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Sandra Lee Washburn, 82, passed away peacefully on Jan. 31, 2025 at Heaton Woods Assisted Living in Montpelier. She was born May 23, 1942; the daughter of Helen Hickory Grandonico and Paul Legendre of Bridgewater Center.
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Aaron Cinquemani, the former principal of the Prosper Valley School in Pomfret, who has served as the interim principal at Woodstock Union High School and Middle School since last summer, has been tabbed as the permanent principal at WUHS/MS. Cinquemani’s hiring followed a nationwide search by Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) officials.
After two local harassment settlements, school leaders and student ...
Feb 6, 2025 · Left: Curtiss Reed Jr. is the Executive Director of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity and the principal of the CRJ Consulting Group, which works with clients including state and municipal governments, business and civic organizations, law enforcement agencies, and school supervisory unions and professional organizations to strengthen inclusive and equitable practices ...
Village now seeking mediation to resolve Police Chief case
2 days ago · Municipal Manager Eric Duffy has proposed that the Village of Woodstock turn to a mediator to resolve the long-stalled administrative leave case involving Police Chief Joe Swanson. The mediator would apparently be used as a way to try to settle the dispute that Duffy has yet to resolve. Duffy hosted ...
Petition calls for school superintendent’s removal
2 days ago · An online petition seeking the ouster of Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) Superintendent of Schools Sherry Sousa has garnered significant public support since it was first posted with just over 40 signatures last Thursday, Feb. 6. The petition, drafted and distributed by three parents of ...
West Windsor Town Meeting will decide fate of new STR ordinance
2 days ago · West Windsor’s 2025 Annual Town Meeting, which will be held at the Story Memorial Hall, will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4. All of the articles up for decision at the meeting will be determined by a floor vote at the meeting. The meeting will …
School board nixes proposed cuts, recommending $30.8M budget
By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff Writer The Mountain Views School District (MVSD) on Monday evening acceded to input from concerned educators, parents, students, and community leaders, nixing in full controversial proposed cuts to Unified Arts, foreign language, and math and science programs while recommending a $30,773,078 budget for the seven-town school district for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Beyond Woodstock, area towns explore short-term rental regulation
By Tom Ayres , Senior Staff Writer While Woodstock officials seek to resolve differing approaches to the regulation of short-term rentals (STRs) in the Village and Town in the wake of voter mandates, three other communities in the region have either already implemented an STR ordinance or are contemplating regulations for their communities.
‘This is a real issue.’ — Area taxpayers facing unprecedented …
Primary homeowners in the area are faced with a vexing challenge that is impacting virtually every community in Vermont: soaring homestead education taxes that are reaching new heights in the current fiscal year. A pair of factors — rapidly increasing property values, as …