ST. JOHNSBURY – Caledonia County Sheriff Brandon Thrailkill announced accreditations and promotions that have recently occurred within the department. On January 23 Lieutenant Brian Tallmadge, Deputy Doug Morrill and Deputy Bobbie Roy completed Field Training Officer (FTO) School. “This is a great accomplishment and addition within the department as we[Read More…]
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Pharmacy funding confirmed for Caledonia County
ST. JOHNSBURY – Senator Welch’s recent announcement of $1,400,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) awarded to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) for the development of one or two Caledonia County pharmacies came as a surprise to the organization, which had requested the funding for 2024, but wasn’t selected. “We have[Read More…]
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Area representatives support extending Act 181 implementation
MONTPELIER – Individual members of the Vermont tri-partisan Rural Caucus met in the Vermont Statehouse Cedar Creek Room to call for passage of H.730, which would extend the implementation timeline for Act 181, aligning local and regional mapping with the Land Use Review Board (LURB) rulemaking process. “While Act 181[Read More…]
Journalism awards, report announced at Statehouse
MONTPELIER – Leaders from the newly formed Vermont Journalism Coalition (VJC) and the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF), as well as Senator Andrew Perchlik and Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas held a press conference February 4, sharing a new report on the state of Vermont’s news media landscape and[Read More…]
School PCB testing must continue
The House Committee on Education has discussed and heard testimony on H.542, a bill that proposes to end testing of additional schools for 8 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). While the bill, introduced by Rep. Conlon of Cornwall, will allow remediation of schools previously identified to have unacceptable levels of PCBs, it[Read More…]
Helms advances to regional Poetry Out Loud competition
HARDWICK – Will Helms, an 11th-grade student at Hazen Union School, has been announced as the school winner of the Poetry Out Loud competition held on December 23. Helms will advance to the regional Poetry Out Loud contest, coordinated by the Vermont Arts Council and the Flynn, February 12 at[Read More…]
Circus Smirkus suspends Summer 2026 Big Top Tour
GREENSBORO – “After many months of planning, financial modeling, and careful consideration, the Smirkus Board and leadership have made the difficult decision not to hold a Big Top Tour program in Summer 2026,” wrote Circus Smirkus Executive and Artistic Director Rachel Schiffer in a message addressed to Smirkus friends and[Read More…]
Schoolhouse receives 2026 Historic Preservation Grant
WOLCOTT – The Wolcott Schoolhouse, constructed ca. 1855, has received a $20,000 grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP) and the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as part of $330,211 in Historic Preservation Grant awards to 19 municipalities and non-profit organizations in nine counties. This funding will[Read More…]
Downtown traffic study results accepted
HARDWICK – A study looking at vehicular and pedestrian traffic in downtown Hardwick came to a close at the February 5 Hardwick Select Board meeting with the board’s acknowledgement that the public engagement process had come to a close. With that vote, the next step becomes a search for funding[Read More…]
Energy, Climate Action Committee promotes energy efficiencies
GREENSBORO – At the end of 2024 the town received a $122,000 Municipal Energy Resilience Program state grant to fund energy efficiency improvements in the Greensboro Free Library. During 2025, the Greensboro Energy and Climate Action Committee (ECAC) led the energy efficiency upgrades at the Greensboro Free Library which will[Read More…]
Buffalo Mountain Town Forest project receives funding award
VERMONT – The Buffalo Mountain Town Forest project was among seven Vermont conservation projects that received funding from the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Vermont. Of $500,000 in funding to support the protection of 1,460 acres of critical habitat across the state, $100,000 was awarded to the Hardwick project, the[Read More…]
