Calendar - Front Porch Forum

May 2024

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28 Maple Fest in St. Albans (multiday) City Nature Challenge! (multiday) Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) Shift Happens: Adult Healing Retreat (multiday) CVQG Biennial Quilt Show at Holy Family Parish Center 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Champlain Valley Quilt Guild Show 10 AM (multiday) Yard Sale - East St. - April 27-28 9 AM (multiday) Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Multi Family Garage Sale 9 AM - 12 PM Quilt Show 9 AM - 5 PM Quilt Show 9 AM (multiday) Sunday Service at MMUUF - April 28 9:30 AM EWSD Budget Update & Conversations 10 - 11:30 AM Dog Adoption Event 10 AM - 1 PM Passion 4 Paws Dog Adoption Event April 28 10 AM - 1 PM Calvary Sunday Service April 28 10 AM Painting with Wool Class - Spring Flowers April 28 12 - 3 PM John Opulski - Artist at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 12 PM (multiday) Spring Clothing Swap at the Community Center 1 - 3 PM CNC Office Hours: Wheeler Field 2 - 4 PM Learn to Identify and Remove Invasive Plants 3 - 5 PM Rewild Your Backyard 3 - 5 PM +21 more see less	29 CNC Office Hours: Preston Pond with Host Rob Mullen 4 - 6 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee 6 - 8 PM Fair Housing in Williston 6 - 8 PM Public Meeting - Remedial Action at Superfund Site 6 PM Republican Delegate Vote 6:30 - 8 PM 2 Kite Runner Tickets to the Flynn 7:30 - 9:30 PM +2 more see less	30 Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Wastewater Alternatives Committee Meeting 3 - 4 PM CVSD Special Meeting 6 - 6:30 PM Embroidery Stitch-In Event 6 - 8 PM Westford GOP Caucus 6 PM Yoga Starting at The Town Hall! 6:30 - 6:30 PM CVSD Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Public Informational Hearing - April 30 6:30 - 9 PM Conversation Française/French Conversation 7 - 8 PM +5 more see less	1 USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Spring Plant Walk - Magical Ephemerals 5 - 6:30 PM Village Wastewater Info Meeting - Jericho Center 6 - 8 PM	2 The Essex Art League Invites You 9 - 11 AM Field Trip to East Monitor Barn 1:30 - 2:30 PM Exploring the Catholic Faith 6 - 7:30 PM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Reminder: Tree Removal Hearing 6:30 - 7:30 PM Substance Use & Our Community 6:30 - 8 PM Maker's Night - 1st Thursday of the Month! 6:30 - 8 PM Volunteers Green & Browns Court Project Committee 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	3 Estate Sale (multiday) CVSD Policy Committee Meeting 8:15 AM Large Estate Sale - Hinesburg 10 AM (multiday) Agroforestry Workshop-Reminder! 12:30 - 2 PM Radical Self Care Retreat 4 PM (multiday) Celebrate May Day at Friday Food Affair 5 - 7 PM Long Trail End-to-Ender's Panel 6 - 7:30 PM Kaleidoscope: a Steps Social 6 - 9 PM Red Brick Coffee House 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	4 Green Up-Date This Saturday, May 4 All Day Reminder - Green Up Day, May 4 All Day Underhill Green Up Day All Day Green Up Day 6 AM Green Up Day May 4 (Save the Date) 7 AM - 8 PM Save the Date: 2024 Green Up Day Will Be May 4 8 AM - 6 PM Browns River Little League Opening Day Celebration! 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM Join Us! Potluck Breakfast for Green Up Day 8:30 - 10 AM St. Thomas Church Donation Days! 8:30 - 11 AM Clutter Barn Accepting Donations May 4 8:30 AM - 12 PM NAMI Vermont In Our Own Voice Training 9 AM Book Donations 9 - 11 AM Town Fair & Green Up Day - May 4 9 AM - 1 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Pop-Up Book Sale at JTL on Saturday 9:30 AM - 1 PM Because Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Be Cause Craft Show 9:30 AM - 4 PM Annual Spring Wildflower Walk 10 AM - 12 PM Celebration of Life Service for Harriet Riggs 11 AM - 12:30 PM Williston Town Band Concert Saturday! 12 - 1 PM Mills Riverside Park - Walk for Families This Saturday 2 PM 'A Murder Mystery' May 4 7 - 9 PM +18 more see less
