FAIR HAVEN—Fair Haven Concerned, Inc., is participating in the summer food service program for children. The program is designed to ensure that children who rely on free or reduced price meals during the school year continue to have adequate nutrition throughout the summer. It is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Meals…

CAVENDISH—The Vermont Community Fund has awarded a Small and Inspiring Grant in the amount of $1,000 to the Two Rivers Supervisory Union for further landscaping of the lot next to the Cavendish Town Elementary School. The purpose of the award is to support work that builds communities. The elementary school principal, George Thomson, has taken…

Rec employee receives state award The Vermont Parks and Recreation Association has recognized April Cioffi with its Young Professional Award, awarded annually to member recreation professionals age 40 or younger and employed in Vermont for at least two years. City Recreation & Parks Superintendent Cindy Wight said she nominated Cioffi for her commitment to the…

Rupert selling town forest RUPERT—The Town of Rupert is selling its 72-acre town forest, a property bordering New York state at the end of Ike Wright Trail/Road. Voters approved the sale at the 2017 Town Meeting. Select Board Chair Mark Lourie said the town has owned the parcel since the 1950s and logged it about…

Twelve rural libraries received grants from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) recently. Six public libraries in Vermont and six public libraries in New Hampshire will receive funds for the 2017-2018 school year, according to a May 23 news release. CLiF’s Rural Libraries Grant enables rural public libraries in New Hampshire and Vermont, many of whom…

Class of 2017 sets high standards for achievement RUTLAND—On Friday, June 2, Mount St. Joseph Academy celebrated its 130th commencement exercises at St. Peter Church with the traditional pageantry that accompanies each MSJ graduation. The opening procession included flags from the various countries whose students attend MSJ, as well as a Knights of Columbus honor guard.…

WEST RUTLAND—On Thursday morning, June 1, West Rutland’s fifth-graders participated in Rutland County Audubon’s second Marsh Education Day at the West Rutland Marsh. Volunteers from Audubon manned four stations that the students rotated through every 30 minutes. The stations focused on four areas: the marsh itself (history, habitat and its role as a “nursery” for…

Killington Resort finishes out the season with free skiing in June KILLINGTON—For the first time in 15 years, Killington Resort offered lift serviced skiing and snowboarding in June. And Thursday, June 1, hundreds showed up for lift-serviced skiing and riding offered free to the public. It was the first time that Killington had offered lift-serviced…

Vermont Days are an annual invitation to visitors and Vermonters to explore — for free — Vermont’s excellent fishing, state parks, and historic sites. For the weekend of June 10-11, all Vermont State Parks day-use areas and all state-owned Historic Sites will be open at no charge. Additionally, Saturday is free fishing day—no license required. “Vermont…

By Evan Johnson RUTLAND—The Hunger Council of Rutland County describes Act 148, also known as the Universal Recycling Law, as the most significant change to Vermont’s solid waste system in recent history. The law focuses on reducing food waste, with the goal of eliminating food waste from the waste stream by 2020.  At its quarterly…

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger Local residents met this week to go over their options under Act 46 in preparation for a June 13 revote on a school district merger with Rochester and Bethel. In April, Royalton voters overwhelmingly rejected the same proposal, but resident Laurie Smith said people were surprised to learn their vote…

By Stephen Seitz LUDLOW—On May 30 the towns of Mount Holly and Ludlow narrowly defeated an Act 46 merger proposal, which would have closed Black River High School and sent the students of those towns to the Mill River Union Unified School District in North Clarendon. The combined votes of both towns came to 636…

Saturday, June 10—SO. ROYALTON—U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will deliver the commencement remarks at two Vermont high schools in the coming weeks. Sanders will deliver the South Royalton High School commencement address on June 10 in South Royalton. Sanders will also be the commencement speaker during Champlain Valley Union High School’s graduation on June 16.…

NORTHFIELD—The Community College of Vermont (CCV) held its graduation ceremony Saturday, June 3, at Norwich University’s Shapiro Field House. More than 500 students from across the state received associate degrees at the event. Students representing all 14 Vermont counties graduated along with students from 11 other states and nine countries. The youngest graduates were 17…

ROCHESTER— Cold planing will begin this week at the intersection of Route 73 and Bingo Road. They will move this operation east, towards the intersection of Route 73 and 100. Slope stabilization along Route 73 will continue through next week. Expect alternating, one-way traffic around construction activities. Road work will take place Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to…