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Hartford High School to build track field in honor of late student Heidi Martin
White River Junction, VT– Four decades after 16-year-old Heidi Martin was killed in Hartland, Vermont, her younger sister is thinking about the 16-year-olds of today. While this is one of the state’s cold cases, Martin’s family is trying to find light in her passing. “It’s been a...
Abbigale Williams named GMUHS DAR Good Citizen
ANDOVER, Vt. – Abbigale Williams, daughter of Wesley Williams of Andover, has been chosen by her teachers and the Class of 2024 as Green Mountain Union High School’s (GMUHS) newest Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award recipient. The DAR Good Citizens Program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The recipient must have the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.
Hartland school budget rejected in revote, new revote scheduled
In an emergency meeting on Thursday, the Hartland Elementary School Board scheduled a new revote for the FY25 HES budget. The revote is scheduled for June 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hartland Town Hall via Australian Ballot. The new budget is $10,950,028 — a roughly $90,000 reduction from the last budget that was voted on.
LTE Ludlow Mount Holly school budget
June 4 is an important date for the Ludlow and Mount Holly communities to rally together and approve our local school budget. As you know, this is the third attempt at the budget, and it is especially important to continue the education of our youth. Our family has been attending Ludlow schools for four generations, and it is important to know our three grandsons are getting the supportive help and instruction my parents, Ron and I, and our daughters received. The staff and administration at Ludlow Elementary continue to excel and genuinely care for our children. I am sure the same can be found in the Mount Holly school. Our middle and high school students deserve our passing the budget as well, so they can continue with the schools of their choice.
Fifty-six years later, middle school time capsule opened
Oohs, aahs, and other sounds of wonder and delight sprung from alumni of the Woodstock Union High School Class of 1974 last Friday morning as classmate Bill Frick carefully removed a granite cornerstone at the entrance to the Yoh Theatre Auditorium. Nestled behind the block of granite was a sealed copper box — a time capsule — that had been put in place 56 years ago to the day — May 24, 1968 — when the middle school addition to the WUHS was nearing completion.
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