Cavendish Update 10/24/25: SB Mtg/Parking/News/Events
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10/24/25
1. Cavendish Select Board Meeting 10/20/25
2. Cavendish Winter Parking Ordinance
3. Volunteers Needed for Tree Planting
4. Cavendish Related News
5. Events Calendar
1. CAVENDISH SELECT BOARD MEETING 10/20/25: A video of Monday night’s Select Board (SB) meeting is available at the Okemo Valley TV website and the unapproved minutes are at the town website.
Approved
• Adoption of the Cavendish Capital plan
• The use of the Proctorsville Green for a winter fest on Dec. 13
• Date set for the second proposed subdivision regulation public hearing on December 8, 6 pm prior to the monthly SB meeting. Note: The subdivision regs adoption will be on the ballot for Town Meeting Day in March.
• Municipal Planning Grant Resolution with Bob Glidden as alternate authorizing official.
• Set a flood hazard permit fee of $150, which covers the town’s cost for hearings, mailings etc.
• Snowmobile trail map, which is the same as in years past.
• Purchase of Meeting Room Video/Audio Equipment. The cost will be $12,610 and will include a centralized computer, two cameras, microphones in multiple locations and an installed monitor on the wall. The cost doesn’t include the monitor, which is cheaper for the town to purchase separately.
Discussed
• Water Meters: Operators are slowly installing new water meters. However, municipal water user can request an installation.
• Fee schedules for proposed subdivision regulations: Rick Chambers, town manager, has received information on fees from area towns, which vary considerably. If the regs are passed at the March town meeting, the SB will need to decide on a fee schedule then.
• Request from Mack Molding to put in a crosswalk across Mill Street: While the SB is not opposed to the project, they aren’t approving funds for it.
• Cemetery Sexton Position: Current sexton, Bruce McEnaney plans to retire at the end of this year but he’s willing to help the person who replaces him. The board thanked him for his service. Bruce will continue to serve on the Planning Commission.
• Managers Report: Nov. 1-April 1 the town’s winter overnight parking ban goes into effect. The ordinance is available on line and signs will soon be posted around the Proctorsville Green. The Grants and Aid project on Chubb Hill has been completed and it turned out well. Special thanks to CTES and BRAT for clearing Greven Field of debris as part of RiverSweep. This is an annual collaborative project between the Cavendish Historical Society’s Young Historians Program (Preserve and Serve) and Black River Action Team. Several truckloads of trash, metals etc. were removed along with a great of invasive species.
2. WINTER PARKING ORDINANCE: As noted in Monday night’s SB Meeting, the Cavendish Winter Parking Ordinance goes into effect on Nov. 1 and ends April 1. Section 4 of the town’s parking ordinances states: “The operator of a motor vehicle is forbidden to park a vehicle on any of the streets or highways within the Town of Cavendish between the hours of 12 o’clock midnight and 6 a.m. of the following morning between November 1st and the following April 1st of each year. Offending vehicles will be towed away at the owner’s expense.
The Cavendish SB is currently working on a possible ordinance prohibiting overnight parking, in certain parts of town, year round.
3. TREE PLANTING @ FLETCHER FIELD: On Tuesday Oct. 28, from 10-3, volunteers are needed to help Black River Action Team (BRAT) plant about 30 trees on a floodplain. Parking and planting is in the field next to the rugby pitch. Tools and training will be provided Bring your own water bottle and snacks. Please pre-register, get details, or ask questions by sending an email to blackrivercleanup@gmail.com
4. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Respiratory Weekly Report: The health department’s Respiratory Illness Activity in Vermont reports Covid concentrations in Ludlow waste water are elevated as of Oct. 22. As of Oct. 11, flu levels remain minimal in Vermont
• Maple Tubing Recycling Now Available on Nov.8
• CTES Turkey Bingo: Cavendish Town Elementary School’s annual turkey bingo takes place on Nov. 21 6-8 pm at the school.
• Free Natural Dye and Cyanotype Workshop: Learn to use native and floodplain plants for natural fabric dyes, and sunlight to print patterns and words onto fabric. Contribute your new art into the community quilt map that showcases local stories about flood or take home if you prefer. This event takes place on Nov. 8 at Create Together at Fletcher Farm. RSVP to charis.fm.boke@dartmouth.edu or https://tinyurl.com/naturaldyefloods
• Vermont officials prepare state-funded stopgap as federal shutdown threatens food stamp funds VT Digger
5. EVENTS
OCTOBER 25 (SATURDAY): National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Closest locations Ludlow Police Dept and Ludlow Pharmacy.
OCTOBER 30 AND 31 (THURSDAY AND FRIDAY): Free Haunted House 5-9 pm at the Ludlow Community Center
OCTOBER 31 (FRIDAY): Happy Halloween
- Ludlow Health Center Trick or Treat 5 pm
- Benson’s Chevrolet (25 Pond St) Trunk or Treat 5-7 pm
NOVEMBER 8 (SATURDAY): Free Natural Dye and Cyanotype Workshop 1-4 pm at Create Together at Fletcher Farm.
NOVEMBER 9 (SUNDAY): Cavendish Historical Society’s Proctorsville Ghost Walk. Meet at the Proctorsville War Memorial at 2 pm. Wear comfortable walking shoes. This walk includes the Proctor Cemetery. We will be giving away free Cemetery Guides. FMI: 802-226-7807 or margocaulfield@icloud.com
NOVEMBER 21 (FRIDAY): Turkey Bingo at CTES 6-8 pm