The Stowe Reporter

02/14/2025

Among a wide range of accolades paid to Stowe skier Noah Dines, who tallied more than 3.5 million uphill feet last year, and the Peoples Academy Stage Company, which performed “Hadestown” in December, are two House resolutions honoring their achievements.

Among a wide range of accolades paid to Stowe skier Noah Dines, who tallied more than 3.5 million uphill feet last year, and the Peoples Academy Stage Company, which performed

02/13/2025

Throwback Thursday: Bobby Roberts sent us this photo of himself from the 1980s pulling off an epic spread eagle.

02/12/2025

“There’s no such thing as a rich town in Vermont,” Carlson said, referencing the burden that all Vermont towns carry to fund education in the state.

Monday’s monthly legislative breakfast featured local lawmakers who drummed up familiar discussions about key issues in the county, namely education funding, affordability and housing.

02/11/2025

Last year, residents gathered in the Stowe High School gymnasium prior to the Town Meeting Day lunch break voted for budgetary matters to become subject to approval by Australian ballot, just as town officers already were.

Those who remained following the break successfully held out against the Australian ballot proponents, ensuring that all “public issues” will continue to be debated in person at the annual meeting.

Last year, residents gathered in the Stowe High School gymnasium prior to the Town Meeting Day lunch break voted for budgetary matters to become subject to approval by Australian ballot,

02/10/2025

Lamoille Health Partners will close Stowe Family Associates, its primary care practice on Mountain Road in Stowe, as the health care provider continues to cut services in search of financial sustainability.

Lamoille Health Partners will close Stowe Family Associates, its primary care practice on Mountain Road in Stowe, as the health care provider continues to cut services in search of financial

02/07/2025

Stowe’s town budget, described as “steady” by Town Manager Charles Safford, is ready for a vote.

02/06/2025

THROWBACK THURSDAY: U.S. National Cycling team member Nathan Schafer hands out his “cycling card,” similar in design to the well-known baseball card, to 3rd graders who assembled to meet and talk with the athletes at Stowe Elementary School in 1992.

02/05/2025

From noisy neighbors and construction to cars and airplanes, the world around us, at times, can seem incessantly loud.

That sentiment is the basis for the 2023 documentary, “The Quietest Year,” which chronicles one woman’s personal quest to curb noise pollution in the village of Stowe that ultimately uncovers the dire consequences of lax noise regulation which she calls, “an urgent yet overlooked crisis for both public health and civil society.”

From noisy neighbors and construction to cars and airplanes, the world around us, at times, can seem incessantly loud.

02/04/2025

The Stowe Development Review Board last week closed a hearing on a 48-unit development at 782 Mountain Road intended primarily for retirement living.

02/03/2025

The Stowe Selectboard approved its capital budget last week after previously indicating that it would wait until after Town Meeting Day to take a vote.

01/31/2025

Town hall was packed last Tuesday with collared engineers and boot-wearing locals who came to talk about Eagle Ridge, a proposed 24-unit development off Mountain Road on Cady Hill.

01/29/2025

This year’s selectboard election is shaping up to be a lively one.

Beth Gadbois, a Stowe resident for 30 years, is challenging Billy Adams for his three-year seat on the board. Adams has been on the board since 2011.

01/28/2025

Among a slate of concerns and projects the Stowe Conservation Commission is currently considering, the proposed mechanical grooming of the trails within the popular Cady Hill Forest has generated a great deal of feedback.

Among a slate of concerns and projects the Stowe Conservation Commission is currently considering, the proposed mechanical grooming of the trails within the popular Cady Hill Forest has generated a

01/27/2025

The group formed last summer to develop solutions to Stowe’s housing crisis. Now, roughly halfway through its year-long charter, the task force is partnering with Community Scale, a housing consultant, to ramp up its efforts.

The Stowe Housing Task Force has spent the last few months hearing testimony from state and local housing organizations about what is needed to combat the state’s housing affordability crisis.

01/24/2025

These sculptures — and the process of making them — will be on display throughout town during the 24th annual Stowe Winter Carnival ice carving demonstration, which started Thursday and continues through Saturday.

Most artists leave a testament to their work — a painting on the wall, a novel on the shelf or a recording waiting to be streamed.

01/21/2025

The Stowe School District has identified about $700,000 worth of capital projects in next year’s budget.

01/20/2025

The Elmore-Morristown Unified Union school district has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over racial harassment complaints focused on Peoples Academy Middle Level, but its administration felt the department mischaracterized the investigation after its conclusion.

The Elmore-Morristown Unified Union school district has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over racial harassment complaints focused on Peoples Academy Middle Level, but its administration felt the department

01/17/2025

Many Vermonters feel some type of way when it comes to old barns, and that admiration is not lost in Stowe.