Times Argus Community News for February 6, 2025 – Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Around the city

Vermont Woodlands

Montpelier-earlier operated through home offices, Vermont Woodlands Association has announced the opening of a physical office of 36 College St. In Montpelier, in the former Vermont College of Fine Arts building since January.

The non -profit organization is to train and advocate for the practices of productive management, use and enjoy Vermont’s forests.

His inherited planning course, and will be obtained! The course includes a combination of living webinar -based learning and online resources. To register, visit www.vermontwoodlands.org.

The Vermont Woodlands Association has also hired Susan Klop of Newbury as an operating manager to maintain daily operations, services and communication of members and administrative work. She has worked for many non -profit organizations aimed at natural resources, recreation and conservation

Lectures

The Montpelier League of Women’s voters of Vermont, in partnership with the Kelloge-Hubard library, presents the fourth in its lecture in 2024-25, the latest decisions of the Supreme Court.

This will be a virtual presentation at 19:00 Wednesday, February 12th. To register for this conversation, visit Kellghubbard.org/calendar/lwv-Carsonvmakin. The questions can be sent in advance to a [email protected] or through a chat during the event.

Reporter Rebecca Holkomb and Harrison Stark, a senior lawyer of ACLU Vermont staff, will discuss the decision of the Supreme Court of June 2022 that the “non -sectarian” requirement of Maine to pay for help for religious training help violates the free exercise clause thus requiring public funding for religious learning schools. This program will be moderated by Middlesex Susan Clark.

Cvran raising funds

The central refugee network in Vermont invites artists, writers, poets, musicians, fabrics and multimedia artists, sculptors and photographers to join their fifth March Marath Marathon in March, raising funds for CVRAN. The registration is now open until February 28 to www.cvran.org; Look for the Marathon March Marathon button to sign up.

Each participant or team of four people in 2025 is committed to inviting friends, family and neighbors to sponsor their creative work by making a one -off contribution to CVRAN. Six days each week in March, artists produce creative work, sending their sponsors copies/images by email, Instagram or on a blog.

All money raised helps CVran to help seekers and refugees who now live in our local communities. For more information, send an email to [email protected].

CVHHH fundraising

Barre – Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice reports more than $ 340 donors that have contributed over $ 66,000 to their fundraising in 2024.

Honorary chairmen of the appeal Christine Haskins of Barre and her sons Walt Ward and Del Haskins shared their experience, navigating for Christine, who lives with Alzheimer’s disease. Walt and Del turned to CVHHH to learn about the possibilities of care as their mother’s disease progresses. After consulting with the CVHHH’s practitioner, Kelly Eluel, the family chose a Hospice with CVHHH. With the support of the interdisciplinary hospice of CVHHH, the family has more time to focus on what matters.

Youthful news

Stem competition

Moretown – Samsung has announced that the Harwood Union Middle School in Moretown has been selected as a winner in Vermont in the 15th annual Samsung Solve for the Tomorrow National Stem race. Harwood has been awarded a $ 12,000 Samsung Technology Award Package Package, including the Samsung video set to show off their proposed STEM solution.

Conservation camp

The registration is open to the summer camps for the green mountain in Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

The one -week youth camp programs are held on Lake Bomosin in Castlton and Lake Buck in Woodbury. Conservation camps open on June 22 and continue until August 22. The training is $ 250 a week, including food, accommodation and equipment; Financial assistance is offered.

For more information and register, visit www.vtfishandwildLife.com or send an email to [email protected], or call 802-522-2925.

Balloon pilot

Nortfield, the civilian air patrol cadet, Janja Sutton, from Northfield, was presented in a new discipline of the balloon festival in 2023, learning crews and contacting experienced pilots.

In 2024, with a encouragement from the leaders of youth balloon programs of America, she received a full scholarship at the balloon camp in Southeastern Europe in Cordel, Georgia. Returning to the Adirondack Balloon Festival, Sutton piloting affixed hot air balloons under the guidance of the owner of balloons and pilot Keith trigger of New Jersey.

Vermont Wing cadet programs offers a variety of CAP and connected cadet air patrol cadet programs, which are 12 to 18 years old.

The education of the story

At the beginning of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Vermont Historical Society would build an opportunity for a site based on Vermont students called “All in Vermont: Put your story on the map.”

This project is a call for the study of Vermont residents, remarkable events, industry, movements and culture that demonstrate the continued evolution of the state after the American Revolution.

The All in Vermont project is bound by the C3 framework for state standards for social research and will provide opportunities for teachers, students and local historians to join the centering of local classroom education across the country.

This project has been funded in whole or in part from the US National Park Service by P24AC02271) to NeiWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Pool Program.

For more information, send an email to [email protected].

College News

Daniel Robinson of Warren was appointed to the list of deans in the fall of 2024 at Albani College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Abigail Budro, studying theater and accounting by Elmore, is listed on the list of dean in the fall of 2024 at the College of Mullenberg.

Around vt

Unclaimed

Vermont Mike’s state cashier has announced a request for claims for money, an initiative to return at least $ 1 million in Vermonters unrecognized property in February. The announcement was made in connection with the National Ownership Day, February 1, to encourage Vermonters to seek unscrupulous property.

Unclaimed property includes forgotten assets such as non -re -checks, security deposits, investments, insurance revenues and other financial property. Financial institutions annually take into account these properties and transfer them to the state. The cashier’s service protects the assets until it is stated by legal owners or heirs. Unclaimed property may belong to individuals, enterprises, non -profit organizations, local media organizations, government organizations and others.

All Vermonters are encouraged to visit missingmoney.com to check for unsolicited property. For more information, call 802-828-2407 or send an email to [email protected].

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