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Mount Snow sues over Dew Tour leaving, seeks $2 million in damages
BURLINGTON- Mount Snow is seeking $2 million in damages from organizers of the Winter Dew Tour. Mount Snow filed a lawsuit in US District Court Tuesday against Winter Dew Tour organizers AlliSpor...
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Wilmington Selectboard debates over proposed 1% local option tax and user fees
WILMINGTON- A proposed 1% local option tax and school user fees were on the agenda at Wednesday evening’s selectboard meeting. Selectboard chair Tom Consolino participated in the meeting by phone ...
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Candidate slates, petition warnings set for area Town Meeting ballots
DEERFIELD VALLEY- There will be few contested races on the Town Meeting ballot in most Deerfield Valley towns this year, but there will be some fresh faces as new candidates step forward to fill va...
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Selectboard approves capital budget plan after hearing
READSBORO - The selectboard approved the capital budget plan after a hearing Wednesday with the planning commission. Though the capital budget is now a reality, money cannot be transferred into or ...
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Board nixes school payment
WILMINGTON- At their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday evening, selectboard members appeared resolved to deny a suggestion from the budget committee that could cut the homestead school tax rate...
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Town hires new manager
by Mike Eldred
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WILMINGTON- After the selectboard came out of an executive session Wednesday evening, board members unanimously approved a motion to hire Scott Murphy as Wilmington’s town manager, pending a satisf...
Deadline nears for first round of business advertising support funding
by Randy Capitani
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DOVER- There’s still time for businesses in Dover to take advantage of the first round of funding of the Dover Advertising Support Program. The program was approved near the end of last year as a w...
Voters pass Twin Valley school budget, board passes supervisory union budget
by Mike Eldred
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WILMINGTON- School board members held their regular meeting at Deerfield Valley Elementary School Tuesday evening, followed immediately by a meeting of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board...
Board to explore cell tower
by Henry Millet
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WHITINGHAM- Could improved cell phone service be brought to the town? That’s a question the Whitingham Selectboard began to consider during Wednesday evening’s meeting. While no specific proposa...
Residents offer input into town recovery
by Randy Capitani
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WILMINGTON- Residents from throughout the valley packed the Deerfield Valley Elementary School gym Tuesday evening, eager to offer input into a long-term recovery process for the town of Wilmington...
Study says change needed
by Jeanette Boos
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DOVER - A new study shows that equalized spending per pupil at Vermont schools hasn’t led to equal opportunity, and proponents for changing the state’s acts 60 and 68 education funding mechanisms a...