TREE AND LAND MANAGEMENT INC .
YOUR LOCAL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS FOR :
• Commercial and Residential Crane Services
• Large Tree Removals • Bracing and Cabling
• Tree Planting • Pruning • Stump Grinding
• Root Collar Excavation
• Deep Root Fertilization
• Root System Invigoration
We work year round !
TREE AND LAND MANAGEMENT INC .
802-823-5673 www . GreaterHeightsTree . com SERVING VT , MA & NY FOR OVER 20 YEARS
1246 Burgess Road , Bennington , VT
Bring Your Pup ! Celebrate Canine Concierge Jetson ’ s 10th Birthday Weekend !
The Wilburton Inn , 257 Wilburton Dr ., Manchester , VT A Concert Presentation
Sat , May 18 at 4pm
A Musical Romantic Comedy
BD Weekend Tix @ WilburtonInn . com
Sun , May 19 at 1pm
MourningDovesRising . Square . Site
Our COMMUNITY
Greenwich Free Library Events
On May 11 from 12pm to 1:30pm , Erik Schlimmer , award-winning author and educator , will visit Greenwich Free Library to present “ Adirondack Place Names : Why Is That Thing Called That ?” During the past thirty years , Erik has explored the wildest places in America . The mountains he ’ s most familiar with are the Adirondacks , and at this presentation he will share photos of this range as well as what his extensive research has revealed about place names . Schlimmer ’ s books include History Inside the Blue Line , Among the Cloud Splitters , My Adirondacks , Color Remote , From Northville to Placid , With an Ax and a Rifle , and Deep History . These titles will be available for sale and signing at the library event . This presentation is open to all , but registration is required . Visit greenwichfreelibrary . org or call 518-692-7157 to register .
The plant sale returns , also on May 11 , from 9am to 11am on the Greenwich Town Green behind the library . There will be the usual selection of vegetables and herbs as well as more flowers . Donations of all kinds of plants and seedlings are a major part of the library sale . Gardeners who are currently thinning perennials or starting vegetables or flowers are encouraged to donate extras . Plant donations can be brought the morning of the plant sale by 8am or by contacting the library . Used planting containers , particularly flower six-packs , are needed immediately , and used pots , tools , and gardening books are welcome as well . Planting containers can be brought to the library anytime during open hours .
Greenwich Free Library is indebted to Windflower Farm and to Andrea Grom and Jason Heitman of Green Jeans Market Farm for support , and the library is also grateful to the local individuals and businesses who donate plants . All proceeds from the plant sale go directly towards library materials and programming .
Friends of the Rutland Free Library Book Sale
Join us on May 10 and May 11 from 10am to 2pm for the next Book Sale . Thousands of organized , gently used books , CDs , DVDs , and puzzles for all ages are available and there ’ s always a broad selection of rare and antique books . All purchases are by donation only . Limit of two grocery bags per family . No book dealers . Proceeds go to support library programs and collections and designated library projects . The Library is located at 10 Court St . in Rutland , VT . For more , visit : rutlandfree . org or call 802-773-1860 .
Washington County Local History Book Club
Washington County Historical Society ’ s Local History Book Club will meet from 12pm to 1pm on May 10 , at Fort Miller Reformed Church , 1239 Fort Miller Road , Fort Miller , NY . Historical society membership is not required . Attendees are asked to read any biography of Henry Knox , focusing on his cavalcade of sleighs and cannons that moved from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in January 1775 . Knox , then a 25 year old bookseller , is said to have stopped at Fort Miller on his way to meet with General Schuyler . Attendees will also hear about the church building , constructed in 1816 as a meetinghouse .
The book club meets regularly on the second Friday of the month at 12pm , usually at the Washington County Historical Society in Fort Edward . For more , email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee @ roadrunner . com .
Visit us online : vermontnewsguide . com
6 Vermont News Guide May 6 , 2024