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…]
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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…]
Flooding in Plainfield, July 11
Flood Update: Road Closures, Washouts, Bridge Failures and Emergency Information, Compiled July 11
HARDWICK AREA — Thursday, July 11 brought recovery and repair efforts throughout the region as rivers and streams began to subside throughout the morning and early afternoon. Many area waterways remained above their banks, expanding into floodplains, forests and lawns. Many roads became passable, if only with one lane open[Read More…]
Goddard College Inks Deal to Sell Campus
PLAINFIELD – Goddard College has finalized a deal to sell its campus, a decision that is frustrating two community groups that had tried to purchase the property. The Plainfield-based liberal arts college, known for its nontraditional approach to education, announced that it would close down for good in April after[Read More…]
The Heartbreak
PLAINFIELD — “The Heartbreak was never a hotel. It is just a local nickname for a building going back to 1912 when the building was turned into a tenement house that once housed many of the local mill workers. Oftentimes these workers were down on their luck, which lent the[Read More…]
WGDR, Plainfield Celebrates 50 Years
PLAINFIELD – WGDR, Plainfield has been broadcasting across central Vermont at 91.1 FM since the late spring of 1973. To celebrate reaching 50 years on the air, Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR), the non-profit that manages WGDR, Plainfield, and WGDH, Hardwick (the second station of CVCR), will host a birthday[Read More…]
Road Closures and Recovery Occupy Town Road Crews
HARDWICK AREA — On July 11, the Hardwick town manager’s office declared damage to Nichols Pond Road, Kate Brook Road, Weeks Place, Bunker Hill Road, Tucker Brook Road, Center Road, Granite Street, Belfry Road. Wolcott Street, Carey Road, Riverside Farm and Hardwick Farms Road were reportedly closed. By July 13,[Read More…]
Future of Goddard College Campus Uncertain as Group Puts Bid Forward
PLAINFIELD – A local climate resiliency group is hoping to purchase the campus, but it says it’s been frozen out by Goddard administration. A week after Goddard College announced plans to close its private college, alumni and community groups with ideas for the property are feeling shut out. At the[Read More…]
