The 165-year-old Vermont Standard, based in Woodstock and serving a 10-town area, has its first new publisher in 38 years, according to Phil Camp, Sr, owner and president. Newspaper industry veteran Dan Cotter began his duties as the 11th publisher in the history of the paper on Monday, April 30th.

Norwich University will celebrate commencement and commissioning with ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13, in Shapiro Field House. Both events are free and open to the public. At a 2 pm ceremony on Saturday, May 12, US Navy Admiral (Ret) and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University James G Stavridis will deliver the university’s 2018 Commencement address to over 400 graduating seniors. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Naval Science degree.