5 Bottle Drive (multiday) Spring Wildflowers Progression I 10 AM - 12 PM Window on Vermont 1 - 3 PM Celebration of Life — Scott L. Wood 2 - 4 PM Howling Waters at Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM Learn to Swing Dance at the Library (Second Chance!) 6 - 8 PM +2 more see less	6 Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 5:30 PM EWSD Board Budget Engagement May 6; Vote May 7 6 - 8 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting May 6 6:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM	7 EWSD Budget Information All Day Ecological Restoration Community Workshops 8:45 AM - 4 PM Merrymac Farm Sanctuary Volunteer Orientation 11 AM - 12:30 PM Wastewater Alternatives Committee Meeting 3 - 4 PM CVSD Indicators Committee Meeting 6 - 7 PM Yoga Starting at The Town Hall! 6:30 - 6:30 PM Conversation Française/French Conversation 7 - 8 PM Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Planning Commission Meeting - May 7 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	8 This Week at DRML: May 8 - 11 (multiday) Join Retribe Forest School Open House! May 8-10 9 AM (multiday) Join ReTribe Forest School Open House May 8-10 9 AM (multiday) Last Chance to Register for May 8 Agewell Grab & Go Meal 11 AM - 12 PM USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Underhill Energy Committee Regular Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Paint Night "Sunflower Barn" 6 PM City Council Meeting May 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM Town Center and Library Committee 7 - 8:30 PM Essex Community Historical Society Program 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	9 Rotary Speaker: Gretchen Owens 7:30 - 8:30 AM Wastewater Meeting - Jericho Corners 6 - 8 PM Tabletop Game Night at the Westford Public Library 6 - 8 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6:15 - 10:15 PM Trailside First Aid Clinic 6:30 - 8:30 PM Parade and Fireworks Committee 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	10 3 Family Garage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Multi-Family Yard Sale 8 AM (multiday) Join Retribe Forest School Open House May 8-10 9 AM - 12:30 PM Make-Your-Own Bouquet for Mother's Day! 6 - 8 PM Essex Community Players 7:30 PM (multiday) +1 more see less	11 Fill a Bag, Help Feed Families All Day JULT Annual Bird Walk with Evergreen 7 - 9 AM Mailbox Food Shelf Day! 7 AM - 6 PM Bird & Nature Outing at CBCD 8 - 10 AM Yard Sale - N Underhill Station Rd - May 11 8 AM - 2 PM Estate Sale 8 AM (multiday) Wilderness First Responder Training 8 AM (multiday) Nature Walk at Crane Brook 8 AM Spring Bird Walk 8 AM Clutter Barn Accepting Donations 8:30 AM - 12 PM Community-Wide Food & Hygiene Drive May 11 9 - 11 AM Mobbs Farm Spring Trail Day: Please Save the Date! 9 AM - 12 PM Plant Sale at Bolton Spring Festival 9 AM - 2 PM Bolton Spring Festival at Smilie School 9 AM - 2 PM Windswept Pony Party 9 AM - 4 PM Bolton Spring Festival 9 AM (multiday) Birchwood Garden Spring Garden Clean Up 9:30 - 11 AM NAMI Vermont's Free Mental Illness & Recovery Workshop 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Green Mountain Woodcarvers Carve-In 10 AM - 2 PM The Instrument Zoo at Jericho Town Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM Pride Center Plant Sale This Saturday May 11! 11 AM - 4 PM Indian Brook Park Annual Spring Clean-Up Day 12 - 2 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Event 1 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Event 1 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Event May 11 1 PM Ceili Class (Irish Social Dances) 4:15 - 5:30 PM Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Food Shelf 5:30 - 7 PM Aurora Chamber Singers Spring Concert 7:30 - 9:30 PM Essex Community Players 7:30 PM (multiday) +25 more see less
