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…]
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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…]
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…]