Mount Holly Newsflash - Friday, January 21, 2022 The weather today in Mount Holly -Sunny. High near 6, with temperatures falling to around 0 in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as -26. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
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Another Cold Weekend!
It's going to be a bit on the chilly side this weekend. We are thankful our farm stand is heated for your shopping pleasure! We'll be open all weekend (12:00-5:00).
Cold weather to me means comfort food. Roasted chicken would be at the top of my list. And then you can use any leftovers for a delicious pot of chicken soup.
Get those slow cookers and instant pots ready for one of our amazing pork shoulders! Add some bbq sauce, and you're ready for some yummy bbq pulled pork sandwiches! Did you know we carry Grandpa Jim's BBQ Sauce in our farm stand?!
Ground beef, ground beef, ground beef!! We use ground beef in so many of our meals like... chili, meatloaf, meatballs, stuffed peppers, hamburger steak and gravy and so on. Sold in 1lb packages, you'll need to add this to your shopping list!
Fresh bread and pastries available on Saturday folks. Get 'em while we got 'em as they do sell quickly!
Our produce table at the moment includes: garlic, onions, potatoes, butternut squash, dried beans, carrots, beets, turnips, and apples. Greens in the fridge await you as well!
For quick and easy nights, we've got Goodman's take and bake pizza and Vermont Fresh Pasta's ravioli and pasta. Seems like we've got you covered!
Thanks for everyone who follows us on Facebook and Instagram! Last week we shared with you how we changed our weekly Friday night dinner with the grandchildren in our very own stay at home restaurant. We had a blast sharing with you and we will be doing this again in the near future.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Remember to be aware of cars, farm equipment, dogs, and grandchildren when pulling into the driveway to our farm stand. We are located at 1966 Healdville Road in Mount Holly and are open Tuesdays through Sundays from 12:00 - 5:00.
Hello from Montpelier, once again. The legislative session has resumed and for the first time since March 2020, we are mostly in person, with many of us physically in Montpelier in the State House, including myself writing this right now. There are still options for members to be remote and vote remotely if COVID circumstances in their lives require it, and masks are required in the building at all times, but it is exciting for things to be getting closer to something like normal. As always, everything is immediately moving very quickly here. This is sort of an abnormally big year for the legislature, although so far in my time in the legislature each year has felt unique in its own way. This year the uniqueness comes from redistricting, with the state receiving the data from the decennial US census. Based on that data, we know that the ideal population for a single-member house district is now 4,287 (based on the state population 643,077 divided by 150 representatives). For reference, based on the new census data our district now has 4,653 residents, which is 8.5% more than the ideal size. So our district may look a little different in the next election. Although I will caution it is still VERY early in the process, so a lot of things WILL still change. But there are a couple different district map proposals out there, with one carving out a section of Gates Road in Mount Holly from the rest of our existing district, and those residents would then vote with Wallingford, Clarendon and West Rutland for two House seats, while another proposal would put Mount Holly and Shrewsbury with Wallingford and put Ludlow with Plymouth, Andover and Weston. All of these proposals are now in front of the House Government Operations Committee for consideration and they will be the ones to create the final map, and they will be holding public hearings for input as part of the process. While they may start with one of these maps as a base to begin their conversations, we may still end up with a completely different district than what has been proposed thus far, hopefully similar to what our district looks like now. All of this work is going on in House Gov Ops in addition to major progress with the state employees pension negotiations, which I plan to elaborate on more next month as that plan moves through the House. As I said in my December article I am still weighing resuming my coffee hours, and hope to be able to do so in the next couple months. In the meantime I will still leave my phone number at the bottom of this article, please call or text me anytime. I rarely use Facebook but I do have an account and you can also message me on Facebook Messenger anytime. Please do not rely on emailing me exclusively, I get too much to respond to and at this point assume most of it is spam if I don't already have your email address.
Talk soon,
Logan Nicoll Ludlow, Mount Holly, Shrewsbury 802-345-8430
