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East Dover Fire Department to celebrate its 75th anniversary

EAST DOVER - “That department is very important to me.” So said Pat Haas, of the East Dover Fire Department. Haas was 8 years old when the house she was living in burned down. It was a house on the farm of her aunt and uncle, Lillian and Earl Yeaw, located in East Dover. The East Dover Fire...

A fire-y Town Meeting

Gymnasium light fixture bursts into flames READSBORO- Things got fiery at Readsboro’s Town Meeting Monday night, but it wasn’t because of anything on the warning - there was an actual fire in the school gymnasium.
The incident began earlier in the evening, during the...

Wilmington Fire Department will administer a regional grant for fire departments

Town applies for grant, welcomes new Green Up coordinator

WILMINGTON- On Tuesday, February 7, the Wilmington Selectboard met to discuss grants, ordinances, town building renovations, and committee appointments during their regular meeting.
The selectboard approved a memorandum of understanding and support of the fire department’s application for...

State police tell their side of story

Respond to board’s concerns
WHITINGHAM - At the Whitingham Selectboard’s regular meeting Wednesday, December 15, state police responded to a letter the board wrote concerning long response times from officers.
The selectboard’s letter, which was addressed to Gov....

Lack of police coverage spurs talk about options

WHITINGHAM- The Whitingham Selectboard discussed options for policing at their regular meeting on Wednesday, November 17.
At their previous selectboard meeting, fire chief Stanley Janovsky discussed a traffic accident for which state police were called but could not show up in a timely...

Board fills positions, concerned over budget numbers

READSBORO- The Readsboro Selectboard held their regular meeting on Wednesday, March 17. The majority of the meeting was taken up by the appointment of new town officials, but there was also ample time spent revisiting old business, such as the demolition of buildings on two lots, and budget...

Prefabricated foundations at the Hermitage Club's Grenoble development File Photo

Hermitage Club ready to move ahead with projects

WILMINGTON- The development review board and Hermitage Club representatives reconvened their permit application hearing this week, following a site visit at the Hermitage two weeks earlier.
The evening’s testimony focused on the planned unit development, or PUD, permit for two Grenoble...

Concerns raised over costs of combined fire, police building

WILMINGTON- About 50 residents turned out for a meeting at the Old School Community Center to take public input on a proposed public safety building Thursday evening.
NBF Architects founder Ralph Nimtz and architect Casey Gecha presented their concept for the combined police and fire...

Public safety facility study approved, despite concerns

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members voted to move forward with a feasibility study on a combined police and fire facility on the site of the former town garage on Beaver Street, despite concerns voiced by a group of residents and property owners.
Tuesday evening’s meeting followed a...

Firefighters battle two-alarm blaze in Wilmington

WILMINGTON - The Wilmington Fire Department was joined by departments from several surrounding towns on Friday night to battle a blaze at a home on Haskell Hill Road. No one was home at the time of the fire and no one was injured.
Wilmington Fire Chief Scott Moore says the call came in...

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