New Leadership for ‘Change the World Kids’
2017 Change the World Kids. Front row: Issy Hiller, Ava Dodson, Claudia Mills, Luscian Meyers, Claire Coates, Maddy Trimpi, Louis Mills, Anna Steele, Morgan Willis Back row: Owen Spann, Oliver Wilson,...
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This Week’s Headlines, December 28, 2017
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Little Millie tries to get the attention of her owner,...
View ArticleLocal Woodstock Village Bridge to Close April 16
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent In a joint meeting Tuesday evening, Village Trustees and Woodstock Select Board members learned from Municipal Manager Phil Swanson that the Central Street...
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Teago General Store Changing Hands
Chuck Gundersen stands at the counter of the Teago store. (Rick Russell Photo) By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent SOUTH POMFRET – The renowned Teago General Store will soon be in the hands of a...
View ArticleWorld-Class Ski Races Coming to Suicide 6
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent If the country’s first rope tow wasn’t enough to put Woodstock on the map, next month’s FIS Telemark World Cup will surely do so. The Jan. 19-22 event at the...
View ArticleSnow and ‘Dangerously Cold Wind Chills’ Expected
According to the National Weather Service, there is a winter weather advisory in effect from noon on Thursday, January 4 until 7 a.m. on Friday, January 5. Snow and blowing snow is expected to come...
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Photos: Union Arena Holiday Skating
Erik Kostelnik of San Jose California with his kids, Tessa, 2, Mason, 6 and Sawyer, 2, watch the Zamboni clear the ice. (Rick Russell Photo) The Christmas break brought people out in the cold to the...
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This Week’s Headlines, January 4, 2018
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Hannah Brilling from Lebanon, NH, hugs her dog before they...
View ArticleTravel Hazardous; Wind Chills to Plunge
Motorists make their way down Central Street in Woodstock Village Thursday afternoon. (Gareth Henderson Photo) ____________________________________________________________ The National Weather Service...
View ArticleB Corp Trend Grows in Region
by Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent In its self-described statement, B Corporation (B Corp) is to business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk. To...
View ArticleEarly-Summer Opening Hoped for Car Wash
By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent QUECHEE – Work that began this fall on a new carwash-and-laundromat alongside Route 4 got a boost in recent weeks from better-than-expected weather which allowed...
View ArticleGreen Up Vt. Launches Annual Student Contests
Kelly Beerman and Lauren Adams pick up track on Hartland Hill Road in Woodstock. ( 2017 Rick Russell Photo) Any student K-12 may submit one entry each for Green Up Vermont’s annual contests for poster...
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This Week’s Headlines, January 11, 2018
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Mason Laplante works intently on a weaving project at...
View ArticleUpdate: Windsor Covered Bridge Closed Due to Rising Waters
Update (6:30 p.m., Jan. 13, 2017) from Windsor officials – “WFD reports that Connecticut River water levels are again on the rise. The covered bridge will remain closed until 12 A flooding recedes....
View ArticleService Dog Helps Killington Vet With PTSD
By Curt Peterson, Standard Correspondent KILLINGTON — Santos Ramos “is a sweetheart,” his wife Jane Ramos wrote, “and the whole town loves him.” Now the U.S. Navy veteran has a new friend – a service...
View ArticleJohn Doten Named Rotary’s Citizen of the Year
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent For his years of service to the town of Woodstock, local resident John D. Doten, Jr. was recently awarded the Woodstock Rotary Club Citizen of the Year Award...
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This Week’s Headlines, January 18, 2018
Read these stories and more on the eEdition, new edition available Wednesday nights, pick up a copy on the newsstands Thursdays or subscribe. Ellis Schek, 11, of Milton, cuts the head off a teddy bear...
View ArticleRollover Accident on I-91 in Hartland
By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent NORTH HARTLAND – A serious rollover accident involving some sort of truck has emergency crews working in the travel lane of Interstate 91 northbound at mile...
View ArticleTelemark World Cup at Suicide Six This Weekend
SOUTH POMFRET – This week, the FIS-Sanctioned Telemark World Cup races will be held at Suicide Six Ski Area Friday through Monday, Jan. 19-22, in South Pomfret, three miles north of Woodstock Village....
View ArticleBasketball Captain Blends Business With School Spirit
By Virginia Dean, Standard Correspondent When Woodstock Union High School senior and Girls Varsity basketball team co-captain Camie Rediker donned a pair of sweatpants with the school logo on it late...
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