PLAINFIELD – The portion of U.S. Route 2 from 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Vt. 214 and continuing for approximately 1/3 of a mile, in Plainfield, reopened Monday, Sept. 30, said the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Monday through Friday, motorists should expect alternating one-way traffic during daylight hours[Read More…]
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Goddard College Campus Sale Fails Again
PLAINFIELD – Goddard College’s board of trustees announced on Monday that its second plan to sell the defunct institution’s campus has fallen through. “Unfortunately, we have just been informed that the Greatwood Project/Collective Well partnership has been unable to secure the necessary funds to purchase the Goddard College property,” Lisa[Read More…]
Route 2 Detour Through Sept. 30
PLAINFIELD — A portion of U.S. Route 2 (U.S. 2) beginning 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Vermont Route 214 (Vt. 214) and continuing for approximately 1/3 of a mile, from mile marker 0.4 to mile marker 0.7, in Plainfield, will be closed and traffic will be detoured through September[Read More…]
Goddard Inks $3.4M Deal to Sell Campus to Community Group
PLAINFIELD – The long drama of Goddard College’s dissolution might have reached its final scene. On Thursday morning, a community group named the Greatwood Project announced that its bid for the Plainfield campus had been accepted by the school’s board of trustees. The deal is worth $3.4 million, according to Kris Gruen,[Read More…]
New faculty and staff at Area Schools
Displaced by Another Round of Flooding, Renters Have few Options
PLAINFIELD – The house Allison Doe rented in Plainfield hadn’t been a perfect home. Doe, 64, moved to the Brook Road residence five years ago from Williston because she was excited to live “in the country,” she said. A former animal hospital employee, she loved being in the company of[Read More…]
The Darker Undercurrent: Floods Seep into Art, Writing
PLAINFIELD – Plainfield resident Sequana Skye once saw the Great Brook in Plainfield as inspiration for storytelling. Whether writing poetry, taking photos or dreaming up stage plays, Skye said the babbling brook, which ran alongside her apartment’s deck, created a sanctuary for creativity every day since she moved to the[Read More…]
Buyer Unnamed for Goddard Sale Price of $3.4 Million
PLAINFIELD – The buyer of the Goddard College campus, which the school has refused to name, will pay a multi-million dollar sum for the 117-acre Plainfield property. “We are not at liberty to disclose the potential buyer,” Lisa Larivee, clerk of Goddard’s board of trustees, said in an email to[Read More…]
Teach-in Demands Transparency, Accountability in Goddard College Sale
PLAINFIELD — On Saturday afternoon, June 1, over 100 people came together at Goddard College for a teach-in and discussion about the history and future of the campus’ 117 acres of land. Speakers at the event contend the Goddard Board of Trustees is currently breaking bylaws by conducting the sale[Read More…]
Flood Recovery Center Open in Plainfield
PLAINFIELD – The state’s emergency management team will open flood recovery centers in four of Vermont’s hardest-hit municipalities, state officials announced in a press release. Centers in Barre City, Plainfield, Lyndonville and Hinesburg will be open on certain days of the week, staffed by representatives from various organizations helping to[Read More…]
Rainfall Totals
HARDWICK AREA – National Weather Service rainfall totals (in inches) for the storm beginning Wednesday, July 10 and ending Thursday, July 11 are (where several totals were listed for a single town, the highest total is shown here): Cabot 4.81 Calais 4.80 North Calais 4.50 Craftsbury 3.22 Craftsbury Common 4.17 [Read More…]
“I’m still in shock”: Plainfield Residents Start to Dig Out
PLAINFIELD — Walker Blackwell and Christiana Athena-Blackwell moved into their Hudson Avenue home with their newborn baby two days before last summer’s flooding began. River water filled their basement, destroying treasured books and records. When the water came this time, it was even worse. On Wednesday evening, Athena-Blackwell was eating[Read More…]
