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Retiring Dover School music teacher Andy Davis, right, was recognized at his final “Morning Sing” on Friday, June 22. School board chair Rich Werner, in cap, read a legislative proclamation honoring Davis and presented him with a plaque recognizing his achievements. Looking on are school board members Johnny Cleanthes, left, and Jollene Mahon. Sara Koelsch

School hopes to capitalize on IB designation

DOVER - At the Monday, June 18, Dover School Board meeting, the board discussed how it may advertise its new authorization as an official International Baccalaureate school.
IB is an accreditation with an educational philosophy and approach rooted in inquiry-based learning and global...

Dover School Board approves earlier bus schedule

DOVER - At its meeting on Monday, June 18, the Dover School Board approved the school’s bus schedule for the 2018-2019 school year. To accommodate a bus for secondary students to Brattleboro, the elementary school day will start 20 minutes earlier next year, which means earlier bus pickup times...

Solar panels at Dover School

Public buy-in not a given, says solar developer

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, June 19, Green Lantern’s Ralph Meima said a public buy-in option for Green Lantern’s solar array on the town’s capped landfill may not come to fruition, and vice chair Vicki Capitani asked that Green Lantern cover the town’s attorney fees...

Survey says: Ban marijuana dispensaries

DOVER - The results of Dover’s marijuana survey were released on Tuesday. Overall, survey responders did not support the prospect of medicinal or recreational marijuana dispensaries being located in the town. What comes next was debated at length at Tuesday’s selectboard meeting.
The...

Wilmington Planning Commission to consider marijuana sales ban

WILMINGTON- Next Monday afternoon, the Wilmington Planning Commission will begin discussions about an ordinance that would ban marijuana dispensaries and the sale of other products, such as CBD oil and even vaping supplies. The discussion will take place at the planning commission’s regular...

Board turns down beer request

WILMINGTON- “In heaven there is no beer,” the song says, and according to the Wilmington Selectboard, it won’t be at the Deerfield Valley Farmers’ Day Fair, either.
Two weeks ago, the selectboard, acting as the liquor commission, tabled discussion on a catering permit for Avigliano...

These unfinished foundations were all that was constructed for three condo buyers at the Hermitage Club in Wilmington. The buyers recently won a fraud suit. File photo/ME

Judge orders $6.2 million judgement against Barnes and Hermitage Club

BURLINGTON- This week US District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered a default judgment awarding $6.2 million in compensation and damages to three plaintiffs in a consumer fraud complaint filed against Hermitage Inn founder and owner James Barnes.
Under the judgment signed this week,...

Education department offers Act 46 plans for unmerged school districts

DEERFIELD VALLEY - When Act 46 was enacted in 2015, it asked school districts to voluntarily merge with one another, thus decreasing the number of individual school boards in the state. The law said districts that did not merge would be subject to involuntary mergers by the state, which would be...

Food trucks may rev up village

WILMINGTON- The town may soon have three of the four cardinal compass points covered by food trucks, if the development review board approves two new applications presented at hearings Monday evening.
Shane Lopez and Brian Scranton explained their plan for a barbecue food stand on Route 9...

School can’t set rate, moves surplus

DOVER - The Dover School Board reviewed an audit from Sullivan & Powers at its meeting on Monday.
“The long and the short of the audit is we were $70,000 to the good,” said chair Rich Werner. “So (treasurer) Marco (Tallini) will transfer $70,000 into the capital reserve fund at some...