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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...

RVUUSD board members met by Zoom Monday evening

Dover, Wardsboro schools seeking substitutes to avoid remote return

By Amelia Nick and Mike Eldred
DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting Monday.
The meeting began a little before 6:30 pm, almost 30 minutes after it was set to start. This was due to the unintended extension of an executive...

Halifax takes first pass at independent budget

HALIFAX- Halifax members of the Southern Valley Union School District met as a subcommittee to review a draft of the proposed 2022 Halifax School budget, the first town school district budget since the dissolution of the union school district was approved earlier this year.
The...

Gov. Scott urges people to avoid multi-family gatherings, out of state travel

MONTPELIER- As Vermont continues to record more than 100 new COVID-19 cases on many days, and the Northeast sees an escalating case count, Gov. Phil Scott and his administration redoubled their pleas for Vermonters to follow the state’s COVID-19 guidelines at a press briefing Tuesday.
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“We’ve all been burned by Jim Barnes”

Reconstituted club plans reopening on December 12
WILMINGTON- Selectboard members met with Hermitage Member Club officials at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Hermitage board member Jeff Koslowsky the club was gearing up for its first season as a member-owned...

Scott hopeful virus growth slowing

MONTPELIER- At his press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the growth of COVID-19 cases in Vermont will be lower than projected, based on the latest data.
“It looks as though there have been changes in behavior that will, hopefully, lead to...

Dignity, respect critical to recovery

DOVER- Jeremy Kirk, pastor of the West Dover Congregational Church, convened the monthly meeting of the Voices of Hope recovery advocacy group on Tuesday, November 24. Several videoconference attendees representing local public service and civil support groups discussed recent projects and next...

Lisa Sullivan at Bartleby's Books

Valley resident part of state recovery team

WILMINGTON- In April, Gov. Phil Scott appointed the COVID-19 Local Support and Community Action Team. This team was one of three committees appointed under Gov. Scott’s Economic Mitigation and Recovery Task Force.
Together, they were charged with “providing technical assistance and...

Gov. Phil Scott at a press briefing earlier this week.

Vermonters asked to "light the way"

By Peter Barus
MONTPELIER- Three more Vermonters have died of COVID-19, and “There’s no doubt 2020 has been a long and difficult year,” said Gov. Phil Scott on Friday, November 27, but “We’ve proven that listening to the science, following the data, and working together can prevent the...

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’...