CVCC SCHOOL DISTRICT – Voters in the Central Vermont Career Center School District (CVCCSD) had the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot, or go to the polls Tuesday to vote on issuing bonds of up to $149,000,000 to build a new technical center. The 18 towns of the district include[Read More…]
Calais
Maple Corner saves Curtis Pond Dam
CALAIS – Thanks to a three-decade-long community endeavor, Maple Corner’s historic Curtis Pond dam is once again safe and sound. Completion of the longtime effort to replace the endangered Calais dam and preserve the scenic pond behind it was celebrated in fine fashion on a sunny and unseasonably warm fall[Read More…]
Vermont State Police
Negligent Operation, DUI NEWBURY – On October 8, troopers from the St.Johnsbury barracks issued Samuel Mattson of Marshfield, a criminal citation to appear in Orange County Criminal Court on November 5, at 8:30 a.m., to answer the charge of Criminal DLS (driving with a suspended license) and Negligent Operation. On June[Read More…]
Locals shine at Leaf Peepers
WATERBURY – Mack Gardner-Morse of Calais led the way earlier this month at the Leaf Peepers half marathon and 5K as several local runners posted finishes. Gardner-Morse not only won his 60-69 male age group by over three seconds, but also posted an impressive 16th overall finish in the 5K[Read More…]
Art at the Kent
East Montpelier Volunteer Fire Department
Recent calls EAST MONTPELIER – Recent calls by the East Montpelier Volunteer Fire Department include on September 9 at 12:20 p.m., medical, Plainfield; September 11 at 8:58 a.m., medical, Plainfield; 10:05 a.m., medical, Cabot; 1:46 p.m., medical, Marshfield; medical, 2:55 p.m., Plainfield; 5:28 p.m., medical, Cabot; 7:58 p.m., medical, Cabot.[Read More…]
Kent exhibit illuminates mementos, memories, shared humanity
CALAIS – Almost two dozen terra cotta and stoneware clay faces emerge from the surface, top to bottom, starting small and gradually increasing to full heads, creating the illusion they are coming into the room from the past. These are the faces of struggling people. Life’s hard for so many[Read More…]
Vermont State Police
Domestic assault, criminal threatening EDEN – September 2, at 8:32 a.m., troopers from the Williston Barracks were notified of an incident on Ober Hill Road in the town of Eden. Members of a lawn care company, Michael R. Shedd and Tyson Lisson of Hardwick, and Dakota Armstrong of Wolcott, arrived[Read More…]
Two-town honk and wave, Sept. 2
HARDWICK, CALAIS – Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 10 a.m., Indivisible Hardwick and Indivisible Calais will host a two-town honk and wave event, to take place at the Hardwick Peace Park, located at 34 Main Street. More information is available at [email protected].
Words Out Loud series begins Sept. 14
CALAIS – “Words Out Loud,” Sunday afternoon fall reading series, returns as part of event offerings for Art at the Kent’s exhibit, “Holding,” at the Kents’ Corner State Historic Site. “Words Out Loud: Knowing by Heart,” features six Vermont authors, two on each of three Sundays in September. On September 14, author[Read More…]
“Mementos Kept, Memories Kindled” Through Oct. 12
CALAIS – Art at the Kent’s once-a-year exhibition runs every Friday through Sunday, October 12, “Holding: Mementos Kept, Memories Kindled,” includes the curated creations of 22 Vermont artists. Visitors can view these works inside the historic structures of the Kents’ Corner State Historic Site. The exhibition looks at memory, lost and found, vivid and fleeting,[Read More…]
Calais Town History Tour now Available
CALAIS – Visitors and town residents now have access to a guided audio tour of Calais history created by the Calais History Preservation Commission. The Calais Town History Tour is presented in twenty-one episodes, each four to five minutes long that can be downloaded to a smartphone. Each segment can[Read More…]
