Dover

Of resignations and raccoons

DOVER - Two resignations — of the town’s zoning administrator and one of its library trustees — were announced at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting. And, in an unrelated matter, police chief Randy Johnson explained a bill for $300 sent to the board for animal trapping.
Zoning...

Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton, center, presents a slide show with possible options for the new River Valleys district at Monday’s meeting. Lauren Harkawik

Options for new Dover-Wardsboro district shared

DOVER - At Monday’s River Valleys Unified Union School District Board meeting, Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton shared his initial suggestions for how the new Act 46-compliant school district, comprising Dover and Wardsboro, could run when it becomes operational on July...

Retiring Dover School music teacher Andy Davis, right, was recognized at his final “Morning Sing” on Friday, June 22. School board chair Rich Werner, in cap, read a legislative proclamation honoring Davis and presented him with a plaque recognizing his achievements. Looking on are school board members Johnny Cleanthes, left, and Jollene Mahon. Sara Koelsch

School hopes to capitalize on IB designation

DOVER - At the Monday, June 18, Dover School Board meeting, the board discussed how it may advertise its new authorization as an official International Baccalaureate school.
IB is an accreditation with an educational philosophy and approach rooted in inquiry-based learning and global...

Dover School Board approves earlier bus schedule

DOVER - At its meeting on Monday, June 18, the Dover School Board approved the school’s bus schedule for the 2018-2019 school year. To accommodate a bus for secondary students to Brattleboro, the elementary school day will start 20 minutes earlier next year, which means earlier bus pickup times...

Survey says: Ban marijuana dispensaries

DOVER - The results of Dover’s marijuana survey were released on Tuesday. Overall, survey responders did not support the prospect of medicinal or recreational marijuana dispensaries being located in the town. What comes next was debated at length at Tuesday’s selectboard meeting.
The...

Education department offers Act 46 plans for unmerged school districts

DEERFIELD VALLEY - When Act 46 was enacted in 2015, it asked school districts to voluntarily merge with one another, thus decreasing the number of individual school boards in the state. The law said districts that did not merge would be subject to involuntary mergers by the state, which would be...

School can’t set rate, moves surplus

DOVER - The Dover School Board reviewed an audit from Sullivan & Powers at its meeting on Monday.
“The long and the short of the audit is we were $70,000 to the good,” said chair Rich Werner. “So (treasurer) Marco (Tallini) will transfer $70,000 into the capital reserve fund at some...

The Carinthia Base Lodge at Mount Snow was to be burned for fire department training following the opening of the new lodge. That plan was denied by the state.

State burns fire department over base lodge fire training plans at mountain

DOVER- At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, fire chief Rich Werner said a planned burn of the old Carinthia Base Lodge at Mount Snow, which was to be used for fire department training, is a no-go. Werner also got the board’s go-ahead on a bid for epoxy coating on the floor of the...

Angry Orchard Festival preparations underway

DOVER - Mount Snow events manager Tim Dolan was at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting to discuss the upcoming Angry Orchard Rock the Roots Music Tour, which will happen at Mount Snow on July 7. Following a discussion with Dolan, the board approved a motion to submit a letter of support for the...

Cable company vies for fiber project

DOVER - At economic development director Steve Neratko’s monthly meeting with business owners Tuesday, May 22, Ryan Duncan, of Duncan Cable, presented a proposal from the company to provide fiber-to-the-home service in East Dover.
“Last year, FairPoint did come with a proposal (for fiber...