CVCC SCHOOL DISTRICT – Voters in the Central Vermont Career Center School District (CVCCSD) had the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot, or go to the polls Tuesday to vote on issuing bonds of up to $149,000,000 to build a new technical center. The 18 towns of the district include[Read More…]
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Child Haven benefit Dinner
Maple Corner saves Curtis Pond Dam
CALAIS – Thanks to a three-decade-long community endeavor, Maple Corner’s historic Curtis Pond dam is once again safe and sound. Completion of the longtime effort to replace the endangered Calais dam and preserve the scenic pond behind it was celebrated in fine fashion on a sunny and unseasonably warm fall[Read More…]
Towns hope to move flood-related projects forward with bond votes
PLAINFIELD, CABOT – Flood-related projects were on yesterday’s ballots for voters in Plainfield and Cabot. In Plainfield the select board was looking to borrow $600,000 to purchase land for the proposed village expansion project. If its application for a $9.7 million grant is approved, the loan will fund the purchase[Read More…]
Bat talk at Jeudevine
Circus Smirkus Director Schiffer cautiously optimistic
GREENSBORO – As the big top tents came down early in October, Circus Smirkus Executive and Artistic Director Rachel Schiffer was already looking at scenarios for the 2026 season, while focusing on fundraising in the short-term. The organization’s usual staff of seven or eight people has recently managed three programs:[Read More…]
Hardwick buildings removed by FEMA
Hardwick community nonprofit moving across the road
HARDWICK – Hardwick’s community-building organization The Civic Standard has spent the better part of the past year weighing what to do with its dilapidated headquarters in the oldest building on Main Street. The group has enlisted experts to assess its structure, applied for funding and solicited input from anyone and in any[Read More…]
New town website goes live
CRAFTSBURY – A new website at craftsbury.gov debuted October 1. The site has links to select board and other meeting archives with agendas, minutes and videos. The website introduces the town by saying, “Founded in 1789, Craftsbury is one of Vermont’s oldest and most picturesque towns. With its classic New England village green, historic buildings, and panoramic[Read More…]
HCTV appoints MacKenzie executive director
HARDWICK – “Lance MacKenzie will be filling the roll [sic] of [HCTV] Executive Director. Lance has been a field producer with HCTV for a year now, so you may know him as ‘Lance on Camera,’” said an October 31 email message and a blog post on the Hardwick Community Television[Read More…]
Helicopter flyovers begin Nov. 3
PLAINFIELD, MARSHFIELD – Beginning the week of November 3, weather permitting, there will be a low-flying red helicopter flying over the Great Brook and the Winooski River. This helicopter will be collecting LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data as part of a study of the river. The study is being[Read More…]
Vermont officials approve state-funded food stamps through Nov. 15
VERMONT – Vermont officials voted to fund food assistance for the first half of November on Wednesday in the absence of federal funding while the shutdown continues in Washington, D.C. At a Tuesday meeting, Gov. Phil Scott and legislative leaders on the state’s Emergency Board approved a $6 million proposal[Read More…]
