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Guest Column: House tackles education transformation

3 weeks ago | willistonobserver.com | Erin Brady

On Friday, the House Education Committee, where I serve as Ranking Member, voted out our highly anticipated bill to chart the course for transformation of public education based on extensive feedback from educators across Vermont and an analysis of the governor’s proposal. We are serious about long-term solutions, which demand systemic reforms, but we must remember that systems are made of real people.
Town explores private fundraising for library expansion

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.
F-35 impact zone smaller than anticipated

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.
Leave it to the beavers

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.
Williston business bristles as research grants threatened

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.
Route 2A, Industrial Ave. project to commence

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.
Clark reassures alarmed constituents

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

Williston’s top library trustee is also one of the best-positioned lawyers in the country to provide a check on executive power under President Donald Trump.
Colchester opens long-planned community rec center

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Owen Evans

After years of planning, the Colchester Recreation Center has officially opened to the public, offering pickleball, basketball, indoor running and more for all ages. A ceremony and open house were held on Feb. 17 to mark the opening of the new building. The event invited the community to take a first look at the 29,427-square-foot facility. During the ceremony, Colchester Parks and Recreation Director Glen Cuttitta acknowledged the time and effort it took to make the facility a reality.
White Cap expansion plan worries neighbors

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

Plans to build a 30,000-square-foot commercial building on a 4-acre forest off Industrial Avenue have residents of nearby North Brownell Road on guard.
Glaser application tabled again

1 month ago | willistonobserver.com | Jason Starr

The Williston Development Review Board is taking its time in considering a permit for construction of 107 homes on the 95-acre Glaser parcel on Mountain View Road. The subdivision application has taken a unique path to the board, first earning planning commission and selectboard approval for a “specific plan” that bypasses growth control regulations in exchange for a gift to the town of about 53 acres. A Development Review Board approval is the final step in what has been a multi-year process.