by Gazette Staff CRAFTSBURY – At its April 18 regular meeting, the Craftsbury Select Board discussed topics ranging from a nuisance dog to the Conservation Committee’s planned “Bio Blitz.” The first topic for discussion was what to do about a nuisance dog. Animal Control Officer Kelly Carpenter reported that residents[Read More…]
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Select Board Discusses Freedom and Unity Task Force
by Gazette Staff CRAFTSBURY – At its April 4 regular meeting, the Craftsbury Select Board covered topics including the School Life Association, the Freedom and Unity task force, and committee reports. The first item for discussion was the School Life Association (SLA). Jeri Wohlberg, representing the SLA, explained that she[Read More…]
Neighbors Meet to Consider Area Housing Needs
by Jenny Stoner and Hal Gray, Community Journalists EAST CRAFTSBURY – At the invitation of the East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, March 26, the first Community Housing Forum brought together neighbors to discuss the local lack of affordable housing and ways to address this need. Twenty-five people from Craftsbury,[Read More…]
Village Plan Moves Toward Completion
by Gazette Staff CRAFTSBURY – At its March 21 regular meeting, the Craftsbury Select Board covered a number of agenda items, including an ARPA funds request, committee appointments, and the status of the Craftsbury Village Plan. The first topic for discussion was an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds request[Read More…]
Select Board Discusses CCCC Budget, Hazard Mitigation Plan
by Gazette Staff CRAFTSBURY – At its February 28 regular meeting, the Craftsbury Select Board agenda included a review of the revised CCCC budget, local hazard mitigation, and a proposed flood plain buyout. Craftsbury Community Care Center (CCCC) board members Penelope Doherty and Steve Pitkin presented an overview of the[Read More…]
Craftsbury Community Care Center Awarded Community Grant
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Community Care Center received a $2,000 gift in January from Mike Gauthier of Calderwood Insurance in Hardwick and Co-operative Insurance Companies. The gift, awarded as part of Co-op’s Community Grants program, will be used to purchase an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) unit for the Care Center, making[Read More…]
Select Board Discusses Democracy and Local Participation
by Gazette Staff CRAFTSBURY – At its February 7 regular meeting, the Craftsbury Select Board discussed agenda items ranging from town democracy to ARPA fund spending to a public meeting on the Village Plan this evening (February 15). This first discussion on the agenda featured Susan Clark, co-author of “Slow[Read More…]
GMTCC’s Haley Michaud is a Vermont Presidential Scholar
by Deb Lambert, Community Journalist HYDE PARK – Haley Michaud is no stranger to competition. She started showing calves in Vermont 4-H Dairy Shows when she was eight years old, gaining the confidence, coordination, self-discipline, teamwork and, of course, skills in animal handling, first with the calves, then heifers and[Read More…]