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Town taxed by state’s tax valuation formulas

By Mike Eldred
WILMINGTON- Selectboard members met with officials from the Vermont Tax Department Division of Property Valuation and Review to discuss the town’s common level of appraisal on Tuesday, October 20.
At their previous meeting, board members noted their disappointment...

Wipe the slate clean

BRATTLEBORO – Attorney General T.J. Donovan, Windham County State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver, Vermont Legal Aid, and Code for BTV will host an expungement “tele clinic” on Friday, November 13, from 10 am to 2 pm. Expungements wipe from a person’s criminal record specific convictions and dismissed...

Broadband group preps budgets, seeks funding

By Lauren Harkawik
DEERFIELD VALLEY - The governing board for DVFiber, the communications union district, held its regular meeting on Wednesday, October 21. At the meeting, the board welcomed a new town, Weston, into the CUD’s fold. The board also discussed its upcoming annual report,...

State expands recovery grants for businesses

Scott says hospitality has taken a big hit MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott singled out the hospitality industry as among the hardest hit sectors of the state’s economy during his press briefing Tuesday, as he announced a $76 million expansion of the state’s economic recovery grants...

Wilmington Selectboard on a recent Zoom meeting

Wilmington will hold their 2021 Town Meeting by Australian ballot

WILMINGTON- The town will hold the annual Town Meeting by Australian ballot, selectboard members decided at their meeting Tuesday evening.
At the board’s last regular meeting, board member John Gannon noted that the Legislature had passed special legislation allowing selectboards to choose...

Incumbent representative will push weighting study, economy fixes

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley News asked candidates in the Windham-Bennington legislative district race to respond to seven questions on local and statewide issues. Republican candidate Matthew Somerville, of Searsburg, had not responded as of press time.
Note: This Q&A was...

Virtual students head back to classrooms

DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. The board reviewed the district’s first-quarter spending and voted in favor of purchasing a car for its lunch program. Additionally, the board heard updates about HVAC work at the Dover...

Despite reservations Twin Valley board votes to hire coordinator

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley Board members reluctantly voted to hire a part-time transportation coordinator at their regular meeting Tuesday, October 13. At a meeting two weeks earlier, the board tabled discussion on a proposal to reduce the number of hours Windham Southwest Supervisory Union...

Broadband business plan shows phased rollout

WINDHAM COUNTY - On Wednesday, October 7, Windham Regional Commission held a virtual presentation about the business plan it created through a Broadband Innovation Grant. The study, which happened in two phases over several months, was geared at understanding the feasibility of a countywide...

These fan guns were included in the sale of Hermitate equipment repossessed by Lakeland Bank last August

These fan guns were included in the sale of Hermitate equipment repossessed by Lakeland Bank last August

Bank denied judgment on Barnes

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut Superior Court judge has denied a motion by Lakeland Bank for default judgment against James Barnes for more than $469,000 in damages.
In her denial, Judge Ann Lynch noted that Lakeland attorneys signed an affidavit certifying that Barnes is not currently on...