UPDATE: New Haven man cited for arson in Wednesday house fire case

Vermont State Police arrested Gary McIntyre, 77, and cited him for setting fire to a house in New Haven on Wednesday.

A lot has changed since Mary Pat Roche first began working at Beeman Elementary School 27 years ago.

The Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) has purchased land in New Haven that will host a new regional transfer station where folks will be able to bring their residential trash, recyclables and, eventually, household hazardous waste.

New Haven real estate transfers between January 2022 and March 2023 include 22 single-family homes, five mobile homes, two farm properties and six parcels of land.

The library programs aim to provide local and regional community members an opportunity to engage with authors and their work in a community setting.

A recently formed group in New Haven is hoping to give the town’s residents more opportunities to get together, ideally without requiring an entrance fee to do so. 

Lunch hour looked a little different this Tuesday at New Haven’s Beeman Elementary School.

Two communities in the 5-town area of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro will elect new selectboard members on Town Meeting Day after a handful of incumbents decided not to run again. 

The nonprofit farm, run by co-founders Madison Berry and Jasmine Foster, is a training and adoption facility for wild horses. Berry and Foster bring the mustangs from out West to find forever homes in New England. 

The town of New Haven has entered into negotiations for the purchase of land that could one day house a new fire station for the town. 

Through a series of events this fall, New Haven residents have been making an effort to listen to and celebrate a part of the community that often goes unheard — migrant farm workers.

For the past several months the town of New Haven has embraced a program to connect with migrant farm workers in its community. It’s a model other Addison County communities might want to consider.

The library’s last storytime before a short winter break will be next Tuesday, Dec. 13. Everyone is invited to join in for stories and songs.

The town of New Haven, in collaboration with the Addison County Regional Planning Commission and Vermont Agency of Transportation, is exploring ways to make Munger Street safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Nearly a year’s worth of work relocating the New Haven train depot came to an end this week, when the 19th-century building was placed on a foundation at its new permanent home next to the town’s library.