Michael Drake, a longtime Vermont restaurant owner and property manager, has purchased the building at 3 Elm Street in Woodstock Village, with plans to revitalize the space.  The first-floor restaurant, formerly Dr. Coburn’s Tonic – and before that, Bentleys – will open this month as Positive Pie. The plan is to serve up traditional New York-style pizza and drinks. Drake …

An oft-delayed bond vote to fund renovations to the Woodstock wastewater treatment facility will now be kicked into the new year. This week, the Woodstock Town Selectboard deferred a decision on a new date for the public to weigh in on the bond until the town governing body holds a scheduled joint meeting with the Village Trustees next Tuesday, Oct. …

By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff Writer The Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) has agreed to work with the Hartford School District (HSD) and the Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union (WSSU) to explore the advantages of creating “a single, larger, more efficient and equitable school district,” MVSU board chair Keri Bristow said in a statement sent to the Standard last week, following …

During last week’s Woodstock Selectboard and Village Board of Trustees joint meeting on September 29, municipal manager Eric Duffy proposed that the two boards consider a potential merger.  In a presentation he made to highlight the goals and objectives of the selectboard and trustees as they look toward 2026, Duffy said, “I think what’s stopping us from being more effective …

Woodstock Town Selectboard member Greg Fullerton has been hired as the new public works director for the municipality. Municipal manager Eric Duffy announced the selection of Fullerton as the town’s new public works leader at the outset of a special selectboard meeting on Monday afternoon. Fullerton will replace former director Chris Barr, who succumbed to a brief, hard-fought battle with …