Last Thursday evening’s Woodstock Selectboard Meeting could be described as democracy in action — as 60-100 residents gathered at Town Hall to attend the meeting, with an additional 60 or more connections joining via Zoom. The turnout came after Woodstock resident Alison Taylor encouraged her fellow residents to attend the meeting and make their voices heard. At the outset of …

Last Friday, the state of Vermont’s Land Use Review Board visited West Windsor, as the town’s newly formed housing committee and the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (MARC) work to expedite their housing initiative. Al Keiller and Jill Appel, founding members of the West Windsor Housing Committee, have been working to bring affordable housing to their community. The committee partnered with …

At its meeting last week, the Pomfret Selectboard took steps to begin the process of rebuilding the infrastructure of Pomfret Road. Selectboard chair Benjamin Brickner told the Standard, “Last night the board approved an RFP for Road Reclamation Engineering Services. Despite its prosaic name, this will be an extraordinary project. The road has been maintained through regular pavement overlays for …

On Monday, the District 3 Environmental Commission announced its decision to deny the Woodstock Resort Corporation’s application to demolish the historic 14 and 16 South Street properties. At a public hearing held on Dec. 16, the Act 250 District 3 Environmental Commission heard from Benjamin Pauly, director of property operations and design at the Woodstock Inn & Resort, Phil Neuberg, …

According to a release provided by The Mountain View Supervisory Union (MVSU), on Tuesday, March 24, the Superintendent of Schools Sherry Sousa released a letter which urges both taxpayers and the Vermont State Legislators who represent them to hit the “pause button” on a controversial education reform bill– Senate Bill 220 (S.220). Instead, in the letter, Sousa urges the General …

During last Thursday evening’s Woodstock Selectboard meeting, Chamber of Commerce director Jim Kelly announced that the annual food festival, Taste of Woodstock, will not be happening this year. In an interview afterward with the Standard, Kelly said, “Taste of Woodstock appeared to be successful because a lot of people showed up for it. Obviously, the vendors are very upset that …