Wooly Workshops
For Kids and Moms
     For one week in July, Vermont Grand View Farm, home of the Goodling family I South Washington, hosted a sheep and wool week for moms and children ages 7-11, immersing those families in farm life and the world of fiber.
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CVCAC Opens Outreach
At Hillside in Chelsea
     A new outreach office for Community Action has been established at the Hillside Homes Family Center in Chelsea, sharing office space there with Head Start.
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Br’kfield To Vote
On $65K More
For Road Repairs
     The Brookfield Selectboard will ask voters to approve an additional $65,000 for the town highway fund, at a special town meeting Wednesday, Aug. 13.
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Art Fundraiser Will Help
Rotary in Its Good Works
     On Saturday, Aug. 9, at 7 p.m., the Randolph Rotary Club will host its second annual art auction at the new SHAPE building at Vermont Technical College.
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Family of Brookfield Soldier
Gets Help from USA Cares
By Courtney Bonoyer
     In March 2003 a group of retired sergeant majors started an organization called USA Cares. USA Cares helps out military families financially if they are struggling.
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Tophooven Heads for Washington,
Hoelscher Is Interim Ranger
     Tracy Tophooven, District Ranger of the Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts of the Green Mountain National Forest, has accepted a position with the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C.
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Pop Tarts and Pork Are
Global Villains: Lappé
By M. D. Drysdale
     High on the list of "climate change bad guys" are the companies and farmers who provide food to America’s dining room tables, a Vermont Law School conference was told last month.
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