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River Valleys board reviews numbers, awaits survey results

DOVER - During a 30-minute meeting on Monday, December 16, the River Valleys Unified School District board discussed the upcoming budget season and heard reports from the principals of both Wardsboro Elementary and The Dover School.
The board reviewed an estimated profit and loss statement...

Twin Valley making progress on harassment settlement, still more to do

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School Board members discussed a progress report on the district’s settlement agreement with the Department of Justice at their regular meeting last week. Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Director of Curriculum Garon Smail and Twin Valley Middle High School Principal...

The Rev. Fr. Kevin Chalifoux stands in front of the recently-repaired windows of Our Lady of Fatima church in Wilmington, in a photo taken in October. The church is planning a number of activities next week to ring in the new year. Lauren Harkawik/File photo

New Year’s Eve may be spent in prayer, followed by champagne

WILMINGTON - Though some may exclusively think of church as a morning or evening pursuit and New Year’s Eve as a night of parties, at Our Lady of Fatima in Wilmington, midnight on New Year’s Eve will find some at the pew.
Explaining the church’s approach to marking the new calendar year...

Getting towns a better return on option taxes a priority

MONTPELIER- Towns that have adopted a local option tax could be in for a rebate, if the Vermont League of Cities and Towns can convince the Legislature to part with an estimated $10.3 million surplus of fees generated by the tax currently in the state’s PILOT program coffers.
“The...

News Briefs December 26 - January 2

AG Clark clears troopers in shooting of RI suspect MONTPELIER– Attorney General Charity Clark has declined to prosecute Vermont State Police Sgt. Joshua Mikkola and Trooper Richard Berlandy for any charges related to the use of potentially deadly force in a shooting incident...

First responders on the scene of a school bus crash on Route 112 south of Jacksonville on Tuesday morning. Photo courtesy Angel Balch

Bus driver praised for actions after icy roads cause crash

WHITINGHAM- Emergency response crews rushed to a crash on Route 112 at about 7:30 Tuesday morning that involved a Twin Valley school bus.
According to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, a 2016 Honda Pilot driven by Cota Bonna, 18, of Westbury, NY, lost control on the icy road and...

All that remains of a Johnson Hill home is rubble and charred wood. Mike Eldred

Weekend structure fire in Dover results in loss of second home

WEST DOVER - Fire led to a total loss of a house on Johnson Hill Road on Saturday. The house, which was a second home, was unoccupied at the time. The cause of the fire is unknown and remains under investigation.
Fire Chief Rich Werner said he was in Wilmington when a call about the fire...

Shaw’s supermarket in Wilmington. File photo

Grocery merger canceled; Shaw’s parent company sues Kroger

WILMINGTON - Albertsons, the parent company of Shaw’s, the valley’s largest supermarket, will not merge with Kroger. After a preliminary injunction sought by the Federal Trade Commission to halt the merger was granted last week, Albertsons pulled out of its merger agreement. The company is now...

Public internet company said to be “vital project”

DVFiber, recognized in CEDs report, marks two years of connecting customers
WINDHAM COUNTY - DVFiber, the communications union district seeking to expand access to high-speed internet in southern Vermont, was recognized as a “vital project” in this year’s Southern Vermont...

Selectboard members approved the purchase of radios for the Wilmington Fire Department.

Board approves funds for sidewalks and trails

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, December 17, the Wilmington Selectboard approved the purchase of new radios for the fire department, $53,300 in grant-matching funds for the East Main Street Sidewalk Project, and the trail committee’s request for $15,000.
“So we’re having a...