TOWN NOTICES

Pike will be paving (weather permitting) the following roads starting Wednesday, May 16th:

First, starting at 7 a.m.: Muddy Brook Road (the entire extent of the East Montpelier part of the road, about 0.45 miles from US Rte. 2 to Barre Town line);

Next, immediately after MBR completion: Towne Hill Road (from Gallison Hill Road to the Montpelier line, about 1 mile);

Last: County Road (a short stretch just north of Morse Sugarhouse and a 1 mile stretch south from Horn of the Moon Road).


Expected total paving time is no more than 2 days as conditions allow.

Please use alternate routes if possible. The SB will provide updates as available.

The Sept/Oct issue of the Signpost features landmarks that have disappeared from our town. We had more stories and photos than we had space in the issue, so click here for more tales of disappearing landmarks.

Bruce Johnson, the town administrator at eastmontadmin@comcast.net if you want to be on an email list that receives Select Board agendas and minutes.

More COMMUNITY NEWS:

Host Chinese Students for Two Weeks
This summer our local communities will host a group of 9th grade students from China. These students will be housed in pairs with local families. They will spend daytime hours at Montpelier High School along with a group of our area students, and evenings & weekends with their host families. This will be the second of these exchanges coordinated locally by Community Connections; last summer's host families reported it to be an incredible experience! The dates for this summer's visit will be June 23 to July 7, 2012. If you are interested in learning more about being a host family please contact Bill Merrylees at Community Connections, 223-3456 or bmerrylees@u32.org.

***NEW*** Many of us don't have children in the school system, yet we are very interested in what's happening in our schools – especially at our very local EMES. The elementary school creates a periodic newsletter (weekly or as needed) that is published online as well as sent home with students. Here's the link to the newsletters. If you lose track of the link, go to the EMES website, click on SCHOOL and then on NEWSLETTERS.

The Select Board has signed E Montpelier up for Front Porch Forum, a Vermont based community bulletin board for posting events, requests, items for sale, neighborhood news, etc. Check it out here: http://frontporchforum.com/ . It's brand new for our town. The Signpost will continue to provide this page for town notices and community events as well, since the 2 websites are quite different. Make sure to use your East Montpelier town address when signing up for Front Porch Forum, rather than your mailing address town.

COMMUNITY NEWS:

The Food Shelf at the Old Brick Church is open to residents of East Montpelier and Calais in need on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month from 4-7 p.m. Donations, particularly canned goods, soup, pasta sauce, and tuna, are always welcome, as well as dry goods and paper products. Food can be dropped off at the church from 9-5 weekdays. There will also be a designated box at Dudley's for drop-off.
Financial donations will be put towards purchases from the Vermont Foodbank. To volunteer and for more info call 223-1232.

The Planning Commission distributed a town survey to townspeople last February and March to understand a number of issues and topics within the town. The PC uses the survey results when it prepares the next town plan, due for completion in May 2013. To see the survey and how people responded, click here.

Unclaimed Property and Monies
Please check the Vt State Treasurer's website http://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/ for your name! There are quite a few East Montpelier Residents on the list. Check it out!

Wanted
Donations of unused or unneeded animal carriers, kennels, fencing, etc. The Town's Animal Control Officers could use these items to carry out their duties.