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Colchester raises dog registration and passport fees, reduces Town Office hours
COLCHESTER — Colchester’s selectboard approved price increases to non-state mandated fees for dog registration and passport photos, effective July 1, at its meeting last night. Additionally, town communications coordinator Alicia Tebeau-Sherry announced Town Manager Aaron Frank’s decision to reduce Town Office business hours by a half hour, shifting...
What's going up at intersection of Williston Road and Industrial Avenue?
Anastasia Gaina immigrated to the United States from Moldova in 2007, landing in Vermont one year after her husband, Sergiu, came here in 2006. By 2010, the couple had opened their business, MD Motors, selling used cars from a hidden-away spot in Williston on Dorset Lane at the end of James Brown Drive.
Colchester Plays 3 Games
Colchester, VT – The Colchester Lakers hosted baseball, softball, and girl’s lacrosse on Monday afternoon. The baseball team would surrender 4 early runs in their loss to Essex. The softball and lacrosse teams meanwhile each scored in bunches to get their wins over Essex and Milton respectivly. Highlights from all three games, in the video […]
Vermont Wetlands Program encourages informed land buying decisions
An example of a Wetlands Inventory Map of the parcel in Halfmoon Cove Wildlife Management Area in Colchester. The blue and pink areas represent mapped wetlands. The area in red is the parcel that was screened above. It shows that wetlands cover the entire parcel. Vermont Business Magazine In celebration...
Jericho woman cited for criminal threatening
JERICHO — A 62-year-old Jericho woman was cited for criminal threatening early Saturday morning, according to the Vermont State Police. Authorities said they received a report at about 7:49 a.m. of a female making threats on Starbird Road. An investigation identified Lisa Porta as the individual who had criminally...
MTSD board axes administrative roles to secure voter approval ahead of third budget re-vote
The Milton Town School District board finalized plans for its third budget revote for the 2025 fiscal year, slated for June 4, following a series of contentious discussions and setbacks. In a unanimous decision during the April 29 board meeting, members agreed to proceed with the third vote after the...
Driver cited for multiple violations after traffic stop in Ferrisburgh
FERRISBURGH — Vermont State Police cited a 52-year-old Essex Junction man for multiple violations following a late-night traffic stop on May 12. Norman J. Byam was pulled over on US Route 7 near Little Chicago Road after police observed a motor vehicle violation. During the stop, authorities determined Byam...
Tractor-trailer nearly gets stuck on Notch Road, despite new efforts to combat 'stuckages'
CAMBRIDGE, Vt. — Justdays after Notch Road reopened for the 2024 season with new measures in place to prevent "stuckages," a commercial vehicle almost became lodged along the narrow mountain roadway. Vermont State Police told NBC5 that a tractor-trailer narrowly avoided becoming the first truck stuck on Vermont Route...
VTrans officials still bullish on Notch Road barriers
CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (WCAX) - VTrans officials say they still have confidence in new barriers meant to discourage large trucks from using the Notch Road. It comes after a tractor-trailer driver on Thursday morning easily skirted the recently installed chicanes on the Cambridge side by using the left lane. VTrans officials...
Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead
Join us at Maple Mountain Homestead, where a New York City native and a suburbanite from New Jersey have rewritten their lives by homesteading on a beautiful mountainside in Vermont. Read the story on VTDigger here: Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead.
LETTER: Base your ‘no’ vote to the school budget on facts
My name is Frank Provato, and I have been a resident of Waterbury Center for 24 years. You are being asked to vote again on a new school budget proposal. Please do not base your decision on wanting to “just get this over with.” And please do not base your decision on the unsubstantiated claims by school administration and staff that further budget reductions will somehow harm the future prospects of our students. They have put forth no objective evidence to support that claim.
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