December 2024 Newsletter
November 2024 Newsletter (Halloween Jack-O-Lantern display & Trunk or Treat, Clothing Swap, Gingerbread House contest in December, ZIP code 05358 map, no to euonymus!)
October 2024 Newsletter (Halifax Historical Society needs photos for calendar, Jack-O-Lantern display, Trunk or Treat, Clothing Swap in November, Gingerbread House contest in December, DVFiber Ice Cream Social, Amaru Peruvian Restaurant, DVFiber aid available)
September 2024 Newsletter (Celebration Day 8/24/24, Nature Camp report, Monarch and Viceroy butterflies, Cafe renovations)
August 2024 Newsletter (Celebration Day 8/24/24, VOCA Day - Halifax cemeteries, Oliver Caplan & Juventas, Hummingbird moth, Forest Fire Map US/Canada, Cafe closed for renovations Aug 2-23)
July 2024 Newsletter (Chapels in Halifax Woods, Beavers Away! by Jennifer Lovett, Jon Heydenreich at Cafe, Halifax Union Society resumes, Hall flagpole project, Clam Bake tickets)
June 2024 Newsletter (Walk for Water - Haley Therieau, Emerald Ash Borer in firewood, Rock River Players May 31-June 2, E Turner Lewis (d. May 13 2024), Lead Tackle Reclamation, "as it is" by Gregg Orifici, cafe closures (Jun 1 & 29))
May 2024 Newsletter (Forest Bees, Summer Camp-Trust For Wildlife, Love Lost Diaries at the Broadbrook Theater, Hugh Whitney (d. Feb 9 2024), Molly Stone (d. Oct 21 2023), Bald Eagle, Spring Bird Migration Walk at Hogback, Newcomers' Mixer in B'boro, Plant Swap 5/24/2024, Sandwich Saturday at the Cafe 5/24/2024, cafe closures (May 4, Jun 1))
April 2024 Newsletter (Listening Session on Aging, Trust For Wildlife summer program, neighboring community centers, photos of March winter weather, Grades 7/8 at Pi Day at the Cafe)
March 2024 Newsletter (Pump Logs - Oral History from Orien Dunn, Leap Year Day 2/29, Listening Session on Aging 3/9, Pi Day 3/14, avian flu, animals, houseplants flowering, brilliant winter sunset, DVFiber update)
February 2024 Newsletter (Cemeteries, Gates Pond Beaver Dam, photos of snow, report on vax clinic and Soup for Boots, Lynda)
January 2024 Newsletter (Grid Reliability, Talk with the Sheriff & Senator, Soup Saturdays)
December 2023 Newsletter (VDART and pets in an emergency, pump logs in New England, HHS calendar, Halifax Holiday Craft Fair, Tristan's well)
November 2023 Newsletter (Talk with the Fire Chief, Beavers in Halifax, Halifax Calendars from HHS, Lewis Sumner retirement party, rabbit virus, unmarked graves)
October 2023 Newsletter (Otis Weekend Photo Essay, Trust For Wildlife 2023, Beavers in Halifax, new headstone in Hatch Cemetery--Rhoda Hall)
September 2023 Newsletter (Photographs for Halifax Calendar Wanted, Beavers in Halifax talk 9/23 at 1pm, Halifax Cafe, Otis Weekend, SoVT Get On Board, butterflies)
Preview of the Otis headstones
August 2023 Newsletter (DVFiber in Halifax, Halifax Cafe, Clam Bake, Otis Weekend, summer events, Ferris & Silverberg & Brewster pix)
July 2023 Newsletter (David Stoner Gaither, Susie Putnam remembered, Road Crew appreciation, Halifax Cafe, yoga, Clam Bake ticket prices, summer events)
June 2023 Newsletter (Dandelions & Bees & Birds, invasive phragmites, summer events, Dorothy Christie memorial July 8, yoga, birdbanding, 5 mammals)
May 2023 Newsletter (Halifax Community Conversation II, invasive Japanese knotweed, summer events, Trust For Wildlife summer camp, yoga, 5 mammals)
April 2023 Newsletter (Town meeting, woolly adelgid, Niles cemetery expansion, March nor'easter, yoga, 5 mammals)
March 2023 Newsletter (Hazards of EAB-infested ash trees, invasive buckthorn, winter-to-spring transition, 5 mammals)
February 2023 Newsletter (Gregg Orific poem on Anne Dewitt (1931-2022), Laurel retirement musings, FeederWatch, Hatch School Beaver Deceiver, 5 mammals)
January 2023 Newsletter (End of the year, Pennel family name, Pine grosbeaks, meteors, FeederWatch, birds, 5 mammals)
December 2022 Newsletter (Place names in Halifax, Craft Fair 12/3/'22, goshawk, 5 mammals)
November 2022 Newsletter (Place names in Halifax, Report on Celebration Day 2022, Invasive Asiatic Bittersweet vine, 5 mammals)
October 2022 Newsletter (Otis homestead follow-up, Celebration Day 2022, Joan & the Grouse, Vol. Fire Depts. in VT, 5 mammals)
