Calais Selectboard News Today

When historic floods inundated Vermont earlier this month, many of the state's 1,200 dams came under unfathomable pressure. Swollen rivers pressed against obsolete stone dams....

Something was missing in Hardwick. Churches were struggling. The Hardwick Gazette had stopped printing. People weren't showing up to town events. In an increasingly polarized...

After a dog attack last week, Calais, Vt., is up in arms about what happened on the quiet dirt road and what to do about Trixie, the surviving Great Pyrennese of the incident.On May 22, Mark Whitman filed a complaint under the town’s dog ordinance,...

On Thursday evening, in the Town Hall that sits directly across the dirt road from the house where the dog owner lives, the Calais Selectboard heard two hours of testimony and debate over last week’s incident.

“It is oftentimes a thankless job.With social media and a decrease in civil discourse, it makes the jobs even harder,” says Ted Brady, head of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns.

Curtis Pond was teeming with swimmers on an unusually hot day last week. Teenagers sunbathed on a public dock off a sandy beach, and children...