Everyone back to normal after celebrating Mother's Day?

What an excellent day to celebrate mothers everywhere. Lots of years it's been difficult to find a flower in bloom, but here we are with spring flowers blooming in our gardens and in the woods, even here at Joe's Pond.

A reminder that's important to any voters in the Town of Cabot: There is a special town meeting at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, May 12) at the gymnasium in Cabot to (1) decide if the school budget voted for in March should be rescinded; and (2) to see if voters will reverse the decision made in March when they voted against spending $75,000 for a performing arts building at the school. There has been some confusion, first - this is a VOTING meeting, not an INFORMATIONAL meeting. Because both articles will be voted from the floor as opposed to by Australian ballot, it is important for voters to BE PRESENT. There will be discussion, and then voting, either by voice vote or paper ballots. All eligible voters should attend this meeting.

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Tom Dente wants to let Joe's Pond Association members know that the date of August 8, 2008 is available to rent the recreation area. This date was taken but is now available and because it is an unusual combination, someone may want to have a gathering - on 8/8/08! Contact Tom Dente, 802-684-3615 to secure the date.

Also, I'm receiving dues every day, and I've been particularly pleased at the number of Joe's Pond Association members who have included their e-mail addresses. I do not give out these addresses, but it is very convenient to be able to send messages to our members by e-mail, especially with postal rates going up steadily. There is a place to include your e-mail address on the remittance envelope that was inserted in your newsletter. I try not to send messages very often, but sometimes I do need to contact our members.