Garden report: I have three tomatoes, larger than a pea but smaller than a golf ball. And they are all on one plant.
The volunteer morning glory has now sprouted.
Leaves from the broccoli and red cabbage plants were bitten off and left lying on the ground. There were not many but I was surprised. Nothing has been eaten from my plants in all the years I have had my raised beds. Slugs and beetles make holes in the leaves but this was a clean cut.
I put up a chicken wire fence and will keep an eye out for a vegetarian animal.
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I was dismayed that it was so hard to write the words New Jersey in the articles about the Colonial pipeline. The reports said the line began in the South and ended in the metropolitan New York area or outside New York City. Guess where New Jersey is — outside New York City.
If you have ever been on the New Jersey Turnpike , you know exactly where the pipeline ends, the oil tanks can’t be missed.
Full disclosure — I am a Jersey girl.
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More good news that is getting us closer to pre pandemic times. The Bangs Center and Town Hall are now open in Amherst. There are restrictions, however.
Some in person classes are being held at the Bangs Center. Other programs are still via Zoom. Call 259-3060 to get the list or visit the web site. Only 15 can attend a class and masks are required.
Town Hall access is only available by the Main Street door. Greeters will help direct you to the service and staff you need. The issue is to limit the number of people waiting at a service desk. Masks are required in the building.
Finally, the Jones Library will open June 14. Again, there will be limits on the number of people in the building and the time you can browse. The Munson Memorial and North Amherst libraries will not be open to the public yet.
I was able to get a quick tour of the Senior Center. There is new washable furniture, new carpeting, new paint and redesign of the space. It looks great.
Mary Beth Ogulewicz, Senior Services director, explained why the Bangs Center is opening. She told me, “one reason the Senior Center can begin scaling up is vaccination rates of seniors.”
Over 75% of residents 50 years and older are vaccinated. For those 65-74 it’s 90%. We have the second best rate of towns in the area. The first is Williamsburg, which has 99% of its residents 50 and older vaccinated.
Please don’t keep Amherst second rate, get vaccinated.
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