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…]
Woodbury
HED replaces pole, restores service
WOODBURY – Hardwick Electric Department (HED) crews restored service to customers at 6 a.m., August 19, due to a major motor vehicle accident on Route 14 in Woodbury involving a utility pole and wires down. Two customers remained impacted, awaiting a service and still needing repairs. Due to the accident,[Read More…]
Sabin Pond Watershed Planning Underway
WOODBURY – The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (NRCD) is preparing a Lake Watershed Action Plan for the Sabin Pond watershed area, which includes Woodbury Lake, Greenwood Lake and Valley Lake. The state of Vermont selected the district to measure the area’s water quality and erosion levels on roads, wetlands,[Read More…]
Cliffs Clear to Hike and Climb Again
MARSHFIELD-WOODBURY – Hikers and rock climbers can return to Marshfield Mountain in Marshfield, and Nichols Ledge in Woodbury, now that peregrine falcon nesting season has ended. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont have confirmed that the majority of young falcons have learned to fly and should not[Read More…]
New Website, FEMA Work, Planning, Citizen Concerns Fill Agenda
WOODBURY – Pay increases, a new Woodbury website, development of a Lake Watershed Action Plan, the usual flood response work, land use planning and a number of issues and concerns involving town residents and Swenson Granite took the select board’s attention at its July 14 meeting. A pay increase was[Read More…]
Saturday Events on the Trails
HARDWICK − The Hardwick Trails Committee Saturday events include: July 26, Medicinal Plants with Erin Rosenthal; August 2. Art and Nature for Kids (Making walking sticks) with Brittany Lumsden-Berry; August 9, to be announced; August 16, Sketching in the Woods with Susan Sawyer; and August 23, Searching the Night Woods[Read More…]
Kids Move, July 26
WOODBURY − Second session of a movement exploration with a focus on fine motor skills for children aged toddler to 10 years, with physical therapist Sarah Hingston Prentiss, Saturday July 26, 10 a.m., in the Woodbury Community Room. This is a free event sponsored by the Woodbury Community Library.
Wood Turtle Ecology, Conservation, July 29
WOODBURY – A presentation about Wood Turtles with Kiley Briggs, director of conservation for The Orianne Society, will take place Thursday, July 29, 6 p.m., in the Woodbury Community Room. This is a free event sponsored by the Woodbury Community Library in collaboration with the Woodbury Conservation Commission.
July 10 Passes Uneventfully, Flood Mitigation Work Continues
HARDWICK – Weather forecasts and a National Weather Service warning last week raised concern across the region in areas affected by flooding on July 10 in both 2023 and 2024. Hardwick had heightened awareness as the anniversary approached, with media and politicians bringing awareness to the anniversary. Town Manager David[Read More…]
Open House, July 19
Woodbury Fire Department will hold an open house to tour the new fire station and equipment Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 1.p.m, at 3618 Route 14, Woodbury. Fire prevention materials, 911 street number signs and memorial bricks to purchase will be available. Department volunteers will be on hand to answer questions.
Hardwick Woman Strangled in Suspicious Death
WOODBURY – The Vermont State Police (VSP) reported Monday that the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington found homicide due to assault by another to be the cause of death for the 38 year-old Hardwick woman whose body was found under suspicious circumstances on the side of Vermont[Read More…]
Investigation Continues Into Suspicious Death
WOODBURY – Vermont State Police (VSP) confirmed area mother and grandmother Tina Daigle was found deceased the afternoon of Thursday, June 19. According to the initial VSP news release, the investigation began around 3:30 p.m., Thursday, when police received a report that a body had been discovered at a roadside[Read More…]
