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Town Meeting Preview: Killington Municipal Tax Rate Up 2 Cents
KILLINGTON Town Meeting Mon., Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. (Informational Meeting) KES Gym Voting Tues., March 1, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Australian Ballot) Town Office The confusion caused by the town’s switch from a...
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Town Meeting Preview: New Hires, Pocket Parks In Hartford Budget
QUECHEE Tues., March 1 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Australian Ballot) Hartford High School Hartford is looking to fund the west “Pocket Park” between the Quechee Covered Bridge and the Simon Pearce mill and hire...
View ArticleTown Meeting Preview: Prosper Valley School Consolidation A ‘Great First Step’
POMFRET Town Meeting is Tues., March 1 at 9 a.m. (Floor Vote) Pomfret Town Hall One year into the creation of the Prosper Valley School, officials say there are no regrets so far. “I think it’s a great...
View ArticleTown Meeting Preview: Barnard To Elect Replacement Select Board Member
BARNARD Town Meeting Tues., March 1 at 10 a.m. (Floor Vote) Barnard Town Hall BARNARD — It appears there will be lots of balls in the air at Barnard’s Town Meeting on March 1. In addition to electing...
View ArticleTown Meeting Preview: West Windsor Residents Face Huge School Tax Increase
WEST WINDSOR Town Meeting Tues., March 1 at 9 a.m. (Floor Vote) Story Memorial Hall West Windsor’s annual Town Meeting has been warned to meet at Story Hall in the town hall at 9 a.m. on Tuesday March...
View ArticleMore Winter Weather On The Way Wednesday
There is a winter weather advisory in effect from 1 a.m. Wednesday to 1 a.m. Thursday according to the National Weather Service. Snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected from late Tuesday night to...
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This Week’s Headlines, March 3, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Barnard Residents OK $1.3M Facility Phil Maynes takes the cover off the model he...
View ArticleFlooding Causes Outages In Reading, Weathersfield, W.Windsor
Staff Report About 1500 Green Mountain Power customers in Reading, Weathersfield and West Windsor lost power Tuesday night due to a flooded substation in Brownsville. The damage was so extensive Green...
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This Week’s Headlines, February 18, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Area Fires Take Their Toll On Communities by Katy Savage, Standard Staff A 1815...
View ArticleHartford Reconsiders Option Tax
By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent QUECHEE — Voters at Hartford’s annual Town Meeting on March 1 are going to get another chance to consider the imposition of the so-called “local option tax” that...
View ArticleTowns Scramble For Road Funds
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff Many town officials apply to the same grant every year, even if they know their likelihood of getting one is slim. “They’re quite competitive,” said Preston Bristow, who...
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WUHS Winter Sports Finals Schedule
(See the regular season schedule & results – click here.) Boys Basketball (13-7-0) beat Bellows Fall (10-10-1) in the first round of the playoffs on Wednesday night. Advancing, the Wasps will take...
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ArtisTree Wants To Bring More Art To Local Classrooms
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff Teachers are busier now than ever with heftier curriculums, science standards to meet and literacy initiative demands. For a teacher, hands-on learning like the arts,...
View ArticleAwaiting Court Ruling, Quechee Highlands Gets Construction Permit
Staff Report QUECHEE — A major development project is being appealed in Superior Court but a permit indicates construction can start anytime. Pomfret resident Scott Milne got the land use permit Jan. 9...
View ArticleSome Reps Sponsor Bills They Don’t Fully Support
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff There are 842 bills in the Vermont House. There are 265 bills in the Senate. There is a bill about making the state native insect the tri-colored bumblebee. There’s a...
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Fire Destroys Home Of Well-Known ‘Doc’
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff SOUTH ROYALTON — The weight of fumes knocked Ronald “RG” Gadway Jr. backward after he opened the garage door of his family home last Wednesday afternoon. The tractor —...
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This Week’s Headlines, March 10, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Medal Of Honor Keegan Moriarty of Zack’s Place holds up his bronze medal from...
View ArticleWoodstock Alpine Teams Sweep District Championships
By David Miles,Standard Correspondent Both the Woodstock boys and girls Alpine Ski teams claimed the District Championships at Bromley last week, but they took vastly different routes to get there....
View ArticleLetters Rekindle Interest In Pope’s Time In Pomfret
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff Two years before he became Pope John Paul II, Karol Cardinal Wojtyla visited his friend in Pomfret. He swam in a pond in the summer of 1976, he cut his friend’s grass,...
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Trustees Race Emerges On Empty Ballot
Cary Agin Staff Report No one was interested in being a Woodstock village trustee last month. Now there are at least two write-in candidates vying for the three-year term. Two village business owners,...
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