Last week’s review by David Rodgers, “Woodard discusses films, farms and more,” should have indicated George Woodard’s father is George. His grandfather was Walt.
Paul Fixx
Goddard Spark launchs, April 10
PLAINFIELD – The Goddard Spark is an upcoming lifelong learning program within the former Goddard College campus. The first residency will occur Friday through Sunday, April 10 to 12, with instructors teaching a variety of classes that recognize individualized learning styles, meet individual needs and fosters community. The initial courses[Read More…]
Voters to weigh in on town funds for tire disposal from private property
CABOT – Article 12 of the Cabot Town Meeting Day Warning is an Australian ballot vote asking if voters will approve a grant of up to $10,000 “for the removal and proper disposal of an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 used tires that have been dumped into and along a stream[Read More…]
Welch visits Craftsbury Outdoor Center
CRAFTSBURY – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted a “Common Grounds with Senator Welch” listening session at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. He joined Vermonters in Craftsbury to discuss the cultural and economic importance of winter sports, outdoor recreation, tourism and rural economic development in Vermont. The Senator’s visit came as Vermont’s Olympic athletes were doing well at the Winter Olympics in Italy. “We’re all[Read More…]
Electric department seeks to understand demand, meet it
HARDWICK – A power outage early Tuesday morning, February 16 left most of the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) service territory without service for two or more hours. “The outage was caused by a pole fire owned by Green Mountain Power (GMP) south of our Hardwick substation,” Scott Johnstone, HED General[Read More…]
Welch secures nearly $60 million for Vermont communities
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, announced February 6 that he has secured $58.68 million in federal funds to support 38 Vermont projects, including projects in the Northeast Kingdom, Senator Welch nominated project recipients through the[Read More…]
Outdoor Center adapts to new wax technology
CRAFTSBURY – A July 2025 WCAX story shared that “Researchers have uncovered so-called forever chemicals at regional ski racing areas.” While that story said, “. . . it’s a sign that change is needed, starting at home.” Ollie Burrus at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center (COC) says that change has already[Read More…]
Area school district draft budgets up over 10%
HARDWICK AREA – Draft school district budgets in the Mountainview Union School District, Craftsbury and Wolcott are all up over 10%, with Stannard, having no school of its own, lower. In the second draft of a proposed budget, the Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVUESD) board looked at a decrease[Read More…]
Santa and Grinch
For the record
Last week’s fictional story, “Northern Star (1970),” was written in 1982 to sound like a story from 1970, when paperboys still existed in many places. The story mentions a therapy light, which isn’t a term that came into common usage until the early 1980s as a therapy for Seasonal Affective[Read More…]
Willey’s Winter Wonderland
HED management mystery handled handily
HARDWICK – At a quick special meeting of the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) commissioners last Thursday, Scott Johnstone was formally appointed as the HED general manager The meeting began with an executive session that interim general manager Scott Johnstone and the department’s attorney Ed Adrian were invited to join. When[Read More…]
