Jason Starr

3 weeks ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

The Town of Williston has hired CPG Enterprises of Burlington to test the willingness of local philanthropists to help fund an expansion of the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library and improvements to the Town Green. The Library Trustees have endorsed a two-story concept designed by local architect John Hemmelgarn that would roughly double the library’s square-footage and reorient its main entrance.

4 weeks ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

Back in 2019, airport officials and noise modeling consultants took a stab at predicting what the auditory impacts of the Vermont Air National Guard’s F-35 takeoffs and landings would be on residents living near the runway. But the Air Force fighter jets didn’t arrive at the Guard’s base until a year later. Now, with 20 F-35s in full operation, the airport has updated its noise impact predictions with actual flight data.

4 weeks ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

If you’ve ever walked along Williston’s Allen Brook Nature Trail and noticed gnawed-off tree stumps, a curiously placed dam, or a change in the stream’s flow, you’re experience likely mirrors that of Wildflower Circle resident Jim Heltz.

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

Next to UVM, the second largest recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants in Vermont is a Williston business on Allen Brook Lane called MBF Bioscience. The company was awarded a nearly $1 million grant this fiscal year and has two applications pending.

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

Construction is set to begin in April on a two-year road widening and intersection improvement project on Route 2A and Industrial Avenue. The Vermont Agency of Transportation is working with Massachusetts-based engineering firm Green International Affiliates on the project, which is designed to handle a 20-year horizon of increased traffic, while also taking the opportunity to improve cycling and pedestrian safety along the corridor.