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Vail to cut 84 jobs at Peak properties

Layoffs to come in spring, severance packages offered
DOVER- Vail Resorts has announced the elimination of 84 full-time year-round positions at former Peak Resorts ski areas, including an unspecified number of positions at Mount Snow.
According to a public...

Study shows gaps between local wages, affordable housing

WILMINGTON - The selectboards from Dover and Wilmington held a joint meeting Monday to hear about findings from a housing analysis and master plan prepared by Camoin Associates 310. The analysis showed a disconnect between wages and housing costs in the valley. One would-be developer of...

A skier was lowered from the Challenger chair lift at Mount Snow during a lift evacuation Saturday.

Lift back in service after successful evacuation

DOVER- Rescuers evacuated about 190 skiers from a chair lift at Mount Snow last Saturday after it stopped operating.
Mount Snow’s Challenger, a triple lift located on the mountain’s North Face, stopped operating at about 11:30 am with 190 people on board. According to a press release from...

Board approves employee health insurance plan, costs to rise by 13%

DOVER - Following discussion with town employees at its meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard approved maintaining the status quo for health coverage for town employees despite a 13% rate increase.
The town funds Blue Cross Blue Shield silver plans for employees. In light of announced...

Mount Snow, including its iconic clock tower building, was sold to Vail Resorts in September.

Vail-Peak merger reversal suit dismissed

NEW YORK – A lawsuit filed by a Peaks Resorts investor seeking to halt or reverse the company’s merger with Vail Resorts has been voluntarily dismissed.
The suit filed by investor Eammon Carleton in early September alleged Peak Resorts violated federal securities laws in the filing of its...

Brattleboro’s infamous “malfunction junction” could get a makeover as part of a new expansion of the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center. The new building, center, will allow the museum to expand its offerings and provide housing to the town.

Art museum expansion unveiled, seen as an economic boost to region

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and M&S Development announced Tuesday that it will embark on a $30 million project that will transform the “malfunction junction” portion of Brattleboro’s downtown. The project will involve construction of a 55,000-square-foot building at the...

Petitions to dissolve Act 46 merger in the works

HALIFAX – At a recent work session of the Southern Valley Unified Union School District, chair Homer “Chum” Sumner delivered an update on plans to dissolve the district.
Sumner said “There are petitions in both towns (Halifax and Readsboro) asking for special Town Meetings.”
The...

Sunset on Marlboro: Under a plan unveiled last week Marlboro College will partner with Boston-based Emerson College. Part of that agreement will close the local campus and allow students and faculty to transfer to Emerson. File photo

“It’s painful to think that we will leave this place that is beloved and our home.”

MARLBORO- Last week, Marlboro College announced a tentative partnership deal with Emerson College. Under the deal, Marlboro’s programs, students, and faculty will be relocated to Emerson’s Boston campus. Emerson will rename their Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies for...

Marlboro College announcement comes as a shock to many

MARLBORO- Under a tentative partnership deal with Emerson College announced last week, Marlboro College will close its Potash Hill campus in Marlboro at the end of the current school year.
News of the closure came as a shock to Marlboro residents, many of whom have longstanding...

Alumni in disbelief over Marlboro College plan

MARLBORO- Within minutes of Marlboro College’s announcement of their deal with Emerson College, Marlboro alumni took to the internet to express their disbelief.
When the announcement was made, there were at least three active Marlboro College alumni groups on Facebook, including the...