Archive of the Halifax Newsletter from Halifax, Vermont

The Halifax Newsletter was established by Edie Fenton and Joan Courser in 1983 and has been publishing monthly since then. Call Joan Courser at (802) 368-7733 to receive a paper copy by mail (subscriptions are $7/year; send check made out to "Newsletter" to Joan Courser, P O Box 27, West Halifax VT 05358). Email LaurelACopeland@gmail.com to receive a PDF copy by email. E-copies are free although donations to the HCC are always welcome! Donations to HCC may be made by check made out to "Halifax Community Club" mailed to John Kirk, 892 Woodard Hill Rd, West Halifax VT 05358.

Archived Halifax Newsletters

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, 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)

July 2019 Newsletter (Halifax Union Society Celebration, Bible Church 25 Years, Project COW)
June 2019 Newsletter (Irish Supper, Vernal Pool Monitoring, Kids at Senior Meal, Moose pic, Recycling, Bell Cemetery Meeting)
May 2019 Newsletter (Maggie and the Raccoon, Lynda at the Garden Gate, Benefit Breakfast, An Irish Party in May, Ainsley's Thanks, Otter pic)
April 2019 Newsletter (Town Meeting with murals, Violinist Bekka Eowind, Messy Roads)
March 2019 Newsletter (Wayne Courser: 61 Years with Fire Dept, Cans, Ice, Kids at Senior Meal)
February 2019 Newsletter (A Team of Horses, Evening with the Canedys, Chicken Tales, Hermie's Fence, A Squirrel in the Wood Stove)
January 2019 Newsletter (Deer Park, Halifax Union Repainting)
December 2018 Newsletter (Vernal Pools, Photos from Hunters' Supper, Blizzard Cleanup Pix)
November 2018 Newsletter (Garden Delight - Snakes, Grades 1/2 Care Packages for Deployed Servicemembers, Photos from Snake Mountain Bluegrass concert)
October 2018 Newsletter (Tractor Day 2005, Duke the Biggest Horse on Earth, Coopers Coop opens, )
September 2018 Newsletter (2018 Influenza, Celebration Day Program)
August 2018 Newsletter (A Lamplight Inauguration, Bagatelle for Blossom, Halifax Historical Society (HHS) Annual Meeting [Growing up in Halifax in the 40s & 50s])
July 2018 Newsletter (Tragedy on the Road to School #9, Benefit Breakfast, Firemen's Auction & Clambake, Celebration Day, Halifax Historical Society in 1999)
June 2018 Newsletter (The Lost Purse, Benefit Breakfasts, Septic System, Potluck, Navia at Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum)
May 2018 Newsletter (Halifax Sugaring, Turkey Hunters’ Early Bird Special, Community Breakfast, 40 Years of Service: Malcolm Sumner, Graveside Services for Bernice (Burnett) Barnett, Sorrow: John M. Platek, Jr.)
April 2018 Newsletter (A Dog's Adventure, Community Breakfast, Firemen News, Sightings, Sorrow: John Smith, Senior Meal, Sugaring pix, News from Bygone Days)

Link to Halifax Community Club documents
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Link to Town of Halifax website

E-mail me with your questions: Laurel Copeland, LaurelACopeland@gmail.com