Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Mega Yard Sale! (Free Hot Dogs!) 9 AM (multiday) Autumn on the Green Danville VT 10 AM - 4 PM Blessing of the Animals 10:30 - 11:30 AM	2 Dance in the Isle's New Fall Schedule is Now Up! All Day Westford Special Selectboard Meeting 4 - 7 PM St. Albans City Climate & Energy Committee Meeting 4 PM Cannabis Control Board Meeting, Oct. 2 6 - 9 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting Oct. 2 6 - 9 PM St. Albans City Development Review Board Meeting 6:30 PM +2 more see less	3 North Hero Special Election - Water Bond Vote 7 AM - 7 PM Storytime at Sheldon Library 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Town Planning Commission 6 - 7 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting Oct. 3 6 - 7:30 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting, Oct. 3 6 PM EWSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM St. Albans City Belonging, Equity & Inclusion Committee 6:30 PM Our American Family, Free Documentary Film & Discussion 7 - 9 PM Westford Recreation Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	4 Live Music at Two Heroes All Day Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Test Emergency Alerts 2:20 PM Free In-Person Diabetes Prevention Program 5:30 - 6:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +1 more see less	5 Drone Flight Thursday 1 - 4 PM CCHA Community Meeting on Housing 4:30 PM Book Group for Adults at Milton Public Library 6:30 - 8 PM Maker's Night - 1st Thursday of the Month! 6:30 - 8 PM	6 South Hero Jolley's Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale! (multiday) Catholic Daughters of America Fall Rummage Sale 8 AM - 3 PM Catholic Daughters Rummage Sale 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sale at St. Paul's Church Oct. 6-7 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sales 9 AM - 3 PM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Librarian for an Hour at the Burnhamm Library 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Burnham Library Teen Advisory Board Kickoff 12 - 1 PM United Church of Fairfax Rummage Sale 1 PM (multiday) Teen Movie Night (Rescheduled from Sept. 29) 4 - 6 PM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Community Movie Night: Ghostbusters 5:30 - 7:30 PM Summer Music at Grace Presents Nobby Reed in Concert 7 - 9 PM +9 more see less	7 Turkey Supper is Back! - Oct. 7 All Day Weekend in the Islands 8 AM (multiday) Rummage Sales 9 AM - 3 PM Fairfax Youth Choir 10 - 11 AM Milton Historical Museum Open Saturdays Thru Oct. 28! 10 AM - 2 PM CANCELLED Tractor Display 10 AM - 3 PM Huge Book Sale at Island Arts 10 AM - 4 PM Historic Walking Tour: Milton Village Loop 10 AM - 5 PM Allenholm Farm Craft Fair 10 AM (multiday) Silent Auction at Island Arts! 10 AM (multiday) Fall Foliage Hike with Third Act VT, GMC & Sierra Club 10:45 AM Vermont's Historic Theater Curtains - WHS Event 1:30 - 3 PM Family Fun Show During Weekend in the Islands 4 - 5 PM Haunted Library and Grounds 6:30 - 9 PM +10 more see less
8 Correction: Open House on Sunday Oct. 8 All Day GIAW: Yard Sale - Weekend in the Islands 9 AM - 3 PM Moving Sale - Take Two! 9 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale 9 AM - 3 PM Sunday - Fire Department Open House 10 AM - 1 PM Huge Book Sale and Meet Author Lenny Levine 10 AM - 4 PM Silent Auction at Island Arts! 10 AM (multiday) Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Jazz Concert - The Sounds of the Season 3 - 4:15 PM Music-Comp Young Composers Concert 3 - 4:30 PM +6 more see less	9 Halloween Escape Rooms at the Burnham Library 11:30 AM - 4 PM Senior Luncheon 11:30 AM Swanton School Family Literacy Night 5:15 - 7 PM Regular City Council Meeting Oct. 9 6:30 PM	10 Volunteer Work Party at Folsom Learning Garden 3 - 5 AM Create Your Own Soul Collage or Vision Board 6 - 9 AM Storytime at Sheldon Library 10 - 11 AM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Second Tuesday Quilters at Milton Public Library 1 - 3 PM Adult Craft Night: Mop Head Ghosts 4:30 - 5:30 PM Knitting Group 5 - 7 PM "Cut the Cord" Program at Burnham Library 6 - 7:30 PM Colchester Selectboard Meeting 6:15 PM +6 more see less	11 Capital Strategies for VT Entrepreneurs 3:30 - 5 PM Yoga with Harold 6 - 7 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM Cancelled: Charles Coe: Poet, Writer, Musician 6 PM The Island Line Revisited! 