🌱 How a Northfield beer quietly helps protect our rivers from floods

Good morning Northfield! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Northfield beer quietly helps protect our rivers from floods
• Northfield and Calais communities remember Leslie Matthews and Sandy Hyde

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 55. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Turning out cloudy, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Free to Flow: A Northfield Beer, a Global River Day, and Vermont's 1,000 Dams (compassvermont.com) — A Northfield brewery is selling a special four-pack that sends part of each sale to Friends of the Winooski River, supporting dam removals that affect the Dog River and nearby communities. The piece explains how Vermont’s many obsolete dams worsen flooding and harm trout habitat, and why local river groups see removal as key to resilience after recent high-water summers.
   

• Leslie J. Matthews, PhD and Richard 'Sandy' Hyde, PhD (vtdigger.org) — Northfield and nearby towns are mourning longtime local contributors Leslie Matthews and Richard “Sandy” Hyde, who died at home on May 7. Their lives spanned environmental science, Norwich University, the Northfield Conservation Commission, and wide-ranging volunteer work, from Habitat for Humanity to healthcare advocacy. A public celebration of their lives is planned in Calais this August.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds
  Vermont Humanities Council - Barre Morristown Centennial Library, 7 Richmond St, Morrisville, Vermont, 05661
  5:30 pm
• The Michael Kelly Band →
  Hogan's Pub, 1091 Golf Course Rd, Warren
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• BCEMS Spring Band and Chorus Concert
  Barre City Elementary & Middle School Barre, VT 05641
  6:00 pm
• STORIES OF RESILIENCE: Ecological Resilience
  Vermont Humanities Council - Barre Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, VT, 01301, United States
  6:00 pm
• Wilkins Bike Night at Mulligan's Irish Pub! →
  Mulligan's Irish Pub, 9 Maple Ave, Barre
  6:00 pm
• AmerikanaBlue @ Ladder 1 →
  Ladder 1 Grill, 8 S Main St, Barre
  6:00 pm
• MRV Libraries Pub Trivia
  Moretown Memorial Library Déco Restaurant & Bar, 203 Powderhound Rd, Warren, VT 05674, U
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 6

• Wilkins Dog Pawty →
  Wilkins Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Sales, 663 S Barre Rd, Barre
  11:00 am
• A Dramatic Constitution
  Vermont Humanities Council - Barre Mary L. Blood Memorial Library, 41 Brownsville-Hartland Rd, West Windsor, 05089, United States
  6:30 pm

Sunday June 7

• Cars & Coffee – Waitsfield →
  Mad River Exchange, 6163 Main St, Waitsfield
  9:00 am
• Summer Reading Celebration
  Moretown Memorial Library Mad River Green
  11:00 am

Monday June 8

• Mr. Young's Class to Georgia Elementary
  Waitsfield Elementary School Waitsfield, VT 05673
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Norwich University posted a job opening for Plumber - Norwich University in Northfield. Apply here.
• Jacent Strategic Merchandising posted a job opening for Merchandiser Bonus Included in Williamstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Northfield here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Waitsfield

• Channeling Marilyn: How Stories About Self-Transformation Give Young Readers Room to Become, a guest post by Mima Tipper (teenlibrariantoolbox.com)

Barre

• Thursday Night Racing At Thunder Road Kicks Off With McGee CDJR Of Barre Super Thursday (racedayct.com)
• Four new works of art taking shape at Nashua Sculpture Project (unionleader.com)
• Pair faces charges after gas station burglaries in Waterbury, Northfield (waterburyroundabout.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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