Monkton News for July 17, 2025

There is a lot happening at Russell Memorial Library. Learn the game of chess on Thursday, July 17, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with coach and chess expert Andrea Gorostiaga.

Tari Shattuck Education Foundation awarded the 2025 Pat Pierce Excellence in Teaching Award to Kerry Lake, third grade teacher at Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro.

An ongoing free activity at the Russell Memorial Library is Saturday Morning Yoga. On July 12 from 8 to 9 a.m. you can combine meditation and movement to music while connecting with your inner self.

The Monkton Planning Commission is launching the 2025 Town-Wide Survey in the next week. Please look for a postcard being mailed to your home telling you how to find the survey including links, QR codes and printed copies.

I hope you were able to participate or check out Monkton’s Town-wide Yard Sale.  This year I was able to be one of the yard sales ‘on the map’ and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of visitors we had, including neighbors, friends, a few relatives and … (read more)

Russell Memorial Library has a number of events coming up. A Death Café, sponsored by the Porter Medical Center Palliative Support Services, will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 12.

Russell Memorial Library has a number of events coming up. A Death Café, sponsored by the Porter Medical Center Palliative Support Services, will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 12.

Russell Memorial Library continues with its regular activities with a few special events included.

A pendulum swings — back and forth, back and forth. Sometimes a pendulum is used as a metaphor to explain large shifts: Democrats one year, Republicans the next… environmental stewardship one year, drill-baby-drill the next… Back and forth we go… you get … (read more)

The Willowell Foundation will be hosting the unveiling of the latest new work of art by Rosalie D. Gagne´ at the Gordon Sculpture Park at 36 Stoney Meadow Lane in Monkton.

The Monkton Friends Methodist Church will be holding its annual plant, bake and craft sale on Saturday, May 24, starting at 9 a.m.

Come to the Monkton Town Hall Community Room on Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m., for the Monkton Museum and Historical Society’s annual business membership meeting. Members will also be able to join via Zoom. The MM&HS will review its by-laws and welcome anyone … (read more)

Acclaimed Americana/Blues guitarist William Lee Ellis will round out the second annual Winter Into Spring Musical Library Tour presented in partnership with 5-Town Friends of the Arts on Thursday, May 22, 7:30 p.m., at the Russell Memorial Library in Monk … (read more)

The Friends Methodist Church will be at the Recycling Center on Saturday, May 10, to offer you a chance to recycle your nursery plant pots. This will include the black plastic containers which usually are not allowed to be recycled. The Recycling Center i … (read more)

The Morse Park Hardcourt Committee is sponsoring a Monkton Community BBQ and Game Day on Saturday, May 17, from noon to 3 p.m. at Monkton Town Hall community room and patio space.