Demoted police chief offers to settle if two officials resign

Former Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson has agreed to drop his unlawful demotion lawsuit against the village and top officials if two of them resign their municipal posts. The proposed settlement was made after a state judge ruled that a preliminary injunction would remain in place blocking Woodstock from naming a permanent replacement for Swanson as police chief, his lawyer …

Cell phone ban, AI, principal search, traffic safety, and new school build are MVSU priorities for 2025-2026

Cell phones will no longer be omnipresent in the hands of students at Woodstock Union High School and Middle School (WUHS/MS) in the coming school year, which gets underway across the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) district next Wednesday, Aug. 27. Following extensive discussions among administrators, families, students and community members, WUHS/MS Principal Aaron Cinquemani in early May proactively implemented …

Woodstock okays foliage and ambulance agreements with Pomfret

The neighboring town of Pomfret was the beneficiary of two decisions by the Woodstock Selectboard at its regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening. In the first of two unanimous votes, the selectboard approved for the third consecutive year a joint traffic management plan for Cloudland Road in Pomfret and Woodstock during foliage season. Driven by social media on Instagram and …

BarnArts will offer family-friendly fun at the annual Barnard Street Dance

Block off your calendar for five hours of fun this Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Barnard Street Dance! The beloved, family-friendly event is in its fourth year of revival by BarnArts, and will take place primarily around Barnard Town Hall from 2-7 p.m. This represents an earlier end-time than previous years, with BarnArts’ Olivia Piepmeier saying, “We’re leaning into the …

PTO will take responsibility for Woodstock’s Halloween candy distribution this year

The Woodstock Elementary School and Prosper Valley School’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) will be taking over the responsibility of collecting and distributing trick-or-treat candy for Woodstock’s Village Halloween festivities this year.  A responsibility that previously lay with the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees will now fall to the PTO. Using the $1,500 set aside by the Woodstock Selectboard and Trustees …

Exchange students urgently need host families to step forward

Ten exceptional teenagers from around the world are hoping to spend the academic year in Vermont schools, but they’re running out of time. Each student has earned a coveted scholarship that has a less than a 2% acceptance rate, yet they may miss their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity because no local families have stepped forward to host them. “These kids have the …

MVSU will be a founding member of regional educational services collaborative

Following five years of collaboration between the superintendents of eight southeastern Vermont supervisory unions and school districts, the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) will become a founding member of a newly constituted Board of Cooperative Educational Services, part of a national educational collaborative initiative commonly known as BOCES. With the unanimous approval of its school board on Aug. 4, MVSU …