Grant

Grant is the culmination of years of work around substance use disorder

WILMINGTON - Voices of Hope, the grassroots group working to fight stigma around substance use disorder and bring recovery, support, and educational resources to the valley, has received a grant from the Vermont Department of Health and the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs. The grant...

Wilmington Selectboard member John Gannon.

Greeter grant given board approval

WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Selectboard discussed the Lake Raponda Greeter Program and Efficiency Vermont, and approved appointments and liquor licenses at their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday.
The Lake Raponda Association came before the board to request approval of funding for the...

Grant will help develop winter park, walking trails

WILMINGTON- Wilmington Works has secured one of three AARP “winter placemaking” grants awarded in Vermont.
AARP says this year’s grant program focused on projects that promote winter activities by people of all ages. “Vermont’s winter months can be long and dark and contribute greatly to...

Wilmington Selectboard met by Zoom Tuesday evening

Listers granted stay, loans may go

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members heard a plea from the town’s listers to stay on for another year, and approved a loan forgiveness opportunity, at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Lister Jerry Osler, speaking for the board of listers, asked the board not to eliminate the listers’...

Health coverage expanded

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members discussed health care coverage at their regular meeting Tuesday, November 17. Reacting to an employee request, board members discussed extending eligibility for the employee family health care coverage to domestic partners.
Wilmington Finance Officer...

Communication district will use grant to study poles, rebrands itself

DEERFIELD VALLEY - At its meeting on Wednesday, September 16, the governing board of the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District said the district will use most of a $100,000 grant to conduct a pole study in the district’s towns that are most in need of connectivity. In addition, vice...

Readsboro School

Readsboro school to get repairs, district nixes contact sports

READSBORO- Readsboro School will get HVAC repairs next month, and students in Southern Valley Unified Union School District won’t participate in contact sports this season, board members decided at a special meeting Tuesday evening.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Facilities Manager...

Gov. Phil Scott announces child care grant, school sports to resume

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott announced a grant program to support child care providers at his press briefing Friday, and assured parents and students that fall school sports would commence with the beginning of the school year.
The child care "Operational Relief Grant" program is funded...

Call a cop, get a social worker, too

WILMINGTON- The town’s police department will soon have a part-time social worker to respond to calls with officers, Wilmington Police Chief Matt Murano told selectboard members at their regular meeting Tuesday evening. Murano said he had been searching for opportunities to get mental health and...

Dover suspends commercial assistance program

This article has been updated to clarify the number of CEAP payments businesses have received. DOVER - At its virtual meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard voted unanimously to suspend its Commercial Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP). In other matters, the board was told it will need to...