WOLCOTT – The second school budget vote, Tuesday, April 28, failed with150 no votes and 140, just 10 fewer, voting yes on the $6.14 million budget. Three ballots were recorded as spoiled. Just 293 of Wolcott’s 1294 registered voters cast a ballot, meaning the winning no votes represented less than[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Town Hall Sale to Rural Edge Voted Down Resoundingly
GREENSBORO – Three hundred and seventy-four Greensboro voters weighed in today, April 29, with the majority voting against allowing the select board to sign a purchase and sale agreement with Rural Edge for a project to convert the town hall into 16 to 20 apartments. Two hundred-twenty seven of the[Read More…]
Civic Standard Tour, Presentation Held to Consider Building Options
HARDWICK – The Civic Standard hosted a tour of its building at 42 South Main Street in Hardwick and a public conversation in the Hardwick Memorial Building about options for the little building with big questions, as the invitation explained. The Monday, April 28, gathering began at 5:30 p.m., with[Read More…]
Hardwick May Day Protest
VEC Annual Meeting, Community Programs Benefit Community
JOHNSON – Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) holds its annual meeting at Jay Peak Resort, May 10, beginning with a free breakfast at 8 a.m. A VEC Community Fund awards grants to organizations serving community members. It has recently partnered with the Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA) to provide free community[Read More…]
It is no Longer the Country I Grew up in
Though I’m not an avid fan of horse racing, I’ve visited a few racetracks over the years and do pay a bit of attention to the Kentucky Derby. Last weekend I was oblivious to the allegorical significance of the race until the stretch run, when it was announced, “Journalism and[Read More…]
Spring Flowers
Civic Standard Tour & Discussion, April 28
Greensboro Town Hall Voting, April 29
2024 Employment Figures Released
HARDWICK – 2024 Employment in Northern Vermont outside the Burlington metropolitan area is estimated at 89,320, according to the Vermont Department of Labor. That approaches a 2018 employment estimate for 2030, which projected the area’s employment at 89,976. The mean hourly wage was $30.82, equating at an annual salary of[Read More…]
Sen. Douglass Expresses Concern About VHEARTH Bill
MONTPELIER – H.91, dubbed VHEARTH (Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program) by its sponsors in the Vermont House, was introduced with the intent “that unsheltered homelessness be eliminated and that homelessness in Vermont be rare, brief, and nonrecurring.” The bill is now being considered in the[Read More…]
For the record
In the April 9 story, “Saplings to Submit $1M Grant Application for Expansion,” Melissa Jacobs misstated details of the lease agreement signed by Saplings for land on which the childcare center plans a new facility to expand their program. That agreement is between Saplings and the East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church.[Read More…]
