Eastern route from town to be closed briefly

125 in Hancock will be closed for a couple of days this weekend.  It's for culvert repair:

The closure, which will take place along Route 125 about two miles west of its intersection with Route 100, will render the road impassible for two days. Work crews will close Route 125 at sunup on Saturday, November 19, and plan to reopen the road sometime on Monday, November 21.

Other towns influenced by Ripton's river planning

Our town's river planning process seems to have won admirers, according to this report:

Middlebury River Management Planning Task Force to be Formed. Following the model of the successful river management planning effort in Ripton, the Board endorsed forming a Task Force to develop a plan for on-going management of the Middlebury River as it flows through East Middlebury.

Should Vermont reduce Post Offices, service?

Bernie Sanders is holding a public meeting in Montpelier, to see what Vermonters think about reducing postal service.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is holding a meeting this Sunday to ask Vermonters what they think of closing some post offices and possibly eliminating Saturday mail delivery, proposals on the table from the U.S. Postal Service.

Sanders will be offering free lunch, as is his style, particularly when he’s campaigning for re-election, as he is.

This is an important issue for Ripton, being both somewhat isolated, and having experienced the near-killing of our post office.

The meeting is at 1 p.m. Sunday at Montpelier High School. The free lunch starts at noon. For information, call his office at (800) 339-9834.

Ripton first responders receive autism training

Ripton's first responders were trained in how to respond to people with autism.  Autism Alert provided the class.

Riptonite in Britain

Ripton local Bill McKibben is interviewed in Totnes, Britain.  The subject is transition towns and community resilience.

We covered those topics earlier, when interviewing Bill for this blog.

Community solar hot water power session coming up

Ripton will host a meeting about solar hot water tech on September 27.  It's part of our community's engagement with alternative and sustainable energy.

Here's flyer information:

The Ripton Energy Asssistance Program is partnering with VPIRG, Vermont's largest environmental non-profit, to bring the new Solar Addison County program to Ripton. Solar Addison County is finally making it easy and affordable for homeowners and businesses all across Addison County to heat their water with the sun. For all of us who have ever wanted clean, renewable energy, that's made in Vermont, this is a great opportunity. If you'd like to learn more about how solar hot water technology works, to ask questions about the program or process, and see if this could work for you, VPIRG and and the REAP steering committee are putting on a public info session on Tuesday September 27th.

More information: http://www.vpirgenergy.org/solar-addison-county/.
That's:

Solar Addison County Info Session

Tuesday, September 27th, 7:00 pm

Ripton Community Building

(thanks to the REAP Steering Committee)

Ripton Art Show coming up!

The 2nd Annual Ripton Art Show is coming up this weekend:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH

Ripton Community Church

Opening Reception 4-6PM

A showing by 15 area artists: Yinglei Zhang, Mary Swanson, Klara Calitri, Lisa Whitman, Jean
Cherouney, Tal Birdsey, Ginger Birdsey, Bridget Nardiello, Molly Hawley, Patty LeBon Herb,
Phoebe Stone, Rebecca Purdum, Sarah Wesson, Linda Hampton Smith and Richard Weinstein

Music by Rick Hawley, gourmet food provided by Lisa & Joe Durante

EXHIBITION OPEN SUNDAY THE 18TH TO FRIDAY THE 23RD 4-6PM

Proceeds benefit the Ripton Community Church.

For more information call 388-9681