At a joint meeting on Thursday morning, May 2, the Woodstock Selectboard and Village Trustees unanimously approved a new short-term rental (STR) ordinance and fee schedule. The ordinance will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The ordinance standardizes STR rules and fees across the Village and Town, caps the number of STRs at 55 for owner-occupied units and 55 …
A hearing is planned for May 28 in Vermont Superior Court on efforts by current Woodstock Foundation leaders to try to delay, for at least six months, a lawsuit brought by two former longtime Foundation leaders over allegations of mismanagement and malfeasance at the Woodstock Inn & Resort and the Billings Farm & Museum. Vermont Superior Court Judge H. Dickson …
Two weeks after the cancellation of this year’s Bookstock event, Peter Rousmaniere, Bookstock’s co-founder and board chair, and Chard deNiord, Bookstock’s 2024 poetry director, are unveiling plans for the Woodstock Poetry Festival. Scheduled for the weekend originally slated for Bookstock, the new event will be hosted in partnership with Sundog Poetry and the North Chapel. The festival currently has about …
By Margie Elsberg, Special to the Standard Fran “Fay” Malkin was four when she and her mother, Lea Maltz Letzter, went into hiding in a hayloft above a pigsty behind a home at No. 4 Street of Our Lady, in the town of Sokal, Poland. Nazis had poured into Sokal in the autumn of 1939, and the following June, little …
The potential redevelopment of the 26-unit Mellishwood Senior Residences at 36 Pleasant Street in Woodstock Village has taken a significant leap forward with the 2024 award of federal housing tax credits for the construction effort to Twin Pines Housing, which purchased the property in November of 2022. Assuming all things go as planned, the senior housing complex will consist of …
Myrtle Biathrow, 88, died Saturday afternoon April 27, 2024 at Pine Heights in Brattleboro, Vt. Myrtle was born on January 19, 1936 in Hanover, N.H. the daughter of Phillip H. and Laura (Powell) Biathrow. She graduated from Woodstock High School in 1954 and worked for the Corner Dairy Bar and the Woodstock Pharmacy until 1965 when she began caring for …
The graveside service for Christa A. Blanchard who passed away on February 19, 2024, will be held on Monday, May 6 at 1 p.m. at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph, Vermont. The Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock is assisting the family.
Rhoades, Burke and Stone have impacted more than 250 young women By Lauren Dorsey, Staff Writer Three teachers at the Ottauquechee School are retiring from coaching Girls on the Run (GOTR). After dedicating a cumulative 35 years to the program, Sandra Rhoades, Nancy Burke, and Gigi Stone are leaving behind a legacy of fierce generosity and empowerment that has impacted …
When The Naked Table Project, a non-profit organization affiliated with the ShackletonThomas furniture makers in Bridgewater, was established 16 years ago, its goal was to connect communities with sustainable forestry and the environment by teaching people to craft tables from Vermont’s iconic sugar maple. Since its founding in 2008, daylong Naked Table workshops have taught up to 1,000 people to …
Hartland residents will be returning to polls once again after a petition with more than 200 signatures succeeded in overturning the April 2 passage of the Hartland Elementary School budget. The new vote will take place Tuesday, May 28 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Damon Hall in Hartland. It will be conducted by Australian ballot and preceded by …
