HARDWICK – Eleanor Cornish, while sleeping at home in the early morning hours of April 13th, 2026, slipped peacefully into eternal rest and many heavenly reunions. Her family was near, her hand was being held, and forsythia branches were blooming in a vase nearby. She was 94. She was[Read More…]
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It is not the end of the work
MONTPELIER – Yesterday evening, we gavelled out the 2026 legislative session, officially concluding the biennium. We passed the state budget, the yield bill to set property tax rates and the education transformation bill that I have been working so carefully on throughout the past year to get right. While this[Read More…]
Friends of the Athenaeum meeting, June 25
ST. JOHNSBURY – Thursday, June 25, beginning at 9:30 a.m., The Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum will hold their monthly meeting. The Friends are a volunteer group involved in promoting the resources and services of the Athenaeum, providing hospitality at programs and events, and fundraising for the benefit of[Read More…]
Wolcott School District: the future starts now?
To the editor: By a margin of seven votes, on May 20, the Wolcott School District got a budget passed for 2027. So now, what comes next? Starting July 1, there is new leadership at OSSU and at Wolcott Elementary. Meanwhile, state senators and delegates are trying to figure out[Read More…]
TED-Talk symposium, June 13
ST. JOHNSBURY – Saturday, June 13, 2 and 4 p.m., a symposium features 15-plus new TED Talks focused on the evolution and future of democracy, streaming live from Philadelphia during America’s 250th anniversary, via livestream of TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures. Presented in collaboration with Visit Philadelphia and partners nationwide, and[Read More…]
Events June 6 to 30, Ongoing Events, Meetings, Religious Services, Community Services, Libraries and Town Clerk Information
Friday, June 5 Music man Ed Morgan, 10 a.m., Children’s Library, Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury. Information: [email protected] or (802) 745-1391. Saturday, June 6 Walden 250th,10 a.m. Walden Methodist Church, Noyestar Road. Displays, exhibits, a barbecue and picnic, live music and more. Town-wide photograph of residents taken at 1 p.m. on the[Read More…]
Bobolink is grassland bird in reverse tuxedo
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – If you live near a large meadow, hayfield, or grassland, you may have recently noticed some bubbly robotic noises emanating from those areas. It might sound like an overexcited android, but the real source is a medium-sized songbird, the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). One of the few avian[Read More…]
Daily Express cuts back to print three days each week
NEWPORT – In a story May 17 titled, “Big Changes Coming at The Newport Daily Express,” the daily newspaper explained they planned to cut back beginning May 25 and “begin publishing our print editions on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday each week.” The expanded Tuesday, Thursday and Friday editions “will deliver[Read More…]
Survival revival people’s fair, June 6
BARTON — Northeast Kingdom Organizing, the Vermont Workers’ Center, and the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice are organizing a Survival Revival People’s Fair. The fair will be held on Saturday, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Orleans Fairgrounds. There is free household trash[Read More…]
Jackson Dam changes raise common questions from community
by Kristen Leahy HARDWICK – As conversations about Jackson Dam continue, a few questions tend to come up repeatedly. That is not surprising. When a piece of infrastructure has been part of a landscape for generations, people naturally think about what might change and what might be lost. One of[Read More…]
Thank you barbecue, June 5
CALAIS – The Calais Advisory Team is hosting a barbecue for former principal Jarrod Weiss on Friday, June 5 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at Calais Elementary School.Danielle Mackay writes, “Come celebrate Mr. Weiss! In his time as principal, he has brought so much life to Calais Elementary and made[Read More…]
One Vermonter’s view on town meeting vs. Australian Ballot
GREENSBORO – A special town meeting will be held at the Highland Center for the Arts on Tuesday, June 30, at 7 p.m. The meeting will decide if Greensboro should vote on all public questions by Australian ballot instead of floor votes at town meeting. Albeit well intentioned, making this[Read More…]
