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The award-winning Vermont Standard is Windsor County’s largest, and the state of Vermont’s oldest, weekly newspaper. It serves the towns of Woodstock, Barnard, Bridgewater, Hartland, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Quechee, and West Windsor.
Founded in 1853, the paper was originally conceived as The Vermont Temperance Standard, an anti-alcohol publication. It ultimately transitioned into the paper of record for the Woodstock region, outperforming and outliving 13 other publications that existed during the latter half of the 19th century.
Today the Vermont Standard publishes robust print and digital editions, as well as print and digital specialty publications, that consist nearly entirely of locally-produced news, information, photography and advertising. It is widely regarded as one of New England’s best small-market weeklies – in fact, it has been named “Newspaper of the Year” by the New England Newspaper & Press Association several times recently.
Throughout its 165-year history, the Standard has published a paper each and every week. Not even the burning of the newspaper’s offices in 1867 (and again in 2018), a flood in 1973, which destroyed the entire pre-press and press operation, or even Tropical Storm Irene, which washed the newspaper’s building into the raging river in August 2011, could prevent the Standard from arriving on newsstands and in subscribers’ mailboxes. Beyond any awards or recognition, it’s that type of commitment to serving the residents of its communities, no matter what it takes, that truly distinguishes the Vermont Standard.
Reach the Standard
Call: 802-457-1313
Email: info@thevermontstandard.com
23 Elm Street
P.O. Box 88
Woodstock, VT 05091
Display Advertising
Display Ads (including ROP, Classified display ads, and digital advertising) Call 802-457-1313 or email an account executive for rates and information:
Jim Kelly: jkelly@thevermontstandard.com
Advertising materials should be sent to our production department: ads@thevermontstandard.com
Billing and payment issues
Contact Fred Johnson, Accounting Manager, fjohnson@thevermontstandard.com
Classified / legal Advertising
Classifieds – Business Directory – Obituaries
Call 802-457-1313 or email Rainier Nahabedian: Rnahabedian@thevermontstandard.com
Classified Line ad prices
1-25 words: $15.00 for the 1st week, $12.00 thereafter.
26-50 words: $20.00 for the 1st week, $15.00 thereafter.
50+ words: $20.00 + $0.25 for every word that exceeds the 50 word cap, total drops by $5.00 thereafter.
All classified line ads must be prepaid, they must run for a specified length of time, and there are no refunds.
Business Directory ad prices
Small: $15.00/week, Medium: $20.00/week, Large: $25.00/week
Staff List
President: Phillip Camp
pcamp@thevermontstandard.com
Publisher: Dan Cotter
dcotter@thevermontstandard.com
General Manager: Jon Estey
jestey@thevermontstandard.com
Presentation Editor: Lisa Wright
lwright@thevermontstandard.com
Accounting Manager: Fred Johnson
fjohnson@thevermontstandard.com
Advertising Account Executive: Jim Kelly
jkelly@thevermontstandard.com
Circulation and Advertising Coordinator: Rainier Nahabedian
rnahabedian@thevermontstandard.com
Managing Editor: Tess Hunter
thunter@thevermontstandard.com
Online Editor: Morgan Busby
mbusby@thevermontstandard.com
Senior Staff Writer: Tom Ayres
tayres@thevermontstandard.com
Staff Writer: Lauren Dorsey
ldorsey@thevermontstandard.com
Business Columnist: Mary Lee Camp
mcamp@thevermontstandard.com
Regular Contributing Writers
Rick Russell
Dave Doubleday
Robert Shumskis
Kurt Staudter
Mike Donoghue
Vicki Ferentinos