Having a Field Day: New festival brings indie-rock and Vermont vibes to Guilford

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.

Filmed in Bernardston, Leyden, Colrain, Ashfield, and Guilford, Vermont, “Root Hog or Die” follows the arc of one agricultural year, starting with Nellie and Stubby Howe and their Guilford sugaring operation.

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.

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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.

GUILFORD FAIR — The Guilford Fair was first held on Labor Day Sept. 7, 1942, and except for one year during the war, a rainy day in the 1970s and the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been held every year since.

MONTPELIER — Vermonters must pass the basic hunter education course before they can purchase their first hunting license. Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state.

GUILFORD — Guilford Cares will sponsor a Carpenter Hill Trail Walk on Tuesday, Aug. 9, beginning at 10:30 a.m.

GUILFORD — A crew from Vermont Natural Homes recently delivered and assembled timber frames for a pavilion for a new new Guilford Community Park. The timber frame pavilion will be 24×48. The pavilion is phase one of the Guilford Community Park project which will also include the seventh circuit labyrinth play spaces, a basketball area, and and possibly EV charging stations.

GUILFORD — Mid-morning on a recent Friday, business was steady at the Guilford Country Store in the village of Algiers, with folks walking in empty-handed and coming out with coffee, some with a breakfast sandwich.

PUTNEY — When Guilford musician Michael Roberts brings new songs to his band, he finds they often take on a life of their own.