Cavendish Update 4/10/26: Workshop/News/Events
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FREE PAPER FLOWER WORKSHOP: Saturday (4/11), 1pm at the Cavendish Library. The Cavendish Historical Society will once again host making paper flowers with the theme of red, white and blue honoring the nation’s 250th birthday in July. You can decorate a straw hat, make a paper garland or individual flowers.
No gain from a blocked drain: Before there is a lot of foliage, this is the best time to check culvert, ditches and drains in and around where you live. Remove debris, including leaves, so the drain can do its job.
4/10/26
1. Culvert Crawlers Workshop
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Events Calendar
1. FREE CULVERT CRAWLERS WORKSHOP: Culverts are designed to convey stormwater runoff but can easily become clogged with fallen leaves, vegetation, and debris, which can lead to flooding. For Green Up Day this year-May 2-as people are picking up trash, take the time to check culverts, ditches and drains (CCDs) in and around where you live to make sure they are clear.
To help the community learn more about CCDs and how to care for them, a free workshop, open to the public, is being held on April 22 at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville from 5:30-6:30. As part of the workshop, participants will download and use an open-source phone App to monitor culvert conditions and report to road crews. One of the advantages of the App is you can continually monitor the CDDs where you live, comparing changes seasonally and yearly. The workshop also includes how to clear out culverts safely, riding them of vegetation and debris that could block their flow. Please note-there is no crawling in culverts involved.
Culvert Crawlers is a citizen-science, grassroots effort to prevent flooding that is a collaboration with Black River Action Team (BRAT), Cavendish Connects and the Rural Rivers Project at Dartmouth.
As part of Green Up Day this year, there will be special Culvert Crawler teams (comes with cool stuff) in Cavendish and Springfield.
For more information on the workshop, or to register with one of the Culvert Crawlers teams on Green Up Day, call 802-226-7807 or e-mail culvert.crawlers@gmail.com or cavendishconnects@gmail.com
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Respiratory Weekly Report: Flu season is now behind us, but due to a new variant, we will continue to post information about Covid-19. The health department’s Respiratory Illness Activity in Vermont reports Covid in “low” concentrations in Ludlow waste water, for the week of 3/29/26-4/4/26. Statewide Covid is listed as “moderate”
• Celebrating Community Workshop: What makes a community? What does a community look like? Come create a work of art that shows what home and community looks like to you! Participants in the Celebrating Community Workshop-Cavendish Library on April 22 at 1 pm,-will receive a Community Heart & Home art project kit provided by the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity in celebration of Fair Housing Month. This program is free and for all ages. Participation is limited to 20 spots. Registration recommended. FMI or to register, contact Amy at 802-226-7503 or CavendishLibrary573@gmail.com
• Local Paid Internship for 18-21: This summer, the inaugural Rural Rivers Community Science Fellowship. Is being offered to those 18-21. In collaboration with the Black River Innovation Campus, the Black River Action Team, and towns in the Connecticut River Valley, including Cavendish. This offering is an opportunity for young adults ages 18-21 to come learn how to do community science on rivers, flooding, mitigation, and recovery. Apply here!
• Renovations underway at Okemo Valley TV: Okemo Valley TV is kicking off its 25th anniversary by expanding its services and renovating its building. The long-awaited work is now underway in its facility in the Ludlow Community Center complex, where the community TV station has been based for over a decade. The renovations are allowing for the expansion of its services, to include the new community radio station, WLUD, while also providing much-needed partitioning to create new spaces. The new rooms will be used for media editing and sound recording, where users of the facility will be able to better concentrate on their work. The addition of walls, ceilings, and flooring is also helping with energy efficiency improvements. VT Journal
3. EVENTS
APRIL 11 (SATURDAY): Free paper flower workshop at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. 1 pm. Sponsored by the Cavendish Historical Society. FMI: margocaulfield@icloud.com or 802-226-7807
APRIL 13 (MONDAY): Andy Scherer, Outreach Coordinator for the Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District will be discussing what goes where in your household recycling bin and at the transfer 5:30-7 pm at the Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow. This is the perfect time to get all your recycling questions answered. FMI: 802-228-8921
Cavendish Select Board Meeting: 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda, when available, will be posted to the Cavendish VT Facebook page.
APRIL 22 (WEDNESDAY): Culvert Crawlers Workshop, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. FMI: cavendishconnects@gmail.com or 802-226-7807
- Celebrating Community Workshop: 1 pm Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. FMI or to register, contact Amy at 802-226-7503 or CavendishLibrary573@gmail.com
MAY 2 (SATURDAY): GREEN UP DAY
MAY 9 (SATURDAY): Audubon Bird Walk, 7:30 A, 731 Stevens Rd. To register or for more information jleak499Wgmail.com or 802/376-3937
MAY 16 (SATURDAY): Geological Exploration of the Cavendish Gore. Meet at the Green Mountain Power Station on Power Plant Road at 10 am. To register or more information bdayaemig@gmail.com or cavendishcommunityconsdervation@gmail.com
JUNE 27 (SATURDAY): American Heart Association HeartSaver CPR and First Aid at the Cavendish Fire Station. Free to Cavendish residents. To register call 802-226-7790, e-mail puba0111@mail.com or stop by the station.