A published copy of the new book will not be ready in time for the Co-op's planned move into its sparkling new quarters.
Long time Co-op Manager Alex Gyori emphasizes that the opening plans are subject to change, but if current plans prevail, on June 12, the retail store will close early at 7 p.m. and will remain closed all day June 13.
Opening day in the new quarters is planned for June 14.
At the store for 30 years, Gyori, precise and intense, seems to look upon this major move with calm.
Pizza Hippo, a new business that sells a grilled version of everyone's favorite thing to eat, plans to sling pizzas in late May at five local farmers' markets and at the farm stand at the Kindle Farm School in Townshend. Amber O'Reilly, farm manager at Kindle Farm School, and...
The Townshend Selectboard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 31 to celebrate the reopening of Townshend Dam Road. But the celebration was dampened by the possibility that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) won't reimburse the town for 75 percent of the $550,000 cost of construction. The road had been...
Because of a glitch in budget figures, Townshend will be a two Town Meeting municipality in 2012. According to Craig Hunt, assistant to the Selectboard, last-minute changes to the budget caused the information to come in past the deadline for posting the warrant. Selectboard Chair Hedy Harris said certain budget calculations were unexpectedly delayed. “We worked to rectify that,” she said. “We didn't have the budget completely nailed down. We were one day late.” Consequently, the Townshend Selectboard has scheduled...
Slowly but surely, the healthy food conversations among at least four local and vocal Windham County advocacy organizations are moving forward. Spurred on by a $2,000 grant from the Meeting Waters YMCA, the four groups were brought together on Feb. 15 at the Townshend Church by Post Oil Solutions for a potluck supper and progress reports. The four groups received varying amounts of money. Claire Adams, an officer of the West Townshend Community Project, described the success of the project's...
With Townshend the only Windham Central Supervisory Union town out of five that voted against it, the fiscal 2013 Leland & Gray school budget passed 172 to 109. The $6.5 million budget approved by voters on Feb. 15 represents a 3.5 increase over last year's. Townshend, with 893 registered voters, cast 59 votes - 23 yes and 36 no. The other four towns in the district voted for the budget, albeit in low numbers. Turnout increased only slightly over last...
Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark takes issue with the administration at the Windham Central Supervisory Union (WCSU) for not renewing its commitment to a four-year school resource officer (SRO) program, paid for by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for the first three years. Leland & Gray Middle and High School in Townshend participated in the program for 2½ years, employing several uniformed and armed deputies from the sheriff's office in Newfane. The program's latest hire, Albry Crowley,
A violent confrontation in the school between two male students in a school bathroom on Jan. 5 resulted in injuries to one student's face serious enough to warrant treatment, first at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend and later at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. The fight in January resulted in a charge of aggravated assault against student William J. Clayton, 17, of Jamaica. He was charged as an adult, and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Jan. 4...