Monday was a packed day for Woodstock sports teams. The boys and girls lacrosse teams continued to set the tone for their seasons in their games against Burr & Burton and Hartford, while girls tennis walked away with a 5-2 victory over Rutland at home. Girls lacrosse was just shy of securing a victory but ultimately lost 11-10 to Burr …
The Wasps Baseball team opened their season at home last Friday, securing their first victory against West Rutland with a final score of 15-5. The team pulled off a successive home victory on Saturday, closing out the opening weekend with an 8-4 win vs. the Leland & Gray Rebels.
Joan Marie (Boutilier) Allen, 77, died Friday, April 19, 2024, at home in Reading with her family by her side. She was born August 8, 1946, in Windsor, VT, the daughter of William and Kathleen “Kitty” Boutilier. Joan grew up in Windsor and attended Windsor schools. She was married to Robert Allen, and they made their home in Reading where …
In the early hours of Monday morning, Bookstock’s board released a statement announcing the cancellation of its 2024 “Green Mountain Festival of Words,” originally planned for the weekend of June 21. Bookstock co-founder and board chair Peter Rousmaniere says that the festival which has been an annual fixture in Woodstock for the last 14 years, hosting over 400 authors and …
The Woodstock Village Trustees are crafting a new parking ordinance, which they will vote on in May. The trustees plan to vote on three parts of what was initially a larger proposal: extending metered hours, raising prices for metered parking, and raising prices for employee parking permits. Currently, parking spots in the Village are metered from 10 a.m. to 4 …
Beverly Jane (Smith) Herrick, a true warrior and beloved by all who knew her, passed away at the McClure-Miller Respite House on Friday, April 12 after battling both neuroendocrine and lung cancer for years. She was 84 years old. The family thanks the staff at the Respite House for their support and the tenderness with which they cared for Beverly …
The Woodstock Town Selectboard is challenging the privately owned Woodstock Aqueduct Company’s request before the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) to more than double the rates the water utility charges to its more than 770 users in the Village and its immediate environs. The proposed rate increases are intended to address critical infrastructure deficiencies and address flood damages incurred by …
A petition calling for the Village to repeal the new Village Green, Parks, and Public Places Ordinance, which the trustees unanimously passed on March 11, has begun making rounds in Woodstock. Village resident Elisa Tarlow, the creator of the petition, says that Village residents are signing primarily because they oppose allowing individuals to host events on The Green. “Many people …
Books: A refuge and a revelation By Tess Hunter, Managing Editor Woodstock resident Priscilla Painton describes her beginnings as a small-town journalist, who would eventually rise to editor-in-chief of book publisher Simon & Schuster (S&S), as something of a “Greek tragedy.” Her work as both a journalist and a book editor has spanned the gamut of the political spectrum, with …
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont has taken over the prosecution of a Bronx, N.Y. man arrested in Woodstock after his estranged pregnant wife said she was abducted from a domestic violence shelter in New York and brought across state lines last month. Jeuris Rosa, 21, of New York City appeared in U.S. District Court in Burlington last week after …
