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This Week’s Headlines, August 25, 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. Ruin to Renewal The Pingree sugarhouse on Route 100 was...
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Pet Photo Contest Winner & Submissions 2016
Congratulation to Lauren Carvalho of East Barnard . TheVermontStandard.com readers voted over the past week and chose Lauren’s photo as the Grand Prize Winner with 51.5% of the votes (486) out of 944....
View ArticleQuechee Highland Festival, Keeping the Scottish Tradition Alive
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent The Quechee Games – formerly known as the Quechee Scottish Festival – is up and running this year and will offer not only the same events but more, according to...
View ArticleDriver of Dead River Co. Van Injured in Route 4 Accident
Staff report A driver of a Dead River Company van was seriously injured in a head-on collision on Route 4 near the White Cottage Snack Bar on Friday afternoon. The Dead River van driver was taken by...
View ArticleBoard Not Worried About Chief’s Lack of Certification
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent Although Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery was awarded his position by the select board in 2013 on the condition that he would complete the Level III...
View ArticleReading Elementary School Hires W. Windsor Resident to Be Principal
Staff Report Cathy Knight knew in sixth grade when her teacher said, “you can do anything, be anything you want” that she wanted to be a teacher. Knight went home and played “school” with her dolls,...
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WCSU New Educators Ready for Challenges
A handful of new teachers and administrative staff are coming to the schools of Windsor Central Supervisory Union. The Vermont Standard talked with five of them: Hannah Leland Hannah Leland Hannah...
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Mr. Blish Goes to Washington: Police Chief Learns About Social Media at the...
Woodstock Police Chief Robbie Blish attended an event on technology and policing at the White House. (Woodstock Police Department Photo)By Michelle Fields, Standard Correspondent Last week Woodstock...
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This Week’s Headlines, September 1, 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. Sneaking a Treat J.J. Garrett’s dogs Harry and Bairdsly...
View ArticleWSESU Narrows Its Consolidation Options
Staff Report Last month the Agency of Education established guidelines that would allow school districts to forego a merger. But local school officials say it won’t be that easy. Each district would...
View ArticleNew Suicide Six Chairlift, Work in Progress
Work is under way on the ski lift at Suicide Six that is being replace before the start of the upcoming snow season. The 1976 chairlift will be replaced by a new $1.5 million chairlift. The new...
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This Week’s Headlines, September 9, 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. Fran Lamb turns vintage glass into garden art. Lamb...
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Murder Mystery Train Returns To Glory Days
Where: White River Train station When: Saturday, Sept. 10 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ticket information: $65 per person with limited seating. For info/reservations call 295-7500 or visit...
View Article‘Pickers’ Coming to Vermont
Staff Report Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and the team from the History Channel’s television show “American Pickers” are returning to Vermont and are looking for Vermont residents with large, private...
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Quite the Build-Up for Local Film
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff Ujon Tokarski had 33 minutes. The first assistant director needed to have a cabin wall that weighed about 1,400 pounds up in that time. Tokarski only had one shot to make...
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This Week’s Headlines, September 15, 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. by Katy Savage, Standard Staff The PYNK (People You Now...
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Bridgewater Neighbors Not Tickled About PYNK
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff BRIDGEWATER — The town is studying a noise ordinance after neighbors complained of a Route 100A “party house.” A Vermont law allows state police to start shutting down...
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Reading Gives Land to Oil ‘God’
By Katy Savage, Standard Staff READING — Some remember the tiny triangle, where Tyson Road met Park Circle Road, as a space used for Fourth of July celebrations and other events. “It was originally a...
View ArticleThe Rise of Twin-Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Commission
By Tony Marquis, Standard Staff Last year, the Two-Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Commission used its 10-member staff to help its 30 towns navigate complicated state regulations. TRORC managed the...
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This Week’s Headlines, September 1, 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. Sneaking a Treat J.J. Garrett’s dogs Harry and Bairdsly...
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