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North Main Street sidewalk project approved

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members approved spending for sidewalk improvements on North Main Street at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Wilmington Works Director Meg Staloff, sitting in for economic development consultant Gretchen Havreluk, said the North Main Street sidewalks needed...

Receiver to remain during Hermitage bankruptcy

BURLINGTON- Hermitage receiver Alan Tantleff will stay on the job until further notice, according to an order signed by Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen Brown Friday afternoon.
The order follows a court hearing on Thursday morning during which several issues were discussed,...

Barnes seeks $1.7 million loan, plans for winter operations

HARTFORD, CT- Hermitage owner James Barnes is seeking permission from the Connecticut District Bankruptcy Court to borrow more than $1.7 million to fund Hermitage administration and operations during Chapter 11 proceedings. The motion was one of several documents posted Tuesday evening in the...

Courts try to sort out Hermitage bankruptcy consolidation

BURLINGTON- Bankruptcy judges in Vermont and Connecticut have ordered a temporary stay of Hermitage Chapter 11 cases filed in Connecticut while the Vermont District Bankruptcy Court decides whether to consolidate the cases in Vermont. The filing of Hermitage Chapter 11 bankruptcies in...

Hermitage Club members have not been able to use club facilities since it was ordered closed by Vermont Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom.in April 2018

Club members want in on bankruptcy case

BURLINGTON- A group of 187 Hermitage Club members is seeking to join the involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy action filed by three creditors in Vermont District Bankruptcy Court last week.
In an accompanying statement by Timothy Treanor, a member of the so-called ad hoc committee, the group...

Wardsboro won’t move forward with school extension, defers to merged board

DOVER - The Wardsboro School Board will not pursue a $100,000 extension to Wardsboro Elementary in the short term. Dwight Boerem, who serves on the Wardsboro School Board as well as the River Valleys Unified Union School Board, reported the development at the latter board’s meeting on Monday, May...

Future of town’s business grant program discussed

DOVER - At the selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, May 21, the board said it was open to hearing more about running a business grant program, which the town has already set aside funding for, through the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation.
The board also reviewed, but put off...

Hermitage Club, HIREHC, file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

HARTFORD, CT- The Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company and Hermitage Club have both filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut.
The two voluntary bankruptcy petitions, filed by James Barnes today, follow an involuntary Chapter 7...

New owners want a break on dam tax bill

WHITINGHAM- Great River Hydro officials met with selectboard members Wednesday evening, seeking to negotiate a new tax deal on their properties in the town.
Great River Hydro Property Tax Manager Mark Cleverdon noted that the company’s previous tax agreement, which pegged the value of...

Defense says “bad acts” unproven, prejudicial

BRATTLEBORO - A motion hearing was held on Thursday, May 16, in a case pertaining to a 2016 deadly shooting in Wardsboro.
Kevin Parker is accused of murdering his neighbor, Kirby Staib. The hearing centered around which so-called “prior bad acts” should be presented to a jury at trial....