6:30 - 8 PM Vermont's Island Line Revisited 6:30 PM Here Ye! Here Ye! 6:30 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	12 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM Rescheduled CIDER Annual Meeting 4:30 - 6 PM C.I.D.E.R Annual Meeting Rescheduled 4:30 - 6 PM Development Review Board Site Visit 5 PM Development Review Board Regular Meeting 6 PM Amended Selectboard Agenda Oct. 12 6 PM Development Review Board Public Hearing Notice Oct. 12 6 PM Grand Isle Recreation - Mary Crest Beach Sub-Committee 6:30 PM +5 more see less	13 Yard Sale - Ford Ln - Oct. 13-14 (multiday) Firefighter Storytime 10 AM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM	14 GI Fire Breakfast Fundraiser 7:30 AM LGBTQ+ Coffee Meetup 9 - 11 AM Halloween Costume Swap 9 AM - 12 PM Beautifying Folsom Education and Community Center 9 AM - 1 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair! 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair 9 AM - 4 PM CVU Handcrafters Fair Oct. 14 9 AM - 4 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Trail Cleanup Day! 9:30 AM Pumpkin Painting 10 - 11 AM Fairfax Youth Choir 10 - 11 AM Kids Costume Swap 10 AM - 12 PM Milton Historical Museum Open Saturdays Thru Oct. 28! 10 AM - 2 PM 🍂 Harvest Fest New Date - Oct. 14 ! 10 AM - 3 PM Yard Sale Continues at Grand Isle Art Works 10 AM - 3 PM Silent Auction Benefit - Franklin County Senior Center 10 AM - 4 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Classic Gymkhana Followed by Draft Horse Gymkhana 11 AM - 4 PM Dungeons & Dragons 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Oct. 14 Open House at the Grand Isle Lake House! 12 - 2 PM "New Adult" Book Group at Burnham Library 2 - 3 PM Westford Bike Park Grand Opening 2 - 4 PM Milton Grange Hall Grand Reopening 4 PM Trivia Night 5 - 8 PM Stein Holding at Kraemer & Kin Brewery 6 - 7 PM Rusty Dewees ~ The Logger ~ Milton Performance! 7 - 9 PM +22 more see less
15 Center Market Provisions Historical Society Program 2 - 3 PM Fall Fest at Donaldson Park 2 - 4 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM Save the Date: Milton Mingle 3 - 5 PM Twangtown Paramours at the Westford Music Series 4 - 5 PM Annual Turkey Dinner 4:30 - 6 PM +2 more see less	16 Free Winter Clothing at Sheldon Food Shelf (multiday) Free Winter Clothing at Sheldon Food Shelf (multiday) St. Albans City Planning Commission Meeting: Oct. 16 5:30 PM Community Center Pilates 6 - 7 PM Milton Regular Selectboard Meeting 6 - 9 PM +1 more see less	17 Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Storytime at Sheldon Library 10 - 11 AM 2024 Medicare Advantage Plans Meeting 10 AM - 12 PM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM C.I.D.E.R. Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic 11 AM - 2 PM Score Webinar: Small Business Holiday Marketing Master 12 - 1 PM STEM Workshops Afterschool at BNML 3:30 - 4:30 PM Milton Planning Commission Meeting, Oct. 17 6 PM Bird Diva, Bridget Butler at BNML 6:30 - 7:30 PM South Hero Conservation Commission Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 PM EWSD Board Meeting (Updated Agenda) - Oct. 17 6:30 - 9 PM +8 more see less	18 Hydrant Flushing (multiday) Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM Halloween Costume Exchange 5 - 8 PM Learn How to Lead, Speak and Listen! 