Brattleboro Reformer

First state park sign with Abenaki name at Sweet Pond

GUILFORD — The Broad Brook Grange will present its 23rd annual Father’s Day Brunch from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 18, at the Broad Brook Community Center.

GUILFORD — Vermont Arts Council has visited Guilford Central School over the past year to create projects based on the seasons. In the spring, the theme was flowers so the students made seed paper and flowers that will be turned into greeting cards. In the winter, kids made snow-themed cards and the school made them available for sale to families. They raised $700 to support their pen pals at the Tumani Academy in Kenya and the community there was able to build two classrooms and a bathroom.

GUILFORD — As musicians set up for a set at the first-ever Field Day festival, children — two in fleece dinosaur suits — played on the grass in front of the stage.

GUILFORD — White Church: Check.

BRATTLEBORO — The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont’s 36th annual Walk for Life in downtown Brattleboro on May 20 raised $25,500 to support people with HIV and support community prevention and education programs in Windham and Bennington counties.

GUILFORD — A well-established Brattleboro music venue is bringing a new festival to Southern Vermont.

GUILFORD — Community members are invited to hear stories from those who attended the town’s one-room schoolhouses at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, at the Broad Brook Community Center.

GUILFORD — A spring tradition, the Memorial Day Weekend Pie Sale of the Guilford Community Church will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 27, at the corner of Route 5 and Guilford Center Road.

GUILFORD — The Christ Church Guilford Society is planning outdoor events this summer to be held on the lawn of Christ Church. Located across from the Guilford Country Store in Algiers, Christ Church is the first Episcopal church in Vermont and mother church to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro.

MONTPELIER — During a hearing before the Vermont Supreme Court, a Guilford resident accused the chairman of the Guilford Select Board of colluding to withhold public documents.

BRATTLEBORO — If the violent event that starts Chuck Collins’ debut novel was fodder for a news headline, the words “suicide bomber” and perhaps “ecoterrorist” would be used.

GUILFORD — Have you saved the date for the now-annual summer concert at the Guilford Fairgrounds?

GUILFORD — Guilford Center Stage returns after a three-year “intermission” with a production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford. Performances are at 7 p.m. on May 5 and 6, and at 2 p.m. on May 7. Ian Hefele directs a cast from the tri-state region.

GUILFORD — A musical afternoon of original songs will be performed by singer-songwriter Andy Davis on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Guilford Community Church in a benefit concert.

GUILFORD — The Sugar-on-Snow Supper at Guilford Community Church will be held on Saturday, March 18. There are three seatings to choose from, at 4, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Prices are $15 for adults, $7 for children age 11 and under, and $3 for preschoolers. For reservations, call 802-254-9019 or email guilfordchurchsupper@gmail.com.

GUILFORD — About 175 people attended Town Meeting in Guilford on Tuesday morning.

Joel Thurber keeps a watchful eye on the sugaring process at Viking Farm, a 1,400-acre sugarbush farm in Guilford. Paul Belogour, the owner of Vermont News & Media, the parent company of the Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal, also owns Viking Farm and Vermont Maple Syrup.

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GUILFORD — Two candidates are on the ballot for a three-year seat on the Guilford Select Board and three candidates are on the ballot for a two-year seat.

GUILFORD — For one of the new owners of the Guilford Country Store, Ali West, stepping into the store is a return to her roots.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Country Store has been closed since the end of last year, but the new owners are promising to have it reopened on Feb. 1.

GUILFORD — During a special meeting held Thursday morning, the Guilford Select Board denied that Assistant Town Administrator Sheila Morse had violated Vermont’s open meeting law by contacting the town’s attorney for advice.

GUILFORD — The annual Write Action Potluck Picnic will be held Saturday from noon to 4 at 640 Melendy Hill Road in Guilford. A highlight is the open reading, with five-minute slots for poems or short prose.