12 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Mother's Day Breakfast 8 - 9:30 AM Mother's Day Breakfast 8 - 10:30 AM Celebrate Mother's Day with a Brunch Bag! 8 AM - 12 PM Ecological Restoration Community Workshops 8:45 AM - 4 PM Sunday Service at MMUUF - May 12 9:30 AM Underhill Community Orchard May 12 12 PM Crazy Quilts, the First Art Quilts? 1 - 2 PM Crazy Quilts, the First Art Quilts? 1 - 2 PM Jericho Death Cafe 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	13 Old Brick Church Trustees Meeting 5 - 6 PM Westford DRB - May 13, 2024 Agenda Updated 5 PM "Recreation Summit" Tonight 6 - 9 PM Special Selectboard Meeting 6 PM Discussion of the Book, the Anxious Generation 6:30 - 8 PM MMUUSD School Board Meeting May 13 6:30 - 8:30 PM Underhill Conservation Commission Agenda 6:30 PM +3 more see less	14 Community Senior Center Hiking Starts Up This Week! 8:20 AM Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM VMBA - "Learn to Bike" Youth Mountain Bike Clinic 4 - 6 PM RTC Volunteer Trail Night on the Rivershore Trail 5 - 7 PM Constituent Mtg. with Reps Graning & Squirrell 6 - 7 PM Parking Advisory Committee Meeting 6 - 7:15 PM Westford Special Selectboard Meeting 6:15 - 8:30 PM Yoga Starting at The Town Hall! 6:30 - 6:30 PM Conversation Française/French Conversation 7 - 8 PM Transcendental Meditation Center Open House 7 - 8:30 PM Conservation Commission Meeting Agenda 7:30 - 9:30 PM +7 more see less	15 USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Focus Group to Discuss Civic Engagement, Social Connect 1 - 2:30 PM Focus Group to Discuss the Future of Chittenden County 1 - 2:30 PM Public Hearing: CCRPC Annual Work Program + Budget 6 - 8 PM Songfarmers - a Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Community Music Jam, Wed., May 15, 6 to 8 6 - 8 PM Wastewater Meeting - Riverside/Flats & Commercial 6 - 8 PM Songfarmers - a Community Music Jam 6 - 8 PM Catamount Outdoor Family Center Mountain Bike Race Series 6 - 8 PM Reappraisal Coffee Talk - Town and City 6 PM Travel Talk Returns! Destination: Kenya 7 - 8 PM MMUsic Spring Chorus Concert in the MMU Auditorium 7 PM Richmond Planning Commission Meeting May 15 7 PM +9 more see less	16 Rotary Speaker: Ben Kinnaman, Greensea IQ 7:30 - 8:30 AM Craft Group 6 - 8 PM Essex Junction Development Review Board May 16 6 - 9 PM Jericho Sustainability Book Group - May Read 7 - 8 PM	17 Estate Sale 9 AM (multiday) Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Murder at the Bookstore 📚🔪 Activity 12 - 12 PM Friday at Maple Wind Farm - Dinner & Pasture Walk 5 - 7 PM The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds 7:30 PM +1 more see less	18 9th Annual Bike Ride at Cochran's Ski Area All Day Bella Voce "Singing & Living in Harmony" Spring Concert (multiday) Westford Food Shelf Open This Saturday! 8 - 9 AM Lang Farm Whole Neighborhood Sale - May 18 8 AM - 2 PM Yard Sale - Stage Rd - May 18 8 AM - 4 PM Tag Sale - Railroad St - May 18 8 AM - 4 PM West Bolton Community Yard & Craft Sale 8 AM (multiday) Make a Difference & Support Human Rights 9 - 10 AM Conversation and Donuts at Westford Library! 9 - 10 AM Woodland Walk at CBCD 9 - 11 AM Seeking Volunteers Invasive Cut M.R. Park May 18 10 AM - 12 PM Open House 10 AM - 12 PM Big Truck Day - Hinesburg Nursery School 10 AM - 2 PM USPS Mega Hiring Event 10 AM - 4 PM Join Our Team of Instructors for Provider Training! 10 AM - 5 PM Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Hora De Cuento (Spanish Storytime) at the Library 10:30 - 11 AM SHS Enchanted Dash & Magic Show May 18 2 - 4:30 PM Saxon Hill School Enchanted Dash & Magic 2 - 4:30 PM Saxon Hill School Enchanted Dash & Magic Show 2 - 4:30 PM SHS Enchanted Dash & Magic Show May 18 2 - 4:30 PM Green Mountain Roller Derby Back in Black Bout 5:30 - 8 PM The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds 7:30 PM +19 more see less
