CABOT – A community live storytelling event will be held Thursday, Feb. 27, 6 to 8:15 p.m., in the Willey Building third-floor auditorium. Ten storytellers, neighbors and Vermonters, will share their true, first-person, no-notes story. Storytellers will also share a favorite book. Refreshments will be available, donations are welcome but not[Read More…]
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Money, money, money is focus of board meeting
GREENSBORO – The March 11 regular select board meeting saw the board discussing finances at length, as well as having conversations on the condition of the town hall building. The fiscal discussions began with a public comment by resident and former select board member David Kelly approaching the board with[Read More…]
Outdoor Center hosts US Ski National Championships, March 27 to 29
CRAFTSBURY — The fastest skiers in North America come to the Northeast Kingdom March 27 to 29, to wrap up the nordic race season at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center (CoC). Three national championships hosted by the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club are on the line, with the classic sprint on Friday,[Read More…]
Reorganized select board holds first monthly meeting
HARDWICK – The March 5 regular select board meeting consisted of select board appointments, construction updates and discussing the proposed Buffalo Mountain Town Forest purchase. To kick off the meeting, the board voted unanimously to elect Ceilidh Galloway-Kane as chairperson. Galloway-Kane was re-elected for a three-year seat on Town Meeting[Read More…]
Anger over Act 181 bubbles up, lawmakers consider postponing implementation
VERMONT – Hannah Burrill, a real estate agent in the Northeast Kingdom, was floored when she learned while gearing up for her license renewal this winter about a slate of land-use law changes coming down the pike from Montpelier. To her, Act 181 seemed to represent an infringement on rural landowners’ property[Read More…]
Retaining wall and pedestrian bridge work
Staff RIFed following failed budget votes
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – Following voters’ rejection of both the Wolcott and Mountain View Union (MVU) School District budgets last week, staff received an email message April 10, notifying them contracts for the coming school year would be delayed. School board meetings this week on Wednesday in Wolcott and Thursday in[Read More…]
Lakeview medical incident misrepresented in state child care report
GREENSBORO – A March 4 report on the state’s Child Care Information System about a February medical incident at the Mountain View Union (MVU) School District’s Lakeview Campus resulted in a letter to families from the school principal. Members of the public shared expressions of concern about the facility on[Read More…]
Math, literacy instruction prioritized for SY27
CABOT – The Cabot School Board settled on a plan to improve math and literacy instruction without reducing staff positions for the 2027 school year at a series of special meetings April 3 and 9. After seeing a presentation and hearing comments from the public, April 3, the board decided[Read More…]
Rainy conditions persist through the work week; possible snow Sunday evening
EAST HARDWICK — This past week featured several days of steady rain with a couple of sunny days blended in. A total of 0.84 inches of new rain fell at the East Hardwick station, with our total for the month still placing us at about 130%, of normal. This is[Read More…]
