By Katy Savage The Woodstock Select Board approved last week the Economic Development Commission’s proposal to spend $110,000 to market the town. Class Four, a marketing firm in Burlington, will be hired under a one-year contract to develop videos and photos that capture the Woodstock lifestyle to increase tourism, attract new residents and entice new…

By Ethan Weinstein Bridgewater’s Aug. 17 Select Board meeting devolved into disarray when the board entered into executive session but failed to end its Zoom meeting, allowing the public to hear the private discussion. Town clerk and recently board-appointed treasurer Nancy Robinson proceeded to claim former treasurer Vicky Young wasted time making frequent trips to…

By Curt Peterson On Aug. 16, the Windsor Central Unified Union School District board, parents and students learned what the Covid-related requirements will be when campuses open on Sept. 1 and witnessed an open meetings law training session conducted by attorney Dina Atwood of Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C. A Vermont school board is considered…

Claude B. Blais, 68, of Killington, a restaurateur and bon vivant, died of the ravages of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 22, 2021. Claude was born in Newport, the third child of Benoit and Floride Blais. He grew up in the family home in Derby Line, traveling by bus during the school year to attend the…

By Brooke Geery Sadie Boroff, 12, of New Canaan, Connecticut, sat on top of a ramp in the parking lot of the Darkside Snowboard shop watching as a few younger girls practiced their drop-ins. The sun baked down for the fifth day of skateboard camp, and Boroff wasn’t the only one showing signs of fatigue,…

By Katy Savage The Woodstock Economic Development Commission and Village trustees are trying to bring more food to town to accommodate a shortage of lunch options and a striking volume of tourists. EDC chair Jon Spector said the “unprecedented surge in demand,” combined with lack of employees, has created an “impossible equation” for restaurant owners.…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified Union School District convened a special board meeting Monday night, still on a “hybrid” regimen — about half the participants were present in the Middle School library, while the other half attended remotely via Zoom. The formula worked, although Chair Bryce Sammel (Barnard) had to wait 18 minutes…

By The Boston Globe MYTH: The Covid-19 vaccines were developed too fast to be safe. FACTS: It’s understandable that people would have this concern. The vaccines were rolled out in record time, two of them using a novel technology. The government entity that led the effort was even called “Operation Warp Speed.” But in reality,…

By Katherine Lazarus PITTSFORD — Vermont’s idyllic countryside has a way of enticing out-of-staters. Just ask Mason Jarboe, 27, and Kasey King, 32, who left their 70-hour work weeks and small apartment in New York City in September 2019 to move to Pittsford, Vermont, and open Rose Valley Farm. The couple were opera singers in…

8‐year‐old. Spayed female. Pit mix. Tan brindle. Sweet, lovable lady looking for her forever home. Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 • Tues. – Sat. 12-5p.m. Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org “I’m a 10-year-old neutered male. I'm looking for a warm and inviting family with whom I can…

By Brooke Geery Comic readers, gamers and fans of "Star Wars" and other fantasy have a new reason to leave the house in Rutland, thanks to Jared Goodrich, 31, and his fiancé, Jenna Flood, 32. The couple has been stocking, assembling, and creating a destination shop on Woodstock Ave. in Rutland for over eight months.…

Calista to open a new houseplant shop downtown this fall By Katy Savage RUTLAND—In March 2020, just days before the state shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Calista Budrow moved into a new house with her family in Rutland. She brought her small collection of houseplants with her. A year later, Budrow has more than…

By Riley Robinson/VTDigger The song was about the world being on fire. And as they rehearsed the musical number on an athletic field in Lyndon, they watched haze from the Manitoba wildfires obscure the mountains, the trees and the moon. At one point, Silas Brubaker, 14, and a couple of other actors sat in a parked car to…

By Curt Peterson KILLINGTON— Sherburne Memorial Library Director Jane Ramos will be one of three rural librarians chosen to speak at the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) annual convention in Reno, Nevada in October. The conference theme is “The biggest little library.” ARSL will be hosting the conference at the Nugget Resort Oct.…

By Curt Peterson Killington Select Board member Chuck Claffey was about a half-year short of completing his first term on the Board when he sold his house and moved to Mendon, requiring him to resign from his seat. Chair Steve Finneran and Jim Haff (the remaining two Select Board members) appointed a replacement for Claffey…