St. Johnsbury

Gun Rights March in St. Johnsbury

Details: Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 02:56; Written by Andrew Clark

ST. JOHNSBURY— Earlier this month Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed 3 bills into law increasing restrictions on gun sales and ownership. Two of the changes prevent people with a a history of violence and those arrested on domestic violence charges from possessing guns.

Northern Vermont Songwriters

Details: Created on Friday, 20 April 2018 22:32; Written by Jacques Boudreau

ST.JOHNSBURY- The Northern Vermont Song Writers Group is a small group of people who all have a main goal, which is to write good song and to better them through group critiques. Once a month, the old and the young gather to just talk about their lives and to present any songs they have been working on over the past month.

New and Improved Kiwanis Auction

Details: Created on Friday, 20 April 2018 19:42; Written by Matt Tritto

ST. JOHNSBURY- The annual Kiwanis Auction has once again come to an end. For the second year in a row, the auction was held in an online format verses the live televised auction that took place for 66 years.

COSA Looking for Volunteers

Details: Created on Friday, 20 April 2018 17:41; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- The Community Restorative Justice Center is seeking out more volunteers for their Circles of Support and Accountability Program.

COSA is a program that works with offenders that have a high-risk of going back to prison after being released.
Susan Cherry, Director of the Community Restorative Justice Center, refers to the people incarcerated as the "core members" of the COSA teams.

St. Johnsbury Receives Grant for Honking Tunnel

Details: Created on Tuesday, 17 April 2018 18:03; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- The town of St. Johnsbury is attempting to revitalize the town by making the famous honking tunnel a little more exciting. The town has received a $3,000 AARP Vermont grant to make this dark tunnel into an exciting drive to connect the riverfront to the downtown business.

Mud Season Provokes Trail Erosion

Details: Created on Monday, 16 April 2018 20:31; Written by Rachel Johnson

ST. JOHNSBURY - As hikers become eager to get out onto the mountains for the Spring season, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation is urging individuals to remain mindful of their impact on trail erosion.

He Lifts Things Up And Puts Them Down

Details: Created on Monday, 16 April 2018 13:38; Written by Victoria Carlson

Fondry 2 SAINT JOHNSBURY- For most of his life, Aaron Fondry has worked to make a difference. After studying Exercise Science at Lyndon State College, he found a passion for weight lifting.

Kingdom Gymnastics Tumbles into Top Five

Details: Created on Thursday, 05 April 2018 01:48; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- The Kingdom Gymnastics training facility may be small, but that does not define their capabilities. All teams placed in the top five of their divisions at the Junior Olympic State Championships in March.

Burlington Taiko Performs in St Johnsbury

Details: Created on Thursday, 05 April 2018 00:28; Written by Chelsi Byrnes

ST. JOHNSBURY- The Burlington Taiko, a Japanese style of drumming performed today at the St. Johnsbury Academy's Fuller Hall today. Burlington Taiko is a group that started by Stuart Paton in 1987.

Engaging Students After School

Details: Created on Tuesday, 03 April 2018 20:00; Written by Rachel Johnson

stem ST. JOHNSBURY - Engaging students in after-school settings can be a difficult task. At this point in the day, kids are tired, hungry, and overall, irritable. Nevertheless, there is a solution, and librarians gathered at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum this Tuesday afternoon to learn just what that is.

Tracy Truzansky, the Project Manager for Training at Vermont Afterschool, lead the discussion, which outlined the organization's STEM program.

SJA Art Students Compete Nationally

Details: Created on Saturday, 31 March 2018 00:15; Written by Chelsi Byrnes

ST. JOHNSBURY- Three Saint Johnsbury Academy students made it to Nationals for the Scholastic Art and Writing competition. Rachel Fickes, Patrick Nkubito and Marion Elys were three of fifteen students who showed their passion for art in different mediums.The competition was held at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center until March 10th.

St. Johnsbury Sewer Lines

Details: Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:48; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - Oak Street in St. Johnsbury recently had a full remodeling of its water, sewer, and storm drainage pipes that outflow the passumpsic river; a project that was "long overdue" according to the town government. Moving forward, the selectboard plans to continue to other streets in the immediate vicinity that are in need of new wastewater lines.

