Woodstock Early Bird The Early Bird Gets the Worm: earlybirdtips@gmail.com

Well, that’s a real bit of flood relief!

The hard-to-get-to Woodstock sewer line has been found, replaced and encased in a good 100 years of cement (we hope)under the Elm Street Bridge. 

We also hear reports that last week when the kids at Woodstock Union High School and Middle Schools heard over P-A system (during announcements)   that they could finally use flush toilets again, a cheer (of relief!?) went up throughout the buildings. The bottom line (no pun intended) is that Woodstock is finally back able to “go” without having to hold one finger over the nose while using port-a-potties. Yes, there were those who commented what a wonderful “lesson” it’s been for everyone to learn the importance of water and sewer. But, I’ll bet everyone got the lesson pretty early on and yup, we love a good sewer system!  Can we use the outhouse and the port-a-pottie when needed? Sure. Is it our favorite means of er, hygiene? Not really.

Now, to Drinking water and the Woodstock Aqueduct Pipe: Plans are to get that fixed up under the Elm Street bridge and get us off the “hose” system. Still, we hear from Trustee Bob Pear that we DO  have plenty of water in our system — tanks are filling up and there are no further outages anticipated. Possibly some loss of water pressure as the final work gets done.

More from this morning’s Town Flood Response Meeting:

Frost Mills Parking Area will NOT  be open this weekend. Due to high water, filling in “The Hole” has been delayed. Some have questioned Woodstock Early Bird as to why the Town of Woodstock would be doing the job (i.e. paying for it) when it appears to be Woodstock Inn property. Answer is: #1 There is a rental situation between the Village and the Woodstock  Inn. #2 The actual road is a town road, therefore WE get to fix it. Thanks WEB Tipsters for asking for clarification.

Time’s Up: No more free passes on permitting for streambank or river work due to Tropical Storm Irene. Ya’ need a permit from the State of Vermont plain and simple for rip-rap, digging, debris removal, etc.  Basically anything that will affect stream flow, run-off, effluent, etc.  Permit Needed. State of Vermont  Todd Menees is your guy to get the dirt moving.