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Early spring ice storm wreaked havoc in our area
An ice storm on Sunday wreaked havoc across the region, downing trees, closing roads, and causing power outages. The damage seems to have been concentrated ...
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Zoning change eliminates size limit for on-farm restaurants
The Woodstock Town Selectboard on Monday evening okayed a by-laws change that removes size restrictions for any building housing an on-farm restaurant in th ...
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Federal court jury awards more than $1.1 million to Windsor County doctor for dismissal at Dartmouth Health.
A federal jury ordered Dartmouth Health on Thursday to pay more than $1.1 million to a fertility doctor from Windsor County after ruling the defendants fire ...
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World-class pianist to perform at North Chapel on Sunday
North Chapel’s first Chamber Music Concert Series performance of the 2025 season will be held this Sunday, April 13, with guest pianist Visha Nguyen playing an ensemble of Tchaikovsky’s concertos in ...
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Nobel Prize winner Victor Ambros visits classes at his old school
More than half a century after graduating from Woodstock Union High School (WUHS), Dr. Victor Ambros stepped back through its doors Thursday — this time not as a student but as a Nobel Prize-winning ...
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Donors needed; blood drive at North Chapel on Friday
The American Red Cross is urging individuals to give lifesaving blood and platelets as the spring travel season ramps up. Donations are essential in order to provide people with the care and aid they ...
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Trustees offer no timetable for decision on police chief demotion
The proposed demotion of Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson by Municipal Manager Eric Duffy remains in the hands of the Village Trustees this week. Board Ch ...
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Federal appeals court hears Mid Vermont Christian School case
The latest legal First Amendment fight between the Mid Vermont Christian School and state of Vermont education officials was scheduled for the federal court ...
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Windsor County fertility doc’s case goes to the jury
A jury was continuing its deliberation on Wednesday on whether Dartmouth Health improperly fired a prominent fertility doctor because of her disability and ...
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Nobel Prize winner Victor Ambros visits old stomping grounds, WUHS
More than half a century after graduating from Woodstock Union High School (WUHS), Dr. Victor Ambros stepped back through its doors last Thursday — this time not as a student, but as a Nobel ...
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Woodstock’s new chief of staff provides communication, connection, and accountability to move projects forward
Municipal manager Eric Duffy has added a new position to the town hall — a chief of staff — in an effort to bring more coordination and follow-through to Wo ...
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Vermont legislature votes to raise minimum age of prosecution from 10 to 12
Vermont’s legislature has just passed a new bill, H.2, which will raise the minimum age of prosecution from 10 to 12 beginning on July 1.  The bill also eli ...