The Village of Woodstock has formally asked the Vermont Superior Court to uphold its decision to demote Police Chief Joseph Swanson to patrol officer. Burlington attorney Joseph Klesch, who is representing the village, outlined in his 56-page legal brief that Swanson should not be reinstated to the post of police chief for Woodstock. Klesch maintains the decision by municipal manager …
A former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education and current state legislator and member of the Vermont School District Redistricting Task Force appeared before the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) School Board on Monday evening, seeking to allay district-wide fears about one of three statewide redistricting maps currently under consideration by the task force, which is charged with making …
The long-awaited 2025 revision of the Hartland Town Plan has moved one critical step closer to fruition. The Hartland Planning Commission (HPC), which has been navigating an at times laborious path toward a new town plan for nearly three years, held the first of two public hearings on the draft of the 2025 plan at Damon Hall on Wednesday evening, …
As Woodstock gears up for its annual Wassail Weekend, scheduled for Dec. 12-14, event organizers are promising beloved decades-old standbys, a continuation of new traditions begun just last year, and a couple of twists for 2025 — including a wreath-making workshop at King Farm, and a holiday-ornament-making workshop at Artistree Community Arts Center in South Pomfret. Woodstock Chamber executive director …
In the wake of the recent Woodstock Village Development Review Board (VDRB) meeting at which three of the five board members voted to approve the Woodstock Inn & Resort’s application to demolish two historic homes — some may have asked, Why? Why did this board vote in favor of demolition? Which factors were taken into consideration? And why was the …
The Vermont State Senate Education Committee will hold a listening session at Woodstock Union High School and Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Vermont State Senator and chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Seth Bongartz, spoke to the Standard about hosting this event and what parents and community members can expect. “Last year, the Senate made an effort to …
By Mike Donoghue, Senior Correspondent Mid Vermont Christian School has asked a federal judge in Burlington for permission to file an amended discrimination lawsuit against state and local education leaders while also challenging Vermont’s new controversial education law known as Act 73. The new law excludes the private Christian school in Quechee and all religious approved independent schools in Vermont …
The Town of Woodstock Selectboard has chosen Illinois-based Aqua-Aerobics Systems, Inc. as the principal equipment vendor for the substantial upgrades required at the municipality’s main wastewater treatment facility. At a special meeting last Friday, board members heard a presentation from project engineers, Hoyle Tanner, on the merits and drawbacks of two proposals submitted by equipment providers Aqua-Aerobics Systems and competitor …
By Emma Stanton, Staff Writer © 2025 The Vermont Standard With quaint storefronts, historic inns, and rolling mountains sprawling in all directions, Woodstock Village has long been known as a lovely, picture-perfect small town, attracting visitors from all over the world. But when the very people who have traveled hours or days to visit our tiny hamlet approach the historic …