GREENSBORO – As the big top tents came down early in October, Circus Smirkus Executive and Artistic Director Rachel Schiffer was already looking at scenarios for the 2026 season, while focusing on fundraising in the short-term. The organization’s usual staff of seven or eight people has recently managed three programs:[Read More…]
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Hardwick buildings removed by FEMA
New town website goes live
CRAFTSBURY – A new website at craftsbury.gov debuted October 1. The site has links to select board and other meeting archives with agendas, minutes and videos. The website introduces the town by saying, “Founded in 1789, Craftsbury is one of Vermont’s oldest and most picturesque towns. With its classic New England village green, historic buildings, and panoramic[Read More…]
HCTV appoints MacKenzie executive director
HARDWICK – “Lance MacKenzie will be filling the roll [sic] of [HCTV] Executive Director. Lance has been a field producer with HCTV for a year now, so you may know him as ‘Lance on Camera,’” said an October 31 email message and a blog post on the Hardwick Community Television[Read More…]
Federal websites and the Hatch Act
Americans visiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service website to learn what might be happening with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which have been threatened to end on November 1, during the Federal Government shutdown, have seen some version of yesterday’s message copied below,[Read More…]
WOW Wednesday has middle-schoolers learning outdoors
CRAFTSBURY — Craftsbury Middle School students in grades six to eight leave the classroom each Wednesday for the WOW (With Out Walls) program. Vermont becomes a classroom every Wednesday as they have picked blueberries, gone rock climbing and visited the shores of Lake Champlain. All 59 middle-schoolers made the 1.6[Read More…]
Mural unveiled at Harry’s Hardware features Vermont scenes
CABOT – Cabot School sophomores Molly Paire and Freya Van Deusen unveiled a mural featuring Vermont scenes they painted on a wall outside Harry’s Hardware on Main Street. Class members were on hand for the occasion in a light drizzle Friday afternoon and Kyla Kerrigan brought her class of kindergarteners[Read More…]
Elementary School repairs concern MVUESD representatives
WOODBURY – A request for a monthly community pot luck, needed elementary school repairs and future financial planning were considered at the Woodbury Select Board’s October 13 meeting. Woodbury’s representatives to the Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVUESD) Darren Usinowicz and Heather Meacham were at the meeting to bring[Read More…]
Walden Town Report wins state awards contest
WALDEN – The town report of Walden, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, earned an award in the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) annual Town Report Contest. Walden’s report was among nine finalist award winners in three population categories selected from 62 entries by a panel[Read More…]
