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Tick-borne disease on the rise

VERMONT- The tick-borne disease anaplasmosis is on the rise, and is largely affecting populations over age 50, according to Bradley Tompkins, epidemiologist and program chief of tick-borne and enteric diseases for the Vermont Department of Health.
Tompkins says the department of health...

Mountain pushes pause on EB-5

WEST DOVER- Mount Snow's parent company Peak Resorts announced they have temporarily suspended their EB-5 fundraising campaign, citing pending legislative changes to the federal program. In a notice submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, Peaks called the changes “...

Man facing multiple sex abuse with minor charges

WEST DOVER- A 75-year-old West Dover man is facing multiple child sex abuse charges following an investigation by Dover Police. Route 100 resident Clifford Turpin was charged with repeated aggravated assault, sexual assault of a child under the age of 16, lewd and lascivious conduct with a...

Owner cries foul over flushed sewer gallons

DOVER - Property and business owner Rich Caplan says he’s prepared to take legal action against the North Branch Fire District regarding their impending decision about whether to revoke sewage allotment gallonage from Caplan’s Dover Forge property at 183 Route 100, which houses his real estate...

Pair challenges association election process

WILMINGTON- Two Chimney Hill residents are running a write-in campaign for their homeowners association board of directors. Keith Herbert and Chris Cogdill are promising to change what they say is an undemocratic system that has an impact on every homeowner in the development. They describe a...

The White House Inn

Court declines to appoint White House receiver

NEWFANE- Windham County Court Judge John Treadwell has denied a motion by Robert Grinold to appoint a receiver to care for the White House of Wilmington property currently under foreclosure. Grinold, the former owner and current mortgage holder of the White House, filed for foreclosure on the...

Dashboard declared dead again

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday meeting, Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce Director Eric Durocher said the economic dashboard is no longer being pursued. The statement comes months after business owners in the valley urged the committee to find a way to make the software work. ...

Cassie Fletcher and Trevor Gray at the Dover Selectboard meeting Tuesday evening.

Transfer station sign urged by students

DOVER - Dover School students Trevor Gray and Cassie Fletcher attended Tuesday evening’s selectboard meeting, where the pair proposed a new sign on the corner of Dorr Fitch Road and Route 100.
As proposed, the sign will give directional distance information for the transfer...

Hermitage Clubhouse

Judge orders Hermitage receivership

By Mike Eldred NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell has granted Berkshire Bank's emergency motion to appoint a receiver to care for Hermitage properties under foreclosure in a ruling issued today, Friday May 18. Treadwell also appointed Berkshire Bank's...

Robert Grinold, right, testifies in Windham Superior Court Tuesday, while Judge John Treadwell, left, and Assistant Judge Patricia Duff listen.

White House Inn foreclosure granted

NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell granted Robert Grinold's motion for summary judgment to foreclose on the Hermitage's White House property at a hearing on Tuesday, May 15. “The court has reviewed the motion and the response (from the Hermitage) and it does not appear there...