Walden
High school students may lose Danville option
WALDEN – Two full-time high school students from Walden are attending high school at the Danville School, with an additional student at 60% of full time because they are taking a class elsewhere, according to the Danville School. Students living in Walden will lose the option of attending high school[Read More…]
Army National Guard veteran receives free Kubota tractor
WALDEN – In what he called a “game-changer,” Rob Niles, a retired Vermont Army National Guard veteran, received a New Kubota L02 Series compact tractor as part of Kubota’s Geared to Give program, which honors military veterans pursuing careers in agriculture. Niles received the free tractor after retiring with 26[Read More…]
Fall Wellness Fair
Weeks Gone By
September 17, 1925 South Woodbury John Bushey, 75, began his 64th year of work with the Winooski woolen mill on August 19th. When he began work at the age of 11 years, the pay was $7.00 a month and a day consisted of 14 working hours. Local Lumps The heavy[Read More…]
Benefit Dinner, Sept. 11
WALDEN – Thursday, Sept. 11, beginning at 5 p.m., the Walden Methodist Church will host a spaghetti benefit supper for the new Walden school Principal Jessica Kenyon, who lost her home to fire on August 22. Come for spaghetti, a variety of fresh locally made breads, Cabot cheese, a large[Read More…]
New Orton Road bridge delivered
Walden Fire Department
WALDEN – It was a busy Sunday afternoon with two back-to-back motor vehicle incidents on U.S. Rte. 2 in Cabot. Walden Fire Department responded to both incidents with two apparatus and eight firefighters to assist Cabot Fire along with the Marshfield Fire Department and Cabot Ambulance. The department reminds everyone,[Read More…]
First day of school looms, Civic offers cupcakes
AREA TOWNS – The first day of school is just around the corner for area students, with some significant changes likely to alter family routines. This year, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) pre-K students will be hosted at a new Lakeview Early Education Center in Greensboro, beginning September 2. Transportation[Read More…]
Tax Bills Sent, Orton Road Bridge Replacement Underway
WALDEN – The select board breezed through its July 28 agenda in just 20 minutes, with all members and the Town Clerk Debbie Messier present, July 28. Ditching and berm removal on a segment of Noyestar Road had been occupying the road crew, who reported no repair expenses in the[Read More…]
Walden Man Denies Federal Gun, Drug Crimes
BURLINGTON – A Hardwick area man, who officials say is part of a sprawling police investigation that included a double homicide of two drug dealers in the Northeast Kingdom two years ago, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal drug and gun charge. Hunter Patten, 25, of Walden, is charged[Read More…]
What’s the Point? When Work Doesn’t Work
WALDEN – Every morning, many of us wake up, check our phones and feel that familiar pit in our stomachs. Another crisis. Another tragedy. Another reminder that the world feels heavy, chaotic and uncertain. And yet, we pour our coffee and get on with the day. Because what else can[Read More…]
