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READSBORO- Readsboro School Board members continued planning the policies of their newly reestablished district at their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 20, while also spending much of the meeting talking about new contracts. They discussed whether the basketball hoops needed to be retrofitted...
DOVER- Selectboard members approved bids for paving, equipment, and services, the hire of two new town employees, and discussed the possible uses of federal money  at their Tuesday, May 4, meeting. 
Selectboard chair Vicki Capitani said Dover was due to get about $104,000 in direct funds...

Gov. Phil Scott
MONTPELIER- Vermont’s COVID-19 vaccine supply will remain steady over the next several weeks, according to Gov. Phil Scott, following his weekly call with federal health officials.
The “good news,” Gov. Scott said, is that a change in the distribution system may provide Vermont with an...

Vermont Agency of Human Service Secretary Mike Smith announced changes to Vermont's emergency housing program, expanded during the pandemic.

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott announced changes to the state’s mask mandate and said Step 2 of his Vermont Forward plan would go into effect on May 1, as planned.  
Based on new guidance from CDC officials, Gov. Scott amended the state’s emergency health order effective Saturday, May...

Prepared meals ready for distribution through Everyone Eats. Photo courtesy of Meg Staloff
16,000 meals and counting 
WILMINGTON - Everyone Eats, the statewide program that pays restaurants to make meals for those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, is celebrating its 1 millionth meal served this week. Locally, the milestone reflects 16,000 meals served to...

Vermont Department of Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington
MONTPELIER- Vermont Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington announced the reinstatement of the work search requirement for unemployment claims at the administration’s COVID-19 emergency press conference on Tuesday.
The unemployment work search requirement was suspended about a year ago under...
DOVER- A handful of people attended a presentation and spirited discussion at a special informational meeting of the North Branch Fire District Wednesday evening.
About 20 people attended the meeting, with most participating virtually.  Thanks to a technological hiccup at the beginning of...
DOVER-  A North Branch Fire District resident has filed a lawsuit against the fire district and two prudential committee members, seeking an injunction to invalidate recent prudential committee appointments.
Dover resident Steve Montello and his attorney James Valente, who filed the...
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...
WILMINGTON- Last October, a new slaughterhouse opened to deliver high quality meat to residents of the Deerfield Valley. Hogan Sennett, operations manager of Southshire Meats, has reopened Higley Hill Processing, a facility at the Adams Farm that was decommissioned in 2015. Southshire Meats has...

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