Letter to the editor: Cornwall school thankful for support

The Friends of Cornwall School (FOCS) would like to thank a number of members of our community for their assistance. We held a fundraising dinner on Town Meeting Day, Monday, March 2. The success of this event relied on the generosity of member families of our school and several area businesses. Thanks to all your generous efforts FOCS raised over $300 to benefit the student body of the Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham Memorial School in Cornwall, Vermont. These funds will help enrich the educational experie … (read more)

What do you get when you cross a dog and a calculator? A friend you can count on.   Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.   Every family had a favorite pet, be it a dog, cat, bird or lizard. I had several pets t … (read more)

CORNWALL — Cornwall residents passed all the money items on their ballot, but defeated two advisory referenda related to how Addison Central School District directors should be elected and the process for closing ACSD schools. Cornwall was one of four Add … (read more)

CORNWALL — Cornwall residents are in store for a fairly basic 2020 town meeting, with no contested elections and not a lot of business beyond the usual town, highway and school budget requests. But local residents will help decide two contested elections … (read more)

CORNWALL — The Bolton/Munkres family band, Honey in the Hive, will offer a concert at the Cornwall Town Hall on Sunday, Jan. 26, from 2-3:30 p.m. They will perform music that’s inspired them from a wide variety of musical traditions including Appalachia, … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Mathew Billings, 36, of Cornwall for aggravated assault following an investigation of a reported knife-wielding man in a Jayne Court apartment on Dec. 30. Police said no one was injured in the incident. Billings was lo … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Mathew Billings, 36, of Cornwall for driving with a criminally suspended license and with a stolen license plate, following a traffic stop on Court Street on Nov. 17. In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Rec … (read more)

My name is Queso! I am originally from Los Angeles, but now found a home in Vermont. I do not like the cold weather or the abundance of wildlife, the chipmunks are especially troublesome. When I am not defending the home from critters, I am found snugglin … (read more)

CORNWALL — Cornwall resident Rebecca Kinkead had imagined a solitary artistic career. It was going to be her, her art supplies, a beautiful setting and hours to toil away amid the sounds of chirping birds and the wind caressing the bushes in the meadow fr … (read more)

CORNWALL — The Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department invites townspeople to an open house on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the fire station located at 1952 Route 30.  Folks can learn more about what Cornwall’s first responders do and how the depa … (read more)

CORNWALL — RAD-Innovations LLC, which custom builds adaptive bikes for people with disabilities, recently announced availability of its RAD RaceRunner running frame. The RAD RaceRunner running frame is designed for use by individuals challenged with balan … (read more)

CORNWALL — Vermont State Police are investigating a fatal, one-vehicle crash in which a Middlebury man is believed to have deliberately driven into the Otter Creek near the temporary bridge that connects Swamp Road in Salisbury and Creek Road in Cornwall … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=JvEczRSZHEM Amy Oxford invented an ergonomic rug-hooking needle in 1995. Since then, she’s been running her business and teaching rug hooking from an old farmhouse in Cornwall, Vermont. But recently, busines … (read more)

CORNWALL — Farmers and other landowners who are worried that an effort to reclassify the Otter Creek Wetland Complex as a Class I wetland would affect their current eligibility for federal conservation funds needn’t worry, according to representatives of … (read more)

WEYBRIDGE — Lemon Fair Insect Control District officials received more than 20 mosquito complaints last week from residents in the LFICD’s three member communities, and they are ramping up education efforts to reduce spawning grounds for the pesky, blood … (read more)