After weeks of intense criticism from educators and lawmakers, Gov. Phil Scott’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders, was rejected by the Senate on a 19-9 vote Tuesday, with Sen. Rich Westman, R-Cambridge, walking out on the vote entirely.
In a low-slung building on Hutchins Street in Morrisville, next to an engineering office down the hill from a newly built affordable housing complex, Craft Cannabis sells more than marijuana — it’s selling a vibe.
Rumors of the demise of Spanish classes at Peoples Academy Middle School have not been exaggerated, despite the hopes of some on the school board.
Following the announcement of plans to sell off its equine operation, the North Country Animal League has faced intense backlash from some members of the local community, including longtime donors and its former director.
Just weeks after Johnson village was devastated by flooding last July, up on the hills above it, Lamoille County Field Days provided a sense of normalcy and fun in a town sorely in need of it.
Longtime Lamoille Union High School counselor Ian Trombulak was awarded the 2024 James F. Cawley Vermont High School Counselor of the Year by the Vermont School Counselors Association.
After a second budget to fund Lamoille North Supervisory District elementary schools failed again by a narrow margin, the district school board unanimously voted to cut just $50 dollars and bring it to a revote.
Lamoille County Cannabis and its associated cannabis gummy manufacturing operation, Lindies Kitchen, have been shut down by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board.
Morristown has hired its first town manager, almost a year after turnover of numerous elected and appointed town officials spurred a voter-led petition to switch to a form of government that takes day-to-day operations of the town out of the hands of a five-person selectboard.
After Town Meeting Day voters in Elmore and Morristown defeated their school budget, a second budget managed to cut $120,000 without cutting any faculty or staff.
While the Vermont Transportation Agency oversees work on the state’s network of inter-town highways, Lamoille County towns all have their own roadwork to-do lists.
Johnson village lineman Paul Stankiewicz has been fired for the second time.
Megan Cloutier of Morristown has graduated from the Early Childhood Leadership Institute at The Snelling Center for Government.
As interest has grown in ranked choice voting in the Legislature, towns, interest groups and voters, the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office and the League of Women Voters of Vermont is hosting a two-part virtual to “inform debate and raise the profile of this system of voting.”
Voters in Morristown and Elmore on Tuesday rejected their school budget for the second time in six weeks, all but ensuring that the school district will have to make deeper cuts.
Much has been made of the long-running rivalry between the sports teams at Peoples Academy and Stowe High School, two campuses in towns about a dozen miles apart. When it comes to spring sports, though, no such rivalry exists.
Here’s how the Lancers fared this week.
There’s more to consider than fresh eggs when raising chickens at home. For gardeners, that includes keeping both chickens and plants safe and productive.
The Waterbury Stowe Fish and Game Club holds its annual clean-up day Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. noon.
On Saturday, May 4, Justice for Dogs will hold a pop-up bottle and can drive from 9-11 a.m. at the Northgate Plaza Shopping Center in Morrisville.
It’s that time of year again. Green Up Day is Saturday, May 4.
The Craftsbury Energy Committee will host three weatherization tours on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., in partnership with SaveEnergyNEK.
Morristown has hired Brent Raymond as its first town manager.
The winner of Craftsbury Community Care Center’s spring raffle tickets to the April 12 Boston Celtics game against the Charlotte Hornets reports they had a “magical” time.
The Julian Scott Memorial Gallery presents a Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit featuring Victoria Alinovi (“Shedding of the Skin”), Owen Whitney and Kate Vogan through May 3. The gallery is located on the Vermont State University-Johnson campus. For information, call 802-635-1469.
Nominations are open for the annual 4393 Awards, a reader survey sponsored by the Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen to honor the best in our area. This nomination period is your chance to write in names, so if you (or your favorite business) want to be on the list of finalists, spread the word.
Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders from Stowe-based Green Mountain Academy competed in USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
A look at this year’s final day of lift-serviced skiing at Stowe Mountain Resort.
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