H.955 — the sprawling education transformation act passed by lawmakers last Friday after nearly five months of committee hearings and floor votes in the Vermont House and Senate — has proved to be a classic double-edged sword for administrators of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU). For the past seven years, MVSU leaders, staff, teachers, families, and students have been …

David Simmons — an expert in the fields of history, archaeology, and anthropology — has stepped down as executive director of Billings Farm & Museum.  As a young boy, barely four years old, Simmons says he visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Today, at the age of 71, he recalls seeing the Hall of Arms and …

Acting Woodstock Police Chief Christopher O’Keeffe is captured on a newly released police video saying multiple times that he believed Woodstock Village Board of Trustees vice chair Jeffrey Kahn assaulted a longtime employee in his gift store during an incident in October 2024, but the woman is recorded saying she was hesitant to seek criminal charges.  During the police interrogation …

During last Thursday evening’s Woodstock Selectboard Meeting, chairperson Susan Ford read a statement addressing the town’s legal expenditures during the 2025 fiscal year.  In her statement, Ford said, “We have been asked to explain the expenditure of municipal funds on a personnel issue. During the period in question, the [2024-2025] fiscal year, the amount of $102,236.26 was spent in legal …

A hearing was held last Thursday evening, May 28, in front of a full room of Woodstock residents and applicants seeking an interim seat on the Woodstock Selectboard. Seven residents came forward as candidates for appointment to the two vacant seats on the five-person board. The selectboard was down to just three members following the resignations of former chairperson Ray …