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...
View ArticleBiomass 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 ArticlePownal, Williamstown citizens groups merge, hold forum on biomass
Media contacts: ConcernedCitizensofPownal@hotmail.com; ConcernedCitizensWilliamstown@gmail.com Pownal and Williamstown Concerned Citizens Groups Merge to Form the Bennington-Berkshire Citizens...
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...
View ArticleAs 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 ArticleExemplar Vermont schools recognized for climate and culture
News Release — Agency of Education Oct. 8, 2014 Contact: Sherry Schoenberg Sherry.Schoenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9656. Vermont’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (VTPBIS) improve social and...
View ArticleMass. 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...
View ArticleBiomass 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 ArticlePownal, Williamstown citizens groups merge, hold forum on biomass
Media contacts: ConcernedCitizensofPownal@hotmail.com; ConcernedCitizensWilliamstown@gmail.com Pownal and Williamstown Concerned Citizens Groups Merge to Form the Bennington-Berkshire Citizens...
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...
View ArticleAs 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 ArticleExemplar Vermont schools recognized for climate and culture
News Release — Agency of Education Oct. 8, 2014 Contact: Sherry Schoenberg Sherry.Schoenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9656. Vermont’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (VTPBIS) improve social and...
View ArticleUSDA and Welch Celebrate Earth Day By Recognizing Partnerships Protecting...
News Release —USDA Rural Development April 22, 2016 Contact: Pollaidh Major pollaidh.major@vt.usda.gov … $2.1 Million USDA Funding Package Will Improve Williamstown’s Wastewater System WILLIAMSTOWN,...
View ArticleNorthfield/Williamstown school district merger study committee votes to take...
News Release — Rama Schneider July 21, 2016 Contact: Rama Schneider rschneider@onsu.org On the web at NorthfieldWilliamstownMerger.us The merger study committee has agreed to begin creating articles of...
View ArticleNorthfield/Williamstown School District Merger Study Committee Hosting 2...
News Release — Northfield/Willaimstown School District Merger Study October 12, 2016 Contact: Rama Schneider rschneider@onsu.org The Northfield/Williamstown school district merger study committee will...
View ArticleVermont Gas Station Goes Solar
News Release — SunCommon December 13, 2016 Contact: Emily McManamy, SunCommon 882-8653 WILLIAMSTOWN, Vt. – Local gas station and grocery Pump & Pantry of Williamstown is going green. Business owner...
View ArticleVermont 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...
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...
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