Thursday, July 5

•"Weavers Helping Weavers," 7-8:30 p.m., White River Craft Ctr, 50 Randolph Ave., Randolph. For info call 728-8912.

Saturday, July 7

•Randolph Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Central Street, next to OSSU office.

•Rochester Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., southwest corner of the Rochester park, Rte. 100.

•"The Morrill's Celebrate the Fourth of July," join Morrill family interpreters at 11 a.m. at Strafford’s Fourth of July celebration on the Common and for lemonade at the homestead’s new education center. Free.

•Strafford Independence Day celebration: race between the villages starts Coburn’s Store in South Strafford, 9 a.m.; Morrill Memorial and Harris Library book sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the library; parade kicks off from the Morrill Homestead, 11 a.m.; PTA Fair on the common, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Strafford Historical Society quilt display at the Town House, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Firemen’s Auction at the Strafford Fire House starts at noon, Duck Derby behind the Town House, 2 p.m.; softball game with Strafford vs. South Strafford, Varney Field, 3 p.m.; Firemen’s Barbecue, Strafford Fire House, 5 p.m.; Strafford Lions Club Talent Show, Town House, 7p.m.

•Strawberry Supper with ham, homemade baked beans, salads, homemade bread, and strawberry shortcake, serving at 5, 6, 7 & 8 p.m., Pomfret Town Hall. For reservations call 457-1014.

•Baked Bean Supper with ham and homemade pies, seatings at 4, 5, 6 & 7 p.m., Grange Hall, Brownsville. Info: 802-484-3370.

Sunday, July 8

•"Justin Morrill’s Victorian Gardens and Farm," join head gardener Margie Carpenter and walk back in time to discover hidden design elements, structures, plants, and walkways that surround the homestead grounds in the best tradition of the Romantic Landscape Movement, 2 p.m., rain or shine, Morrill Homestead, Strafford.

Monday, July 9

•Open house at Visiting Nurse Assoc. & Hospice of Vt. and N.H., opportunity to learn about home health care, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 36 South Main St., across from Gifford Med. Ctr., Randolph.

Tuesday, July 10

•Annual Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Tunbridge Church, 6:30 p.m., Parish House lawn. Bring a favorite topping and a lawn chair.

Wednesday, July 11

•Bingo Night, 6:30 p.m., Old Town Hall, Brookfield. Proceeds benefit town hall restoration.

•HomeBuyer Orientation Workshop, determine if homeownership is right for you, 5:30–6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Central Vermont Community Land Trust in Barre at 802-476-4493 ext. 211 or www.cvclt.org.

•Mystery novelist Sarah Stewart Taylor talks about her scholarly protagonist Sweeney St. George, 6:30 p.m., Aldrich Public Library, Barre.

Thursday, July 12

Fri.-Sun., July 13-15

•Six Norwich Churches’ 58^th Annual Rummage Sale, Tracy Hall, Norwich; Fri., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (half price, 2-5 p.m.); and Sun., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., bag sale. Proceeds benefit the six Norwich churches. Info: Mary Layton at 649-1973.

Fri. & Sat., July 13 & 14

•Thrift Shop run by the Women’s Alliance, Fri., 4:30-6:30 p.m. and Sat., 9 a.m.-12 noon; Federated Church, Rte. 100, Rochester.

•Green Mt. Military Vehicle Club Annual Rally, with vehicle displays, demos, trail rides, flea market, and more; 9 a.m.-dusk, Norwich University, Northfield. Info: 802-295-2125.

Saturday, July 14

•Randolph Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Central Street, next to OSSU office.

•Rochester Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., southwest corner of the Rochester park, Rte. 100.

•Strawberry Supper sponsored by the First Congregational Church of Royalton, with baked ham, potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw, homemade rolls and strawberry shortcake, serving at 5 & 6 p.m., Academy Building, Route 14, Royalton Village. Take out available. Info: 763-8402.

Sunday, July 15

•Jack Beatty, senior editor of "The Atlantic," speaks about his new book, "Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America," a look at how corporations became king and its effect on democracy; 3 p.m., Rochester Library, Main St., Rochester. Free. 

•Annual Firemen’s Fun Day and Chicken Barbecue, parade starts at 11:30 a.m., chicken barbecue at noon, children's games, greased pole, egg toss and more; proceeds benefit the Broad Brook Volunteer Fire Department, Broad Brook Rd., East Barnard. Info: 763-2314.