Senior meal served in Dummerston
DUMMERSTON - Evening Star Grange and Senior Solutions present their Fourth Wednesday senior luncheon on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with in-house serving at noon and takeout pickup between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The menu will include ham, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and corn on the cob, with peach cobbler for dessert. A donation of $3 for those 60 and older and $4 for the younger folks is suggested.
Books from the Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be available, as well as “some free books that have been donated to the Grange to give away,” the meal organizers report.
Reservations are requested and should be made by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Call the Grange at 802-254-1138 and leave your name, the number of meals, and your phone number.
Putney monthly free produce available Aug. 26
PUTNEY - The Vermont Foodbank and the Putney Foodshelf will co-sponsor the next monthly drop of free produce and some nonperishables on Thursday, Aug. 26, from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., at Putney Meadows, 17 Carol Brown Way (the white building across from the Putney Food Co-op and the fire station).
This food distribution takes place on the fourth Thursday of every month. All are welcome.
Because of COVID-19, those who need food may drive up and receive bags of food from volunteers.
Business plan competition in Dover seeks entrants
DOVER - The town says it is looking for people who launch their business here.
Economic Development Director Eric Durocher said in a news release that entries are now being accepted for the Dover Launch business plan competition, which will award one final winner $20,000 to launch a business in town.
With several commercial spaces currently available, Durocher says the town “hopes to find a winning business idea to fill both the needs of our community and an open storefront.”
First-round entries are accepted until Friday, Sept. 17, when five applicants will be selected to move on to the second round. These five entrepreneurs will each receive a mentor/coach and business plan counseling and have until Friday, Oct. 22 to submit a final business plan.
Three finalists will be selected by Wednesday, Oct. 27 and will make a final oral presentation on Thursday, Nov. 18.
Those interested in applying can find full rules and details at discoverdover.com/dover-launch.
Friends of Brooks Library host garden party
BRATTLEBORO - The Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library invites everyone to a catered fundraiser at the spacious gardens and lily pool of Sharon Myers at 744 Meadowbrook Rd.
The party will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28, from 2 to 5 p.m. The rain date will be Sunday, Aug. 29.
Tea, cucumber sandwiches, and home-baked cake and cookies will be served.
“Come enjoy a lovely afternoon of food and conversation in a splendid setting,” organizers write in a news release.
Tickets are $20 in advance (call the library at 802-254-5290) and $25 on the day of the party.
Window Dressers plan community building sessions
WINDHAM - The Wardsboro, Londonderry, and Windham energy committees have teamed up with Window Dressers to offer the nonprofit organization's insulating window inserts at a community build from Nov. 17 to 21 at the Windham Meeting House.
The inserts are installed from the inside of windows and held in place by friction. Depending on the efficiency of your windows and home, you could see fuel savings of up to 20 percent with inserts in place.
Qualifying households are offered up to 10 free inserts. Everyone receiving inserts is asked to participate in some form in the community build. No special skills are required.
During the first week of August, volunteer team members attended a Window Dressers training at the Guilford Town Offices to become measurers for the build. This means that volunteers are ready to start scheduling and performing window measuring visits.
The inserts are built of pine frames and wrapped drum-tight with a durable plastic film to create clear views through an insulating air space. Around the outer edges, foam weather stripping stops drafts and aids the insert's tight, custom fit.
Pricing is based on size and finish (natural pine or white). A medium-sized 30 in. x 52 in. insert costs $39 plus tax (pine) and $50 plus tax (white).
If you are interested in scheduling a volunteer to measure your windows, ordering window inserts, and participating in the build, or if you have questions, sign up at windowdressers.org/sign-up-for-inserts, email [email protected], or call 802-896-9907.