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Local Church Forms Climate Resilience Study Group
A year and a half after the church suffered significant damage to its historic building in the flood of July 2023, the Unitarian Church of Montpelier is launching a 13-member Climate Resilience Study Group to research five options for climate-resilient facilities for the congregation’s long-term future.
The five options the study group will research range from simply repairing any future damage to raising the building to moving church functions to another site.
The Rev. Joan Javier-Duval, UCM’s minister, has served the congregation since August of 2015. She said, “This congregation has served a vital purpose in the community for 160 years. We must now prepare for the future with courageous acceptance of continued climate instability and a spirited commitment to carry on our congregation’s mission and presence as a spiritual community of love and service for future generations.”
Free Tax Prep
Vermont Law and Graduate School is hosting a Vermont Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site, which started Feb. 1. Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, the program provides volunteers who will prepare and electronically file federal and state tax returns, free of charge, for qualifying low- and moderate-income and elderly taxpayers whose family income in 2024 was $67,000 or less. Filings are by appointment only; schedule by calling 802-831-1363. Participants will be asked to show proof of identity per IRS regulations.
Dean’s List
The following students at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) were named to the fall 2024 Dean’s List. This honor recognizes full-time students with a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.99.
From Barre: Megan Austin, Latara Conley, Adin Jandric, Evelyn LaCroix, Kayla LaPrade, Hannah Magoon, and Ana Young; from Calais: Dewey Burns and Angus Whitman; from Duxbury: Natalee Wells; from East Montpelier: Edith Lane; from Graniteville: Meghan Sanborn and Wesley Wilkin; from Middlesex: Ethan Nicholes; from Montpelier: Tyler Bacon, Hailey Cohn, Elyse Kelley, Maddox Montgomery, Rachel Ploof, and Michelle Stevens; from Northfield: Ethan Allen and Ryan Eastman; from Waitsfield: Logan Rappeport; from Waterbury: Marley Busker, Isabelle Fish, and Jennifer Furey; from Waterbury Center: Abbigail Boyd; from Worcester: Renata Wheeler.
The following local students have met the requirements for the Dean’s List at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass: Yvette Petrella, Sheila Glaess and Alberto Petrella of East Montpelier; Natalie Beauregard and Alan Beauregard of East Calais; Gracyn Kurrle, Lindsay Kurrle, and James Kurrle of Middlesex; Solveig George, Eliza Cain, and Randy George of Moretown; Catherine Miles, Nicole Miles, and Jason Miles of Northfield; Ashley Proteau, Leslie Proteau, Brian Proteau, Abigail Young, Angela Young, and Thomas Young of Waterbury.
The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester at Quinnipiac University: Aileen MacHarg of Marshfield; Abaigeal Pellegrino of Moretown; Anja Soltesz of Waterbury Center; Andrew Ognibene of West Berlin.
Abby Scharges from Waitsfield, was recently named to the Dean’s List at the College of William & Mary for the Fall 2024 semester.
Emily Swenson of Montpelier and Liam Laidlaw of Moretown were both named to the Dean’s List at Saint Anselm College.
Honors List
The following students at CCV were named to the Fall 2024 Student Honors List. This honor recognizes part-time students with a 4.0 grade point average.
From Barre: Cherie Bright, Ashley Copeland, Shannon O’Kelly, Jade Perry, and Taylor Winter. Also honored are Esther Lent of Berlin; Jessica Mason of East Calais; Jacob Florucci of Graniteville; Alanna Flynn and Grace Gouge of Marshfield; Tricia Altenau, Lydiah Duncan, Jared Green, Faith Hall, Sophia Smith, Isabella Stevens, and Hugh Wallace of Montpelier, as well as Hazel Slesar of Northfield Falls; Amanda Gonyaw and Janessa Horgan of Plainfield; McKinley Pierce of Waitsfield; Sam Hayer and Anastasia Mahoney of Warren; and Sydney Hosick and Kelsey Trybushyn of Waterbury.
These stories were compiled from press releases by Bridge staff.
