Patrick Bilow

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Wolcott voters finally settled on a budget for the community’s only school, Wolcott Elementary, last week, after months of rebuke from residents over rising tax rates and subsequent cuts by the school board. The $6.1 million budget passed 182-104 last Wednesday, an about-face from Town Meeting Day more than three months ago, when voters rejected the first version of the budget, which rang in at $6.3 million, 187-95, citing a proposed 30-percent property tax increase.

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The Peoples Academy girls’ track and field team was crowed Division III champions last week after a nail-biter of a meet in Burlington. The Wolves ultimately won by five points, beating out second place Bellows Falls Union 104 to 99, but they were down by three heading into the 4x400-meter relay race, one of the last events, with just enough point potential to take it all if their relay team won, according to coach Gaelan Chutter-Ames.

2 weeks ago | vtcng.com | Patrick Bilow

Here’s how the Raiders fared in spring sports this week. June 5At BurlingtonThe girls’ track and field team placed fourth in the Division III championship, capping off a season of change for the team after the Vermont Principals Association split up Stowe and Peoples Academy and moved the teams down a division. Despite the changes, Stowe’s athletes earned top finishes and personal bests in the championship meet.

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After years of negative feedback from students, teachers and families, the Lamoille South Supervisory Union is switching back to a traditional 100-point grading system. According to Ryan Heraty, Lamoille South superintendent, the change applies to Stowe High School and Middle School and Peoples Academy High School and Middle School and goes into effect at the beginning of next school year.

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The grass at Riverside Cemetery in Morrisville is short and neat on a rain-soaked Monday morning, and Dennis Smith, president of the Morristown Cemetery Association, is proud of how it looks. The Morristown Cemetery Association, which was established in 1823, manages seven cemeteries in town.