WALDEN – In January the select board set a budget with a 2.1% increase. In February, Waldenâs select board heard Lamoille Valley Rail Trail signs would be in place by summer and the fire department discussed possible equipment upgrades to offer rescue services on the trail. $84,122.50 of ARPA funds[Read More…]
2024 Year In Review
Year in Review: Wastewater System Gets Green Light
WOLCOTT â At its January 3 regular meeting, the Wolcott Select Board voted to add a property to the buyback program, made final changes to its draft budget for next fiscal year and accepted bids for work to be done on town buildings. At its February 7 meeting, the Wolcott[Read More…]
Year in Review: In Stannard, Year Marked by Repairs, New Flooding, Visit by Sen. Sanders
STANNARD â A corridor lined with cars and a full parking lot near the town hall greeted town meeting day arrivals as 25 voters gathered, March 5. Re-elected Moderator Tom Gilbert welcomed voters. Constable Warren Nott submitted his resignation, as he was leaving Stannard as a resident. Steve Pickard ended[Read More…]
Year in Review: Marshfield Moves Town Meeting, Controversy over MAP Camping
MARSHFIELD â A story in January featured quotes from Marshfieldâs Town Clerk Bobbi Brimblecombe, saying the town was going to try an experiment, holding their town meeting on Sunday, March 3. Marshfield held an open town meeting on Sunday, March 3. The turnout was higher than last year (150 vs.[Read More…]
Year in Review: Calais Celebrates, Receives Grants and Awards
CALAIS — Early in January, M.T. Andersonâs young adult tale, âElf Dog and Owl Head,â was named as a Newbery Honor Book when the American Library Association announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners. In March, Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his office has secured $525,000 for the Curtis Pond Dam[Read More…]
Year in Review: Plainfield Flooded, Recovers. Goddard Finally Sold
PLAINFIELD â Goddard College will move to online-only education for at least a year, school leaders announced in a community letter in late January. Attorney General Charity Clark sued three loggers, alleging that they stole lumber from five different landowners between February 2018 and February 2020. Clark alleged that David,[Read More…]
Year in Review: Greensboro Divided Over Town Hall Housing Plan, Stymied by Wastewater Plans
GREENSBORO â Filling a gap from last yearâs report, a petition calling for a vote of the electorate to close the Lakeview Elementary School in Greensboro was presented and considered at a special meeting of the Mountain View Elementary School District Board, December 28. Approximately 60 Greensboro residents were in[Read More…]
Local Athletes, Coaches and Teams Earn Honors
AREA SCHOOLS â The local stars were out in 2024, with several area athletes either putting a bow on phenomenal high school careers or bursting onto the high school scene, headlined by the first state championship for the Hazen Union girls basketball team in over thirty years. For the first[Read More…]
