- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 30, 2012
New Education Theory
CASTLETON-Castleton State Education prof Harry Chaucer has
published a new book on stimulating students to genius. Entitled A
Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci
Curriculum, it ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 23, 2012
GMC snips
POULTNEY-Prof. Eleanor Tison (E.S., Sust. Ag.), Garland Mason, and
Dave and Cindy Ondria of Chartwells recently represented Green
Mountain College in the opening plenary session of "Food
Connections: Reconnecting ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Apr 18, 2012 08:37 AM
TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK
After a week-long strike, teachers in the Rutland Southwest
Supervisory Union have returned to their classrooms. Many are it
took a year of negotiations and a week of striking to get to this
point.
...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Apr 11, 2012
School news: Castleton State College
CASTLETON-Castleton State College president Dave Wolk to receive a
Doctor of Letters degree during Middlebury College's May 27
commencement.
Zack Wiessner has joined the staff of Castle ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Apr 4, 2012 09:19 AM
WELLS GETS LAKE ACCESS
WELLS-The town of Wells recently gained access to Lake St.
Catherine, purchasing 300 acres of undeveloped lakefront and forest
land, working with the Vermont Land Trust and Vermont Housing and
Conserv ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Mar 28, 2012 02:52 PM
Teacher turmoil
Teachers in Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union sidestepped a planned
strike by reaching a tentative agreement with the school boards at
Castleton, Fair Haven, Benson and Orwell. The major difference was
over ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Mar 21, 2012 10:22 AM
Poultney festival for Maple Lovers
POULTNEY-Poultney hosts two days of celebration in honor of
Vermont's first crop of the season on March 24 and 25. The festival
begins with a pancake breakfast in The Station restaurant, s ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Mar 14, 2012 11:21 AM
KEY TOWN MEETING RESULTS
TINMOUTH-Tinmouth residents voted overall to return to a more
traditional town meeting, rejecting the Australian ballot approach
when voting on school and municipal budgets and public questions.
Dec ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Mar 7, 2012 09:15 AM
BENSON VILLAGE SCHOOL news
BENSON-Fifth graders recently spent their time building parallel
and series circuits. They made flashlights using paper, wires
batteries, battery holders, a light bulb plus light bulb holder,
and ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Feb 29, 2012 04:31 PM
New eatery serves Thai cuisine
BOMMOSEEN-A new eatery is dishing up Thai food to go at lunch time,
Monday through Friday on Route 30, Lake Bomoseen. The proprietor, a
Thai lady named Kae, also teaches Thai cooking. Classes ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM
METTAWEE SCHOOL UPDATE
Pawlet-Mettawee Community School principal Nancy Mark plans to
retire when the school year ends in June. She began working at
Pawlet in 1988, becoming founding principal of Mettawee Community
School, ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Feb 15, 2012 01:38 PM
Firefighter of the year
BENSON-The Benson fire department recently named Captain Dave
Bartholomew as Firefighter of the Year. He accumulated the most
training hours in the previous years, including attending regional
fire s ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM
Town Meeting issues
CASTLETON-The upcoming Castleton town meeting asks voters to
approve a $2 million bond to construct a new town building complex
with a meeting room large enough to hold voting, and including town
clerk, ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM
POULTNEY NEWS
POULTNEY- Tori Greenough's art is on display in the Poultney High
library until middle February.
Congrats to Nicole Bogucki for being awarded the 2012-2013 Comcast
Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship. The one- ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Jan 18, 2012 07:55 AM
Build new or redo?
CASTLETON-Castleton's select board has proposed building a new
town hall west of the historic downtown and close to the Four
Corners, where Routes 4 and 30 intersect. Some community members
question whet ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM
Rare species may hinder construction
CASTLETON-Reunion Power, planning to build as many as 20 turbines
in the vicinity of Grandpa's Knob, may find its plans stymied by
the state Agency of Natural Resources. Agency secretary ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Jan 4, 2012 04:21 PM
Governor's institute approaches
POULTNEY - Students grades 9-12, may now register for the February
10-12 Governor's Institute Winter Weekend at Goddard College. This
year's 'strands' are Current Issues, Engineering (biomass ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM
ONE STREAM OR MORE?
Castleton made the switch to single-stream recycling not long ago.
So have a number of other Vermont towns. Casella has a new
Zero-Sort plant up and going. Fair Haven town manager Peter
Hathaway has prop ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Dec 21, 2011 10:20 AM
Holiday decorations are scarcer
If you notice that fewer homes in the Lakes Region seem as
exuberant in their outdoor decorations, blame local vandals. Since
before Halloween, this strip of western Rutland County seems hard ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Dec 14, 2011 10:19 AM
TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS
CASTLETON-The CCC is adding two level-one Tai Chi For Arthritis
classes in January. A level two class continues for those who have
completed level one. Tai Chi is an ancient practice proven to
re ...
