Mid Vermont Christian School, which says it was banished from the Vermont Principals’ Association this year because it refused to play in a girls basketball tournament game against a high school with a transgender player on its team, is now fighting back, according to a new federal civil rights lawsuit. Mid Vermont Christian is joined by two sets of parents …
By Tom Ayres, Vermont Standard Senior Staff Writer Copyright © 2023 Vermont Standard. All rights reserved. The shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington last Saturday evening has sparked anew a nationwide conversation about gun violence, mental illness, and hate crimes, particularly given the shooting incident’s occurrence in the midst of the latest Israel-Hamas war and its attendant rise …
Major rehabilitation work on the Quechee Gorge Bridge, which commenced in late August, has recessed for the winter. Work on the multiyear project, which is expected to wrap up in late 2025, will resume in the spring of next year. The span on Route 4 is one of Vermont’s most stunning and historic bridges, rising 165 feet over the Ottauquechee …
At a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21, the Woodstock Selectboard announced an update regarding proposed renovations to Woodstock’s Main Wastewater Treatment Plant. Following a conversation with Hoyle Tanner, the engineering firm that won the bid to work on the project’s scope, the selectboard has decided to push the vote on the bond for the proposed renovations to November 2024 rather …
60 rising comics will join the four-day event Celebrated “Saturday Night Live” alum Colin Quinn will headline the second annual Vermont Comedy Festival, which will also bring more than 60 rising stars of the stand-up and sketch comedy realms to Bridgewater, Killington, Pomfret, and Woodstock on Thursday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 3. Festival headliner Quinn, the co-anchor on SNL’s …
Do802.com, a new service of the Vermont Standard, is now live. The free, web-based app features a comprehensive calendar of events and an up-to-the-minute feed of deals, discounts, and announcements posted by local businesses. Do802 was designed to help quickly connect people to everything the Upper Valley offers. From favorite restaurants, local festivals, and unique exhibitions, to last-minute discounts on …