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Logger Derek O’Toole of Bass Brook Farm and Forest pulls an ash log that will become firewood to heat the buildings at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock from the Mount Tom Forest on Wednesday.O'Toole is in the midst of a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WOODSTOCK — On a warm, early fall morning students in Katrina Jimerson’s Eco Art class at Woodstock Union High School prepared for a “scavenger hunt” at Sculpture Fest, an art exhibition on farmland in Woodstock.The 15 students were in search of...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — For the next 18 months or so, Windsor County criminal court cases will be heading back to the future.Back, that is, to criminal cases being heard in the county’s historic Woodstock courthouse — and back again to resorting to video...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

Vermont State Police have closed an investigation into an incident that prompted the suspension of Woodstock Police Chief Joseph Swanson, with no criminal charges being brought.Adam Silverman, a state police spokesperson, stated in an email Tuesday to...

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Rotary Club will hold a ceremony to light the new Mt. Tom Star on Sunday.The gathering will take place from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at Woodstock Inn front garden at 14 the Green. The group raised around $120,000 to reconstruct the...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Voters authorized the town to purchase Woodstock’s privately owned water system in an overflowing meeting that attracted about 500 people at Town Hall Tuesday night. After months of discussion and a public comment period that was kicked...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — More than 300 residents from towns in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union have signed a petition urging state legislators to restore state aid for school construction.The petition continues to circulate on local Listservs and distributed...

WOODSTOCK — The Agency of Education will host public engagement sessions in Randolph and Woodstock early this week to seek input on the future of public education and the education finance system in Vermont. ■A Monday evening session will take place...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson has been placed on administrative leave, the Town of Woodstock said in a news release on Tuesday afternoon.Swanson was placed on leave “as a precaution” following a “report of his alleged involvement in...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Town staff and members of the Woodstock Selectboard will be holding recurring weekly meetings to discuss their proposal to purchase the Woodstock Aqueduct Co.The Selectboard and Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced a two-step plan to...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard is scheduled to meet Wednesday night to approve a town-wide vote next month where residents will be asked to approve the purchase of the town’s private water supplier, Woodstock Aqueduct Co.At an informational meeting on...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has doubled the penalty for a Woodstock lawyer — suspending his law license for two years — ruling that his lack of remorse and failure to cooperate with an investigation into his misconduct had warranted the tougher...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views Supervisory Union has filed a lawsuit against the Agency of Education and the Agency of Human Services over the state’s refusal to reimburse Mountain Views for the cost of providing special education services for a...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Voters delivered a split decision on a short-term rental ordinance during two Special Town Meetings on Tuesday.Village residents voted to uphold a new ordinance that, in part, would cap the number of short-term rentals, while town...

By ALEX HANSON

As an eight-year resident of Corinth, and a frequent visitor to his wife’s family there prior to relocating, Brian Carroll knew of the photographer Suzanne Opton, a fellow resident.But it wasn’t until a mutual friend, Kerry DeWolfe, expressed an...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Voters in both the town and village will consider whether to overturn new identical ordinances governing short-term rentals in each jurisdiction during two separate Special Town Meetings next week.A “no” vote upholds the ordinances that...

By ALEX HANSON

WOODSTOCK — Lela Jaacks’ interest in visual art dates to her years at Woodstock Union High School.After she graduated, in 1995, and before she headed off to Rhode Island School of Design, she helped Charlet Davenport with the myriad details involved...

By RYAN KRYSKA

NEW YORK — Keegan Bradley was clear about his intentions when he was introduced Tuesday as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2025.He doesn’t just want to be Captain America, he wants to play on the team at Bethpage Black in New York.“I feel as though I’m...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views School District Board met last week to finalize a date for a September bond vote to fund the repair or replacement of Woodstock’s middle and high school buildings. By the time the meeting adjourned, the board had decided...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — With an eruption of bright green mortarboards, the class of 2024 celebrated its graduation inside Union Arena Friday evening.“Your world is as big as you make it,” Principal Gavin Small told the graduates.Woodstock may be a small-town...