Come help with the volunteer effort this weekend! We will be gathering at the Rochester Town Offices at 10 am and hope to get people down to the River to clean up the banks on Saturday Oct 15th. Please wear sturdy boots or rubber boots and bring work gloves, lunch and water for yourself. We will also be doing a big cleanup day on October 22nd in conjunction with the State of Vermont. The routine will be the same–town office at 10 am etc. Please join us for one of these days!
You can also connect directly with someone who needs help by visiting our Need Some Help page and responding directly to the requests for help there.
If you or someone you know needs help, please either post on our Need Some Help page or contact Helene Massimino at 767-4245.
Thank you Sue!
To Jack Carlton
Yes the 73 bridge is open and you can get to Maple Hill. From 89 go thru Bethel and take Campbrook road over to Rochester. Safe traveling.
Can someone confirm that the Route 73 bridge is now permanently open as I am planning to get to my place by Maple Hill next week. I saw something from Vt Trans about taking the single lane bridge down October 26th to build a culvert. Our place is near Maple Hill so I need to get there from Rt 100.
Any info with clarity to this would be appreciated as soon as possible.
Thank you!
I am still available to help with phone answering, mail answering, helping fill out forms, making sandwiches etc. — Anything not too hard on a bad back… please let me know.
767 3902
Ladybelle/Isabella
Cynthia,
Just realizing my phone number is posted incorrectly in earlier message. Please call 802-989-8196 or 802-443-5772 when you have ten minutes or so for us to talk.
We are developing a volunteer coordination program that I feel could be exciting and helpful to your efforts. I would love to share the concept with you and learn if Rochester could benefit from this offer.
My best to you!
Lisa
Cynthia, I and a group of volunteers in Addison County have an idea on helping with the re-group effort to continue coordination efforts for volunteering and help keep the momentum going!
I would like to share this idea with you to see if it would be useful and learn how we can coordinate. Would you please call me at 802-898-8196 so we can discuss.
I’d greatly appreciate it!
Lisa
I am looking for a 2 bedroom house or apartment for someone who’s apartment was condemned due to the flood – preferably in Rochester. Call Helene 767-4245 if you can help.
UPDATE: ACCESS ROUTE TO ROCHESTER AND RT 73 BRIDGE UPDATE- I’ve been trying to get up there to help with the clean up efforts however have not had access from Rt 89 Bethel, nor access to our home at Great Hawk.
Can someone please provide me with a Rt 107/100 and bridge update?
Many thanks- Jack
FLOODED HARD DRIVE??? If your computer was damaged during the flood there is a chance that data can still be retrieved from the hard drive if the computer was powered down when the damage occured. Sean Lee from Pittsfield (formerly of Rochester)is an IT guy willing to help try to recover your data. Sean is generoulsy offering to help flood victims for free. His number is 746-9910. Thanks Sean!
GOLFERS! VOLUNTEER DAY at White River Golf Club on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st.
Bring wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, hoes, any hand tool that could help remove flood debris. Anyone with heavy equipment (tractors with buckets, skidsteer with bucket, excavators, etc.)
is welcome.
Call Eric Richardson for details. 234-9565 (home) or 747-8350 (cell)
Thank you to those that volunteered to get the Park House recycling. It’s much appreciated!
Hi there,
I am looking for someone with a truck who would be willing to move a large amount of recycling from the Park House to the Town Offices parking lot on recycling day, Saturday Oct 1st. Is there anyone out there who lives right in town who might be able to do this?
Thanks! Cyndi
Oh Wendell!! You are too sweet. Thank you. I will keep in touch.
Oops, I meant Cyndi…
Cynthia,
When the “Island” has been rejoined to the town I will be happy to do whatever I can to repair your driveway. Let me know!
Wendell
Jeffrey and VIckie and everyone else who posted that they can come on Saturday. Please read the information above about where to show up and what to bring, etc. and we will be very happy to see you at the volunteer desk in front of the Town office on Saturday morning! Thanks for being willing to help. Cyndi
HI Kris,
You didn’t leave any contact info, so it is a bit hard to coordinate tomorrow with you via this message board. Please give me a call at 802-767-9100 and lets see if I can’t get you to somewhere you can help. I will be up at 7 in the morning on Friday, so any time after that is fine. Cyndi
Keith, if you are in Stockbridge, go to the Ted Green Ford dealership and check in there with the Volunteer coordinator. They will send you out on an assignment–you are definitely needed in Stockbridge! Thanks. Cyndi
I have 6 people ready to volunteer on Friday 9/16. What time should we show up and where? Any chance someone could answer this question soon since I need to let these folks know what we are doing tomorrow?
I will be in the Stockbridge area 9-16 and 9-17 and would like to help wherever I can. Have limited tools and am able bodied.