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Lilly Barron reelected treasurer as budget, allocations all pass
WOODBURY – The Saturday town meeting began with Stephen Murphy’s election as Woodbury Town Moderator, February 28, then moved on to correct errors in the 2025 Town Report. The names of Cemetery Commission Secretary Stephanie Appleton and Member Amy Eldred were added and the amount requested by the Vermont Rural[Read More…]
Local residents receive recognitions for humanitarianism
HARDWICK – Master of Ceremonies Sherry Lussier opened the 2025 Hardwick Humanitarian Awards Program February 23 by recognizing current and past Kiwanian’s in the room, then sharing the exceptional quality of the evening’s award recipients, “as they are every year,” she said. She was assisted in presenting the awards by[Read More…]
Hardwick Town Meeting votes to acquire Buffalo Mountain Town Forest property, no on 1% option tax
HARDWICK — Well over 200 people showed up to vote on town meeting day in Hardwick. The town budget passed on a paper ballot with 167 voting yes and 72 voting no that took over 90 minutes for the voting and counting. The 1% local option tax failed and the[Read More…]
MVUESD Directors appointed, meeting date changed
HARDWICK – The Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVUESD) meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 24, began with the election of a new moderator. Steven Freihofner was nominated and elected as long-time Moderator Orise Ainsworth was unable to preside. Moderator Freihofner then presided over the meeting, read the warning and established ground[Read More…]
What’s the solution?
With Vermont’s Town Meeting Day upon us, most questions involve funding, or who will be responsible for making decisions in our towns. At school district meetings we have budgets for education to vote on, most of which have gone up, some astronomically for several years. Our state legislature ponders education[Read More…]
Advocates, legislators celebrate Universal School Meals
HARDWICK – “Universal meals is the right thing to do for our children, families, communities and education,” said Valerie Hussey, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) Food Services Director last week. Legislators, supporters and advocates from Hunger Free Vermont, the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and the Vermont Farm to School[Read More…]
District clarifies Pre-K configuration, respects voter wishes
CALAIS – Following the February 10 vote in which Calais and Worcester voters overwhelmingly voted not to close their schools, rejecting school board recommendations to consolidate five schools into three, Calais residents have learned Pre-K students from Calais will need to enroll elsewhere, a fact confirmed by School Board Chair[Read More…]
State Historic Preservation Office announces preservation excellence awards
MONTPELIER – The Vermont State Historic Preservation Office recently announced Curtains Without Borders (curtainswithoutborders.org) was honored with a Preservation Excellence award for its dedicated preservation of Vermont’s historic painted theater scenery. The Townshend Historical Society and Townshend Select Board were similarly honored for their preservation stewardship and ambitious rehabilitation efforts[Read More…]
School radon testing results mixed
VERMONT – Auditor Douglas R. (Doug) Hoffer released information on February 19, about research his department has done on radon testing in schools. “Vermont schools should be healthy and safe environments in which to learn and work,” he said. The Vermont Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a[Read More…]
Funding awarded to prioritize high-speed internet in local area
NORTHEAST KINGDOM, CENTRAL VERMONT – Last week Vermont Governor Phil Scott thanked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for approving Vermont’s $100 million proposal to use Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding to extend access to reliable, high speed and affordable broadband services to areas in Vermont[Read More…]
Garage raccoons, Swenson Granite expansion, spring repairs discussed
WOODBURY – In a wide-ranging meeting that lasted over three hours, February 9, the Woodbury Select Board took up repairs at Woodbury Elementary School to meet state fire and safety codes, a pending zoning application by Swenson Granite for its Woodbury Quarry, raccoons falling from a leaky town garage ceiling[Read More…]
