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School Board Recommends School Remain Open For All Grades
CABOT — The Cabot School Board has voted on a budget to present to the voters on Town Meeting Day. There are four options. The least expensive option was to close grades 7 to 12 and designate another school (potentially Twinfield) for these students to attend. This option would allow[Read More…]
Board Votes to Initiate Planning for Town Hall Housing Project
by Gazette Staff GREENSBORO – At its May 10 regular meeting, the Greensboro Select Board discussed a petition to reduce the speed limit on Main Street in Greensboro Bend, water quality projects, and the initial planning for converting Town Hall into housing. The first order of business was a petition[Read More…]
Saturday Meeting Caps Busy Year
WOODBURY – Woodbury is preparing for its first Saturday town meeting in the Elementary School Gym, beginning at 10 a.m., on March 2. Select board member, Diana Peduzzi wrote the Gazette to say, “This will be our first Saturday town meeting. Last year the voters approved this change in an[Read More…]
Marshfield to Hold Sunday In-person Voting
MARSHFIELD – In the wake of recent slips in voter turnout, Marshfield decided last year to move its annual in-person meeting to Sunday, March 3, two days before Town Meeting Day. And with that date fast approaching, locals and town officials alike wonder whether it will help. Town Meeting Day[Read More…]
Town Clerk Expects Lively Conversation
WALDEN – At Town Meeting this year, voters will be asked to approve budgets totaling $914,532, an increase of just under 2.4% over the 2023 budget. An additional item asks for approval to borrow up to $30,000 over three years for a new truck. That borrowing reduced the proposed highway[Read More…]
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United Methodist Church in Greensboro Bend Closes
GREENSBORO BEND – It was with sadness that I read in the January 31 Gazette of the closing of the United Methodist Church in Greensboro Bend. Church members prepared many meals for eating in the downstairs common room. I remember especially the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and the game[Read More…]
Lakeview Students Spread Valentine Joy
GREENSBORO – The smiles were as wide as the heart-shaped cards handcrafted and personally delivered to residents of the Greensboro Nursing Home this Valentine’s Day. Lakeview Elementary students have been busy in art class creating beautiful red and pink hearts with all the trimmings and adorned with personal messages of[Read More…]
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Census of Agriculture Captures Changes in Vermont
by Dr. Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont BURLINGTON – The first Census of Agriculture was conducted in 1840, when Vermont produced 3.7 million pounds of wool from 1.7 million sheep, and just $1.4 million of milk. Since then, data collected at regular intervals has documented ongoing, often dramatic, changes in[Read More…]
