The Community Center of Jericho and Deborah Rawson Memorial Library invite you to have coffee or tea in the library’s Fireplace Room and meet your neighbors.
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025
2-3 p.m.
Mondays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24. The February 10 class is online only.
Wednesdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, and 26.
Registration required.
This starter-level course in person and on Zoom is for older adults and people with chronic health conditions. There is no charge for classes, but donations to Age Well are appreciated. Email instructor Jo Osborne at [email protected] for the registration link.
A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls — developed at the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions — is an award-winning course for people aged 60 and older that emphasizes practical strategies to manage their fear of falling and to help increase their activity level. Age Well instructor Susan Murray-Grage will teach this free course from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday from January 21 through March 18, 2025, at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Road, in Jericho, Vermont. Class size is limited, and registration is required.
A Matter of Balance is a perfect class for older adults who are concerned about falling or who have fallen in the past; who are interested in improving balance, strength, and flexibility; and who have restricted activities because of falling concerns. During the eight-session course, students will learn to:
- view falls as controllable;
- set goals for increasing activity;
- make changes to reduce fall risks at home;
- exercise to increase strength and balance.
For more information and to register for this free course, contact instructor Susan Murray-Grage at [email protected] or 802-310-6451.
Join Mz. Abbey and the other story time regulars for singing, bouncing, finger games, and, of course, stories!
For kids ages birth to age 5, with a caregiver.
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.
Your state representatives Edye Graning of Jericho and Trevor Squirrell of Underhill will provide an update on Vermont’s legislative session, and answer your questions, from 6 to 7 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month, from January through May 2025.
Tuesdays
January 28
February 25
March 25
April 29
May 27
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, and 25, from 7 to 8 p.m.
All levels of French speakers, as well as the French curious, are welcome to this informal conversation group.
Mystery Book Group
Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m.
When a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in his ancestral home’s garden, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. Call or visit the library to reserve your copy of “The Witch Elm” by Tana French. To attend the discussion via Zoom, email Holly at
[email protected]
Mondays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24. The February 10 class is online only.
Wednesdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, and 26.
Registration required.
This starter-level course in person and on Zoom is for older adults and people with chronic health conditions. There is no charge for classes, but donations to Age Well are appreciated. Email instructor Jo Osborne at [email protected] for the registration link.
Swiftie Friendship Bracelets
Thursday, Feb. 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon [Kids of all ages]
Swifties of all ages are welcome to hang out, chat, listen to some T. Swift, and make friendship bracelets — because you can never have too many!
LEGO Club
Fridays, Feb. 14 and 28, from 3 to 4 p.m.
LEGO Club offers unstructured, free-build time to let your imagination soar.
Duo Laura Markowitz (violin) and John Dunlop (cello).
A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls — developed at the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions — is an award-winning course for people aged 60 and older that emphasizes practical strategies to manage their fear of falling and to help increase their activity level. Age Well instructor Susan Murray-Grage will teach this free course from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday from January 21 through March 18, 2025, at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Road, in Jericho, Vermont. Class size is limited, and registration is required.
A Matter of Balance is a perfect class for older adults who are concerned about falling or who have fallen in the past; who are interested in improving balance, strength, and flexibility; and who have restricted activities because of falling concerns. During the eight-session course, students will learn to:
- view falls as controllable;
- set goals for increasing activity;
- make changes to reduce fall risks at home;
- exercise to increase strength and balance.
For more information and to register for this free course, contact instructor Susan Murray-Grage at [email protected] or 802-310-6451.
A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls — developed at the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions — is an award-winning course for people aged 60 and older that emphasizes practical strategies to manage their fear of falling and to help increase their activity level. Age Well instructor Susan Murray-Grage will teach this free course from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday from January 21 through March 18, 2025, at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Road, in Jericho, Vermont. Class size is limited, and registration is required.
A Matter of Balance is a perfect class for older adults who are concerned about falling or who have fallen in the past; who are interested in improving balance, strength, and flexibility; and who have restricted activities because of falling concerns. During the eight-session course, students will learn to:
- view falls as controllable;
- set goals for increasing activity;
- make changes to reduce fall risks at home;
- exercise to increase strength and balance.
For more information and to register for this free course, contact instructor Susan Murray-Grage at [email protected] or 802-310-6451.
Join us on the second Thursday of every month from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. to play Mah-Jongg. All levels are welcome. Bring Mah-Jongg set, if you have one. The library has two sets.
The dates for 2025 are:
January 9
February 13
March 13
April 10
May 8
June 12
July 10
August 14
September 11
October 9
November 13
December 11
The Underhill Historical Society presents “Underhill in the Civil War,” a talk by Underhill Historical Society president emeritus Scott Tower.
A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls — developed at the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions — is an award-winning course for people aged 60 and older that emphasizes practical strategies to manage their fear of falling and to help increase their activity level. Age Well instructor Susan Murray-Grage will teach this free course from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday from January 21 through March 18, 2025, at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Road, in Jericho, Vermont. Class size is limited, and registration is required.
A Matter of Balance is a perfect class for older adults who are concerned about falling or who have fallen in the past; who are interested in improving balance, strength, and flexibility; and who have restricted activities because of falling concerns. During the eight-session course, students will learn to:
- view falls as controllable;
- set goals for increasing activity;
- make changes to reduce fall risks at home;
- exercise to increase strength and balance.
For more information and to register for this free course, contact instructor Susan Murray-Grage at [email protected] or 802-310-6451.
Have you been thinking about how to approach smartphone and social media use with your kids?
Are you considering the right time to get them a phone, or how to enforce boundaries with the one they already have.
Are you wondering what other parents in our community are doing and thinking on this topic?
Let’s get together and talk about it! Underhill Central School parents Andrea Parikh and Kate Yeh will get the conversation going with a four-part discussion series on the book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” by Johathan Haidt. Andrea and Kate say that although it’s a heavy title, it offers real, actionable solutions. The discussion series is presented in partnership with ReConnect, a growing group of Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District families working to build community around the impacts of smartphones and social media on our kids.
Meetings will be held at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the following Tuesdays, focusing on different sections of the book:
January 21: Part 1 and Part 2
February 18: Part 3
March 18: Part 4
April 15: Recap and Looking Ahead: What’s next for our community?
Those with a Deborah Rawson Memorial Library card can borrow the book or put it on hold via our online catalog; or on Hoopla (audiobook), or Libby (ebook and audiobook) at https://www.drml.org/collections/elibrary
Please join us for any or all of the gatherings, regardless of how much you have or have not read or listened to the book.
The Library Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the library’s meeting room. The meeting is open to all. Those who wish to attend remotely may email [email protected] to receive a link. The 2025 Thursday meeting dates are:
January 16 (Annual Meeting and Budget Vote)
February 20
March 20
April 17
May 15
June 19
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
November 20
December 18
Minutes can be viewed online at https://www.drml.org/about/trustees/
Your state representatives Edye Graning of Jericho and Trevor Squirrell of Underhill will provide an update on Vermont’s legislative session, and answer your questions, from 6 to 7 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month, from January through May 2025.
Tuesdays
January 28
February 25
March 25
April 29
May 27