🌱 How a White River Junction-based program is feeding 35,000 summer meals

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In today's newsletter:

• How a White River Junction-based program is feeding 35,000 summer meals
• How Hartford's five villages, including White River Junction, became a tourism magnet
• White River Junction man critically hurt in suspected DWI crash across river

Also on today's calendar: Adult Summer Camp: Upholstery Intensive (SOLD OUT) — CraftStudies and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
• Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 78, low: 51.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hartford Community Coalition set to distribute record-setting number of summer meals (vnews.com) — Hartford Community Coalition is on track to distribute a record 35,000 free summer meals, with key delivery sites at White River School and Hartford High School in White River Junction. Using a mix of USDA funding and local grants, volunteers and staff are feeding kids across Hartford and Lebanon, especially in neighborhoods that don't qualify for full federal support but still struggle with food insecurity.
   

• One town, five villages: Inside Hartford's unlikely tourism boom (wcax.com) — Hartford's tourism boom is reshaping its five villages, including White River Junction, which is highlighted as a walkable creative hub often mistaken for its own town. From Quechee Gorge crowds and VINS to Wilder's riverside parks and West Hartford's homesteads, locals are bracing for Route 4 traffic to ease as the Quechee Gorge Bridge project nears completion this month.
   

• Three seriously hurt in suspected DWI crash: state police (wmur.com) — A White River Junction man suffered life-threatening injuries when his car was hit and caught fire in a suspected impaired-driving crash Tuesday night on Route 12A in Plainfield, New Hampshire. State police say the other driver, an 18-year-old from Claremont, and his passenger were also seriously hurt, and the teen now faces felony aggravated DWI and related charges as investigators seek additional witnesses.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in White River Junction

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 18
• Adult Summer Camp: Upholstery Intensive (SOLD OUT) — CraftStudies →
  CraftStudies, 87 Maple St, White River Junction
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday August 18
• Sister Cities Committee →
  Hartford, VT Calendar, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction
  5:00 pm
• Selectboard Meeting →
  Hartford, VT Calendar, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 19
• Entrepreneur Resource Group
  Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce The Hotel Coolidge 39 South Main Street White River Junction, VT 05001
  4:30 pm
Thursday August 20
• Adult Summer Camp: Upholstery Intensive (SOLD OUT) — CraftStudies →
  CraftStudies, 87 Maple St, White River Junction
  9:00 am
• Tree Board Meeting →
  Hartford, VT Calendar, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction
  5:15 pm
Tuesday September 1
• White River Junction Outreach Site →
  Bugbee Senior Center, 262 N Main St, White River Junction
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 13
• Hartford Community Meal →
  Bugbee Senior Center, 262 N Main St, White River Junction
  12:00 pm
• Parks & Recreation Commission →
  Hartford, VT Calendar, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction
  5:00 pm
• Hartford Committee on Housing & Homelessness →
  Hartford, VT Calendar, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 19
• Entrepreneur Resource Group
  Hartford Area Chambr of Commerce The Hotel Coolidge 39 South Main Street White River Junction, VT 05001
  4:30 pm
Saturday August 22
• Fairy Hunts →
  VINS Nature Center, 149 Natures Wy, Quechee
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bartlett Tree Experts posted a job opening for Arborist Crew Leader in White River Junction. Apply here.
• Cumberland Farms posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Woodstock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near White River Junction here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hartford

• Longtime anti-Trump Dem ousted after tough primary from upstart progressive mayor (foxbangor.com)
• Vermont voters cast ballots in primary elections today (vnews.com)

Quechee

• Route 100 Closure Begins As Quechee Gorge Bridge Nears Two-way Reopening (mountaintimes.info)

Norwich

• Stop Making Sense: A Film and Live Event Hosted by Jerry Harrison (vermontpublic.org)
• How to Divorce During the War (vermontpublic.org)

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