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…]
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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…]
Caledonia County Sheriff announces new training officers, promotions
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…]
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…]
