🌱 How Plainfield’s streams help Vermont’s state fish beat climate threats

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In today's newsletter:

• How Plainfield’s streams help Vermont’s state fish beat climate threats

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cold with rain and drizzle, with a high of 51 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Cool with times of rain, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 60 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Vermont's state fish thriving despite national population decline (hardwickgazette.org) — Plainfield is the dateline for a reassuring look at how Vermont’s brook trout are holding steady even as populations decline elsewhere in the East. Biologists explain how cooler waters, wood-added stream restoration, and dam and culvert projects are helping keep this iconic fish, and local watersheds, resilient for anglers and communities.
   

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📸 Around Plainfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plainfield

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Thursday May 14

• Cal U HS Softball @ BFA-Fairfax
  Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
  4:30 pm

Friday May 15

• Cal U HS Softball vs Richford
  Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
  4:30 pm

Monday May 18

• Cal U HS Softball @ Blue Mountain
  Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
  4:30 pm

Wednesday May 20

• Theater Performance
  Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Basement Teen Center →
  Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St, Montpelier
  2:00 pm
• Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds
  Putney Public Library, 55 Main St, Putney
  6:30 pm
• Play Rehearsal
  Maple Corner Community Center 84 W County Rd, Calais, VT 05648
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• From Doing To Being - Resting As A Path To Liberation →
  Adamant Music School, 1216 Haggett Rd, Adamant
  5:00 pm
• Vermont Book Awards: Bookstock
  Vermont Humanities Council Artistree Community Arts Center, 2095 Pomfret Rd, South Pomfret, 05067, United States
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Wilkins Hot Rods & Cool Bikes with VT Kustom Klassics! →
  Wilkins Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Sales, 663 S Barre Rd, Barre
  10:00 am
• Indivisible Calais
  Maple Corner Community Center 84 W County Rd, Calais, VT 05648
  11:00 am
• The Decades: Season Launch Party
  Vermont Humanities Council Saint Albans Museum, 9 Church Street, St. Albans, VT, 05478, United States
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Maloney Properties posted a job opening for Custodian/Maintenance Assistant in Barre. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Maintenance/Janitorial in Barre. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plainfield here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Barre

• Leo A. DeLorey: From North Weymouth to Burke Mountain (northstarmonthly.com)
• 33.5 million US children are breathing failing-grade air as wildfire smoke worsens, report warns (thecooldown.com)

Montpelier

• VTDigger Montpelier: Vermont Senate Approves $150M Affordable Housing Initiative for Burlington and Rutland (newenglandnewspress.com)
• Vermont attorney general to co-chair national AI committee (wcax.com)
• Vermont lawmakers abandon push to ban chemical dyes from cafeterias after school district opposition (vtdigger.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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