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CALAIS – A petition began circulating last month expressing concern about the decision of the Washington Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) administration to move Calais pre-K and kindergarten students…
EAST HARDWICK— The northeast remains persistent in its cool and wet conditions for the rest of this week, thanks to a large upper-level low situated over Hudson Bay, which continues…
Sunday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day, declared by UNESCO as “a day of support for media which are targets for the restraint or abolition of press freedom.” The…
HARDWICK – A student-led cleanup effort to improve water quality along Cooper Brook resulted in the removal of 175 tires and additional debris, May 1. Kaitlyn Cloutier (left), Matthias Patoine…
EAST HARDWICK – For many in the New England region, spring showers aren’t the only expectation for the season. Many families anticipate the sweet smell of boiling sap, one that can…
Lotty Roozekrans and son River, 2, of Johnson. pick up debris on Atkins Field during a Cooper Brook cleanup effort, May 1. Roozekrans works for the Center for an Agricultural…
WOODBURY – The April 13 meeting of the select board saw a number of updates on various matters, with FEMA buyouts in the village complete and demolition soon to come,…
HARDWICK – A summer study committee submitted its Dam Emergency Operations Planning Report to the Vermont General Assembly on August 18, 2025. The committee identified gaps in the emergency operations…
To the editor, Karen Collier posted several questions on Front Porch Forum about the Buffalo Mountain Town Forest that people around Hardwick are asking. Thank you, Karen. Here are the…
HARDWICK – In 2025 the Town of Hardwick was presented with the extraordinary opportunity, to be essentially gifted a significant piece of land on Buffalo Mountain, for perpetual access and…
HARDWICK – In my last post I talked about the elephant in the room. I’m dismayed to say that the elephant is alive and well. I attended the MVU School…
EAST MONTPELIER – Is the Strait of Hormuz open or not? If it is at all, whose ships are allowed to pass through it? Is the American blockade of Iranian ports…
MONTPELIER – There’s an old saying in Montpelier, “When the budget is done, we’re done.” Sen. Scott Beck Agreement on the budget marks the end of the legislative session. Each…
MONTPELIER – If you wake up at 9 p.m. with a high fever, a worsening cough, or a child who just doesn’t seem right, you don’t have many options. You can wait…
MORRISVILLE – The parking lot was full when I pulled in at Snap Fitness, a full-service gym in Morrisville. I’d driven an hour from South Burlington to be in the…
CRAFTSBURY – For the last six decades, Claire Van Vliet has been producing some of the most extraordinary artist book editions in her quiet corner of Newark. Her Janus Press…
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Azaleas and other rhododendrons are fixtures in yards and gardens for good reasons: they’re attractive, well-behaved, and easy to care for. But which is which? Rhododendron…
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – The changing colors of fall leaves is undeniably one of the great spectacles of the northern hardwood forests. But consider for a moment the other end…
GREENSBORO – The world premier of a new documentary film about Peter Schumann, “An Artist Responds to War: Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theatre” was given its showing last…
Thursday, May 7 Play: “Quest,” 7 p.m., Cabot School Performing Arts Center, 25 Common Road. Reservations recommended: tinyurl.com/Questreservations. Friday, May 8 Community contra dance, 7 to 9 p.m., Willey Building…
