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…]
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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…]
Man Gets Plea Deal in Woodbury Double Murder
BARRE – A former Connecticut man has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison after pleading no contest to two murder charges in the shooting deaths of two people in Woodbury over a drug debt nearly six years ago. Manuel Gomez, 35, pleaded no contest Wednesday in Washington[Read More…]
New Teachers and Staff
Dogs, Rats, Abandoned Fridge, FEMA Brought before Select Board
WOODBURY – The August 26 select board meeting began with Town Clerk Robin Durkee saying she had placed an ad for town treasurer in three area newspapers. After the third verbal complaint of rats and excessive garbage on a Cabot Road property, a concerned neighbor will be contacting the state,[Read More…]
FEMA Frustrations Persist, Cause Delays
WOODBURY – “Election, election, election,” said Town Clerk Robin Durkee, to begin the August 12 select board meeting. Durkee instructed the board on election day procedures and emphasized the importance of citizens’ ballots remaining facedown for privacy when turning in their votes. A plan to upgrade the IT system has[Read More…]
