Select Board Minutes, and Wild Blue Goes Yonder

You'll find the December 10 minutes here. 

Meanwhile, you may have heard the news the Wild Blue is ending service. That leaves Fairpoint DSL and WaveComm. If you have line of sight with the Cardigan summit, and Fairpoint hasn't extended DSL to your road, then WaveComm is your best bet. Even if you can't see the summit from your place, the company may be worth a try. We switched from WildBlue to WaveComm a couple years ago and preferred the service.

Now that Fairpoint DSL has come to Cardigan Mountain Road, though, we're on DSL. Faster and more reliable.

Quick refresher:  WaveComm bounces radio signals off small dishes, much like wifi. The company installs a small transceiver with a modem and charges a monthly or yearly fee. DSL stands for "digital service line," in which data comes over upgraded phone lines. Neither is as fast as cable, but Orange isn't likely to see cable service for some years. WildBlue used satellite, which tends to download quickly but uses regular phone lines for uploading. 

Meanwhile, enjoy the holidays and may you think only of the broadbands around our waists.

Sandi Discovers the Shores of Orange

In the town of Victory, Vermont (pop. 63), Town Explorer Sandi Pierson came across a cemetary at the end of an old tote road. There she found a gravestone with an "Orange Shores," born in 1863. We hope one of our residents names their next kid Orange, so Vermont doesn't hold a monopoly on the name.

Scroll down for the photo. 

Meanwhile, here are the approved Select Board minutes from November 26.

And let us know if you have pictures from the Christmas Party. Pauline and Nathaniel Emerson are getting raves for their bear story.

December Clerk Hours

Sophie Seace reports that Friday, December 20, is the last date the Town Clerk office will be open. Her hours will be 9-11. The office will be closed on Christmas and New Year's. The normal schedule resumes January 4. As always, we will update the Google Calendar. Just check the link whenever you have any questions about Town office hours, trash pickups, and the like.

November 13 Select Board Minutes

You'll find them here. 

November 13 Select Board Minutes

You'll find them here.