St. J. Saves $34k with Loan Payoff

Details: Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 16:26; Written by Matthew Seaver

ST. JOHNSBURY - The town of Saint Johnsbury will be paying off a decade's old loan resulting in a savings of over $34-thousand in interest.

The USDA Rural Development loan was used for the construction of the wastewater treatment plant during the 1990's. The loans payments were originally spaced out to be fully repaid by the year 2036.

Fairbanks Museum Recieves a Grant

Details: Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 15:29; Written by Chelsi Byrnes

ST. JOHNSBURY- The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium has been one of the eighty recipients across America of the Collections Assessment for Preservations (CAP) grant.The Fairbanks museum is the only museum in the state of Vermont to receive this grant.

Spring Equinox

Details: Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 15:01; Written by Chelsi Byrnes

The Roots of Bluegrass

Details: Created on Friday, 23 March 2018 15:51; Written by Rachel Johnson

ST. JOHNSBURY - On Thursday at Catamount Arts, local bluegrass musician Bob Amos lead a discussion about the life of Bill Monroe, one of the genre's most significant influencers. According to Amos, many describe bluegrass as a tree, with Bill Monroe serving as the trunk.

Vermont Preserves the Agricultural Past

Details: Created on Monday, 19 March 2018 23:13; Written by Rachel Johnson

ST. JOHNSBURY - Christopher Wenger moved from Boston to St. Johnsbury to raise his children outside of the city. Knowing that he wanted to purchase a property possessing land and privacy, Wenger searched throughout the Northeast Kingdom until he stumbled upon Old Silo Farm.

Depot Street Park, Main Street Grant

Details: Created on Monday, 19 March 2018 18:48; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - The Chamber of Commerce for the town of St. Johnsbury has received a vermont grant which they intend to use to revitalize the Depot Square park. The Main Street Grant which the town received from the National Life Group Foundation, and the Vermont Community Foundation, as part of a state-wide grant program.

Twilight Players Murder Mystery Evening

Details: Created on Monday, 19 March 2018 18:17; Written by Chelsi Byrnes

ST. JOHNSBURY - The Lyndon State College's Twilight Players had their Murder Mystery Evening this past Saturday night at the Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury. The play was based off of a singles bar in New York City and took place inside of a bar on St. Patrick's Day.

St. Johnsbury Academy Theater Host Drama Festival

Details: Created on Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:48; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- The theater at St Johnsbury Academy is preparing their one act play from Shakespeare's A Mid-Summer Nights Dream to compete against other schools in Vermont at the Regional Drama Festival.

Fluctuating Temps Good for Maple Business

Details: Created on Monday, 12 March 2018 20:03; Written by Kiernan Brisson

goodwin sugar house thumbnail ST. JOHNSBURY - Thanks to the rapid change of temperatures beginning with a modest February thaw into what is now a snow-filled beginning of March, the Maple industry has enjoyed a very profitable and early start to the sugaring season.

Public Safety Concerns in St. Johnsbury

Details: Created on Tuesday, 06 March 2018 23:46; Written by Andrew Clark

ST. JOHNSBURY— Public safety was among the bigger issues for the town of St. Johnsbury for Town Meeting Day in 2018. The voters of the town faced a non-binding decision on whether funding for CALEX Ambulance would be removed as an appropriation going forward and made into a contracted item with the town.

Voters Decide on 18.4 Million Dollar Budget

Details: Created on Tuesday, 06 March 2018 21:03; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- Voters in the town of St. Johnsbury are being asked to approve a nearly one-million dollar increase in the school budget at this year's Town Meeting Day. The increase is due in part to a miscalculation in how many students will be attending Saint Johnsbury Academy in the Fall of 2018 and the 42 unanticipated student tuitions they've had to pay out that have resulted in $710,000 in expenditures.

Deer Run in at Rec Fit

Details: Created on Tuesday, 06 March 2018 17:13; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY - RecFit in St. Johnsbury had an unexpected visitor on Saturday morning. At about 11:30, a deer broke through a window on the first floor and ran into the lobby area of the gym.

CALEX Heads to the Polls

Details: Created on Tuesday, 06 March 2018 14:16; Written by Rachel Johnson

ST. JOHNSBURY - Since CALEX Ambulance Services opened their doors in 1984, their yearly appropriations have never been voted down on a Town Meeting Day. This is a pattern that C.E.O, Michael Wright, hopes will continue today.