Woodbury
FEMA Funds Trickle In, FY26 Budgeting Begins
WOODBURY – Thanksgiving week in Woodbury began with the usual fourth Monday evening select board meeting, November 25, at which Jayne Nold-Laurendeau submitted her letter of resignation as a lister. Town Clerk Robin Durkee said she’s been finishing up final reports from the election. Her documentation of land records is[Read More…]
Learning Fire Starting Skills
County Road Blaze Extinguished Quickly
WOODBURY – On Monday, Nov 18, at 9:08 a.m., the Woodbury Fire Department (WFD) was dispatched to a roof on fire at 2441 County Road in Woodbury. The call was upgraded to a working fire assignment per protocol, which called in Hardwick and East Montpelier fire departments for mutual aid.[Read More…]
Public Wi-Fi, FEMA Flood Funding Approved
WOODBURY – First up at the November 11 regular meeting of the Woodbury Select Board was Information Technology Manager Skip Marchesani, who talked about plans for upgrading network infrastructure and adding public Wi-Fi access in the area surrounding the town hall, and extending into the park area across Vt. Rte.[Read More…]
DHART Helicopter Transports Unconscious Occupant in One-Car Rollover
WOODBURY – On November 14, at 11:43 a.m., Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD) Assistant Chief Neill discovered a one-car rollover in the area of 588 Route 14 while driving his town dump truck for his day job. Neill called the crash in. WVFD and FAST Squad and Hardwick Emergency Rescue[Read More…]
Conservation Easement Protects Forever Wild Lands
WOODBURY – Vermont River Conservancy announced November 6 it has taken the final steps to permanently protect 6,250 acres owned by Northeast Wilderness Trust at the headwaters of the Lamoille and Winooski Rivers in Woodbury, Worcester, Elmore and Hardwick. It is the organization’s largest undertaking in its 30-year history. The[Read More…]
Town Clerks Say BYOB: Bring Your Own Ballot
CRAFTSBURY, WOLCOTT, WOODBURY – From town to town, the election day process varies in length, difficulty and turnout. Town clerks, election officials and other contributors work to ensure the process is fair, accurate, and importantly, efficient. While each polling center must abide by state and federal regulations while performing the[Read More…]
Woodbury Residents Hear About Broadband Construction
WOODBURY – CV Fiber hosted a “coffee and connectivity” event Saturday morning, Nov. 2, in Woodbury, to provide information and answer questions about high-speed, broadband internet that recently became available in much of the town. About 35 townspeople attended to hear which areas in Woodbury are on line and where[Read More…]
Fire Department Training
Learning About Bats
Volunteer Fire Department Construction Continues
WOODBURY – “Things are moving along” with the new Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department building they wrote in an October 5 Facebook post. “The drywall is installed and the taping should start this week. Overhead doors are scheduled to be installed this week. The floor drain and storm water drain systems[Read More…]
