CRAFTSBURY – Four community conversations held by Headwater Community Trust asked the 150 attendees to respond to the question: “How Can We Create Affordable Housing Here?” The intentionally broad question was designed to let everyone talk about what matters most to them, while sharing their experiences, ideas, hopes, knowledge and[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Real estate scams falling in Vermont
VERMONT – A recent report compiling national data about the growing national epidemic of real estate fraud ranks Vermont 51st out of the 50 states and District of Columbia, with a falling rate of scams involving real estate. Data from highlandcabinetry.com shows Vermont with just 17 reports of real estate[Read More…]
You’ve brought us back from the brink
Today, as I write this on Giving Tuesday, I spent the morning listening to Vermont Public’s fund drive as they interrupted the daily news and information. While we place ads in the paper, we can’t come to you hourly until you make a donation. We do, however, have your attention[Read More…]
Headwater Community Trust annual meeting, Dec. 9
CRAFTSBURY – Headwaters Community Trust’s first annual membership meeting is being held Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m., at East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church. A social hour with food and refreshments will be followed by the formal meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. Members of the trust will elect Headwaters’ first board[Read More…]
Federal lawsuit, Sterling College engage board
CRAFTSBURY – Comments by Sterling College President Dr. Scott Thomas at last Tuesday’s select board meeting about that school’s decision to end degree programs after this academic year were eclipsed by the announcement of a federal lawsuit against the town regarding operation of its gravel pit. Plaintiffs James LaRock and[Read More…]
School board members release redistricting survey results
HARDWICK – A survey about the state’s Act 73 redistricting conducted by members of Hardwick’s school boards last month distributed to those attending an October 29 in-person gathering at the Jeudevine Library and on-line was filled out by 84 people. Of those responding, 98.8% felt it was moderately, very or[Read More…]
Students’ Hibernation Feast featured on WCAX
WOODBURY – Kindergarten and first grade students, with their sixth grade buddies at Woodbury Elementary School, prepared and served an on-campus Hibernation Feast to over 100 of their families, teachers and community members, last Tuesday, Nov. 18. The Woodbury Bears’ meal was the culmination of a farm-to-fork and restaurant business[Read More…]
Area disaster recovery projects recommended for funding
MONTPELIER – The Community Development (CD) Board met last Thursday with the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) staff to review applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds. The recommendations will go to the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD), who will then make[Read More…]
Sterling’s 67 year legacy to evolve again
CRAFTSBURY COMMON – With news that Sterling College will be ending its degree programs in the spring, residents have expressed concern about a Craftsbury institution vital to the small community. Alumnx have come forward to share a deep love and appreciation for their time there. An item on Tuesday’s Craftsbury[Read More…]
Deteriorating town hall condition, quarry expansion, land use maps get attention
WOODBURY – Concerns about the condition of the town hall, a zoning variance for expanded operations at the Swenson Granite Quarry and an update of regional land use maps for the Woodbury area occupied the select board at its November 10 meeting, along with the more usual items. Local residents[Read More…]
Hazen Union Dare to be Me class helps plant trees
What is so important about a Vermont education?
I’ve been following the work of the School District Redistricting Commission, created by Act 73 of 2025; the many recent area school board forums about it, and the work of the state’s Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont, created by Act H.887 of 2024. All of them[Read More…]
