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School board upset by closed-door hearings
DOVER - In a special meeting Monday morning, school board members fired a shot that resonated around the state. The board issued a letter protesting the Vermont Department of Education’s decisio...
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Mount Snow hit with fine for waste violations
MONTPELIER - Mount Snow was slapped with a stiff penalty from the state after hazardous waste violations were discovered during routine inspections. According to a settlement stipulation filed Ma...
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Judge reverses decision against Joneses
NEWFANE - The defendants in the Milestones Financial Services lawsuit said they would get their day in court. That day came and they got the results they wanted. On February 16, Windham County ...
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Edee Edwards Board welcomes first woman elected to selectboard seat
HALIFAX‑ The selectboard held a special meeting on Tuesday to reorganize for the coming year and welcome newly elected member Edee Edwards. Chairman John LaFlamme noted that Edwards is the first ...
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Girl Scout Teresa Snow offers cupcakes to Abe and Faith Schuster during a break at Dover’s Town Meeting. The sweets were offered to meeting attendees as a reminder of Dover’s bicentennial celebration planned for later this year. R. Capitani Town fed up with funding
DOVER - Dover voters have fired a shot across the bow of the statewide education funding ship, by setting aside money for a potential challenge to the current and future ways Vermont pays for its...
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Cliff Duncan and John “Barker” Willard III discuss an item during Wilmington’s Town Meeting. M. Eldred Pergola stays, incumbents returned
WILMINGTON - The town’s award-winning downtown Bank Park won’t lose its pergola, after an Australian ballot measure to remove the controversial structure failed by a margin of almost 150 votes. ...
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Voters approve utility sale, slash budget
by Christian Avard
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READSBORO- For the last year, the town has gone back and forth on whether to sell Readsboro Electric. In the last three votes, the public chose to keep it in the town’s hands. On Town Meeting day...
Wardsboro cuts delinquent tax rate, okays budget items
by Anita Rafael
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WARDSBORO- Only about 40 residents of the town of Wardsboro chose to speak directly for themselves at the 225th annual Town Meeting this Tuesday, as is the tradition at Vermont Town Meetings, discu...
Voters adjust town budget, discuss town reports’ future
by Christian Avard
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WHITINGHAM- The town had one of the fastest Town Meetings in recent history. Very few questions were raised, discussion was minimal, and the town saved taxpayers a grand total of $4,849. Article ...
Halifax voters offer questions, but no cuts
by Margo Avakian
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HALIFAX‑ Citizens at Town Meeting had questions about the town’s spending and accounting, but refrained in the end from offering any amendments to cut the proposed 2011 budget. The often lively fi...
Most voters want to keep high school
by Mike Eldred
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WILMINGTON- School board members had hoped a poll asking residents of Wilmington and Whitingham if they prefer further consolidation or a high school renovation would offer them a clear path forwar...
Roads, property appraisals dominate conversation at Searsburg meeting
by Mike Eldred
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SEARSBURG- Local residents demanded answers regarding the town road crew’s performance during recent storms, but they eventually agreed to pass their road budgets. Voters passed the first eight a...