MONTPELIER – With thousands of Vermont residents affected by the ongoing government shutdown, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation advises individuals who are having trouble managing loan, mortgage, or insurance payments to proactively communicate with their lenders or insurers. “Companies are equipped to work through these challenges with individuals. However,[Read More…]
News Notes
Interim school principal hired
CABOT – Superintendent Matt Foster recommended Steve Owens be hired as interim principal for this school year at a special meeting of the Cabot School District Board of Directors, October 20. Board members then authorized Foster to hire Owens at .6 full time equivalent. Cabot School Board Vice-Chair Ellen Cairns[Read More…]
Local organizations, artists, receive arts grants
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Council on the Arts has awarded grants to local artists and organizations. Grants include artist development grants to Genese Grill, Plainfield, $2,000 to support the purchase of image licenses for use in the first English-language biography of Austrian Modernist Robert Musil for Yale University Press and[Read More…]
Board signs off on plans for new bridges
PLAINFIELD – Select board members signed off on plans for new bridges over Great Brook at Mill Street and Brook Road at their October 14 meeting. The Mill Street bridge washed out in 2024 and the Brook Road bridge trapped debris, flooding the village. Plans for replacement bridges presented by[Read More…]
Another FEMA demolition scheduled this week
HARDWICK – The house and separate garage at 41 Brush Street in Hardwick, first damaged by fire in May 2023, followed by the June floods that year and again in 2024, is scheduled to be demolished this week according to Hardwick’s Zoning and Floodplain Administrator Kristen Leahy “The Demolition Team[Read More…]
MacLeod featured in Vermont Public story
EAST HARDWICK – Rob Macleod and his small East Hardwick Farm were featured in a Vermont Public story by Erica Heilman last week titled,“Twenty-nine cows, eight pigs and no water,” whose well ran dry for the first time ever. MacLeod said, “. . . the experience of having no water[Read More…]
Gov. Scott announces development block grant funds for Marshfield
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) today announced $2,783,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and $770,760 in Recovery Housing Program (RHP) funding to benefit projects in 11 different communities, inluding Marshfield. The Town of Marshfield received a $60,000 grant to develop[Read More…]
Boil water notice in effect until further notice
MARSHFIELD – A notice issued by Vermont’s Department of Public Safety, through the VT-Alert system on October 14 said, “The Village of Marshfield will experience a water shutoff and be placed under a boil water notice tomorrow, October 15. Water will officially be shut off that day from 8 a.m.[Read More…]
Vt. Rte. 15 one-lane during bridge replacement
WOLCOTT – A project to replace the temporary bridge over School Street in Wolcott, just yards from its intersection with Vt. Rte. 15, continues this week with the start of work to build an access road beside Vt. Rte. 15 and ongoing tree work will continue, said Michelle Gudorf, Wolcott[Read More…]
Area residents appointed to fill state roles
MONTPELIER – Earlier this month Governor Phil Scott’s office announced 78 appointments made in the third quarter of 2025. Two of those positions went to area residents. Claire Burns of Hardwick was appointed as Caledonia County State’s Attorney. Gail Falk of Plainfield will serve on the Board of Medical Practice[Read More…]
Unemployment benefits available to non-essential and furloughed federal workers
MONTPELIER – Federal employees in Vermont who may be deemed “non-essential” and furloughed due to the temporary federal government shutdown were entitled to file for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits beginning the first day of the shutdown, October 1. “The Department recognizes that a federal shutdown can cause uncertainty and stress[Read More…]
AG Clark joins lawsuit to protect critical homeland security funding
MONTPELIER – Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from unlawfully reallocating federal homeland security funding away from states based on their compliance with the Administration’s political agenda. In addition, the Administration reduced the period during[Read More…]
