MONTPELIER – Vermont Parks Forever (VPF), the foundation for Vermont State Parks, recently announced the 2026 Park Access Fund grantees. Since 2016, VPF’s Park Access Fund has granted thousands of free days in Vermont’s state parks to community partners helping to create a more equitable outdoor experience throughout the state.[Read More…]
Area Towns
A meal worth the sting
NEW ENGLAND – One predator-prey interaction always leaves me torn. Birds sparked my love for the natural world years ago, but after my interest lapsed during adolescence, bees brought me back into the fold. So I found myself split between two allegiances the first time I watched a bird, in[Read More…]
Annual Crops and Soils Field Day, July 23
AREA TOWNS – Thursday, July 23, the University of Vermont Extension will hold a crops and soils field day, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with check-in from 9:30-10 a.m. (exhibitors: set up by 9:30 a.m.) The event will showcase agricultural research conducted by UVM Extension’s Northwest Crops and Soils[Read More…]
Twinfield Union School Destination Imagination team returns from finals
AREA TOWNS – Three Vermont “Destination Imagination” teams recently returned from the international Destination Imagination Global Finals in Kansas City, Missouri. Teams from Twinfield Union School, West Rutland School and Cavendish Fletcher Community Library, who met after school in their communities, all presented creative performances demonstrating original solutions to the[Read More…]
2026 Area Graduation Schedules
Fri., June 5, Craftsbury 8th Grade Celebration, 6 p.m. Mon., June 8, Hardwick Elementary 6th Grade Graduation, 5:30 p.m. Wed., June 10, Woodbury 6th Grade Graduation, 5:30 p.m. Wed., June 10, Wolcott 6th Grade Graduation, 6 p.m. Thurs., June 11, Hazen Union 8th Grade Promotion, 5 p.m. Thurs., June 11,[Read More…]
Free entry to Vermont State Parks for eligible residents
AREA TOWNS – For eligible residents, free entry for the day in Vermont State Parks is available for eligible Vermonters including those enrolled in 3SquaresVT, Essential Person Program, Fuel Assistance, General Assistance, Reach Up, Summer EBT and WIC. For those with EBT or WIC card with active benefits, bring the[Read More…]
MVU budget passes
AREA TOWNS – Voters passed the third offering of the Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVU), May 20 in a vote by 612 members of the district’s four communities, with 361 in favor and 251 opposed.Turnout exceeded the second vote in April,.but fell short of the Town Meeting Day turnout[Read More…]
MVU moves to create school consolidation study subcommittee
HARDWICK – Once again voters pressed Mountain View Union Elementary School (MVU) District board members on plans for Woodbury School at a May 14 public informational meeting at Hardwick Elementary School (HES) about the May 20 ballot vote on the FY27 school budget. Community concerns included where funds will come[Read More…]
DPS Commissioner Johnson keynote speaker at VEC’s annual meeting
JEFFERSONVILLE – Vermont Electric Co-op members engaged with speakers at the co-op’s annual meeting held at Smugglers’ Notch Resort, Saturday. Keynote speaker Kerrick Johnson, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service, offered an overview of the power sector regionally and in Vermont and offered a glimpse at what we can expect in the future. He touched on reliability, the[Read More…]
Area legislators unanimously support equal protection amendment
AREA TOWNS – Voters will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed 23rd amendment to the Vermont Constitution guaranteeing equal protection under the law, Tuesday, November 23. An amendment was first proposed in 2019 by Sen. Ginny Lyons (D-Chittendon Southeast), but did not advance according to a 2024[Read More…]
Fairbanks offers educational camps, playgroups
ST. JOHNSBURY – The Fairbanks Museum summer offerings range from playgroup series to week-long themed discovery camps. The Nature Buddies playgroup series will focus on summer topics: animals, insects, plants, gardening, fruits and vegetables. With eight gatherings, registration is required, as space is limited to 10 children in each playgroup. Parents[Read More…]
School budgets headed to third vote with more staff reductions
AREA TOWNS – The Wolcott and Mountain View School districts are each respectively headed to a third round of budget voting. The public information meeting about the Wolcott FY27 budget took place Tuesday, May 12, at Wolcott Elementary School, both in person and virtual. A public information meeting on the[Read More…]
