A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit filed against the Bridgewater Area Community Foundation, Inc. (BACF) and some of its officials by two prominent Central Vermont businessmen who say they were improperly removed from the governing board. Charles Shackleton and Collen Doyle had filed the civil action in Vermont Superior Court in Woodstock in January, raising serious questions …
Mid Vermont Christian School has filed an appeal to a federal court in New York City after a Senior U.S. District Court Judge in Vermont rejected a request for a preliminary injunction to allow its students the same educational benefits as public school students. Mid Vermont filed a two-part civil lawsuit, which included religious discrimination by the Vermont Principals’ Association …
The Pomfret Selectboard has chosen former board member Eric Chase to fill the governing body seat left open by the passing of longtime community servant Marge Wakefield last month. The five-member board made the decision at its regular bimonthly meeting on Wednesday, June 17, after interviewing Chase and one other Pomfret resident, former teacher Christine Stevens, in public session. The …
By Emma Stanton, Staff Writer On Monday morning, the Woodstock Selectboard and Woodstock Village Board of Trustees held a joint meeting to discuss the findings of the 2026 audit. This meeting was cut short unexpectedly when a member of the village board of trustees took a fall, leaving several agenda items and questions posed to the boards and auditor unaddressed. …
During last Tuesday evening’s June 16 selectboard meeting, Woodstock resident Todd Erceg came before the board asking for a letter of support to open a pharmacy in Woodstock following the closing of the Ottauquechee Pharmacy last month. This week, Erceg sat down with the Standard to discuss his project and how he plans to make it a reality. “I remember …
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Burlington has officially confirmed that a tornado rated as EF-1 touched down near Lincoln Road in West Woodstock at 2:40 p.m. last Thursday, June 18. The twister tracked east-northeast across West Woodstock into Bridgewater before lifting near River Road. According to a field survey conducted by NWS technicians, the tornado followed a path estimated …