After spending more than a year dealing with the issue of short-term rentals in Stowe, a topic that came to a head with a marathon single-issue town meeting at the beginning of this month, the debate on that particular issue has quieted down.

A display case in Akeley Memorial Building has gotten a curatorial refresh by the Stowe Historical Society, serving anew as a reminder that the building was once the center of everything in the town, even more so than today.

Hundreds of Stowe voters gathered at Stowe High School Wednesday night and, with no debate, voted decisively to not rescind the short-term rental registry ordinance passed by the Stowe Selectboard in February.

The level of so-called “forever chemicals” in Stowe’s drinking water remains under the threshold allowed by new federal guidelines, even if the ability to test for lower levels doesn’t yet exist with current technology.

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For those looking to hang loose this boating season, a new state rule adopted in February, dubbed the first of its kind in the nation, regulates wakesports and wakeboats on certain lakes across the state.

The Peoples Academy/Stowe varsity baseball team next week will be switching out green and gold uniforms for a pink motif as part of a fundraiser for the Lamoille Area Cancer Network.

All the colors will be on display this spring at “Journeys in Pastel,” a group show of accomplished artists from the Central Vermont Chapter of the Vermont Pastel Society at River Arts in Morrisville from May 23 through Aug. 22.

St. John’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church, 1994 Mountain Road in Stowe, celebrates the life of Lisa Forster-Beach with a showing of her art that will run from May 21 to July 14.

Throwback Thursday

The Lamoille Union boys’ lacrosse team battled against Montpelier on Friday, May 10.

The Lamoille Union boys’ lacrosse team battled against Montpelier on Friday, May 10.

Just over a month after Northern Vermont witnessed a total solar eclipse, sky watchers were treated to a kaleidoscope of pulsing, swirling colors, as a rare geomagnetic solar storm reached earth. Millions of Americans were able to see the display, depending on their cloud cover.

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Peoples Academy students walked out of school on Thursday afternoon and lined all four corners of Morrisville’s busiest intersection to support the school budget, which is up for a third vote next week.

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