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Wilmington police officers Andrew Kirkman, left, and Sasha Kondraski.
WILMINGTON - On a damp December afternoon, newly-appointed full-time police officer Sasha Kondraski is preparing for winter weather. She’s in a green uniform, which she notes is different than that of officer Andrew Kirkman, who became a full-time officer alongside her. Kirkman is dressed in blue...

A great blue heron along the shores of Lake Sadawga in Whitingham. File Photo
WILMINGTON- State planners are seeking public input on a draft watershed protection plan for the Deerfield River and the Lower Connecticut River. Officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation Watershed Management Division presented the 170-plus-page report at a public meeting in...
DOVER - At the Monday, December 16,  River Valleys Unified Union School District meeting, Windham Central Supervisory Union business manager Laurie Garland presented projected tax rates to the board. Taxes for FY21 were projected to rise by 13% in Dover and Wardsboro. The board agreed to...
HARTFORD- A Connecticut Superior Court judge has approved a settlement agreement between Hermitage Club “100 Club” investor Mark Brett and former Hermitage owner James Barnes.
The stipulated agreement grants a judgment on one count of Brett’s March 2018 complaint in the amount of $388,872...
BURLINGTON- Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen Brown has signed an order allowing former Hermitage Club managing directors Robert Balewicz and John Santaniello to proceed with a federal whistleblower retaliation claim, as well as a state civil action against the Hermitage and former...
READSBORO- At their regular meeting Wednesday evening, selectboard members warned a special Town Meeting for Monday, January 20, at 7 pm, to see if the town will vote to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District. 
Petitions calling for the dissolution of the union school...
WILMINGTON- Select­board members voted to move forward with a feasibility study on a combined police and fire facility on the site of the former town garage on Beaver Street, despite concerns voiced by a group of residents and property owners.    
Tuesday evening’s meeting followed a...
DOVER - At Tuesday’s meeting of the Dover Selectboard, town assessor Linda Sherman said she didn’t think the board was taking her townwide commercial reappraisal seriously enough. After expressing doubt that some pertinent information had been shared with the board, the board promised it would...
WHITINGHAM — A group that has named itself the “Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group” met on Wednesday, December 11, to discuss the possibility of forming a communications union district (CUD) and to hear about ways that groups in other regions have successfully implemented broadband...
HALIFAX- Southern Valley may become the first union school district formed under Act 46 to be dissolved, if voters approve questions petitioned in the district’s two member towns.  
On November 19, the Halifax Selectboard received a petition signed by 41 Halifax voters, more than the 5% of...

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