Another cold night and cold morning - but we have beautiful sunshine. The sunrise did not bode well, however. If the old seamen's adage, "red sunset at night, sailors' delight; red sunrise in morning, sailors take warning" holds true, our beautiful day will likely end with some sort of weather disturbance. Probably snow for us.
     Fred took the above shot from our living room window this morning as the sun was coming up. A few minutes later he took a picture of our weather station showing a mere 1.6F. The low was -4.9F last night. Now the sun is still very bright and the temperature is all the way up to 19F.
     Some of you no doubt know about the bobcat attack in White River Junction. This is quite unusual unless the animal had rabies or some other disease. Two people were actually attacked, one in Wilder village and the other  in downtown White River Junction. Neither person was seriously injured, but after the Wilder attack, Vermont officials were tracking the animal and Lt. Dennis Amsden of Vt. Fish and Wildlife Department said the animal was being tested and results should be known shortly. 
     Just recently a St. Johnsbury woman posted on Front Porch Forum about watching two bobcats checking out her rabbits in the Spaulding District. The bunnies were not harmed - apparently they are securely penned, but she said it was interesting to watch the two bobcats. They were looking for an easy lunch, I suppose. 
     The Route 2 bridge work west of us near the Goodrich Maple Farm has finally come to a close. Here is the latest, and probably last report until spring:

Proposed Work Schedule, Week of 12/17/18, Cabot-Danville US 2 Reconstruction [Cabot-Danville FEGC F 028-3(36) C/2] 

Project Location:  The 1.4 mile project extends along US 2 from Last Road to Danville Hill Road in Cabot. This is a multi-year project with most of the work occurring in 2017/2018. Completion is scheduled for 2019.


Active construction activities will wrap up this week for the winter shut-down period. Next week crews will cover construction signs throughout the project and the 40 mph speed zone will be removed for the winter. Updates for this project will resume in the spring of 2019 when construction activities commence.

TRAVEL ALERT:  The speed reduction zone of 40 mph will be removed for the winter shut-down period.

TRAFFIC INFORMATION:  Construction signs and temporary speed reduction signs will be covered next week for the winter shut-down period.

Please focus on safety when driving through the construction work zone and remember, it is against the law to use a hand held cell phone while driving in Vermont.

Contact Natalie Boyle, Project Outreach Coordinator, EIV Technical Services, with any questions or concerns in regard to this project at 802-855-3893 or nboyle@eivtech.com

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Natalie Boyle

Director of Communications

EIV Technical Services

www.eivtech.com

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106 East Allen St., Unit 506

Winooski, VT 05404

cell:  802.855.3893

office: 802.497.3653 ext.1037