A state judge has ruled a civil lawsuit involving the operation of the Woodstock Foundation will proceed to trial this fall, but only on some preliminary matters to start. Vermont Superior Court Judge H. Dickson Corbett, in seeking the two-part trial, said he wants to initially resolve the legal questions of whether former longtime Foundation Chair Ellen R.C. Pomeroy and Vice Chair Salvatore Iannuzzi were improperly removed from the board and whether the subsequent actions by the other trustees — including the replacements — are valid. Pomeroy and Iannuzzi filed a multi-count lawsuit in Januar ..read more

For the second time in 30 months, the District 3 Commission of the Vermont Natural Resources Board has denied an Act 250 land-use permit for the proposed Peace Field Farm farm-to-fork restaurant on Pomfret Road because the commission found that the project does not conform with the Woodstock Town Plan and zoning regulations. The ruling by the District 3 commissioners follows an April 24 ruling by Judge Thomas G. Walsh of the Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, commonly known as the Vermont Environmental Court, that the footprint of the restaurant project as presently proposed by Pe ..read more

By Lauren Dorsey, Staff Writer As Father’s Day approaches, we talked with Woodstock resident Todd Kortekamp, who is both a biological father and a foster father. “Fatherhood, to me, means giving kids a chance to be who they are and learning about that as much on their own as possible,” said Kortekamp. “We felt like Vermont was a great place for them to do that.” Kortekamp and his wife, Beth, moved to the area in 2019. “We wanted our kids to be able to get around, get dirty and muddy, climb trees, and be themselves,” he said. “When I was growing up, my dad had a small part-time farm, and it was ..read more

Woodstock Union High School alumni from all over the country are set to converge in town this Saturday for Woodstock’s annual alumni weekend.  This year, the Alumni Association will be pinning tags on each alumnus with a picture of their senior high school portrait.  “It’ll be kind of neat,” said Dennis Wright, the president of the WUHS Alumni Association. “Everyone is going to be running around 50 years later with a picture of how they looked in high school on their shirts.” Golden Diploma Ceremony, The Little Theater, 2 p.m. The festivities will kick off on Friday with a Golden Dip ..read more

By David Miles, Special to the Standard The Woodstock Union High School (WUHS) girls lacrosse team is back in the D-II State Championship game for the second consecutive year. Woodstock knocked off top-seeded Hartford on the road by a 12-5 score Tuesday to move on to the final round. It was a significant turnaround from the regular season game that saw the Hurricanes triumph by an 11-7 margin. Earlier, in last Friday’s quarterfinal game, the girls defeated the Green Mountain Valley (GMV) Gumbies by a 15-8 score. Three players combined for those 15 goals: Claudia Shoemaker with six, Hannah Gubb ..read more

The 44th annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival will be soaring into action this weekend, promising a vibrant array of crafts, music, and — of course — hot air balloons. “Anyone who’s never been in a balloon, I recommend it,” said Heather LeBlanc, a volunteer with the festival. “I’ve been four times. It’s just so quiet. I don’t like going on ladders. I don’t like being on bridges. But I’ll fly in a hot air balloon every day.” While the balloons often take center stage, Havah Walther, the Hartford Chamber of Commerce executive director, noted that they only make up a small part ..read more

The new Woodstock Green, Parks, and Public Places ordinance will stand, as Village residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of keeping the ordinance in place on Tuesday night. The final tally was 62-13.  More than 80 people squeezed into the Woodstock Town Hall for the vote, which the Village Trustees called after they received a completed petition against the ordinance last month.  The ordinance originally grew out of discussions about The Gore, a roughly 7,000 square foot parcel that Seton McIlroy, the chair of the Village Trustees, discovered belonged to the Village, and not the No ..read more

The Town of Bridgewater will sign a one-year contract for the services of the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department, effective July 1. The contract follows a one-year hiatus during which the town did not make use of the law enforcement agency’s services, citing budget constraints. The 2024-25 contract between Bridgewater and the Sheriff’s Department calls for the law enforcement agency to provide the town with fully equipped deputy sheriffs in patrol vehicles for no less than 10 hours per week at a cost not to exceed $32,000 for the period extending from July 1 of this year until July 1, 2025. P ..read more

Betty Jean Munro, of Hudson, Ohio, and Barnard, born October 27, 1944, passed away on May 29, 2024. She was married to Donald MacVicar Munro for sixty years. She was the daughter of Jean Gertrude MacIntosh Hirschland (late) of Wilmington, Del. and Herbert Ernest Hirschland (late) of Wilton, Conn. and Barnard; and granddaughter of Gula Anderson Hirschland and Dr. Franz Herbert Hirschland (late) of Harrison, N.Y. and Barnard. She attended Wilmington Friends School of Wilmington, Del., graduating in the class of 1962, and the University of Delaware. She is survived by her daughters Ellen Malson ..read more

Provided by WUHS Boys Lacrosse Coach, Brandon Little and edited by the Vermont Standard  A mix of sun and clouds with pleasant temperatures set the stage for the Boy’s Division I quarter-final matchup between Woodstock and the South Burlington Wolves last Friday, June 7.  Woodstock was coming off a narrow loss to Burr & Burton to conclude a 10-5 regular season. It was a constructive loss, however, as the Wasps rallied late and came very close to tying the game.  Senior defender Owen Kross commented that the team was upbeat, feeling that they’d made adjustments throughout the ..read more