19 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Garage Sale - Lost Nation Rd - May 19 8 AM - 2 PM Spring Wildflowers Progression I 10 AM - 12 PM Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Intro to Reiki Training Opportunity 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Community Potato Patch Planting – Volunteers Wanted 12 - 2 PM It's 1824. What's Your Daughter Learning at School? 1 - 2 PM It's 1824. What is Your Daughter Learning at School? 1 - 2 PM Thomas Jefferson's Virginia 2 - 3 PM Thomas Jefferson's Virginia 2 - 3 PM Thomas Jefferson's Virginian at Ethan Allen Homestead 2 - 3 PM JES 5K and Fun Run 3 - 5 PM +8 more see less	20 Lower English - Temp Rd. Closure May 20 7 AM - 3 PM Andrews Community Forest Committee 6 - 8 PM Water and Sewer Commission Meeting 6 PM Essex Selectboard Meeting & Public Hearing - May 20 6:30 PM Underhill Energy Committee Special Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Selectboard Meeting 7 PM +2 more see less	21 Town Budget Revote 7 AM - 7 PM Community Coffee Hour 10 AM CVSD School Board Regular Meeting 6 PM Water and Sewer Commissioners Annual Meeting 6 PM Yoga Starting at The Town Hall! 6:30 - 6:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting May 21 6:30 - 9:30 PM Conversation Française/French Conversation 7 - 8 PM Planning Commission Meeting - May 21 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	22 USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM Lions Club Blood Drive 1 - 6 PM Public Meeting - Changes to the I-89 Exit 14 Area 6 - 7:30 PM Catamount Outdoor Family Center Mountain Bike Race Series 6 - 8 PM Williston Energy Committee Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Climate Action Book Discussion: the Quickening 7 - 8 PM Westford Library Adult Book Group - May 22 7 - 8 PM +4 more see less	23 Rotary Speaker: Ali Dieng, Building Bright Futures 7:30 - 8:30 AM Westford Selectboard Meeting 6:15 - 9 PM Tabletop Game Night at the Westford Library May 23 6:30 - 8 PM	24 Garage Sale - Colton Pl - May 24-26 (multiday) Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday)	25 Plant Sale (multiday) May Bird Monitoring Walk 7:30 - 9 AM Native Plant Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Garage Sale May 25-26 10 AM (multiday) Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Opening Day at Lake Iroquois Beach = Friendraising! 11 AM - 2 PM Mini Golf Scavenger Hunt - May 25 12 - 4 PM +3 more see less
26 Early Birder Morning Walk 7 - 8:30 AM Ecological Restoration Community Workshops 8:45 AM - 4 PM Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday)	27 Memorial Day Mass 8:30 - 9:30 AM Ecological Restoration Community Workshops 8:45 AM - 4 PM Memorial Day Parade - Temp Road Closures 11 AM - 2 PM	28 Larissa Babij: A Kind of Refugee - Author Talk 6 - 7:30 PM Yoga Starting at The Town Hall! 6:30 - 6:30 PM Conversation Française/French Conversation 7 - 8 PM	29 USPS Virtual Job Fair 11 AM - 1 PM Market Mixer 4 - 6 PM Get Started with Container Gardening 5:30 - 6:30 PM Device Advice at the Library 5:30 - 7 PM Catamount Outdoor Family Center Mountain Bike Race Series 6 - 8 PM +1 more see less	30 Sherry Mahoney's Retirement Party 2 - 5:30 PM Music on the Patio at Folino's in Williston 5 - 7 PM Parent Workshop: Supporting Teens with Smartphone Use 7:30 - 9 PM	31 Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Make-A-Wish Vermont! 5 - 8 PM	1 Stop the Bleed Class - June 1 at The CCJ 9:30 - 10:30 AM Valley Dream Farm - Greenhouse Open 10 AM (multiday) Join Us at NAMIWalks Vermont 12 - 3 PM Beach Bash for Sara Holbrook 3 - 6 PM Now Approaching... Forest Station at the Round Church 7 - 9 PM Old Round Church Concert Series 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less