Starksboro food program lands grant

STARKSBORO — New Community Project (NCP) plans to use a $12,000 grant from the International Paper Foundation to help expand NCP’s Starksboro Area Food Justice Program.NCP’s Food Justice Program addresses the environmental and social justice issues of food waste and food insecurity where they intersect in the local community. This program combines food rescued from grocery stores with organic garden produce grown at NCP’s Sustainable Living Center and the Starksboro Community Garden.These funds will be used … (read more)

STARKSBORO — The way Nancy Cornell and Herb Olson see it, there are two things that might avert a movement in Starksboro to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.First: The MAUSD board could resolve, soon and publicly, that it will not c … (read more)

STARKSBORO — The Starksboro selectboard will host a community forum at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10, in the Robinson Elementary School gym to discuss the future of the school.“The goal of this forum is to inform the community about the current situation reg … (read more)

STARKSBORO — Residents of Starksboro have a new opportunity to learn more about Lake Champlain and its watershed, and they don’t need to look any further than their local library.Lake Champlain Sea Grant, in partnership with the Fletcher Free Library in B … (read more)

STARKSBORO — The pandemic may have canceled Starksboro Village Meeting House events and fundraisers over the past year, but building renovation work has continued apace. The 1840 building’s original windows have now been restored. “The result is quite str … (read more)

STARKSBORO — Starksboro residents and others interested in the town’s business may have noticed over the past couple of months that the website is down. “We are making much-needed updates and the site is currently under construction,” the town’s current s … (read more)

STARKSBORO — Starksboro Town Clerk Cheryl Estey loves her job because of the people. “Every day is different,” Estey said. “You never know who is going to call or stop by. I enjoy interacting with people.” Estey, who will retire on Town Meeting Day, March … (read more)

STARKSBORO — When Starksboro voters to go the polls on Town Meeting Day, March 2, they will be asked to elect two selectboard members. The seats’ current occupants are both running again: Koran Cousino for another three-year term and Carin McCarthy, a rec … (read more)

STARKSBORO — Starksboro’s long-serving treasurer, Celine Coon, remembers moving to the town 43 years ago and seeing an article in the Addison Independent that referred to Starksboro as the fastest growing town in Addison County. “I was expecting Starksbor … (read more)

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series catching up with student athletes from area high schools. SOUTH BURLINGTON — Over the years being the youngest in a group has not held back Starksboro native Dennise Casey. As a 13-year-old freshman at Mount A … (read more)

STARKSBORO — Robert Verrastro, 47, of South Burlington has pled guilty to the charge of possession of illegal big game among other crimes in connection with a deer poaching investigation in Starksboro that took place in November 2019. The Vermont Warden S … (read more)

STARKSBORO — The Starksboro Area Food Justice and Regenerative Agriculture initiatives of the New Community Project will benefit from a grant bestowed by the Laberge Insurance Agency and Co-operative Insurance Companies.  New Community Project received a … (read more)

I am writing as a citizen and former Robinson School Board member to express my concern about the school reconfiguration proposal recently floated by Superintendent Reen. I know that much study and deliberation has gone into the reconfiguration concept th … (read more)

BORMIO, Italy — Starksboro’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle claimed his first World Cup victory on Tuesday by winning a super-G event on the famous Stelvio course in Bormio, Italy. He prevailed by what is considered a huge margin in ski racing — 0.79 second. Cochran … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — After a short battle with COVID-19, Mary “Pat” Brown — mother of six, member of Bristol’s St. Ambrose Catholic Church, retired Registered Nurse — died on Friday at age 79. “Her loss weighs heavy on us, with the worst part being that we co … (read more)