A whimsical cow stands watch at Eagle Pond Farm in Wilmot. Geoff Forester—Monitor staff The rustic Cape where Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon devoted themselves to their writing and to each other.

Justin Hall told the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission while he and his son were fishing in a farm pond near his Reidsville home, they reeled in the 27 lb. 7 oz. channel catfish.

Pond Hall Road is the latest road closure in the village. At the start of the month, the A1071 Ipswich Road was shut for just over a week for carriageway patching prior to surface dressing.

On Eagle Pond, friends and neighbors race to save Donald Hall’s family farmhouse By Michael Levenson Globe Staff ,June 1, 2019, 5:52 p.m.