Woodstock to accommodate Windsor District Courthouse cases amid renovations

Amid substantial renovations slated to begin later this year at the Windsor District Courthouse in White River Junction, the county’s criminal hearings will be moving to Woodstock. The relocation, which Teri Corsones, the State Court Administrator, estimates could last between 12 and 18 months, will necessitate significant security upgrades to Woodstock’s Windsor County Courthouse and at least eight new reserved parking …

NYC man detained in Woodstock for kidnapping and domestic violence

A New York City man, who authorities claim abducted a pregnant woman from a domestic violence shelter and brought her to Vermont, is facing kidnapping and domestic violence charges following his arrest by the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department on Friday afternoon, officials said. Jeuris Rosa, 21, of New York City was jailed without bail at the Southern State Correctional Facility …

Windsor County GOP elects Lynn Baldwin as Committee Chair

After a two-judge panel ruling on Thursday afternoon stating that a reorganizational meeting of the Windsor County Republican Party should proceed as scheduled, the Windsor County GOP has now successfully elected its new officials. The reorganizational meeting took place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Windsor Welcome Center. At the meeting, John MacGovern stepped down as Committee Chair while …

Village approves new regulations for The Green and The Gore

The Woodstock Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new Village Green, Parks, and Public Places Ordinance on Tuesday night. The trustees began work on the updated regulations last year after Chair Seton McIlroy discovered that the Village owned a roughly 7,000 sq. ft. parcel called “The Gore,” previously thought to have belonged to the Norman Williams Public Library. The …

Trustees approve Indian food truck in Woodstock Village

At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees, the board unanimously approved an Indian food truck to park and operate in front of the Norman Williams Public Library from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday from April to October, pending the results of additional research and legal advice. The food truck, whose application was presented …

School Board debriefs after bond defeat and invites public discussion

The Mountain Views Supervisory Union and School District (MVSU/SD) Board gathered for its annual reorganization and monthly regular meeting on Monday evening and one topic topped the agenda: a wide-ranging discussion of the defeat on Town Meeting Day of a proposed $99 million bond issue to fund the cost of building a new Woodstock Union High School and Middle School …

State Senator Dick McCormack to retire after 36 years

Longtime Windsor District Senator Dick McCormack announced his retirement on Town Meeting Day last week. Having served 36 years in the State Senate, McCormack has taken a philosophical view on his departure, saying, “To everything there is a season.” McCormack will retire at the conclusion of his term next January, leaving an opening in the three-member Windsor District that includes …

State trooper Vitali critically injured in collision with fire truck in Bethel

As of Monday evening, veteran Vermont State Police (VSP) trooper Patrol Cpl. Eric Vitali remains in critical condition at a Lebanon, N.H. hospital with injuries sustained when he crashed his police cruiser into a fire truck parked near an overturned box truck off Interstate 89 in Bethel last Friday. He was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after the 8:30 a.m. …

With heavy lifting nearly complete, the Bridgewater Community Center is ready to fulfill its vision

By RJ Crowley, Standard Correspondent The Bridgewater Community Center is enjoying a transformative moment. The former Bridgewater Village School was, at one point, under serious consideration to be razed, and now — after years of planning, hard work, and fundraising — a flourishing child care center has emerged and, as the restoration of the building continues, other tenants will come …