September 2022 Newsletter (Otis homestead, Bingo night, Celebration Day 2022, hummingbirds)
August 2022 Newsletter (Trust for Wildlife, Hermie Canedy, Otis homestead walk)
July 2022 Newsletter (Halifax events, geese in the road)
June 2022 Newsletter (birdbanding, keep cats inside, Larry Crosier memorial June 4, Cemetery Walk June 10, Strawberry Shortcake festival June 18)
May 2022 Newsletter (watersheds; 2nd plant swap; birds; avian flu; ticks; “My Favorite Things” - A Rand)
April 2022 Newsletter (William Oglesby's mushroom photos taken in a Halifax woods; Senior Meals around Windham County)
March 2022 Newsletter (William Oglesby's photos taken in a Halifax woods; Meals On Wheels is 50; food insecurity sketches)
February 2022 Newsletter (Bats & gliding mammals; Gregg Orifici poem on winter cranberries and the Maplehurst Lodge chimney; RIP: Virginia Stone, Gisela Robeck, Earl Holtz; barred owl camo; North River Bakery opens in Jacksonville VT)
January 2022 Newsletter (Hogback Mountain Ski Area, Linda Coombs, red fox--grey fox)
December 2021 Newsletter (Ash tree inventory, moonrise, Audubon Christmas Bird Count)
November 2021 Newsletter (Niles Cemetery, 100-Year-Old Veteran Fannie Griffin McClendon, animals)
1856 McClellan Map of Halifax VT
1869 Beers Map of Halifax VT
October 2021 Newsletter (Sourgrass and sourweed in your yard, Celebration Day photos, birdbanding update, Indigenous Peoples Day, bird migration hazards)
September 2021 Newsletter (Friendly Logging Company (Malcolm & Carlton Jr), thyme and plantain in your yard, Clam Bake photos, snake in dishwasher, muskrat wreaks havoc)
August 2021 Newsletter (Staghorn Sumac, COVID-19 Vax Clinic and Free Ice Cream Social, fishers)
July 2021 Newsletter (Elderberries, Edie Fenton Plant Swap, moose in the yard)
June 2021 Newsletter (Halifax Honor Roll, Birdbanding, PO not closing, snow report)
May 2021 Newsletter (Halifax cemeteries part 2, Teddy Nugget the sledding chicken, PO closure: leased space needed)
April 2021 Newsletter (Schools of Halifax)
March 2021 Newsletter (Spring Dreaming, Gregg Orifici poem 'Winter Motion', Edie's clippings, Good Neighbor Blue Plate Award)
COVID Vaccine Clinic
February 2021 Newsletter (Sam and Bobbie Groves in Halifax)
January 2021 Newsletter (Canine Companions for Independence,
Norm The Surfer Dog video download )
December 2020 Newsletter (Halifax cemeteries)
November 2020 Newsletter (5-Minute History of the Halifax Union Society, first snow)
October 2020 Newsletter (Unwelcome Visitor - the Clansmice of Earl Henry)
September 2020 Newsletter (Brownie the Town Dog of Daytona)
August 2020 Newsletter (Contact tracing in coronavirus pandemic w Yashvi Reddy)
July 2020 Newsletter (Hank Wonsey, Jr - poet & farrier)
June 2020 Newsletter (The Gardener - mystery pic and Gregg Orifici poem)
May 2020 Newsletter (Coronavirus Disease 2019)
April 2020 Newsletter (Eulogy for Edie Fenton)
March 2020 Newsletter (North River Ski Area; 5 species)
February 2020 Newsletter (First Light; The Outhouse; Schubert Jonas; Last Dial-Up Town in America by Gregg Orifici, Winter 1962, Dark Skies No More?, 5 species)
January 2020 Newsletter (Broadband Internet, Winter in Halifax Lorene Kidder/Hermon Canedy, Earl Aldrich and a New Mode of Travel [Mules], Thea Bransby’s hand-decorated Christmas tree cookies)
December 2019 Newsletter (The Blue Giraffe, Lucie Sumner's Painting, Safety First by Lawrence Hill, Kids at Senior Meal, EAB: burn local wood!)
November 2019 Newsletter (Kyra Markham, Lynda Copeland dances with Thea Bransby, Joan's Bear, EAB)
October 2019 Newsletter (Halifax Blooms On Parade 1998 (Garden Tour), I Like Winter, Deven King promoted to Chief Petty Officer U.S.Navy, Gretchen's Sheep, Artist Netta Kies Toronto Exhibit, Janis' Monarchs in all stages, Rolling Down the Hill, Clarence Canedy & the I-91, Toolboxes for Veterans [Bud Shepherd], Wildlife Rehabilitators, EAB Ash Tree Inventory)
September 2019 Newsletter (Charlotte Miner memoirs, Clam Bake photos, Joan's Great-Niece Maria Ferello PFC, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is coming)
August 2019 Newsletter (Burning by Lauren Sumner, Firemen Auction, Pusey Block Party, Art Copeland Memorial, Sorrow: Lillian Brigham, Recycle, Phototoxic Poison Parsnip)
Edie and her gut bucket)