RANDOLPH — Vermont residents of all ages are being asked to submit poems to be considered for the eighth annual PoemTown Randolph celebration, which coincides with National Poetry Month in April.
The poems will be displayed throughout Randolph during April and be compiled in an anthology.
No more than three poems should be submitted per person, each of them 24 lines or fewer, by Feb. 15.
People should send one to three original poems as Microsoft Word or plain text attachments to musbird@gmail.com. In the text of an email, include the submitter’s name and contact information including mailing address, email address and telephone number. Each poem should be attached separately with the title of the poem as the document name and no other identifying information.
Poets are asked to not submit any work that has been previously displayed in any PoemTown or PoemCity celebrations or any poems that have previously appeared in print anywhere else.
Poets without internet access can reach out to Janet Watton at 802-728-9402 for an alternative way to submit poems.
WOODSTOCK — More than 40 knitters and crocheters made more than 390 winter clothing items, including scarves, hats and mittens, through the Ottauquechee Health Foundation’s months-long Share the Warmth Initiative.
The creations are being distributed to those in need throughout the nine towns in the Woodstock-based nonprofit organization’s service area, according to a news release.
“We never imagined that we would collect so many items to distribute in our towns — it’s truly amazing,” Tayo Kirchhof, the foundation’s executive director, said in the release.
The completed items are being distributed at schools, community buildings, food shelves and churches. Volunteers created items on their own or met during virtual events to craft together.
Due to the success of Share the Warmth, the event will kick off in October. For more information email info@ohfvt.org or call 802-457-4188.
SHARON — Forty-eight solar panels were installed at The Sharon Academy that may provide around 40% of the energy needed to power the school each year, according to school officials.
The panels were installed by Integrity Energy, of Bethel, earlier this month. The town of Sharon granted an easement that allowed the company to install wire under a roadway at the site on the south-facing slope near the driveway.
“This project is a win-win,” TSA Head of School Mary Newman said in a news release. “We are lowering our energy costs, reducing our carbon footprint, and at the same time, we are participating in developing a real-life project that will generate ongoing learning opportunities for our students.”
LEBANON — Three public trustees and two physician trustees have been added to Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s board of trustees during its December meeting.
The new members are: Geraldine “Polly” Bednash, former chief executive officer of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing; Robert S.D. Higgins, surgeon-in-chief of the John Hopkins Hospital; Gary L. Freed, a plastic surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and an assistant professor of surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Thomas P. Glynn, chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority; and Carl “Trey” Dobson, an emergency medicine physician with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, according to a news release.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Cover Home Repair is in need of appliances and furniture to sell in its Cover Store in White River Junction.
Proceeds from sales at the store benefit home improvement projects throughout the Upper Valley. People are encouraged to email photographs of large items to store@coverhomerepair.org before bringing them by the store. Cover staff can also arrange for furniture to be picked up from people’s homes if they are unable to bring it to the store.
Small items can be brought by the store from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, call 802-296-7241.
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