🌱 How a key Sheldon bridge closure could affect your winter driving

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In today's newsletter:

• How a key Sheldon bridge closure could affect your winter driving

Also on today's calendar: Mermaid Crown Headdress Workshop at Spotlight Vintage and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Aging bridges strain Vermont towns as federal infrastructure funding set to expire (wcax.com) — Sheldon residents are facing major bridge troubles, with three of the town’s four locally maintained bridges rated in poor condition and the oldest, Bridge No. 20, now closed through the winter. As federal infrastructure funding winds down and state budgets tighten, local officials worry about how long-needed repairs will be paid for and how that may affect daily travel around town.
   

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📸 Around Sheldon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sheldon

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 8

• 2026 Church Street Celebration — SAM →
  Saint Albans Museum, 9 Church St, St Albans City
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday August 9

• Mermaid Crown Headdress Workshop at Spotlight Vintage →
  Spotlight Vintage, 20 N Main St, St Albans City
  2:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Mike & the Big Blue Trunk
  Haston Library , 5167 Main St, Franklin, VT 05457, USA
  10:00 am

Thursday August 13

• Advanced Directive Workshop
  Haston Library , 5167 Main St, Franklin, VT 05457, USA
  1:00 pm

Wednesday August 26

• Rushmore Returns to the Summer Concert Series →
  Taylor Park, 36 N Main St, St Albans City
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 7

• SUMMER READING PROGRAM FINALE PARTY
  Bent Northrop Memorial Library 164 Park Street, Fairfield, VT 05455
  3:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Northwest Farmers Market →
  Taylor Park, 36 N Main St, St Albans City
  9:00 am
• Light, Sky, Sculpture Photography Workshop →
  Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, 4280 Boston Post Rd, Enosburg Falls
  2:00 pm

Sunday August 9

• Sportsman's Bingo →
  St. Albans Elks Lodge, 44 Gricebrook Rd, St Albans City
  12:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Mike & the Big Blue Trunk
  Haston Library , 5167 Main St, Franklin, VT 05457, USA
  10:00 am
• Girls on the Rise — Habitat for Aviation →
  Habitat for Aviation, 602 Airport Rd, Swanton
  11:00 am

Tuesday August 11

• BABY & ME YOGA
  Bent Northrop Memorial Library 164 Park Street, Fairfield, VT 05455
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Experienced Shift Manager in Enosburg Falls. Apply here.
• Instacart Shoppers posted a job opening for Instacart Shopper - Delivery Driver in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sheldon here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Swanton

• Here are nine recent birth announcements from Northwestern Family Birth Center (samessenger.com)

Fairfax

• Ground collapsing at Fairfax history museum; selectboard contends next steps (samessenger.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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