The Stowe Reporter

07/08/2025

Three Stowe Elementary School teachers retired at the end of the school year, leaving behind a combined century of teaching experience in Stowe and Lamoille County.

07/07/2025

Bears around Stowe have reliable sources of food in the village, from backyard birdfeeders to unattended and poorly secured trash at homes, lodging properties and restaurants. As a result, Stowe has the highest rate of human-bear interactions in the state, according to Jaclyn Comeau, a wildlife scientist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Bears around Stowe have reliable sources of food in the village, from backyard birdfeeders to unattended and poorly secured trash at homes, lodging properties and restaurants.

07/02/2025

“This is the 50th anniversary of this poster board/clever idea/whatever-is-in-your-barn Moscow parade, which was started in 1975 when Paige and David Stackpole’s kids, Kate and Anna, and their friends said that we needed a parade,” Ann Lusk said this week. “Paige turned the key to the lawn tractor and the kids followed with signs for their bikes.”

Stowe’s Fourth of July parade down Main Street may get all the attention — particularly from the vantage point of your typical tourist in town or anyone trying to drive

07/01/2025

The Stowe Selectboard has proposed new water and sewer budgets, alluding to capital projects that will appear before the selectboard this year, along with a 4-percent increase in Stowe’s sewer rate. Water rates will not increase.

The Stowe Selectboard has proposed new water and sewer budgets, alluding to capital projects that will appear before the selectboard this year, along with a 4-percent increase in Stowe’s sewer

06/30/2025

A bill passed out of the Legislature last week may have set up sweeping education reform and several check backs that its success teeters on, but lawmakers representing Stowe were nearly unanimous in voting against it, and local school leaders have been outspoken about the bill’s potentially negative impact on their schools.

A bill passed out of the Legislature last week may have set up sweeping education reform and several check backs that its success teeters on, but lawmakers representing Stowe were

06/30/2025

We get it; we also kick into action when up against a deadline. Today is the last day to vote in the 4393 Awards!

From best burger to top date night destinations, from best community heroes to hard-working nonprofits, this is your chance to show some love — and help spotlight the people, places and businesses that make our region shine.

Cast your vote for local greatness! Voting is open for the annual 4393 Awards, the Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen’s reader-powered celebration of the best people, places and businesses

06/27/2025

Of the 891 registrants who provided the town of Stowe with information about their rental properties as of late May, just 196, or 23 percent, listed their “owner mailing address” in Stowe.

Data from Stowe’s new short-term rental registry, which went live at the beginning of May, shows that most of those properties’ owners don’t live in town full-time.

06/26/2025

🚨 It’s not a quiz. There are no wrong answers. But you do get to share your opinions. 😎

There’s less than a week to vote for your local favorites in the 4393 Awards! From best wings to best community hero, this is your chance to show some love — and help spotlight the people, places and businesses that make our region shine.

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Voting is open through the end of June at vtcng.com/4393awards — make your voice heard!

Cast your vote for local greatness! Voting is open for the annual 4393 Awards, the Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen’s reader-powered celebration of the best people, places and businesses

06/25/2025

Charlie Gordon never thought he’d be a teacher.

06/24/2025

The Stowe development review board has struck down a long-discussed plan to demolish the Union Bank branch on Park Street and construct a new multi-level, mixed-use building in its place.

06/20/2025

Breaking: Copley Hospital announced Friday evening that its board of trustees voted to close its birthing center earlier this week, despite intense opposition by advocates.

Copley Hospital announced Friday evening that its board of trustees voted to close the hospital’s birthing center, despite months of lobbying efforts to save it from closure.

06/20/2025

Stowe High School students might have graduated on Saturday, but they were given one last assignment by English teacher John Kennedy, the commencement’s faculty speaker.