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State, community efforts attempting to deal with impact of opioid crisis

VERMONT- The state’s opioid crisis was first brought sharply into focus - to Vermonters and to the nation - when Gov. Peter Shumlin took the unusual step of devoting his January 2014 state of the state address to the rising tide of addiction, crime, and overdose. “In every corner of our state,...

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announces lawsuit against two distributors of opioid pain relievers

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announces lawsuit against two distributors of opioid pain relievers

Vermont, other states sue Purdue, related companies over opioid epidemic

VERMONT- In September, Vermont became the 28th state to file a lawsuit against the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, alleging the company downplayed the risks of addiction to its opiate pain reliever, and exaggerating its so-called “abuse deterrent” formulations. In his September announcement,...

Brewery coming soon? Plans presented to DRB for old home center

WILMINGTON- Travis Wendel presented his plan to renovate one of the village’s most visible buildings, and turn it into a brewery and eatery at a meeting of the town’s development review board Monday evening.
Wendel told DRB members he plans to restore his building, the former Wilmington...

Concerns raised over business valuation plans

DOVER - Wilmington resident Cliff Duncan spoke to the Dover Selectboard on Tuesday to warn them against using an income approach in an upcoming reappraisal of the town’s commercial properties. Although the board didn’t make any decisions based on Duncan’s warnings, an animated discussion about...

Four choose school choice

WARDSBORO - At the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board meeting on Monday, Windham Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Bill Anton said that four applications for intradistrict elementary school choice were submitted to him, and that he will approve all four requests.
The...

People on front lines of opioid crisis trained on life-saving drug

WILMINGTON - On Tuesday, a dozen or so community members were trained to administer Narcan, a medication that blocks the effects of opioid overdoses.
The group was gathered in what was once the library in the town’s high school, which has not housed students since 2014. The building,...

Parents concerned over lack of progress on performance-based grading

WILMINGTON- A group of Twin Valley parents met with school board members Tuesday evening, demanding the school address what they described as deficiencies in its “performance-based learning” program.
Some of the complaints concerned the school’s evaluation and documentation of student...

Zoning, listers, candidates’ forum top agenda

WHITINGHAM- Selectboard members discussed plans to eliminate their listers and zoning enforcement, and set a date for a selectboard candidates’ forum.
Two positions are open on the selectboard, following the resignations of two longtime members. Candidates have the option of running for...

Neighbor disputes a focus of state’s case against former Wardsboro man

BRATTLEBORO - Recent hearings in a Windham Criminal Court case pertaining to a 2016 shooting death in Wardsboro have centered around how many details of an antagonistic relationship between neighbors will be presented to a jury.
In May, prosecutors submitted a notice of “other bad acts”...

North Branch files motion to dismiss Andirons sewer revocation case

NEWFANE - North Branch Fire District has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the sewer district by Andirons Re-Development Company LLC.
Andirons’ original complaint was filed by Andirons in Windham Superior Court in February. It accuses North Branch of acting unlawfully...