Well It's a Marvelous Night for a Moondance!

The big news this week is the announcement that MOONDANCE is back and will be held on Friday, October 5^th from 5 to 11. I will have more information here as it develops. You can also follow Moondance’s rise here: http://www.moondancevt.com/index.htm Please take notice that this a volunteer effort. Please consider helping or donating.

This week Windsor also launched a new Town webpage. We have been evolving the function and design since early this year and I am sure it will be an ongoing process. The new site offers 2 “doors” on the home page: discover Windsor, and municipal info. The first door is geared to visitors and residents looking for information on what Windsor has to offer: attractions, restaurants, businesses and economic development. The second door focuses on municipal functions such as contact information, board minutes and the like. Find the webpage at our regular address: http://www.windsorvt.org
We are still tinkering with the coding so there may be a glitch or two. If you have a business that you would like featured on our website please contact my office. There is no cost and we can even help with a basic webpage link.

What the hell! I am sure many tuned in to the two night premiere of Hotel Hell this week. I have heard a number of reactions to the show. In my view the town looked good (though they could have given us a little more air time). Our residents that were featured offered a very friendly face and disposition to the viewers. Harpoon looked like a jamming place, and even the inn was depicted as a wonderful historic inn. I think Gordon Ramsay even said it has the potential of being one of the top inns in New England. As we saw however, the innkeepers got absolutely hammered! We will see if the show is a positive or negative for the inn; it will be up to them to make lemonade out of lemons. I do think the town benefited from the exposure. We saw our web traffic increase from around 100 unique visitors a day to over 1,000 per day in the days leading up to the show. I don’t have the count for after the show.
Finally, in fairness, the inn has also made some dramatic changes as a result of the show. As was noted frequently in the broadcast, the inn needed to appeal to, and earn the support of, locals. The new bar that was installed by the Ramsay team offers great food at reasonable prices and the dining room menu has been completely revamped to make it much more affordable. There is even comfortable outdoor seating to enjoy dinner or a drink on a nice evening. I know this sounds like a commercial, but it is important that we support our local businesses and give them a chance to earn our loyalty.

Windsor Farmers Market & More Sundays Noon to 3
Dog Days come to Windsor Farmers Market. Join us and Lucie Mackenzie Humane Society on the Green. Check out current animals looking for homes; enjoy a free concert and free New Hampshire peaches while they last. Stop in and find out how you can help our local humane society. Market movers are corn, tomatoes, cukes, and pickling cukes by the bushel.

Enjoy lunch at the market with fresh cooked sandwiches and Mediterranean cuisine. Lots of handcrafts including ornament goose eggs by a local artist. Enjoy homemade quiche and farm fresh eggs.

EBT and Debit cards accepted. Participating in 3SquaresVT, Harvest Health, and Farm to Family. Harvest Health Coupons are here! Use your EBT card at the manager’s booth and receive up to $10.00 worth of Harvest Health Coupons to spend at the Market! Remember, your EBT benefits can be used to purchase plants that grow food.

Behind the Scenes Tour at the American Precision Museum
Sunday, August 19 Tour the museum's storage area and learn more about the collection and our historic building. Space is limited to 12 individuals per tour. Please reserve your space by calling (802) 674-5781 or emailing apm@americanprecision.org. People will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. This area of the museum is not handicapped accessible. Admission to the museum is always free on Sunday but there is a $5.00 fee for the tour.

Attention Beekeepers!
Sunday from 11:00-12:00. Bring a couple of your frames for a morning of honey extracting at the Farmers Cupboard next to the Harpoon Brewery. They will have their 20 frame electric extractor up and running and Troy Hall will be there for demonstrations on uncapping, filtering and bottling. Please bring your own jars or bulk containers. Hope to see you there!

The event costs $20 and will be held on Sunday from 11:00-12:00. The Farmers Cupboard is located next to the Harpoon Brewery just north of town. Hope to see you there! Www.vtfarmerscupboard.com

Concerts on the Common – Wednesdays at 6
Great talent, free on the Green, every Wednesday evening at 6pm. The schedule found below can also be found on the Town website in the Park & Rec flyer. http://www.windsorvt.org/recreation-department
Aug 22 Carlos Ocasio
Aug 29 L. Dougher/A. McMahon

New Recycling Procedures are in place
Recycling is expanding in Windsor. All recycling drop offs will take place at WinCycle located at the former Goodyear building, 28 River St. Windsor residents will be able to recycle all plastic containers, glass, aluminum, steel, and paper goods at no charge. Scrap metal will also be accepted. Other items collected for recycling will include appliances and Freon containing devices. A handling charge will be assessed for certain items. Special collection events will be held for items such as tires and furniture. Household trash collection will continue to be offered to residents at the new drop off area. To begin, the drop off area will be open on Saturdays. In the near future, WinCycle will expand its collection hours. If you have any questions, please contact WinCycle at 674-6320 or by email at wincycle@wincycle.org. If you have unused recycling punch cards, refunds will be issued at the treasurer’s office.

Under this new system, there are just two sorts:
1. Mixed Paper
Junk mail, magazines and newspapers
Egg cartons and food/cereal boxes
Phone books & paperbacks
Corrugated cardboard
2. Containers
Glass, bottles and jars
Tin, steel and aluminum cans
#1 - #7 plastic bottles

Windsor in the News
Articles featuring Windsor, residents and businesses

Hotel Hell Related
http://www.windsorvt.org/news/2012/8/14/gordon-ramsay-revamps-juniper-hill-inn-rutland-herald-christ.html

http://www.windsorvt.org/news/2012/8/10/windsor-inn-to-be-featured-next-week-on-new-fox-show-eagle-t.html

Harpoon Point to Point
http://vtdigger.org/2012/08/09/the-11th-annual-harpoon-point-to-point-returns-to-fight-hunger-in-vermont

Simon Pearce names new CEO
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120816/BUSINESS/308160030/Simon-Pearce-names-new-chief-executive?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p