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Board feeling rocked by resignations

WHITINGHAM- The selectboard was rocked by its third resignation in the last few weeks, after longtime chair Keith Bronson abruptly resigned this week. The remaining board members have scheduled a special election for Tuesday, May 7.
Board member Karl Twitchell resigned in mid-February. ...

Principal to resign at end of school year

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley Middle High School Principal Tom Fitzgerald has submitted his resignation, effective June 30.
The board accepted Fitzgerald’s resignation following an executive session at the end of their regular meeting Tuesday evening. “The board is filled with appreciation for...

Bankruptcy imminent, according to plaintiff in Hermitage suit

NEWFANE- A Rhode Island man who is suing James Barnes and the Hermitage for $1.4 million didn’t get his day in court, after Barnes failed to show for a hearing on his own motion last week.
The hearing was scheduled on a motion submitted by Barnes asking the court to allow him to represent...

Route 100 will be paved

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, March 7, matters discussed included a recent “Ski to Stay” program held at Mount Snow and an announcement that Route 100 will be paved this summer rather than summer 2020 as originally planned. And Southern...

Committee discusses concerns on Act 250 permitting process

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, March 7, Wilmington Selectboard chair Tom Fitzgerald updated the committee about his work chairing the District 2 Environmental Commission. The update led to a discussion in which several members of the committee...

Landslide cut off portion of The Primitive Trail, caused reroute

WILMINGTON- Landslides in Vermont don’t happen with much regularity, which is why members of the Wilmington Trails Committee were surprised when they discovered a slide had cut off a portion of the Lake Raponda Primitive Trail.
“I’ve never seen anything like that happen before,” said...

Board reviews grant balance, talks STEM/STEAM

WARDSBORO - The River Valleys Unified Union School District board reorganized on Monday night. Richard Werner and Richard Thorpe were reelected as the board’s chair and vice chair, respectively.
Following reorganization, the board held a regular meeting at which it discussed the...

Elementary school choice period open

DOVER - At the Monday, February 25, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton said he would be releasing intradistrict elementary school choice guidelines, as well as an application to utilize the program, in the...

Principal holds individual meetings with students

DOVER - In recent weeks, 30 students at the Dover School were sent to the principal’s office. Well, actually, it wasn’t his office. He was set up in the art room, to create a more casual atmosphere. And none of the students were in trouble. Instead, they were setting goals.
At the Dover...

Whitingham residents recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Town Meeting on Tuesday. Photo by Randy Capitani

Town decides to eliminate listers

WHITINGHAM- Voters at Town Meeting waded through 37 articles on Tuesday, deciding to do away with the town’s listers in favor of professional appraisers and approving most spending measures. Some of those approvals came with qualifications that urged the selectboard to be more transparent with...