This Week’s Headlines, May 5, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Green Up Day is Saturday May 7 – click for details for your town Inn-credible The...
View ArticleWoodstock To Pay $70K To Public Relations Firm
By Michelle Fields, Standard Correspondent The Economic Development Commission took a leap forward in their objectives this week as the select board approved the hiring of a public relations firm to...
View ArticleHartland Town, School Partner To Develop 17-Acre Wood
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent The Hartland Conservation Commission and Hartland Elementary School have a joint plan to utilize some land that is practically landlocked, has remained unused...
View ArticleHouse Race Features Political Newbies
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff Ron Miller looked at a signature on a paper attached to his clipboard. “Oh, we’ve met,” said Miller. “You’re the artist!” Miller chased after the elderly man (Robert...
View ArticleThis Week’s Headlines, May 12, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Green Up Day is Saturday May 7 – click for details for your town Starting A New...
View Article‘High Risk’ Sex Offender Escapes Custody
Staff Report The Department of Corrections has issued a warrant for a Perkinsville man who disappeared from furlough supervision May 6. Dale Adams, Jr., 28, who was under custody for a sex-related...
View ArticleTown, School Partner To Develop 17-Acre Wood / Migratory Bird Day Saturday
May 14th is International Migratory Bird Day Meet at Hartland Elementary School at 8 a.m. on May 14, to explore the adjacent town-owned 17-acre wood and look for birds and early spring flowers. Be...
View ArticleFugitive Sex Offender Recaptured
By Eric Francis Standard Correspondent WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – A fugitive sex offender who had been missing for nine days was recaptured Saturday afternoon at the edge of downtown White River Junction....
View ArticleVOTE! Pick The Grand Prize Photo Contest Winner
The following photos are weekly winners of the Vermont Standard Spring Photo Contest. Take a look at the five weekly winners and choose your favorite to win the grand prize. The photo with the most...
View ArticleThis Week’s Headlines, May 19, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, on Wednesday night, pick it up on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. VOTE! Pick the grand prize winner of the Spring Photo Contest – click here Out With...
View ArticleWoman, 31, Injured In Interstate 91 Deer Crash
By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent HARTLAND — A Springfield woman was seriously injured first thing Saturday morning when she hit a deer on Interstate 91 in Hartland, causing her to be ejected...
View ArticleThis Week’s Headlines, May 26, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick it up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Taking His Art Public Herb Ferris, a Windsor sculptor,...
View ArticleMan Taken To DHMC By Helicopter
Staff Report A worker who suffered a seizure and fell off the roof of a Cox District Road home, according to Woodstock police, was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday morning....
View ArticlePolice: Treasurer Took Money From Church Fundraisers
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff HARTLAND — The volunteer treasurer of the First Universalist Society was arrested after she allegedly stole more than $7,500 of her church’s money. Tamara Ross of...
View ArticleWUHS Student Injured In Javelin Accident
By Tony Marquis, Standard Staff A 16-year-old student-athlete on the Woodstock Union High School track team was treated by Woodstock Ambulance after his leg was pierced during a javelin accident...
View ArticleReading Man Wins $2M In Vaccine Case
Staff Report Within 24 hours of receiving a flu vaccine, Andrew Rodd’s hands felt weak. He had wrist pain and thumb and finger pain. Soon he couldn’t walk short distances. Standing, sitting and lying...
View ArticleSubmit Your 2016 WUHS Grad Messages
Dear Family and Friends, The Vermont Standard is once again publishing its traditional Graduation Supplement for the Woodstock Union High School. We’d like to encourage you to personalize this keepsake...
View ArticleTaking His Art Public: Artist Herb Ferris Wants To Place Sculpture On Town Land
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff There is an empty hill off exit 9 of Interstate 91 — 23 acres of open public land that could soon become an artist’s canvas. Herb Ferris, an artist in Windsor, wants to...
View ArticleThis Week’s Headlines, June 3, 2016
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick it up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Student Impaled In Javelin Accident Woodstock Police...
View ArticleHefty Fees Force Closure Of Quechee Mobil Mart
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent QUECHEE — Sheryl Trainor, owner of Quechee Mobil Mart at the end of the off-ramp at Exit 1 from I-89, called her business “The Gateway to Woodstock.” For...
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