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Vermont State Board of Education approves more school district mergers
The State Board of Education this week approved two more school district merger proposals that will go before voters on May 2. Several laws passed by the Legislature require towns to have conversations...
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Mass. town opposes Pownal biomass plant; Report says facility would create 45...
The Beaver Wood Energy plant in Livermore Falls, Maine Editor’s note: Susan Bush is a freelance reporter who lives in Pownal. By Susan Bush POWNAL — Officials of a nearby Massachusetts community are...
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Biomass facility fuels concerns over the border
The Beaver Wood Energy plant in Livermore Falls, Maine Editor’s note: This story is by Susan Bush, a freelance reporter from Pownal, Vt. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Renewable energy — biomass, solar and wind...
View ArticleSchneider: Unions irk the powers that be
The most common complaint I hear regarding the Williamstown school system is about salaries and benefits. Williamstown, Vt., is an economically bifurcated town with many in the financially comfortable...
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As Beaver Wood project nears deadline, protests pick up steam
Massachusetts resident Richard David Greene stood against construction of a 29.5 megawatt biomass facility in nearby Pownal, Vermont during a Nov. 19 protest at the busy Field Park rotary in...
View ArticleSchneider: Mandates are pushing schools over the edge
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Rama Schneider who lives in Williamstown. I am a member of the Williamstown School District board of directors, but I am here expressing my own opinion only and nothing...
View ArticleBoy dies in Williamstown fire; two relatives hurt
A house fire early Monday in Williamstown has left a 6-year-old boy dead and his mother and grandfather injured. The Williamstown Fire Department responded to a blaze at the Railroad Street residence...
View ArticlePolice say Williamstown man shot, killed self after fleeing traffic stop
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old Williamstown man who they say shot himself after fleeing a traffic stop and crashing into a tree. Police said Jonathan Gilbert died of...
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For online-learners in the Northfield-Williamstown area, school has yet to start
Many Vermont students are attending school online-only in this era of Covid-19, but so many wanted to do so in the Central Vermont Supervisory Union that the schools were overwhelmed, and online-only...
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Carl Demrow and Samantha Lefebvre undergo rematch in redrawn Orange County...
Carl Demrow, left, and Samantha Lefebvre. Photos courtesy of the candidates Republican Rep. Samantha Lefebvre and Democrat Carl Demrow share some similarities. Both entered politics on a whim. Both...
View ArticleRama Schneider: Increased participation vs. increased decision-making
This commentary is by Rama Schneider of Williamstown, “tireless advocate for good things.” Williamstown is going to be voting this March on the future of townwide economic decision-making. The...
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Former Barre distillery owner unmasked as neo-Nazi podcaster
Ryan Dumperth, founder of former Barre distiller Old Route Two Spirits, is alleged to be a fascist Lutheran influencer. Screenshot Updated at 12:16 p.m. on June 14. A former distillery owner and...
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LIST: Find an emergency shelter near you in Vermont
A sign for the disaster shelter outside the Barre Auditorium on Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Updated on Friday, July 14 at 4:38 p.m. As communities shut down after a...
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Pownal-area residents memorialize ‘Widow Krieger,’ the subject of Vermont’s...
An artist’s rendering of Margarete Krieger’s “witch trial” in Pownal sometime around 1785. Courtesy photo/oPownal Historical Society Illustration courtesy of Pownal Historical Society NORTH POWNAL —...
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Storm cut off road access and power to Williamstown village, now largely...
In Williamstown, Town Clerk Barbara Graham said Thursday that the heavy rains late Wednesday afternoon into the night flooded roads, particularly in the village. For several hours Wednesday night, she...
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Brookfield man dies in presumed drowning at Williamstown pond
Vermont State Police vehicle. VSP photoThe body of a man was recovered Monday morning from Rood Pond in Williamstown, after what Vermont State Police described as a presumed drowning. The incident does...
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