AREA TOWNS – Similarly to last year, the Wolcott school district budget of $6,364,330.18, did not pass, with 143 votes against 108, and new this year, the Mountainview Union budget failed. Last year, Wolcott residents had concerns about taxes, with a 30-cent per hundred dollar assessed value increase in taxes, estimated[Read More…]
Greensboro
Town Meeting Results
2026 Woodbury Town Meeting by Nataliya Zahn Tire disposal, new fire dept plans nixed by Raymonda Parchment CABOT – Two articles that were heavily discussed on social media prior to town meeting did not receive enough votes to pass. Article 12, asking voters to grant the Cabot Conservation Fund a[Read More…]
For whom the bill tolls: property taxes are killing Greensboro
GREENSBORO – Town select boards pore over municipal budgets line by line for weeks. The town budget process is difficult and time-consuming, but it isn’t complicated. There are revenues and there are expenses. School budgets are different. Vermont’s Education Funding Formula has become so complex that most school board members[Read More…]
Astronomy series begins March 11
GREENSBORO – Wednesdays, starting March 11, the Greensboro Free Library will host a family-friendly astronomy series with Bobby Farlice-Rubio, from 6 to 7 p.m. One session, date to be determined, will take place at the Peacham Observatory for an opportunity to observe the night sky more closely. Contact library staff to[Read More…]
Robotics and chili dinner, March 13
The St. Johnsbury Academy Robotics Club will be at the Greensboro Free Library, Friday, March 13, for hands-on engineering from 4 to 5 p.m. Participants are welcome to join the library’s annual fundraiser Participants will rotate through interactive stations featuring LEGO building challenges, button robots and other creative problem solving activities.[Read More…]
Puzzles for the pantry, March 21
GREENSBORO – There will be an afternoon of puzzling, conversation, snacks and door prizes at the Greensboro United Church of Christ, Saturday, March 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring a donation of food or any monetary gift, and be entered into the door prize drawing. All food and funds go[Read More…]
Edward Francis Donlon
GREENSBORO – Ed Donlon, known as “Da” to his grandchildren, and increasingly to others, died on March 2, in Greensboro, after 97 years of a life fully lived. He was born in New Haven, Conn., November 12, 1928, and grew up in a poor part of the then- prosperous city.[Read More…]
Mary Young at Greensboro Free Library exhibit
Psychic comedian takes Highland Center stage, Mar. 14
GREENSBORO – From the judges on America’s Got Talent to headlining in Las Vegas and selling out shows in London’s West End, Peter Antoniou entertained audiences around the world with his mind-reading abilities and British humor. He’s bringing his wit to the Highland Center for the Arts stage on March 14 at[Read More…]
Possible rabid raccoon sighted
GREENSBORO – At 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, a raccoon was seen wandering on the centerline of Craftsbury Road between 4223 Craftsbury Road and Circus Road in Greensboro. The raccoon’s behaviors were not normal: staggering, not responding in a fearful way to oncoming traffic in both directions. The raccoon was[Read More…]
MVUESD Directors appointed, meeting date changed
HARDWICK – The Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVUESD) meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 24, began with the election of a new moderator. Steven Freihofner was nominated and elected as long-time Moderator Orise Ainsworth was unable to preside. Moderator Freihofner then presided over the meeting, read the warning and established ground[Read More…]
Long Pond Natural Area expanded
GREENSBORO – The Nature Conservancy in Vermont (TNC) has conserved a new 92-acre parcel of land at Long Pond in Greensboro. This purchase marks the organization’s fourteenth conservation project in this region. This new property expands TNC’s Long Pond Natural Area, a protected block that now totals 860 acres surrounding the pond. Public access is allowed at all Long Pond TNC properties. “Long Pond has[Read More…]
