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Readsboro to vote on district future

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...

Public safety facility study approved, despite concerns

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...

Board told reappraisal lagging

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...

Group chewing its CUD over lack of broadband

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...

Voters to decide fate of unified school district

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...

Groups working on alternative plans for Marlboro College

MARLBORO - Several people are working to find ways to stop an announced merger between Marlboro College and Emerson College, which, if it goes forward, will effectively close Marlboro College’s campus at the end of the 2020 spring semester.
Late last week, a press release announced “...

Tuition costs looked at by River Valleys board

WARDSBORO - The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board approved an FY21 budget of $5,680,223 to be brought to voters at the district’s annual meeting in February. During budget discussions, the board debated how much it should recommend voters approve in secondary tuition.
The...

Elves hard at work in farm’s workshop

WILMINGTON - For Janet Boyd and her so-called elves, there’s a singular phrase that denotes the season between just before Thanksgiving and just after Christmas.
“It smells so good in here.”
The line is delivered with a deep inhale and, by Boyd’s account, sometimes even tears. It’s...

Court order delivers Barnes' financial info

NEWFANE- Hermitage Club founder James Barnes has turned over financial information under subpoena after he was found in contempt of court by Windham Superior Court Judge Michael Kainen.
Reinhart Foodservice is pursuing lawsuits against Barnes in Vermont and Connecticut seeking the payment...

Flood erosion in front of the badly damaged Dot's Restaurant following Tropical Storm Irene. Village properties would have been exempted from the flood and fluvial erosion regulation voted down by the selectboard Tuesday evening.

Contentious meeting leads to “no” vote on flood regs

WILMINGTON- Wilmington Selectboard members shot down the planning commission’s proposed flood and fluvial erosion hazard regulation following a tense public hearing at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The proposed regulation, which would replace current flood hazard regulations and...