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1 week ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX TOWN — The selectboard chose its newest member to serve as clerk this year at its meeting last Monday, April 7, during which the selectboard undertook its annual reorganization. Shannon Jackson, voted onto the board by residents on Town Meeting Day, was nominated for clerk by Ethan Lawrence and Andy Watts seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, with Jackson’s status as clerk effective immediately.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX JUNCTION — Essex Westford School District presented its Fine Arts Night yesterday, showcasing all things visual art, theatrical samplings and musical performance from students in grades three through 12 district-wide this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
BURLINGTON — Michelle Krasny of Essex Junction brought fiber arts group Essex Fiber Fans to Burlington craft store the Makery this weekend, as part of a nationwide 12-hour knit-a-thon. Proceeds from the knit-a-thon this past Saturday will benefit a number of organizations working to fight hunger across the country and world: Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry and Meals on Wheels — hence, the initiative’s name: Knit for Food.
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2 weeks ago | 
samessenger.com | Ella Ruehsen
VERMONT — The state legislature is reviewing a transportation bill that may fundamentally change the landscape of rural transportation in Vermont, amidst a search for possible cost savings opportunities. Green Mountain Transit was originally implemented to serve Chittenden County, the most urban region of the state, but for the last decade it has also provided public transportation to Franklin and Washington counties.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX JUNCTION — Essex Junction’s Annual Meeting Day results are in, with a $12,419,241 budget passed alongside the passage of bond funding serving to retrofit three pump stations. In addition, Brian Shelden beat out Bethany Clark in the race for city council’s single open seat, by a margin of 141 votes — Shelden with 932, Clark with 791, 133 blank votes and 11 write-ins, according to the city’s preliminary results. He will serve one three-year term in the position.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX-WESTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT — Voters of Essex-Westford School District passed all ballot items today, including a $94,712,480 budget for the district to spend next fiscal year. This will result in an estimated per-pupil education spending of $14,072, which is 3.2% higher than per pupil education spending in this current year.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX JUNCTION — Local voters filed in and out of the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds’ Blue Ribbon Pavilion building this morning, slow but steady under a bright-cool cloudy sky. This is Essex Junction’s Annual Meeting Day. It’s also the day of the vote for the Essex-Westford School District, for residents of all three municipalities to weigh in on.
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2 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX JUNCTION — Following the killing of a pedestrian in a motor vehicle crash March 6 on Park Street, grassroots efforts to honor the man’s life have culminated in an on-site memorial. The pedestrian was killed at night on a street with a 25 mile-per-hour speed limit, pronounced dead on the scene by local officials after resuscitative interventions and other life support interventions failed. The identity of the pedestrian and driver have yet to be released by police.
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4 weeks ago | 
samessenger.com | Ella Ruehsen
NORTHWEST VERMONT — Supporting growers, producers and consumers of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, Healthy Roots Collaborative envisions a strong local agricultural economy. Healthy Roots supervisor Christine Porcaro manages the farm and food business support side of the collaborative, connecting growers and makers to new markets as well as assisting them with grant writing, business and marketing plans, education and community building.
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4 weeks ago | 
essexreporter.com | Ella Ruehsen
ESSEX JUNCTION — As the new season ushers in warmer days, spring showers, songbirds and glimmers of sun, the Brownell Library gazebo is gearing up for a plant and seed swap. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 3 and is free to all participants interested. Hosted by Junction resident Renee Dall, any items plant- or garden-related are welcome — be they native or pollinator-friendly, bulbs for flowers or veggie seedlings, houseplants and beyond.
