Jamaica Day

09/10/2026

First batch of the Jamaica Day 2026 photos

08/15/2026

And the winners are….
first place - I dream of the ocean by Karoline Wallace
Second place - Tula Pink Butterfly by Holly Meyer
Third place- Sea Nymph by Laura Bittel.
Congratulations to our winners and congratulations to all who participated. It was a beautiful sampling of the craft.

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

Stop by the church from 10 am to 4 pm on Jamaica Day to learn about Abenaki culture from the chief of the Elnu Abenaki Tribe!

08/11/2026

Auntie Depressant will be here on Jamaica Day!
We just never know how she will arrive.
Tall stilts?
Short stilts?
Skate Board?
Motorcycle?
Bicycle?

It doesn’t really matter how she arrives, we just know that she brings joy to all of us, this crazy, fun, loving, talented, giving, wonderful woman!
She is Jamaica’s Auntie Depressant!!!

08/09/2026

What was life like with the first settlers here in a Jamaica?
There are stories about one family in particular, Aaron and Thankful Wildman Butler.
On Jamaica Day, look for the booth with their 4th great granddaughter, Melanie Hazard Keiser.
“Thankful in Jamaica!
Find out if you have Thankful's Green Mountain Grit!
Ring toss
Protect the cabin from the wolves
Survive the first winter
Identify the herbs/food
Are you tough enough for chores
There will be genealogy - see my family line back to Thankful. Talk about her stories and what life was like in the 1780s. Are we related?”

Thankful was an amazing and hardy soul.

Ask Melanie about Thankful fighting off the wolves, her husband gone fighting in the Revolutionary War, clearing the land, raising the kids, being a widow at an early age.