The latest demotion hearing for Police Chief Joe Swanson got underway on Monday morning, March 2 before the Woodstock Village Trustees. The hearing was recessed around 5 p.m. and is set to resume at the same location on Tuesday, March 3, at 9 a.m. The hearing is being held at the Woodstock Masonic Lodge at 30 Central St. in Woodstock. …
The Woodstock Town Selectboard and Village Trustees on Monday evening approved an updated, open-ended, employment-at-will contract with municipal manager Eric Duffy that calls for the town official to be paid a salary of $176,000 for the 2026-27 fiscal year that gets under way on July 1 — a hike of just under 24.3% over the $141,620 Duffy is being compensated …
By Emma Stanton, Staff Writer The Village of Woodstock’s annual Village Meeting will be held at the Woodstock Town Hall on Tuesday, March 17. Voting, via Australian ballot, will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the two open trustee positions. One position will be for a three-year term, the other for a two-year term. Two Woodstock Village …
Concerns by the town leaders of Weathersfield about the current finances of the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department and the possible inability to complete its five-year agreement for road patrols were among the reasons the town pulled out of its contract last week, according to Municipal Manager Brandon Gulnick. Gulnick, during the Weathersfield Selectboard meeting this week, offered both details and …
The Twin Farms rezoning request for commercial expansion has been approved by the Barnard Selectboard by a unanimous vote at their meeting on Feb. 18. Twin Farms, a luxury resort located on Stage Road in Barnard, had initially brought their rezoning proposal to Barnard’s planning commission. Twin Farms had submitted documentation requesting that one of the lots they recently purchased …
An updated report prepared for the Mountain Views School District (MVSD) shows that rebuilding Woodstock Union High School and Middle School (WUHS/MS) as proposed will be more than $20 million less expensive for local taxpayers than a comprehensive renovation of the existing facility. The cost analysis, prepared by Burlington-based PC Construction, assumes that state construction aid and pledged private donations …