STANNARD – With fewer than 200 residents, Stannard’s town center consists of a town hall across from a community-owned church, with no storefronts, yet in 2025 it saw historic preservation wins, forest conservation milestones, community gatherings and reminders of rural fire risk. In late winter, Naturalists Robert Small and Emily[Read More…]
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Greensboro Fire Department responds to Stannard Fire
Twelve departments respond to single fire
GREENSBORO – On December 1, at 5:07 p.m., Greensboro Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 117 Hutchins Farm Road in Stannard. First arriving crews found a fully involved building with multiple additions and fire showing from the roof. Due to the remote location, tankers from surrounding area[Read More…]
Stannard Church awarded $75,000 restoration grant
STANNARD – The Preservation Trust of Vermont (PTV) announced recently a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant of $75,000 to the Town of Stannard for the preservation of the Stannard Church.“The Stannard Church, built in 1886, is the most iconic and architecturally significant of the Town’s three public buildings. The Town[Read More…]
NEKO Establishes Resilience Hubs
NEWPORT – July 10 is the anniversary of floods across the region. In response to crisis, Northeast Kingdom Organizing (NEKO) built new relationships and systems to be better prepared for the next disaster. Between 2023 and 2024 NEKO stood up eight disaster resilience hubs, with Hardwick area hubs located at[Read More…]
Local 4-Hers Judge Dairy Cattle at State Competition
ROCHESTER – The 2025 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest provided an opportunity for 4-H dairy members to demonstrate their ability to evaluate and rank dairy cattle based on breed standards. Local placements included 14- to 18-year-olds, Morgan Michaud, East Hardwick (first); Dawson Michaud, East Hardwick (third); Talon Michaud, Greensboro (fourth);[Read More…]
Heat Advisory Issued, Cooling Locations Available
VERMONT – The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory Saturday, June 21 at 1:50 p.m., effective through Tuesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. Heat index values up to 102 are expected from 11 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Vermont’s Eastern Addison, Orange, Washington, Caledonia, Eastern Chittenden, Eastern[Read More…]
Voters Ponder Challenges to School Choice, Reserve Funds
STANNARD – Education spending is a hot topic statewide, and every community experiences the challenges from a different lens. For Stannard, a community of about 200 people, the town has embraced its ability to support school choice for students in grades 7-12. Voters at town meeting this year remained[Read More…]
Mountainview Budget, Bond to be Voted
HARDWICK – Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVU) voters in Hardwick, Greensboro, Stannard and Woodbury will have the opportunity to vote on the $8.97 million school budget and a $1.2 million bond to mitigate PCBs in Hardwick Elementary School (HES), town meeting day, Tuesday, March 4. The budget represents an[Read More…]
Protected Stannard Property Expands Impact of Steam Mill Brook WMA
NEWPORT –Robert Small and Emily Cayer worked with the Vermont Land Trust to conserve 269 acres of managed forest, wetlands and streams in Stannard. The land is almost entirely forested and adjacent to the Steam Mill Brook Wildlife Management Area (WMA), over 11,000 acres of land dedicated for wildlife. With[Read More…]
Stannard Christmas Gathering
Year in Review: In Stannard, Year Marked by Repairs, New Flooding, Visit by Sen. Sanders
STANNARD – A corridor lined with cars and a full parking lot near the town hall greeted town meeting day arrivals as 25 voters gathered, March 5. Re-elected Moderator Tom Gilbert welcomed voters. Constable Warren Nott submitted his resignation, as he was leaving Stannard as a resident. Steve Pickard ended[Read More…]
