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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Over the years, Linda Smiddy has eaten lunch many times at the Thompson Senior Center.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WOODSTOCK — Some of Twin Pines Housing projects include dozens of affordable apartments, but another model seeks to make single-family homes affordable, one house at a time.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views School Board voted this week to approve a $30.8 million budget that includes all of the unified arts and two math and science positions slated for elimination in earlier budget versions.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — A divided Mountain Views School Board voted 8-7 at a special meeting Monday night to restore all of the unified arts positions eliminated in an initial budget proposal first presented to the board last month. The original proposal...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to approve $8.3 million in bonds to purchase water company property and fund capital improvement projects for the water system Tuesday, following months of town-wide discussion on the acquisition.In Tuesday’s vote,...

At the Woodstock Rotary Christmas Tree sale, Liv Bewick examines a tree using her phone while her father Gordon Bewick holds it and her mother Phyllis Bewick looks it over on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, in Woodstock, Vt. The family scrutinized a number of...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Residents on Tuesday will vote on two bonds related to the town’s purchase of the privately-held water system that serves thousands of residents.Tuesday’s vote includes two ballot questions: One bond would fund the purchase of the 358-acre...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — More than 100 parents, students and community members attended the Mountain Views Supervisory Union board meeting Monday night to object to a proposed $2.5 million budget reduction that threatens to eliminate 17 teaching and staff...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WOODSTOCK — On a warm, early fall morning students in Katrina Jimerson’s Eco Art class at Woodstock Union High School prepared for a “scavenger hunt” at Sculpture Fest, an art exhibition on farmland in Woodstock.The 15 students were in search of...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — For the next 18 months or so, Windsor County criminal court cases will be heading back to the future.Back, that is, to criminal cases being heard in the county’s historic Woodstock courthouse — and back again to resorting to video...

Logger Derek O’Toole of Bass Brook Farm and Forest pulls an ash log that will become firewood to heat the buildings at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock from the Mount Tom Forest on Wednesday.O'Toole is in the midst of a...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Vermont State Police have closed an investigation into an incident that prompted the suspension of Woodstock Police Chief Joseph Swanson, with no criminal charges being brought.Adam Silverman, a state police spokesperson, stated in an email Tuesday to...

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Rotary Club will hold a ceremony to light the new Mt. Tom Star on Sunday.The gathering will take place from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at Woodstock Inn front garden at 14 the Green. The group raised around $120,000 to reconstruct the...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Voters authorized the town to purchase Woodstock’s privately owned water system in an overflowing meeting that attracted about 500 people at Town Hall Tuesday night. After months of discussion and a public comment period that was kicked...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — More than 300 residents from towns in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union have signed a petition urging state legislators to restore state aid for school construction.The petition continues to circulate on local Listservs and distributed...

WOODSTOCK — The Agency of Education will host public engagement sessions in Randolph and Woodstock early this week to seek input on the future of public education and the education finance system in Vermont. ■A Monday evening session will take place...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson has been placed on administrative leave, the Town of Woodstock said in a news release on Tuesday afternoon.Swanson was placed on leave “as a precaution” following a “report of his alleged involvement in...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Town staff and members of the Woodstock Selectboard will be holding recurring weekly meetings to discuss their proposal to purchase the Woodstock Aqueduct Co.The Selectboard and Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced a two-step plan to...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard is scheduled to meet Wednesday night to approve a town-wide vote next month where residents will be asked to approve the purchase of the town’s private water supplier, Woodstock Aqueduct Co.At an informational meeting on...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has doubled the penalty for a Woodstock lawyer — suspending his law license for two years — ruling that his lack of remorse and failure to cooperate with an investigation into his misconduct had warranted the tougher...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental...