By the end of day on Friday, May 15, the Ottauquechee Pharmacy will be closed permanently. All prescriptions will be transferred to a pharmacy of the customer’s choice. Call the Rutland Pharmacy 802-775-2545 to have prescriptions transferred. In a brief conversation with the Standard, Steve Hochberg, pharmacy employee, cited unforeseen economic circumstances and the nation-wide decline of independent pharmacies as a reason …

Bookstock 2026 takes place in Woodstock this weekend, May 15, 16, and 17. The literary “Festival of Words” will include author events, masterclasses, a used book tent sale, and several special events. The board, which includes local residents Priscilla Painton, Jon Spector, Michael Stoner, Julie Moncton, and Kari Meutsch will be at the helm of the festival again this year. …

The Hartland Selectboard will hold the first of two public hearings on the proposed 2026 Town Plan on Monday, June 1, at 6 p.m. at Damon Hall. By state statute, town plans in Vermont are supposed to be readopted by local governing bodies every eight years. Late last year, the Hartland Selectboard readopted the municipality’s 2017 Town Plan, allowing six …

By Mike Donoghue, Senior Correspondent Investigation continues into the suspicious death of an elderly Windsor County woman, who served three terms in the Vermont legislature representing Pomfret, Sharon and Royalton.  Noel A. Neely, 82, was found dead inside the family home on Douglas Hill Road about 10 a.m. last Saturday, Norwich Police Chief Matthew Romei said. She has served as …

More than 70 trees at the 154-acre King Farm in Woodstock have been harvested in order to help restore and stabilize the riverbank of the Ottauquechee River along Route 4, less than a mile downhill, according to a press release sent out last week by the Vermont Land Trust (VLT). “Addition of this woody material will provide natural protection for the riverbank, reduce erosion, slow down …