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Working with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont will study the social impact it has on the community and assist in refining a social impact tool for the museum field.

Thanks to a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, in partnership with Thanksgiving Point, had the opportunity to select museums across the country for the Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI) project. After a competitive application and review process, the Montshire was one of 38 museums selected for the study.… Read More

From Norwich to Washington, DC: Working in a US Senate Office

It’s clear from the pages of the Norwich Times that Norwich youth have covered the world through trips, jobs, and adventures of all sorts. This coverage includes Washington, DC, where Norwich is well represented in many government offices. Consider three recent Hanover High School graduates who currently work or recently held an internship in the office of one of our Vermont congressional members, Senator Bernie Sanders. What inspired these recent graduates to work in the Senate and move from Vermont to Washington DC, and what have their experiences been working as civil servants in DC?… Read More

Vermont is home to nine species of bats. Six of these species are year round residents and three migrate south in the winter. Our six year-long residents live in caves and mines during the winter and during summer months can often be found roosting in barns and other buildings. Of the 6 resident species all but one are either state or federally endangered.

Little brown and long-eared bats are the ones we are most likely to see in Norwich during the summer months from mid-April to October. They have been a part of our summer landscape as long as we can remember, swooping over fields and ponds tirelessly hunting the night flying insects that make up their diet.… Read More

Editor’s Note: For a few years now, the Norwich Times has been featuring our young people thinking, doing, and living outside the box. Rather than follow the traditional four-years-of-high-school on to four-years-of-college route, these adventurous souls are recognizing that there are many paths, and that some may lead to a whole new world to explore. Read about Abby Dole, Maisie MacMillen, and Cleo Roback as they tell us about their exciting and humbling travels to distant lands.

Abby Dole

I began the fall of 2017 in Boulder, Colorado, working to save up for my travels, hiking, and living with my sister.… Read More

Correction: We made an error on Dave’s information last time and wanted to fix it. Enjoy getting to know him!

What brought you to Norwich?
I grew up in Hanover. In 2007, my wife Kate and I relocated back to the area, in part to raise kids, get away from city living, and be close to family.

What’s your favorite hang-out in Norwich?
Norwich Racquet Club… paddle/platform tennis

Favorite way to spend a snowy day in Norwich?
Nothing’s better than enjoying a few hours of snowshoeing or sledding, and snowball fights with Kate, the twins, and our two black labs Carlo and Coco

What fictional place would you like to visit?… Read More

What is your favorite quote?
“When I liberate others, I liberate myself… Nobody is free ‘til everybody is free.” Fanny Lou Hamer (c.1964)

Wine, beer, martini or tea?
Green Earl Grey tea, River Roost IPAs

If you could erase one day in history which would it be?
The day Goodman, Cheney and Schwerner were assassinated in Mississippi, summer 1964.

What song most describes your life right now?
Ella’s Song: Sweet Honey in the Rock. “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes….”

What do you love most about living in Vermont?
The people, the seasons, the topography, and the accessibility of people here.… Read More

What is your favorite quote?
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food; An Eater’s Manifesto

If you could be invisible for a day, where would you be?
In the kitchens of my CSA members, watching them feed our vegetables to their families, and listening to their memories of gardens and cooking from their childhoods.

Wine, beer, martini or tea?
Morning: Earl Grey. Evening: Long Trail

What Disney character would you be and why?
Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, because she is adventurous and inquisitive, and a little bit accident-prone!

What song most describes your life right now?… Read More

When you live in a small town, it’s all about community – and when you work in a small-town bank, you’d better love the idea of community. That’s what makes the Norwich branch of Mascoma Savings Bank a great match for Jamie Kenyon. “I’ve been in banking for the past seven and a half years, but just came to Mascoma in August.” Jamie explains, “I think my favorite part of my job has been the friendly atmosphere in town, and in our branch. We work as a team here, and I like that.”

Originally from out of state, Jamie moved to Vermont four years ago and has settled in Wilder.… Read More

What brought you to Norwich?
The succinct answer is that the Hanover/Norwich area was recommended when we were deciding to move from California back to the northeast.

What’s your favorite hang out in Norwich?
I’m kind of a homebody, so I’d have to say our black armchair where I start each day drinking coffee, reading the Valley News, poring over – and sometimes responding to – the listserv. But, if I’m out and about, the most likely places to find me are Dan & Whit’s, the dump, the library, or the MCS or Huntley playgrounds.

What’s your favorite food on the Thanksgiving table?… Read More