Dover

Frustrated by cheap state

Officials decry paltry development funding WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, several committee members cited frustration with the state.
Eric Durocher, executive director of the Southern Vermont Deerfield...

Town runs into roadblock on Valley Trail easements

DOVER - At the selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, economic development director Steve Neratko told the board that the town risks losing $300,000 in grant funding if it doesn’t pursue eminent domain regarding a property along a soon-to-be-built portion of the Valley Trail.
In order to build...

Dover board may approve tax stabilization policy

DOVER - At its meeting Tuesday, the selectboard said it plans to approve its tax stabilization policy at its next meeting. A draft policy was reviewed at the board’s last meeting. Vice chair Vicki Capitani said she wanted to have a special meeting to discuss the policy with the public. The board...

Tax stabilization policy reviewed

DOVER - At its meeting on Tuesday, August 20, the Dover Selectboard reviewed proposed language for the town’s tax stabilization policy. In other matters, the board approved a proposal to purchase sound equipment for year-round concerts, and new Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson introduced...

Board ponders changes to previous pre-K policy

DOVER - At the Monday, August 19, meeting, a parent of an incoming pre-K student asked the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board whether his child could enter the district’s 4-year-old program with a mid-September birthday. Ordinarily, the board would have let its decision be guided...

Nudity ban bared

Board tables chief’s proposal, for now DOVER - At the selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, police chief Randy Johnson asked the board whether it wants to consider a nudity ordinance in town. The board, of which only three of five members were present, tabled the matter until it...

Concerns about youth engagement

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday evening meeting, chair Josh Cohen spoke about several matters pertaining to youth engagement and retention.
Cohen recently attended the Vermont Community Leadership Summit. He was nominated to attend by vice chair Vicki Capitani, who said at the...

A work crew was cold planing pavement in front of the Old Red Mill in Wilmington earlier this week. Surface preparation and paving will be done from the village center to the Dover town line this year, and then on to the Stratton line next year.

Route 100 paving project underway

WILMINGTON- A major paving project, long awaited by Deerfield Valley travelers, got underway on Wednesday.
The Route 100 project includes the milling (cold planing) and resurfacing of the road from the traffic light in Wilmington, through Dover, to the Stratton/Wardsboro town line near...

Map prepared by the Vermont Geological Survey indicates elevated radioactivity in Woodford, Searsburg, and Somerset (pink), as well as occurrences of uranium in geological samples (blue circles) in Searsburg.

Uranium found in well water

Contaminant can be filtered out WEST DOVER- The state has ordered a local business to stop using their well water for food preparation after testing showed uranium levels above the maximum allowed in drinking water.
Dover Health Officer Tabi Freedman confirmed the report, and that the...

This solar array is being installed on the old landfill next to the Dover town garage by Green Lantern Solar. V. Capitani

Meeting sheds light on board’s solar installation project concerns

DOVER - Ralph Meima, director of development for Green Lantern Solar, provided an update about a solar array project at the Dover Selectboard meeting on Tuesday. Matters discussed included timing of the project, who is responsible for maintenance of the array, and an estoppel certificate, which...