Starksboro votes to leave MAUSD

More than 200 registered voters turned out at the Robinson Elementary School multipurpose room to vote from the floor on a proposal to exit the Mount Abe school district, and the overwhelming majority said “yes” when the question was finally asked.

A pair of Addison County Regional Planning Commission projects aimed at addressing issues in the Lewis Creek watershed in Starksboro have been selected to receive Vermont Flood Resilient Communities Fund grants totaling more than $113,000.

After months of community debate and public discussion, a request by snowmobilers to ride on certain Starksboro roads has failed to win approval from the town selectboard, which plans to make its official decision in writing.

Starksboro, please vote yes on May 10 to save Robinson Elementary School.

Starksboro residents are being asked to attend a May 10 special town meeting to discuss, and vote from the floor, a petitioned request that the town withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.

In just a couple of weeks, Starksboro voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on the future of Robinson Elementary School.

Another Mount Abraham Unified School District community has officially launched a campaign to withdraw from the district.

On Feb. 8, Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle won Olympic silver in the super-G at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

A trio of local community school advocates testifying before the House Education Committee last week expressed grave concerns about some of the Act 46 updates recently proposed by the Vermont State Board of Education.

Unable to obtain school services elsewhere, Ripton administrators are considering rejoining the district. And now, state officials and lawmakers are trying to make sure another departure like Ripton’s doesn’t happen again.

The hearing will be on Tuesday, March 8, at 6 p.m.

All 10 members of selectboards in Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro whose terms are set to expire on Town Meeting Day will be running to keep their seats.

Snowmobilers hoping to travel between existing trails in Starksboro and Lincoln are unlikely to get all the permissions they need before this winter season is over.

Snowmobilers hoping to ride on Ireland and Conway roads as part of a proposed connector trail between the Lewis Creek Wildlife Management Area and the Jerusalem Corners Store did not receive the permission they were hoping for on Tuesday night.

Homeowners on Ireland and Conway roads in Starksboro are waiting with some trepidation for the meeting of the town’s selectboard on Tuesday, Jan. 4, which my well decide the fate of their neighborhood.