6 - 7:30 PM Maple Run Unified School District Board Meeting 6 - 8 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting - Oct. 18 6 - 8 PM 1920's Murder Mystery Night - Registration Required 6 - 8 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM GICWD - October Monthly Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Tonight 7 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Asylum Seekers Assistance Meeting Oct. 18 7 PM +8 more see less	19 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM St. Albans City Historic Preservation Commission Mtg 6 PM Family Science Night! - Registration Required 6:15 - 7:15 PM Fairfax Community Library Joint Board Agenda, Oct. 19 6:30 PM +1 more see less	20 Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Open Door Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM Raise a Glass with the Westford Common Hall! 6 - 8 PM	21 Fairfax Community Food Shelf Drive (multiday) Garage Sale - US Route 2 - Oct. 21 & 22 (multiday) Fall Yard Sale and Hot Cider 8 AM - 1 PM Lots of Great Deals - 1 Day Moving Sale This Saturday 8 AM - 3 PM Kitty Adoption Event 9 AM - 1 PM Craft Fair Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM Garage/Moving Sale - Beaver Pond Rd - Oct. 21-22 9 AM (multiday) Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Fairfax Youth Choir 10 - 11 AM Saturplay at BNML 10 - 11:30 AM Milton Historical Museum Open Saturdays Thru Oct. 28! 10 AM - 2 PM Art Supply Sale! 10 AM The Story of Jeffrey Brace: Slave and Revolutionary War 10:30 AM - 12 PM Energy Fair in Swanton 11 AM - 2 PM Pumpkin Carving 12 - 4 PM Halloween Social/Jackolantern Judging at Highgate Manor 1 - 4 PM Finding Family 2 - 3:30 PM Introduction to Genealogy with VT Genealogy Society 2 - 3:30 PM Live Music: The Tenderbellies 6 - 8 PM +15 more see less
22 Food Shelf Collection Reminder All Day Champlain Islands Marathon/Half Marathon 7 AM - 2:30 PM Halloween Costume Swap & Sale 9 AM - 12:30 PM Learn About the New Housing Project Coming to Underhill 10:30 AM Annual Nativity Ham Dinner 11 AM - 12:30 PM Empower VT Campaign for Truly Green & Just Electricity 12:30 - 2 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM WRD Special Meeting to Consider the Haunted Forest 6 PM +4 more see less	23 Westford Planning Commission - Oct. 23 Agenda All Day Friends of the Library Meeting 6 - 7 PM St. Albans City Design Advisory Board Meeting 6:30 PM	24 Volunteer Work Party at The Gleaning Garden 3 - 6 AM Storytime at Sheldon Library 10 - 11 AM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Coffee and Cards at the Westford Public Library 10:30 AM - 12 PM Planning Commission Open House for Town Plan Update 1 - 5 PM Public Meeting Town Plan Update 1 - 5 PM STEM Workshops Afterschool at BNML 3:30 - 4:30 PM Knitting Group 5 - 7 PM St. Albans City Police Advisory Board Meeting 5 PM Legacy of Paul Lawrence: a Panel Discussion 6 - 7 PM SHHS Annual Meeting - Worthen Library 6 - 7:30 PM South Hero Historical Society Presentation 6 - 7:30 PM 2nd GI Community Mtg - Updating Our Town Plan & 🍕 6 - 8 PM Town of Georgia Workshop for the Town Plan Update 6 - 8 PM St. Albans City Downtown Board Meeting: Oct. 24 6 PM Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Oct. 24 6:30 PM +13 more see less	25 Mater Christi School PK-8th Grade Open House 8:30 - 11 AM Mater Christi School - Open House 8:30 - 11:30 AM Halloween Hangout at Burnham Library (Grades 6-8) 12:15 - 1:30 PM Special Effects Make-Up/Barbie Zombification for Teens 4:30 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	26 Healthy Highgate Walking Club 10 AM Lego Free Play 2 - 6 PM Exploding Pumpkins 3:30 PM Martha's ~ 3rd Annual First Responder Chili Cook-Off 4 - 5:30 PM Be the Match 4 - 7 PM Westford Selectboard Meeting Agenda 5 - 10 PM Selling Your Home 6 - 7 PM The World of Weather 6 - 7:30 PM Open Mic Night, Oct. 26 6 - 8 PM Halloween Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Spooky Paint and Sip on Thursday, Oct. 26 6 - 8 PM +7 more see less	27 Huge Yard Sale & Book Sale Oct. 27-28 8:30 AM (multiday) Annual Book Sale at BNML 9 AM - 5 PM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Nature at Night 5 - 6:30 PM Fall Yoga Series 5:30 - 6:30 PM Trunk or Treat 5:30 - 7:30 PM The Honky Tonk Halloween at Kraemer & Kin 6 - 8 PM Hocus Pocus Witches Night Out 7 - 9 PM +4 more see less	28 Holy Angels Parish Holiday Craft Sale 12 AM - 3 PM Garage Sale - Rain or Shine 8 AM - 2 PM Annual Book Sale at BNML 9 AM - 1 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM The Halloween Hustle, a Kids Fun Run by Runvermont 9:45 AM - 12 PM Pumpkin Painting 10 AM - 12 PM Harvest Festival 10 AM - 12 PM Needle Felting Class 10 AM - 12 PM Milton Historical Museum Open Saturdays Thru Oct. 28! 