Cavendish Update 12/20/24: Services/Survey/News/Events
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CAVENDISH CONNECTS LINKS: CAVENDISH VT FACEBOOK PAGE cavendishconnects.bsky.social or www.cavendishconnects.com
The Transfer Station will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday. It will be open from noon to 5:00 on Wednesday, January 1st, New Year’s Day, and open regular hours on the weekends Saturdays 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and Sundays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Cavendish Fire Dept. still has trees and wreaths and will be selling over the weekend.
And for those wanting to track Santa’s progress, it begins on Dec. 24 at the NORAD website.
12/20/24
1. Area Christmas Services
2. MARC Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Survey
3. Cavendish Related News
4. Events Calendar
1. AREA CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Dec. 24 (Tuesday)
• St. James Methodist Church Proctorsville, 3 pm, downstairs
• Annunciation Catholic Church Ludlow 4:30 pm
• United Church of Christ, Ludlow 6 pm
• Ludlow Baptist Church, Ludlow Green 6:30 pm
• Cavendish Baptist Church 7 pm
Dec. 25 (Wednesday): Annunciation Catholic Church Ludlow 9 am
2. MARC COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN SURVEY: Last year our Regional Planning Commission, the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (MARC), was awarded a Federal grant from US DOT to develop a comprehensive safety action plan with a goal and strategies to get to zero deaths on all MARC roadways for all road users. As part of this effort, MARC collected data on serious and fatal injuries on roadways in our region which you can see here: StoryMap.
They want to hear from you! MARC would like to know what the data doesn’t show, which is when and where you feel unsafe on MARC roadways. Please fill out the following Survey: MARC SS4A Input Tool
3. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Fletcher Farm School Becomes Create Together: Responding to the creative and educational needs of area residents, the Fletcher Farm School for the Arts & Crafts announces its transformation into Create Together. The nonprofit organization will offer year-round creative experiences in professionally equipped studios. The official open date is pending final permit approvals. For more information about Create Together’s programming and community initiatives, visit their website. Like their Facebook page to learn more about classes as they become available. VT Journal
• Vermont commission on public education shies away from offering cost-saving ideas: The Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont approved its preliminary findings on Monday without making any recommendations about how to contain costs in the short term. Despite being tasked with producing “preliminary findings and recommendations, including short-term cost containment considerations” by Dec. 15, the commission decided not to include a slate of money-saving proposals directly in its report. The commission ultimately voted 8-3 to adopt the preliminary report, deciding to link to — but not include — the list of cost-containment proposals. The preliminary report provides an interesting overview of education in VT including: Since FY20, statewide expenditures increased from 1.88 billion to 2.23 billion or an 18.5% increase; between 2003-2004, overall enrollment in K-12 decreased by 21.5%; nationally, VT has the highest per pupil cost and while students rank highly for reading, and about average for math, performances have been trending down over time. VT Digger
• Singletons open charming new children’s boutique in Ludlow VT Journal
4. EVENTS
DECEMBER 25 (WEDNESDAY): MERRY CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 25 (WEDNESDAY)-JANUARY 2 (THURSDAY) : HAPPY HANUKKAH
DECEMBER 26 (THURSDAY)-JANUARY 1 (WEDNESDAY): HAPPY KWANZAA
DECEMBER 31 (TUESDAY): New Year’s Eve
JANUARY 1 (WEDNESDAY): HAPPY 2025
JANUARY 20 (MONDAY): Martin Luther King Day. Town Office closed