By Mike Donoghue, Senior Correspondent Woodstock municipal employees say they are concerned about bad behavior by one member of the public at and around Town Hall, but a review of village police records shows no worker ever filed any complaints for threats or misconduct at the municipal building. The Vermont Standard filed a Vermont Public Records Request after a typed …
By Tom Ayres , Senior Staff Writer In the heartwarming spirit of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the classic Christmas holiday film starring James Stewart, directed by the iconic filmmaker Frank Capra, the Barnard General Store implemented a new program this holiday season aimed at benefiting those in need in the community. The “Village Board” was born two weeks before Christmas, …
The Mill School, a non-profit childcare center in Woodstock’s East End, is expanding in the new year to accommodate families with children ages six weeks to five years of age. The Vermont Department of Children and Families signed off on Dec. 19 on the licensing changes that have enabled The Mill School’s expansion, the childcare center’s founder and business manager …
Eduardo and Ligia Banks, the Brazilian-Italian couple who own the Splendid Bakes bakery in Woodstock Village, are saying goodbye to 4 The Green, their home for the past three years. In an interview with the Standard, Eduardo Banks said, “Our original plan was to open our bake shop at the Train Station Depot on the Alsup’s property.” He added, “The …
Former chair of the West Windsor Planning Commission, Alan Keiller, and planning commission member and Homes Study project manager, Jill Appel, are asking the West Windsor Selectboard to help enact a Housing Commission dedicated to finding grants and prioritizing parcels in order to achieve their mission of creating 70 viable housing units by 2030. Keiller and Appel spoke to the …
After the recent appointment of Michael Hoyt to the Windsor-4 Vermont House of Representatives to replace Heather Surprenant, the Standard spoke this week with the two other local residents who were under consideration for the position — Pomfret’s Benjamin Brickner and Hartford’s Havah Armstrong Walther — about their experience going through the process. Apparently, the process for replacing Surprenant was …