🌱 How Colchester volunteers helped honor over 10,000 Vermont veterans

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• How Colchester volunteers helped honor over 10,000 Vermont veterans
• Colchester teen’s award-winning poem celebrates those who truly love life

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• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 29 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Afternoon snow showers, temps: high: 40, low: 22.
• Thursday: Variably cloudy and breezy, with a high of 44 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wreaths Across America honors Vermont veterans with over 10,000 wreaths (wcax.com) — Colchester hosted a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Fort Ethan Allen Cemetery, where volunteers honored local veterans by placing wreaths on more than 1,000 graves. The event helped Vermont organizers surpass 10,000 wreaths statewide, with ceremonies also held in Randolph, Montpelier, and another planned in Stamford.
   

• Young Writers Project: ‘Those who love life' (vtdigger.org) — A Colchester 16-year-old, Campbell Clarke, is highlighted for an award-winning poem celebrating people who embrace life fully and lift others up. Published through the Burlington-based Young Writers Project, the piece was recognized in November by The Tomorrow Project, a civic engagement initiative encouraging Vermont teens to share their voices.
   

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Thursday December 18

• Tai Chi: Beginning Tai Chi- Colchester
  Colchester Recreation Center, 80 Dick Mazza Dr, Colchester
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Winter Band Concert @ CHS PAC
  Colchester High School , 131 Laker Ln , Colchester
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Storytime
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  10:30 am
• Lego Club
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 830 Main Street , Colchester
  4:00 pm
• Read to Theo the Therapy Dog
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  4:30 pm
• Trivia for Adults & Teens
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  5:45 pm
• Winter Chorus Concert @ CHS PAC
  Colchester High School , 131 Laker Ln , Colchester
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Young Writers, Kindergarten to 5th Grade
  Colchester, VT Calendar , 830 Main Street , Colchester
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Community Meal – Winooski
  Winooski Senior Center , 123 Barlow St , Winooski
  11:30 am

Thursday December 18

• OPEN MIC NIGHT — specs
  specs café-bar , 7 W Canal St # 1 , Winooski
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Maria Bamford
  Vermont Comedy Club , 101 Main St , Burlington
  8:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Montpelier Monthly Hook-In
  Trinity Methodist Church , Montpelier, VT, VT, United States
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Winooski

• Winooski superintendent speaks up for immigrants — himself included (vermontpublic.org)
• Breaking: Burlington acupuncturist held in federal child porn case, for now (vermontdailychronicle.com)

Burlington

• Solidarity not charity: Free food offered on Market Street in South Burlington (vtdigger.org)
• Bonita "Bonnie" King Durell (vtdigger.org)
• Seven Can't-Miss Vermont Events This Week: December 17-26, 2025 (sevendaysvt.com)

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