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Get to Know Springfield
Kelly Stettner
• Thu, Apr 14, 2011
How DO those shopping carts get all the way downtown? Are they sight-seeing? Migrating? Job-hunting? There are lots of possible explanations, but one thing's for sure: they belong at the Shopping Plaza. So when I saw one at the bottom of Elm Hill the other day on my way to work, I pulled over, walked back to retrieve the wayward cart, and pushed it to my van, managed to load it into the back, and then drove ver-r-r-y slowly with the trunk open, all the way to the Plaza. Despite having my emergency flashers on, I'm sure I annoyed more than one of the dozen or so drivers stuck behind me. With any luck, some of them noticed the open lift gate with the shopping cart in the back and realized what I was doing. With even more luck, one or two were inspired to keep an eye out for other carts left around town. Maybe someone will even collect one up and bring it to its proper home. My friend Heather Payne of Weathersfield did just that! After I posted on FaceBook that I'd "rescued" an itinerant cart and noticed another in front of the Springfield Post Office, she made a quick pit-stop on her daily rounds to wrestle that cart into her truck and return it to Shaw's. "Those things are heavy!" she commented afterward. They sure are; thanks for taking the time to do your part to clean up our town and to help keep local prices lower, Heather. The more carts we citizens can return, the less overhead the shops will have. Perhaps a sort of Neighborhood Watch is in order...if you spot a renegade shopping cart somewhere in town, let me know so we can organize someone to fetch it and return it. After all, they look so much nicer in front of their respective stores than loitering on the street or romping in the river. I can be reached at (802) 885-1533 or blackrivercleanup@yahoo.com.
Springfield Almond Bakery open early
Stop by on your way to work to pick up or order a variety of good-for-you and good-tasting treats! Tim Anders makes cookies, brownies, fudge, muffins and so much more, using almond flour, coconut oil and more all-natural ingredients for folks with food allergies and sensitivities. Based on the mouth-watering brownie I picked up on the way to work this morning, Tim caters to even the most discriminating sweet-tooth! The Springfield Almond Bakery is housed with Apron Strings Café next to the Library on Main Street in downtown Springfield. They are open from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Getting wild at the library
Come learn about bobcats on Thursday, April 21 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. as Calah Beckwith, grad student at Antioch University, shares her research on Wildcats of the Northeast. Learn how she does what she does, the tools she uses, and what her exciting discoveries have been. This program, held at the Springfield Town Library at 43 Main St, is co-sponsored by the Library, the Nature Museum at Grafton, and Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society and is partially funded by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation. Get details by calling (802) 885-3108.
Back in time
The VT Archaeological Society is having their annual spring meeting on Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. at the Methodist Church on Valley St in Springfield. Non-members are warmly invited to attend this all-day event; the $22 non-member or $20 member fee includes a tasty lunch prepared by the ladies of the United Methodist Church. Presentation topics include Chimney Point Historic Site and the Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Archaeological Recovery at the Legro Family Burial Ground in Rochester NH, How Today’s Animal Forensics Helps us Understand the Past, The Archaeology of Fort St. Jean in Quebec, Locating Lost Graves of 18th & 19th Century American Veterans, and a modestly-narrated tour of some of the prominent mill sites along the Black River, from the perspective of the Black River Action Team. Prepayment is not required, but pre-registration is highly encouraged. Contact VAS Administrative Coordinator Georgeana Little at rgtle@stoweaccess.com.
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