scout Pack 853 Sign Up 11 AM - 12:30 PM Vermont Commons School Open House, Oct. 24 2 - 4 PM Vermont Commons School Open House, Oct. 24 2 PM +1 more see less	25 Folsom Community Garden Volunteer Event 3 - 5 PM Trustee and Selectboard Meeting Oct. 25 6:30 - 9:30 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM Joint Board Meeting - Essex Oct. 25 6:30 PM Underhill Selectboard Special Meeting 7 PM +1 more see less	26 St. Albans City Police Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting 6 PM Milton Historical Society Business/Board Meeting - Oct. 26 6:30 - 8 PM Village Trustees Meeting Oct. 26 6:30 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting: Oct. 26 6:30 PM +1 more see less	27 Age Well Grab and Go Luncheon 11 AM - 12 PM Food Shelf Donation Garden Winter Prep Day 2 - 4 PM Free Communication Style Training Session 5:30 - 7 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM	28 Compassion Fatigue for the Whole Community 1 - 2:30 PM Heavenly Food Pantry, Thursday 2 - 6 PM Essex Planning Commission Meeting 5:15 PM Oct. 28 Board of Civil Authority Agenda 6 - 6:45 PM State Pension Discussion - Thursday 6 - 7 PM Teen Halloween Movie Bash 6 - 8 PM Underhill Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 9:45 PM MMU Choral and Strings Concert Oct. 28 7 PM +5 more see less	29 Super Halloween Bingo This Friday! All Day It's Fall Y'all! 11 AM - 2 PM Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 7:30 PM Bike Ride for Climate Justice 5:45 PM Civil Air Patrol Recruiting Event 6 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	30 Special Farmers Market This Saturday All Day Holy Angels Parish Holiday Craft Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Tanglewood Garden Clean-Up 9 - 10:30 AM Webb O'Lanters 10 AM - 12 PM Trick or Treat at the Farmers' Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Trick or Treat at the Farmers' Market 10 AM - 2 PM 2022 United Healthcare Medicare Advantage Plan Meeting 10 AM - 5 PM 2022 United Healthcare Medicare Advantage Plan Meeting 10 AM - 5 PM Spooky Organ Music! 12 - 2 PM Happy Halloween Weekend at Kraemer & Kin 12 PM (multiday) Grand Isle Trunk or Treat 3 - 5 PM Host a Tent: Essex Trick or Treat Trail 4 - 7 PM Trunk or Treat 5 - 7 PM +9 more see less
31 Project Graduation Donation Jars Out on Halloween All Day Westford Halloween Walk: the Sequel All Day Haunted Highgate and Halloween Trunk or Treat 2:30 - 7:30 PM Trick or Treat Spot 4:30 - 6:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Folsom School 5:30 - 6:30 PM Underhill Trunk or Treat 6 - 7 PM +2 more see less	1 Milton Selectboard Regular Meeting 6:30 PM WFD Planning Commission & Selectboard - Nov. 1 Agenda 6:30 PM Public Hearing for Fleury Road 6:30 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting Nov. 1 6:30 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +1 more see less	2 Underhill Flats Housing Project Forum 7 AM - 8 PM Public Hearing via Zoom on Rural Economic Development 5 - 7 PM Milton Planning Commission Meeting Nov. 2 6 PM Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Invitation 6:30 - 9 PM CVQG Meeting - Quilter, Roz Daniels, Guest Speaker 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	3 Free Seminar. Quickbooks Desktop for Beginners 12 - 5 AM Free Podcast Class 11 AM Underhill Energy Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Grand Isle Supervisory Union 6 - 7 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Nov. 3 Selectboard Meeting Agenda 7 - 8:45 PM +2 more see less	4 24th Annual Food Drive at Farrell Chiropractic Center 9 AM - 5:30 PM Village of Essex Junction PC Work Session Nov. 4 6 - 8:30 PM Queen City Bicycle Club - Thursday 6 PM Milton Development Review Board Meeting - Nov. 4 6 PM	5 Drag Queen Story Hour 3 - 4 PM Speakers Bureau Talks 6 PM (multiday) Fire Theater Friday Night! 6:30 - 7:30 PM	6 Cochran's Ski & Ride Sale (multiday) GI County Farm Bureau and IA Join Hands for 4H Ed All Day Birchwood Garden New Date 9 - 10:30 AM Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Craft/Vendor Fair 9 AM - 3 PM Williston Central School Craft Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM Winter Farmers Markets 10 AM - 2 PM Indoor Winter Farmers' Market! 10 AM - 2 PM Tiny Home Open House 10 AM - 2 PM Catholic Daughters Craft & Gift Show 10 AM - 3 PM 4H Meeting Island Arts Center 1127 Us Rt-2 1 - 3 PM Register for 4-H at Island Arts Center This Saturday 1 - 3 PM Tourette Syndrome and Magic 6 - 7:30 PM +9 more see less