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…]
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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…]
