🌱 How a single new school building could reshape education for Moretown kids

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In today's newsletter:

• How a single new school building could reshape education for Moretown kids

Also on today's calendar: Harwood Boys JV Soccer @ U-32.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 69, low: 44.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• School consolidation talks underway in central Vermont (wcax.com) — Moretown residents are being drawn into major school consolidation talks that could shift all local elementary students into a single building and significantly affect future property taxes. Harwood Unified Union School District is exploring buying and renovating Cabot Creamery's Waitsfield headquarters to replace multiple aging schools, with proposals due October 30 and a key 2028 budget vote slated for March 2027.
   

📸 Around Moretown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Moretown

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• SJA Varsity Field Hockey @ Harwood →
  Harwood Union Middle and High School, 458 Vermont Rte 100, Moretown
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4
• A Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted →
  Moretown Community Library, 1147 Route 100B, Moretown
  3:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Harwood Boys JV Soccer @ U-32 →
  U-32 Middle & High School, 930 Gallison Hill Rd, Montpelier
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Meet Jennifer →
  AGCVT, 1 Graves St., Montpelier
  8:00 am
• Robin's Nest Nature Playgroup →
  North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm Street, Montpelier
  10:00 am
• FES Open House
  Fayston Elementary School Waitsfield, VT 05673
  5:00 pm
• LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Good Gravy! →
  5:00 pm
• Drawing Community Stories with the Appalachia Comics Project
  Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St, Brattleboro
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Montpelier Art Walk →
  Artisans Hand, 89 Main Street at City Center, Montpelier
  4:00 pm
• TURNmusic presents Edna →
  TURNmusic, 5 Stowe Street, Waterbury
  7:30 pm
• CombustOmatics at Charlie O's →
  Charlie O's, 70 Main Street, Montpelier
  8:30 pm
• Charlie O's →
  Charlie O's, 70 Main Street, Montpelier
  8:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Agrimark posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Store Associates in Waterbury. Apply here.
• KeHE Distributors, LLC posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Vermont and Eastern NY (Albany Area) in Montpelier. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Moretown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Waterbury

• Thriller novel launches with a punk show in Waterbury (waterburyroundabout.org)
• Wednesday public hearing dives into updated town plan (waterburyroundabout.org)
• Dermatology Job Listing: Dermatologist- Be Part of Expanding, Premier Dermatology Practice serving Vermont and New York! Rutland, VT (mdlinx.com)

Waitsfield

• Community News for The Times Argus for Sept. 30, 2026 (timesargus.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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