Starksboro explores steps to withdrawal from MAUSD

Starksboro residents will start exploring what it would require for the town to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District, should their community decide to pursue that option in the future.

The first notes of spring this year will ring from the Starksboro Library on March 20, check out Erin Cassels-Brown.

STARKSBORO — Starksboro voters on Town Meeting Day re-elected selectboard incumbent Koran Cousino in a two-person race for a two-year seat on the town’s selectboard. Cousino received 249 votes and challenger David Rousseau earned 71 tallies. That was the … (read more)

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Starksboro.

David Rousseau and current selectboard chair Koran Cousino are running for the spot on the board.

Ellen Yount named new director of the Vermont Afghan Alliance after former Executive Director Molly Gray announced last month she is stepping down to run for lieutenant governor.

Efforts to upgrade aging water and wastewater infrastructure at Starksboro’s Hillside Manor affordable housing community recently got a $1.2 million boost.

Free concert comes to the Starksboro Library, Feb. 19. See The Town Hollers at 7:30 p.m.

Look for alpine skier and Mount Abe alum Ryan Cochran-Siegle gunning for the podium in the Alpine Downhill and Super-G races at the Olympics over the coming weeks.

Most voters in the 5-town area won’t see any contested races for seats on their local school and selectboards this Town Meeting Day.

The five-town area is fundraising for a new community radio station that hopes to launch in 2026. Come support the effort at a benefit concert on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Holley Hall in Bristol.

The town of Starksboro is seeking community members interested in helping write grants for the Jerusalem Schoolhouse & Fire Station #2 Project. Grant funding could have a direct impact on reducing the tax burden for residents by offsetting project cos … (read more)

Bristol residents John and Lois Burbank celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary earlier this summer.

A grant from the state Clean Water fund allowed Lewis Creek Association to hire engineers from SLR Consulting to design a fix for the road leading to Common Ground Center in Starksboro.

Tari Shattuck Education Foundation awarded the 2025 Pat Pierce Excellence in Teaching Award to Kerry Lake, third grade teacher at Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro.