GREENSBORO — Sister Gail Worcelo with Greensboro’s Green Mountain Monastery adapted a 1,000 year old tale for a reading in the Greensboro United Church of Christ (UCC) sanctuary, Sunday afternoon, Mar. 1: “The Animals Case Against Humanity” is said to have originated in India, been written down by Sufi Muslims[Read More…]
Greensboro
Alumni Participate with Winter Meeting
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Historical Society held its winter meeting last Sunday afternoon in the Fellowship Hall of the United Church of Christ with a fine turnout. The engaging topic was the history of the Greensboro High School, with over a dozen alumni participating. Erika Karp then gave a brief[Read More…]
Mountainview Budget, Bond to be Voted
HARDWICK – Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVU) voters in Hardwick, Greensboro, Stannard and Woodbury will have the opportunity to vote on the $8.97 million school budget and a $1.2 million bond to mitigate PCBs in Hardwick Elementary School (HES), town meeting day, Tuesday, March 4. The budget represents an[Read More…]
Ladies Walking Society Gets Up and Out
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Ladies Walking Society (GLWS) is an informal, loosely organized group of women who “are very conscious of how important it is to get up three mornings a week and do something and be with people to avoid isolation and sloth!” said Cilla Bonney-Smith. She’s the host[Read More…]
Multiple Sources Say No Lead, Asbestos in Town Hall
GREENSBORO — A recent debate on Front Porch Forum led to questions about the safety of the town hall space, and whether its tenants were aware of these issues, such as the alleged presence of lead paint or corroded pipes. According to Lorelei Wheeler, administrative assistant at the Mountain View[Read More…]
Greensboro Among Towns Forfeiting Wastewater Funds
MONTGOMERY — To add housing in much of Vermont, wastewater infrastructure is needed. Local opposition can kill it. Gov. Phil Scott’s administration has made prioritizing such infrastructure projects a cornerstone of his housing agenda. Standing near the main crossroads in this eastern Franklin County town of 1,200, Charlie Hancock made[Read More…]
Historical Society Winter Meeting, March 2
GREENSBORO – Sunday, March 2, at 2 p.m., in Fellowship Hall at the Greensboro United Church of Christ, 165 Wilson Street, the alumni of Greensboro High School will gather to share stories of their school days in the 1950s and 1960s. Photos and memorabilia from the alumni and historical society[Read More…]
Forced Pre-K Move Ignites Debate, Resignation
HARDWICK – A recent decision concerning the reconfiguration of the Pre-K program has ignited a community-wide debate, following the February 11 Mountain View Union (MVU) elementary school district board meeting. The proposal to have all early education services moved to the Lakeview Union School (LVU) building was met with pushback[Read More…]
Willey’s 125th Anniversary
Town Group Seeks to Educate Voters
GREENSBORO – In 2024, voter turnout at the Greensboro Town Meeting was 17%. According to the Vermont Secretary of State’s information page on town meeting and local elections, this is in the bottom third of voter turnout across all Vermont towns. With 2025 Town Meeting Day only two weeks[Read More…]
Lakeview Day
Town Hall Debate Continues
GREENSBORO – A recent Front Porch Forum post has further ignited the ongoing town hall debate in Greensboro. Authored by resident Jennifer Ranz, she began by acknowledging the community’s questions and confusion. “There is a lot of confusion in the community about what is going on with the Town Hall[Read More…]
