The potential sale of the Four Corners Children’s Center in Hartland to the Windsor Early Childhood Education Center is on hold while the town completes asbestos, lead, and radon safety evaluations of the municipally owned building at 29 Brownsville Road. Following the testing and reporting, which is expected to be concluded within a month, the town selectboard will take up …
A joint meeting of the Woodstock Town Selectboard and the Village Trustees that was to prominently feature a discussion of the annual performance review of municipal manager Eric Duffy on Tuesday evening was abruptly adjourned after just over five minutes after town resident and local attorney Nicholas Seldon failed to yield the floor during public comment. Seldon is the husband …
On Tuesday evening, the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees met to discuss several pertinent town issues, including a discussion of safety and freedom of speech as it pertains to the Tribou Park Protesters, who have been protesting for 170 consecutive days so far. Al Alessi, local Woodstock resident and staunch participant in the protests, along with other participants of the …
The Central & Main apartment complex is officially open in Windsor, bringing with it twenty-five new homes to the formerly vacant lot on Main Street in Windsor’s downtown. Elizabeth Bridgewater, executive director of Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, spoke to the Standard this week about the housing development and what affordable housing means to the town of Windsor. “The Windsor …
Although Sustainable Woodstock’s Community Garden occupies a peaceful space on Old River Road, the location has been damaged by flood events in recent years. Now, the organization is working on a solution. The forward-thinking project will protect the remaining streambank while restoring a favorable habitat for fish and wildlife. “Barnard Brook’s streambank has eroded over the years, notably during Tropical …
The first of four planned road closures along Vermont Routes 100 and 100A in Plymouth and Bridgewater got underway on Monday morning, July 7, facilitating the full replacement of a bridge over Pinney Hollow Brook. The bridge along Route 100A in Plymouth, which is located about three miles southwest of U.S. Route 4 and 3.7 miles north of Route 100, …