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Town Meeting Preview: Plymouth Eyes Lower Town Tab, Board Race
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent PLYMOUTH – Voters in this town will be asked to approve a budget of $1,271,821 of which $985,621 is to be raised in taxes to meet the town’s expenses and...
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Town Meeting Preview: Hartland to Decide ‘Sanctuary Town’ Item, Budgets
By Nancy Nutile-McMenemy, Standard Correspondent HARTLAND – In a time honored tradition, the residents of Hartland will gather at Damon Hall on Tuesday, March 7 at 9 a.m. for Town Meeting. Residents...
View ArticleTown Meeting Preview: Bridgewater Taxpayers’ Share of Town Budget to Drop
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent BRIDGEWATER – Voters in this town will be asked to approve a budget of $1,209,660 of which $702,831.57 is to be raised in taxes to meet the town’s expenses and...
View ArticleFormer Woodstock Student Wows Coaches on “The Voice”
Troy Ramey – a former WUHS student whose father, Wayne Ramey, coached back-to-back boys varsity basketball championship teams for the Wasps in 1998 and 1999 – stole the show at his Blind Audition on...
View ArticleAct 46 Plan Nearing Approval
Staff Report The future of the WCSU’s Act 46 Plan is all down to Woodstock’s vote at this point. As of 8:27 p.m., Killington, Pomfret and Bridgewater have all voted in favor of the plan. Barnard and...
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Woodstock Film Series Film Tells Story of Famous Mona Lisa Heist, March 11
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent Filmmakers Justine and Joe Medeiros know all too well that Leonardo DaVinci’s half-length portrait of the Mona Lisa continues to draw millions of visitors to...
View ArticleClarkson Sponsors Bill that Raises Smoking Age
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent In April 2016, Republican State Representative Ann Donahue of Northfield said, “The right to make decisions as an adult is only meaningful if it includes the...
View ArticleSnow Fall Numbers Increase for Tuesday to Wednesday Storm
The National Weather Service has increase the expected snow fall for the winter storm Windsor County is expecting from Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening. 18-24 inches and higher in some areas,...
View ArticleBlizzard/Significant Snowstorm for VT Creates Safety Concerns
WATERBURY – The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for the western edge of Vermont, and a Winter Storm Warning for all of Vermont through 8 p.m. Wednesday evening. Most areas of...
View ArticleSuicide Six to Reopen This Weekend
The additional snow in the Woodstock area is allowing for Suicide Six to get the groomers on the trails again in the 2017 season. The ski area will open for skiers and riders Friday through Sunday,...
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(Update) Accident on Route 4 in Quechee
By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent QUECHEE – A box truck and a car were both totaled in a head-on collision Wednesday morning on Route 4 near the entrance to the campground in Quechee but both...
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This Week’s Headlines, March 16, 2017
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick it up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. A couple and their dogs cross Central Street in...
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Hiller, Wadsworth Among Top UVAC Swimmers in Regional Competition
The team from the Upper Valley Aquatic Center got strong results at recent competition among the New England Swimming 14 & Under Age Groups. Jack Wadsworth of Hartland lead the way with 9 events...
View ArticlePolice: Snowmobiler Dies in Reading Accident
Staff Report READING – A 20-year-old Reading man died earlier this week in a snowmobile crash on a trail near Brown School House Road in Reading, according to state police. The preliminary...
View ArticleBarnard, Reading Weigh Options Under Act 46
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent School officials in Barnard and Reading are weighing their options after voters in these two towns on town meeting day decisively rejected a plan to join a new...
View ArticleWoodstock Village Approves Budget; Elects Serena Nelson
By Michelle Fountain, Standard Correspondent On Tuesday night, just under 40 voters passed an amended Woodstock Village budget of $1, 383,245 and all articles unanimously. Earlier in the day, 129...
View ArticlePetitioners Want to Revisit Rte. 12 House Issue
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent HARTLAND – Does the Town of Hartland “need” to buy the one-family home at 21 Route 12, or does it just “want” to buy it? That’s the question that inspired...
View ArticleNominations Open for 2017 Vermont Tree Stewards Award
Do you know someone who is a dedicated steward or advocate for the trees in your community? Perhaps there’s a volunteer group that has developed or implemented a town forest management plan or...
View ArticleTuesday Night Fire In Barnard
No Injuries in Barnard Blaze Volunteer firefighters from the Barnard, Broad Brook, South Royalton and Bethel departments fought a fire that broke out at 10 p.m. Tuesday evening right across Route 12...
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This Week’s Headlines, March 30, 2017
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick it up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Day at the Circus Trace Barnhart on the unicycle...
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