🌱 Colchester community mourns 101-year-old leader Malcolm Floyd Severance

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• Colchester community mourns 101-year-old leader Malcolm Floyd Severance

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, snow showers, with a high of 26 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 27, low: 17.
• Saturday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 30 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Malcolm Floyd Severance, 101 (vermontbiz.com) — Colchester readers are saying goodbye to Malcolm Floyd Severance, a 101-year-old former state representative from Colchester who helped shape UVM’s business school and developed Severance Corners. A longtime Colchester landowner and community volunteer, he leaves children in Colchester and Burlington. Visiting hours are Friday, Dec. 12 in Essex Junction, with a memorial service Saturday, Dec. 13 in Burlington.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Colchester

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Friday December 12

• Community Meal – Colchester
  Colchester Recreation Center, 80 Dick Mazza Dr, Colchester
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Winter Band Concert
  CHS Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Baby Storytime
  Burnham Memorial Library > Children's Area , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  10:30 am

Saturday December 13

• Legislative Hour
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  10:00 am
• Drop-In Storytime
  Burnham Memorial Library > Children's Area , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  10:30 am
• Read to Chewie the Therapy Dog
  Colchester, VT Calendar Colchester, VT 05446
  11:00 am
• Saturday Book Discussion: "Octavia's Brood"
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  1:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Mah Jong
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 830 Main Street , Colchester
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Champlain Islands Fiber Bees
  North Hero Methodist Church , 3671 US-2 , North Hero
  11:00 am
• Zach Zimmerman
  Vermont Comedy Club , 101 Main St , Burlington
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Untapped: A Night of Drag and Burly-Q — Green Mountain Cabaret
  Monkey House , 30 Main St , Winooski
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Make your own Holiday Cards - at Specs Cafe
  Standing Stone Wines , 33 Main St , Winooski
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for 4:00 am - 11:00 am Team Member Shifts in Colchester. Apply here.
• City of Winooski, VT posted a job opening for Part-Time, On Call Firefighter in Winooski. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Winooski

• Amid an Immigration Crackdown, 23 New Vermonters Become Citizens (sevendaysvt.com)
• An Ecuadorian family's path to asylum hangs in the balance (vermontpublic.org)
• Obituary: Edmond Joseph Tourangeau Jr., 1970-2025 (sevendaysvt.com)

Burlington

• Time running out to weigh in on Burlington's overdose prevention center (wcax.com)
• Burlington-based sock drive benefits unhoused Vermonters (mychamplainvalley.com)
• Burlington businesses give out winter gear, warm meals during snowy weather (mynbc5.com)

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