Upcoming Events

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION June 25th & 26th

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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION 2010 - Friday, June 25th - 6 p.m. DEMOLITION DERBY @ Readsboro Ballfield Gates open at 3 p.m. -- Admission is $7 per person -- 5 & under FREE Enjoy a night of family fun and stop by our food stand for burgers, hot dogs, cotton candy & more!
8 p.m. BONFIRE @ Readsboro Ballfield
9 p.m. LIVE MUSIC @ the Readsboro Lion’s Park Admission will be $5 per person (proceeds to go to The Lion’s Club)
Saturday, June 26th - 11 a.m. INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE @ Main Street, Readsboro FLOATS WANTED! The theme this year is “Saluting our Veterans”
Noon - BAND CONCERT @ Readsboro Lion’s Park DUCK RACE @ Readsboro Lion’s Park Bridge HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT @ Readsboro Lion’s Park FOOD STAND @ Readsboro Lion’s Park Burgers, hot dogs, cold drinks & more available all afternoon SILENT AUCTION FOR SLATES PAINTED BY LOCAL ARTISTS @ Readsboro Lion’s Park
1 p.m. - LION’S CLUB WORLD FAMOUS CHICKEN BBQ @ Readsboro Lion’s Park Tickets are $10 for a complete chicken dinner. They are available at American Legion Post 29 or by calling Charlotte Clark at 802-423-7080.
2 p.m. - 2nd ANNUAL CHILDREN’S TRACTOR PULL @ Readsboro Ballfield -- to enter please be at the field by noon. Admission to the ballfield is $7 per car or $2 for pedestrians (includes fireworks)
6 p.m. - INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVITIES CONTINUE @ Readsboro Ballfield (admission is $7 per car or $2 for pedestrians) Carnival games, bounce house, cotton candy, 50/50 raffle, food stand, dunking booth, three-leg race, photo booth, bingo, DJ “D” & more!
9 p.m. - FIREWORKS by Atlas Fireworks @ Readsboro Ballfield 9:30 p.m. LIVE MUSIC WITH “SHUT UP & DANCE” @ The Readsboro Inn, Main Street. Beer specials and giveaways! Stop by for a great time!

LOCAL GIRL CHOSEN - Readsboro high school student, Stephanie LeQuier has been selected to participate in the American High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in NYC in June. Stephanie will perform along with high school musicians from throughout the US and Canada.

On Sunday, April 25th at 2 p.m., Stephanie will perform a free concert of classical flute solos accompanied by pianist Vladimir Odinohikh at St. Joachim's church in Readsboro. To help her get to Carnegie Hall there will be a baked goods sale, and raffle tickets for a Readsboro Glassworks perfume bottle will be for sale. All proceeds from donations, bake sale and raffle tickets will benefit her participation in the performance. For more information please call 423-7706 or email angleq@myfairpoint.net.

INQUIRY ABOUT CHAIR SHOP- We recently received a letter from Capt. Eric Slaughter from Washington, DC. He informed us that his church had recently purchased 150 custom chairs made in the Readsboro Chair Factory in April of 1942. They are currently restoring the chairs (34 done to date, see above photo) and they are being used by their choir in their new sanctuary. They would like contact from anyone that might have worked in the plant at that time so they can find out something about how the chairs were made and the artists who made them.

The New York Avenue Church is located in Washington, DC and is known as the church of Lincoln because Pres. Lincoln went there until his death.

Anyone who would like to contact Capt. Slaughter can do so via email at:eric.slaughter@gmail.com or by phone 202-689-5707. And then let us know so we can provide updates for the interested readers!

SEEKING CONTRACTORS FOR SPRING WORK ON BULLOCK BUILDING - As you probably know the Historic Bullock Building on Main St. has been purchased (from Buzz Wheeler) by the Readsboro Hometown Redevelopment Corp. with a grant from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. We will begin work on the project in the spring and our committee would like to use local contractors for the work. Because we are using HUD funds, there will be requirements (insurance/experience) which have to be included in an application. We hope to hold a meeting with interested local contractors to help in the bidding process. The first phase of our work will make the first floor of the building accessible to the community for functions. If you are interested please send a letter to: RHRC PO Box 261, Readsboro VT 05350 telling us your trade and experience. Contractors/sub contractors will work under a Construction Manager who is knowledgeable in historic preservation work. A series of 3 bids will be required for each contract awarded.

Selectboard Meetings- The Readsboro Selectboard has changed it's meeting night to Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Stop by to see what is new in town politics. They meet in the gym at Readsboro Central School. Want to talk about local corruption, hot issues and more? Visit our OPEN FORUM to keep up on local opinions.

READSBORO.NET - This website is meant to be a resource and we would like your help keeping it up to date. Please let us know if there is an upcoming local event that we haven't yet posted or if you have suggestions for other pages on this site. We're also interested in starting a "Photos" section which would showcase photos taken in our town. Any information can be sent to us at readsborovt@gmail.com.

If you haven't already found our public message board it is located at the "Open Forum" link above.

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GOT CAKE? Need a cake for a special occasion? Click here: www.readsboro.net/cakes

READSBORO PLAYGROUP - The Readsboro Community Library and Success By Six of Bennington County are offering a weekly playgroup AT NO COST to children 0-6 years of age and their parents/caregivers. Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Readsboro Community Library. We will play, do projects, make our own books, read stories, sing songs & more. Parents/caregivers must attend with child(ren). No registration required. For more information please contact Cyndi Candiloro 423-5460 or Kathy Rapp 423-5069.

THE PTG NEEDS YOU - The Readsboro Central School Parent-Teacher-Group (PTG) would like to hold a community dinner to introduce your club/group to the students and the community members of Readsboro. This is your opportunity to give a presentation of what you do, how you do it and how the students can be involved in community events. Date is TBD when we know how much interest there is. Please call Gig Zboray 423-5313 or Toni Blevens 423-5232.