The town of West Windsor has dared to imagine a community returned to a different time. Before streetlights blazed through the night and the fluorescent hue of stores and offices beamed into the wee hours of the morning, the world once knew darkness. True darkness. Devoid of light pollution.  From April 13-20, West Windsor plans to have the opportunity to …

Beginning this month and continuing through May, 28 acres of a grass wildlife opening near the Woodstock/Pomfret town line will be burned by the federal Green Mountain National Forest as part of a larger prescribed fire operation of over nearly 1,000 acres in southern Vermont. The area near the Woodstock/Pomfret town line is named the AT Upper Lewis, and it …

In a time-honored spirit of song and solidarity that wove a common thread from the women’s suffrage and early American labor movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the Civil Rights and antiwar struggles of the 1960s, local singers are banding together to raise their voices in protest against the policies of the administration of President Donald …

“Bookstock 2026” is officially a go. With a slate of impressive authors on hand, a new “Cookstock” event, and a number of partnerships in the works, the Bookstock board promises that our area is in for a book-filled extravaganza over the weekend of May 15-17.  Among the many notable authors present for this year’s event, namely Katherine Arden, Patrick Bringley, …

By Justin Bigos, Staff Writer This Easter weekend, churches in our area will offer many special services and celebrations. The First Congregational Church of Woodstock will be hosting an Easter Sunrise Service. Participants should meet at Faulkner Park at 6 a.m., in order to hike to Mt. Tom, where the service begins at about 7 a.m. at the star. Afterward, …