Melvin A. Friberg passed away on May 15th at Central Vermont Medical Center. We extend sympathy to his daughters, Nancy Pope and Carolyn Friberg, and their families. Services were held on May 19th. Obituary

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Mark your calendar - Vermont craftsman are holding "Open Studio Weekend" this weekend, May 23 & 24. Stop by Joe's Pond Craft Shop (shown below) and talk with Deb Stresing (she's a weaver and will be demonstrating the process on her loom) and pick up a booklet so you can find other crafts people to visit in the area. Fred and Bill Rossi stopped by Deb's place today and took some pictures. That's Deb showing Bill something at the counter (below), and you can see her loom in the background. Her shop has lots of new things in this year, so you'll want to stop by and see her.

It looks as if West Danville was a busy place this morning when Bill and Fred were there. Vehicles parked every which way (last picture). There are quite a lot of people around the pond already - some permanently, others just coming

for the day to take advantage of the nice weather to get their camps opened up.

Memorial weekend is often a very busy one, but quite often it's also very cold here at the pond. It looks as if this year may be a pleasant excepti on. Today we've had temps well into the 80's, and for Friday and Saturday, the forecast is for temperatures in the 60's or low

70's, with only a few showers late each day.

We can appreciate that - we always seem to need the rain, especially the folks who have put in their gardens.