10 AM - 2 PM Spooky Saturday on Oct. 28 10 AM - 3 PM Huge Pop-Up Barn Sale: This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) An Acadian Genealogy Primer 10:30 AM Mt. Philo State Park Hike 10:45 AM Dungeons & Dragons 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Trunk-Or-Treat at the Burnham Library 12 - 2 PM Lake Champlain Basin Watershed Program 12:30 - 1:30 PM Trunk or Treat! at BNML 3 PM (multiday) Kids Night Out- Halloween 4:30 - 7:30 PM Trunk or Treat- Trunks Needed 5 - 6 PM To the Enchanted Forest We Go: Halloween Dance Party! 6 - 8 PM +16 more see less
29 Free Halloween Family Fun with Fido Too! 10 AM - 2 PM Westford Halloween Walk IV: Potions & Pumpkins Aplenty 1 - 3 PM International Folk Dance in Essex Oct. 29 1:30 - 4:30 PM Ice Season at Highgate Arena! 2:30 - 4:15 PM The Katharine E. Dopp Organ Recital Series 3 - 5 PM Organ Recital 3 - 5 PM Let's Learn Tarot - Divination & Self Empowerment 3 - 6 PM +3 more see less	30 Annual Book Sale at BNML 2:30 - 5 PM Halloween Kid's Crafternoon 4 - 5 PM Free Vaccine and Health Clinic 4 - 6 PM St. Albans City & Town Joint Police Board Meeting 5:30 PM Milton Selectboard Special Meeting, Oct. 30 6 PM +1 more see less	31 Storytime at Sheldon Library 10 - 11 AM Toddler Time 10 - 11 AM Fiber Arts Club's "Zesty Coaster" Project at GPL 10:30 - 11:30 AM Annual Book Sale at BNML 2:30 - 8 PM Trunk or Treat at Haddad Subaru of St Albans 4 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat at Folsom School 5 - 6 PM Alburgh Truck or Treat 5:30 - 7:30 PM Haunted Highgate Trunk or Treat & Haunted Arena 5:30 - 7:30 PM +4 more see less	1 Annual Book Sale at BNML 9 AM - 5 PM Red Cross Blood Drive Nov. 1 12 - 4:30 PM Franklin County Maker Day 2:45 - 6 PM Make Your Own Ring Dish 3:30 PM 100 Women Who Care Franklin County Meeting Nov. 1 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care Nov. 1 Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM 100 Women Who Care - Franklin County, VT Quarterly Mtg 5:30 - 7 PM Learn About VT Saves with Treasurer Pieciak 6 - 7:30 PM Isle La Motte Selectboard Meeting - Nov. 1 6 - 8 PM Adult Volleyball 6 - 8 PM Night Sky Program 6:30 - 8 PM WRD Adult Pick-Up Basketball 7 - 9 PM Cinderella 7 PM (multiday) +9 more see less	2 SEP Community Meeting Focus 2024 5:30 AM - 7 PM Essex Art League 9 - 11 AM Milton Community Meditation 10:15 - 11 AM Annual Book Sale at BBML 2:30 - 8 PM Artist in Residence Featured Artist Reception, St. Albans 4:30 - 6:30 PM Book Group for Adults at Milton Public Library 6:30 - 8 PM +2 more see less	3 Grand Isle Free Library Raffle All Day Annual Book Sale at BNML 9 AM - 5 PM First Fridays at BNML: Franklin County Homeschoolers 10 - 11 AM Singing for People with Dementia & Their Caregivers 10:30 - 11:30 AM Friday Movie Matinee 12 PM +1 more see less	4 Catholic Daughters Christmas Gift & Craft Show 8 AM - 3 PM CDA Christmas Gift and Craft Show 8 AM - 3 PM Annual Craft/Vendor Fair 9 AM - 12 PM Annual Book Sale at BNML 9 AM - 1 PM Kitty Adoption Event 9 AM - 1 PM Milton Downtown Core Visioning Workshop - Please Join! 9 AM - 2 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar 9 AM - 2 PM St Albans Free Exchange 9 AM - 2 PM Williston Craft Show 9 AM - 4 PM Super Saturdays Story Time 9:30 - 10:15 AM Pet Event and Vendor Pop Up 10 AM - 12:30 PM Winter Farmers Market 10 AM - 1 PM Genealogy Fair in Barre Vermont 10 AM - 2 PM Garage/Yard Sale - Windemere Way - Nov. 4 10 AM - 3 PM Thanksgaming Community Game Day 10 AM - 6 PM Create & Connect Craft Day to Benefit Josh's House 10 AM - 6 PM Huge Pop-Up Barn Sale: This Weekend! 10 AM (multiday) Daisy Turner's Kin Talk with Folklorist Jane Beck 11 AM - 12 PM Chicken & Biscuit Dinner This Saturday! 5 - 8 PM Saint Albans Museum Calcutta 5:30 PM Marine Corps Birthday Ball 6:30 PM +17 more see less