WORCESTER — Pizza, nostalgia, tears: Residents packed the gymnasium of this small town’s small school, extolling the virtues of Doty Memorial in the face of its possible closure. About 100 people attended back-to-back community forums Wednesday evening, the first organized by concerned residents and the second by the Washington Central[Read More…]
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Road Closures and Recovery Occupy Town Road Crews
HARDWICK AREA — On July 11, the Hardwick town manager’s office declared damage to Nichols Pond Road, Kate Brook Road, Weeks Place, Bunker Hill Road, Tucker Brook Road, Center Road, Granite Street, Belfry Road. Wolcott Street, Carey Road, Riverside Farm and Hardwick Farms Road were reportedly closed. By July 13,[Read More…]
All Sides of School Closure Shared at Forum
CALAIS – Washington Central Supervisory Union schools held concurrent forums June 26 to hear the public weigh in on possible closure or reconfiguration of the district’s smaller elementary schools in Calais and Worcester. Eighteen people turned out for the Calais forum, where current parents with school-age children were universally in[Read More…]
Curtis Pond Dam Renovation Funded
CALAIS – Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that his office has secured $525,000 for the Curtis Pond Dam Renovation. The Homeland Security funding will support the Town of Calais in constructing a concrete wall upstream from the existing dam. On July 19, 2019, the Agency of Natural Resources {ANR} had the[Read More…]
Robinson Performs April 5 in Calais
CALAIS – Dana Robinson, traditional musician, will perform at the Maple Corner Community Center on Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m. Robinson is an award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, based in Cabot, who combines a singing style with humor and observations about community and place. For over 30 years, Robinson has[Read More…]
East Calais General Store Restored and Ready for Business
by Linda Radtke, The Montpelier Bridge The 1850 store has been restored through the East Calais Community Trust. At the register, U-32 students Bree Tetreault, 15, and Ethan Wichrowski (it was his first day on the job) mastered the complexities of a new system as they chatted with customers. A[Read More…]
Anne Winchester Responds
CALAIS – Select Board Chair Anne Winchester, running unopposed for the remaining year of a 3-year term, answered the Gazette’s questions: Why are you running for select board? Winchester: Last year every member of the select board was brand new. We quickly realized that running a small rural town today[Read More…]
Budget Prioritizes Staff and Road Maintenance
CALAIS – Voters are being asked to approve a budget of $1,693,548 at town meeting on March 5. That budget includes the purchase of a new road grader. Select board comments about the budget note that it is “a larger increase than usual. We know this is hard; we’ve[Read More…]
Calais Author Honored with Newbery Award
CALAIS – Earlier this month, M.T. Anderson’s young adult tale, “Elf Dog and Owl Head,” was named as a Newbery Honor Book when the American Library Association announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners. M.T. Anderson writes of his book, ”As a young reader, I learned to stay away from[Read More…]
State Police Continue Investigation into East Calais Shooting
by Gazette Staff CALAIS – At approximately 11:45 p.m. on December 4, Vermont State Police (VSP) received a report that a man had been shot in East Calais. The incident started an investigation that has produced several updates, but which remains unresolved. In its initial report, at 5:20 a.m., on[Read More…]
It Isn’t Over Yet: July 2023 Flooding a Year Later
HARDWICK, ADAMANT, CABOT, CALAIS, CRAFTSBURY, GREENSBORO, GREENSBORO BEND, MARSHFIELD, PLAINFIELD, STANNARD, WALDEN, WOLCOTT, WOODBURY — One year after a rainstorm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain on the Hardwick area, leading to devastating floods, towns are still dealing with the aftermath. The event began on July 10, 2023, as the Lamoille[Read More…]
Multiple Town Projects Share Preservation Award
CALAIS — The Preservation Trust of Vermont (PTV) has awarded Calais a 2024 Preservation Award of community-wide recognition for multiple projects. In a town of 1,800 residents, Calais reached its population peak in the first half of the nineteenth century. The town has a large number of historic structures and[Read More…]
