HARDWICK – February 8: Medical, Bunker Hill Rd; VIN verification, High St.; Welfare Check, S. Main St. February 9: Suspicious Event, Craftsbury Rd; Directed Patrol, S. Main St.; Assist – Agency, S. Main St.; Traffic Hazard, Mackville Rd.; Traffic Stop, Vt. Route 14 S.; VIN verification, Montgomery Rd.; Traffic Stop,[Read More…]
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Caledonia County Sheriff announces new training officers, promotions
ST. JOHNSBURY – Caledonia County Sheriff Brandon Thrailkill announced accreditations and promotions that have recently occurred within the department. On January 23 Lieutenant Brian Tallmadge, Deputy Doug Morrill and Deputy Bobbie Roy completed Field Training Officer (FTO) School. “This is a great accomplishment and addition within the department as we[Read More…]
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Pharmacy funding confirmed for Caledonia County
ST. JOHNSBURY – Senator Welch’s recent announcement of $1,400,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) awarded to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) for the development of one or two Caledonia County pharmacies came as a surprise to the organization, which had requested the funding for 2024, but wasn’t selected. “We have[Read More…]
Local Option Tax, wastewater, pedestrian bridge get attention
HARDWICK – The first regular select board meeting of February began with communication from the audience, primarily about the location of this year’s town meeting, before proceeding to regular business. With just one select board meeting before Hardwick Town Meeting Day, March 3, Tim Ricciardello shared comments in response to[Read More…]
Library awarded $25k in honor of 1975 Boston Red Sox
CRAFTSBURY – Library trustees joke that a recent $25,000 donation “came out of left field.” But really the surprise gift from the Yawkey Foundation was more like a slow, high-arching pitch, a Lee-phus, specifically, 50 years in the making. The foundation, started by former Boston Red Sox owners Tom and[Read More…]
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Area representatives support extending Act 181 implementation
MONTPELIER – Individual members of the Vermont tri-partisan Rural Caucus met in the Vermont Statehouse Cedar Creek Room to call for passage of H.730, which would extend the implementation timeline for Act 181, aligning local and regional mapping with the Land Use Review Board (LURB) rulemaking process. “While Act 181[Read More…]
Journalism awards, report announced at Statehouse
MONTPELIER – Leaders from the newly formed Vermont Journalism Coalition (VJC) and the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF), as well as Senator Andrew Perchlik and Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas held a press conference February 4, sharing a new report on the state of Vermont’s news media landscape and[Read More…]
Measles detected in Washington County wastewater
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Vermont health officials have detected measles in Washington County wastewater. The finding triggered an alert to area health care providers, specifically those at Central Vermont Medical Center, in Berlin, to be on the lookout for the disease if patients come in with measles symptoms, which can include a[Read More…]
Act 250 overhaul takes shape, but questions remain
MONTPELIER – When Act 181 passed, its supporters framed it as a “grand bargain” between housing proponents and environmentalists that would rebalance Vermont’s land-use regulations for the 21st century. The act sought to lift Act 250 regulations in areas that are already developed to spur more housing during a crushing home shortage,[Read More…]
