Sen. Bernie Sanders will host five town meetings this weekend across northern Vermont to discuss the economy.  Sanders will host these town meetings in Richford, Orleans, Hardwick, Stowe and Bradford with free meals and ample opportunity for the public to ask questions and voice their opinions.  These meetings will be followed by a meeting on health care with author T.R. Reid. 

To watch the senator talk about the importance of town meetings, click here.

These events are free and open to the public.

Richford Town Meeting

When: 9 a.m. free breakfast, 9:30 meeting, Saturday, May 30, 2009

Where: The Crossing Restaurant, 14 Province Street, Richford

Orleans Town Meeting

When: 12 noon free lunch, 12:30 p.m. meeting, Saturday, May 30, 2009

Where: Orleans Municipal Building, 1 Memorial Square, Orleans

Hardwick Town Meeting

When: 6 p.m. free light dinner, 6:30 p.m. meeting, Saturday, May 30, 2009

Where: Hazen Union School, 126 Hazen Union Drive, Hardwick

Stowe Town Meeting

When: 10:30 a.m. free brunch, 11 a.m. meeting, Sunday, May 31, 2009

Where: Pie in the Sky Restaurant, 492 Mountain Road, Stowe

Bradford Town Meeting

When: 5:30 p.m. free dinner, 6 p.m. meeting, Sunday, May 31, 2009

Where: Bradford Senior Center, 176 Waits River Road, Bradford (first building on the left after Farm Way)

Health Care Town Meeting in Burlington

Senator Bernie Sanders will host a town meeting on health care with author T.R. Reid at 7 p.m. Monday, June 1 in the Burlington Unitarian Church.  Reid, a longtime foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, is completing work on his tenth book "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care," due out in August 2009. 

Who: Senator Bernie Sanders and T.R. Reid, author of the forthcoming book entitled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care"

What: Town Meeting on Health Care Reform

When: 7 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2009

Where: Burlington Unitarian Church, 152 Pearl Street, Burlington