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Police chief compliments festivals for lack of drama

DOVER - Police chief Randy Johnson told the selectboard on Tuesday that two recent festivals held in town, the Original Green Mountain Cannabis Fest and the Angry Orchard Rock the Roots Tour at Mount Snow, were without much drama.
The Original Green Mountain Cannabis Festival, which was...

Of resignations and raccoons

DOVER - Two resignations — of the town’s zoning administrator and one of its library trustees — were announced at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting. And, in an unrelated matter, police chief Randy Johnson explained a bill for $300 sent to the board for animal trapping.
Zoning...

Old Carinthia Base Lodge comes down

DOVER - The old Carinthia Base Lodge has been demolished, marking the end of an era for Mount Snow. By Tuesday afternoon, the last remnants of the building — the deck and the railings — were in the process of being removed.
“It’s really surprising when you drive in to not see the lodge...

Another mortgage holder files for foreclosure on Brook Bound

WILMINGTON- Another mortgage holder has filed a foreclosure action on the Brook Bound Inn property on Cold Brook Road.
The initial foreclosure complaint was filed by Brattleboro Savings and Loan on May 3. On June 18, trustees of the James L. McGovern III trust filed a cross-claim in...

Readsboro and Halifax now one school district

DEERFIELD VALLEY - As of Sunday, Halifax and Readsboro no longer operate their own separate school districts. The towns now comprise the Southern Valleys Unified Union School District, which became effective July 1. The new district was created in compliance with Act 46, which required towns to...

Summer roadwork underway

WILMINGTON- State and municipal highway departments have a number of projects planned in Wilmington this season, including at least one emergency repair.
This spring, a section of the eastbound lane of Route 9 west of Wilmington Village began to sink, crack, and slide toward the Deerfield...

Pot policy panned by public at preview

WILMINGTON- A marijuana ordinance is not land use policy, Wilmington Planning Commission Chair Cheryl LaFlamme told members of the public at the commission’s regular meeting Monday afternoon, and the planning commission will not be the board to review any proposed regulation.
Instead, she...

Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton, center, presents a slide show with possible options for the new River Valleys district at Monday’s meeting. Lauren Harkawik

Options for new Dover-Wardsboro district shared

DOVER - At Monday’s River Valleys Unified Union School District Board meeting, Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton shared his initial suggestions for how the new Act 46-compliant school district, comprising Dover and Wardsboro, could run when it becomes operational on July...

Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll

WSSU board hires interim superintendent

WILMINGTON- The Windham Southwest Supervisory Union approved a contract with Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll to serve as interim superintendent at their regular meeting Wednesday evening.
The motion approved the contract, pending the results of a state background check. Although the check...

Year ends with surplus

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members were relieved to hear about a projected end-of-fiscal-year surplus at their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 19.
“The general fund is really looking good,” Wilmington Finance Officer Christine Richter said. “It looks like there will be a surplus at the end...