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The bi-town committee is frustrated that it can’t get the state’s attention to approve signs similar to this, to keep visitors off back roads. File photo

Group still trying to get state to approve signs

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the Bi-town Economic Development Committee on Thursday, March 5, committee members reviewed a presentation about a $100,000 bi-town marketing campaign funded by Wilmington and Dover. The bi-town marketing committee intends to ask the towns’ boards for a re-up on that...

Judge quashes Barnes' effort to postpone Hermitage sale

Hermitage Club Member Group submits bid for Hermitage real estate, Barnstormer BURLINGTON- The auction of Hermitage Club assets scheduled for Friday will go on as planned, after Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen Brown denied a motion by James Barnes at an...

Emergency preparations underway in Dover

DOVER - The Dover Selectboard held its regularly scheduled meeting at Dover Town Hall on Tuesday, to provide more space for attendees to spread out. At the meeting, emergency coordinator Rich Werner updated the public about the steps the town is taking to prepare and respond to COVID-19 (...

Barnes seeks to postpone Hermitage sale

BURLINGTON- Vermont District Bankruptcy Judge Colleen Brown has ordered an emergency hearing at 3 pm on Wednesday, March 18, to hear a motion by James Barnes seeking to postpone the sale of Hermitage assets scheduled for Friday, March 20. The hearing will be held telephonically. The...

Area schools prepare closure plans

This story was updated with addtional information on Thursday, March 19 DEERFIELD VALLEY- Schools and child care and preschool facilities have closed following orders issued by Gov. Phil Scott this week.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools, including Twin Valley, Southern...

Locals testify in Senate Education Committee hearing

MONTPELIER- Educators and parents from around the state offered testimony at a Senate Committee on Education hearing on a study of pupil weighting in Vermont’s education funding formula.
The study, which concluded that the current pupil weighting system that determines districts’ “...

School officials rally in Montpelier to call for action on funding

Press conference highlights problems faced by schools around the state MONTPELIER- School officials from across the state joined legislators at a press conference Wednesday afternoon to demand the Legislature take action to implement recommendations in the Agency of Education’s...

Legislators hear concerns about Medicaid funding, dispatching, Act 250

DOVER - During Town Meeting in Dover, updates from Rep. Laura Sibilia and Sen. Jeanette White led the discussion about the potential legalization of cannabis, changes to Act 250, Medicaid reimbursements, and police dispatching costs.
Sibilia visited the meeting in the morning and opened...

School board needs a Wardsboro rep

WARDSBORO - Following Town Meeting, there is a vacancy for a Wardsboro representative on the River Valleys Unified Union School Board. Other positions in the town were filled at Town Meeting, either by incumbents keeping their seats or by new officials taking posts. All warned articles passed,...

Broadband group holds virtual meeting on CUD

DEERFIELD VALLEY - On Wednesday, members of the Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group convened by phone and video conference. The virtual meeting was held in place of a regularly scheduled meeting due to concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus). During the meeting, the group discussed next steps...