By Curt Peterson Vicky Allard and her husband, Joe Hanglin, grew up at two extremes within the United Kingdom yet ended up in Grafton, Vermont — population 600 or so. Food was paramount in both of their childhoods — Vicky […]
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Local policymakers call on Scott to reenact Covid mitigation
By Curt Peterson A group of lawmakers and healthcare professionals, confused by Governor Phil Scott’s failure to take more aggressive action to stem the recent surge in Covid hospitalizations and deaths, which equal last winter’s rates, publicly urged him to […]
Will Hartland expand democracy?
By Curt Peterson Hartland resident Ana Mejia, attending the Hartland Select Board meeting via Zoom, calmly laid out a list of reasons why the town might consider using the Australian ballot system and other changes for deciding town issues, to […]
WCSD board divided on renaming objectives
Policy Committee Chair Lou Piconi resigned after Monday meeting By Curt Peterson The idea of renaming educational facilities or programs that have been named for individuals in recognition of their past service to students of the Windsor Central School District […]
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 40 – Oct. 6-12, 2021
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Dave’s Skunk Hollow Auto caught in ‘car conundrum’
By Curt Peterson HARTLAND—In 2020, 330 million Americans registered 291 million cars and light trucks. Pre-Covid new car sales were about 19 million. Automobile manufacturing provides 190,000 U.S. jobs. A lack of public transportation, sparse population and significant distances between […]
School district renaming policy is a ‘lightning rod’
By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) board member Ben Ford, chair of the New Build Committee overseeing a proposed $74 million-plus project to build a new middle/high school in Woodstock, outlined a proposal for fundraising at […]
Hartland bridge work to end — no more detour
By Curt Peterson London Bridge isn’t the only one falling down — State Route 12’s Bridge No. 3 over Lull’s Brook in Hartland Four Corners has been narrowed to one lane and controlled by a traffic light for several months […]
Delta has landed — are local schools ready?
By Curt Peterson With 78 Covid cases confirmed in Vermont schools this week alone, local schools are scrambling to deal with the highly contagious Delta variant. The Dept. of Health daily dashboard indicates the general population in some local towns […]
Bistro Midva brings French-inspired fare to Windsor
By Curt Peterson Word has spread across Windsor about Bistro Midva (Slovenian for “the two of us”), a newly-opened dinner spot along Route 5. Saturday, chef and co-owner Chad Lumbra arranged an outdoor dining table below the sidewalk with a […]