Communications

Faster internet coming to Dover and Wilmington

WILMINGTON - Internet speeds in Wilmington and Dover are poised to get faster at the end of the summer. Consolidated Communications is in the process of wiring the two towns to provide fiber internet service to 7,000 homes, including 400 currently unserved locations, in the coming months. ...

Zoning changes, bylaw repeal, crashes on agenda

WHITINGHAM - The Whitingham Selectboard discussed zoning regulations, vehicles crashing into town property, and the town library at their regular meeting on Wednesday, October 20.
The meeting began with a public hearing on revisions to the town’s zoning regulations. The hearing followed a...

COVID case causes classroom closure

DOVER- At Monday’s regularly scheduled River Valley Unified School District Board meeting a positive COVID-19 case at Dover Elementary School and long-term plans were at the forefront of the discussion.
After a confirmed COVID-19 case at Dover Elementary School earlier this year, the...

A worker checks on the placement of concrete forms and rebar during construction at the North Branch district’s sewer plant in the summer of 2019. File photo

Committee’s actions raise transparency concerns

April 28 informational meeting to address cost increases, elections set for May DOVER- North Branch Fire District #1 has warned an informational meeting for Wednesday, April 28, from 7 to 9 pm, to discuss sewer department issues before the district’s annual meeting on Monday,...

Welch told CUDs need extended fund deadline

VERMONT - On the eve of a House Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing with the commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Rep. Peter Welch held a virtual meeting with the governing boards of the communications union districts of Vermont. Welch said he...

CUD adds three more towns, now off and running

DEERFIELD VALLEY - At its meeting on Tuesday, the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District added three new member towns: Dover, Stamford, and Jamaica. Matters discussed at the meeting included meetings the governing board is holding with various vendors, a proposed “Broadband Action Plan”...