PLAINFIELD – – Plainfield Arts begins its 2025 concert series on Sunday, Feb. 16, 4 p.m., with Spencer Lewis and Pappy Biondo is at the Plainfield Opera House. Lewis and Biondo bring their blend of bluegrass music to the stage, celebrating the release of Lewis’ latest album “Of Spirit &[Read More…]
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Local Students Named to President’s List
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Keenan Wallace, English major of Plainfield and Grace Cloutier, Art and Design major of Hardwick have been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.70[Read More…]
MacGregor-Stewart to receive EPAs 2024 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Award
Co-op Plans Move for Mid-February
PLAINFIELD – In a recent social media post, the Plainfield Co-op provided a community update. Under the leadership of a general manager, Jeannine DeWald, the merger of two businesses continues. This includes, reorganization and upgrades to the Route 2 store and installation of the produce prep area, which should be[Read More…]
Lewis, Biondo in Concert, Feb. 16
PLAINFIELD — Plainfield Arts will present an afternoon of music with songwriter Spencer Lewis and Vermont banjoist Pappy Biondo, Sunday, Feb. 16. The afternoon will feature a performance of Lewis’ old-time, bluegrass-tinged ballads, accompanied by Biondo’s banjo style. The event will take place at Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, with[Read More…]
Year in Review: Plainfield Flooded, Recovers. Goddard Finally Sold
PLAINFIELD – Goddard College will move to online-only education for at least a year, school leaders announced in a community letter in late January. Attorney General Charity Clark sued three loggers, alleging that they stole lumber from five different landowners between February 2018 and February 2020. Clark alleged that David,[Read More…]
Plainfield Co-op Balances Nostalgia, Growth with Planned Expansion
The faint smell of incense and a familiar scene of narrow aisles stocked with local food greet visitors to the Plainfield Co-op. The single 1,200-square-foot room in Plainfield village boasts a wood-paneled ceiling and can be thoroughly perused in minutes. “It feels like a trip to the 1970s,” co-op board[Read More…]
Handicapped Parking at Town Hall
Candidate Interviews: Mihaly, Washington-6 Candidate Responds to Issues
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Mark Mihaly lives in Calais and has represented the Washington-6 House district covering Plainfield, Marshfield and Calais since 2023. He is running unopposed as a Democrat to fill that seat for another two years. Question: Tell us a bit about your background, why you want to fill[Read More…]
Third Goddard Buyer Shares Ideas, Asks for Input
PLAINFIELD – The third potential buyer of the Goddard College campus in as many months stepped in after the previous two sales fell through. Mike Davidson asked the select board to give him time on the agenda at the October 14 regular meeting. He joined the select board at the[Read More…]
Greatwood and Goddard College: Legacy of Architectural Innovation
PLAINFIELD – Mansions and estates fascinate me, perhaps because there are multiple stories behind them. There’s the story of the families who built them, the story of the architects who designed them, and often what the late radio broadcaster, Paul Harvey, would have called “the rest of the story” or[Read More…]
Route 2 Slope Stabilization Project Complete, Paving Continues
PLAINFIELD, MARSHFIELD — Construction along the Winooski River on U.S. Rte. 2 was expected to be “substantially complete” according to an Agency of Transportation (AOT) special notice on Friday, Oct. 4. Crews were finishing up the slope stabilization project in Plainfield with backfilling and grading to maintain drainage away from[Read More…]