Health officials say EEE risk high in some areas

The Vermont Department of Health strongly recommends limiting evening time outdoors in high-risk areas due to the threat of Eastern equine encephalitis. Vergennes, Whiting and Cornwall are at slightly higher risk.

Here are the scheduled school bus pick-up and drop-off times for students in Cornwall, Salisbury, Bridport, Shoreham, Weybridge, Ripton and Middlebury, as well for students over the mountain.

Communication will be among Nadya Bech-Conger’s top priorities during her first several months helming the Bingham School, whose halls will soon ring again with the voices of around 85 students in grades K-5. It’s one of seven elementary schools — along w … (read more)

On July 14 a group of two-dozen or so adults from Vermont gathered at Birdsong Acres in Cornwall for a Northeast Organic Farming Association and Pollinator Pathway of Addison County-sponsored event.

CRAIG ZONDAG, THE Lemon Fair Insect Control District’s field coordinator/biologist, looks through a microscope at an example of one of the more that 25 varieties of mosquitos known to buzz around the member towns of Bridport, Cornwall and Weybridge. WEYBR … (read more)

For those who are curious about their family genealogy or have started researching their family history but now need some inspiration to continue, the Ethan and Mary Baker Allen DAR Chapter in Cornwall, together with the Cornwall Historical Society, are s … (read more)

The Addison Central School District Board on Tuesday endorsed the hiring of three new principals to lead the Bridport, Cornwall and Shoreham elementary schools.

The Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department will once again host its annual chicken barbecue at the Route 30 station on Sunday, June 9, from noon until the chicken runs out. Table seating and take-out will be available.

School district leaders have screened all the applicants for coming principal vacancies at three elementary schools; students, their families and school staff can meet the candidates this week.

ROSEMARY (GERO) HORN BENNINGTON — Rosemary (Gero) Horn passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2024, after a long battle with dementia at Crescent Manor nursing home in Bennington, Vt. Before that, she resided with her husband Maurice Horn in Brandon. Rosemary … (read more)

The Friends of Cornwall School would like to thank everyone who helped make our second annual Town Meeting Breakfast on Saturday, March 2, a success.

Thanks to a dedicated group of citizen volunteers, the generosity of neighbors and a couple of successful grant applications, plans for a new Cornwall Outdoor Recreation Area (CORA) are moving ahead at warp speed, with a potential groundbreaking as soon a … (read more)

In an era when names rotate quickly on selectboard rosters, it’s nice to have a consistent, go-to person fronting your town office.

A bobcat and two Red-tailed Hawks found dead in Cornwall have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection, according to preliminary lab results shared with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department on Feb. 15. 

A group of Cornwall residents is busily working on a plan to transform two acres of town-owned land into a local recreation hub with plenty of activity options for people of all ages.