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Board to explore program options for Wardsboro

DOVER - At the River Valleys Unified Union District’s board meeting on Tuesday, the board asked Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent Bill Anton to take the next six to eight months to investigate what type of specialized programming may be implemented in Wardsboro, which could — but...

Prioritizing projects top priority for town officials

DOVER - Several economic development issues were discussed at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting, including how economic development director Steve Neratko will proceed with determining the town’s economic development priorities. Other updates included the decision to put out an RFP for a new...

Rep. Laura Sibilia and Secretary of Digital Services John Quinn talk with Omar Smith, Caraline Codogni, Amber Holland, Helyn Strom-Henriksen, and Sue Bailey.

Town caught in Catch 22 over lack of phone company response

READSBORO - On Thursday, August 30, several town officials and residents met with Rep. Laura Sibilia, Commissioner of the Department of Public Service June Tierney, and Secretary of Digital Services John Quinn. The topic of discussion was connectivity in the geographically isolated town, which...

Fungus on an apple tree leaf.

Apple crop suffering a temporary lull

DEERFIELD VALLEY- While harvest season is just beginning, some backyard apple growers are becoming concerned that small fruits and shedding leaves might spell disaster for their crops. But Zeke Goodband, from Scott Farm Orchard in Dummerston, has some words of expertise for the apple farmer with...

Attorney says local school control a “cruel illusion”

NEWFANE- Attorneys for the town of Whitingham and the state of Vermont made oral arguments Wednesday afternoon in Windham Superior Court. At issue was whether or not Judge Robert Gerety would grant a motion for judgment by the state that would remove Whitingham from the suit.
The...

Court to hear motion in ed. funding lawsuit

WHITINGHAM- Next week, Windham Superior Court Judge Robert P. Gerety will hear arguments on the state’s motion for judgment in Whitingham’s education funding lawsuit.
The motion, filed by the state in April, seeks a declaratory judgment in their favor based on the information already...

Business owners want less plan, more action with 1% funds

DOVER- At Steve Neratko’s monthly economic development meeting with business owners, tension built when Mount Snow Marketplace and Valley View Saloon owner Adam Levine and Layla’s Riverside Lodge owner Sandy MacDougall said they thought Neratko should start spending the town’s $1.7 million 1%...

Local man runs successful write-in campaign for Senate bid

JACKSONVILLE- Tyler Colford, of Jacksonville, ran a successful write-in campaign for Windham County state senator, and will be on the ballot as a Republican come November. Colford, who is a machinist at GS Precision in Brattleboro, says his biggest driver in politics is a belief that “the less...

Suit claims breach of contract, seeks damages

By Mike Eldred
NEWFANE- An Armonk, NY, couple filed a suit in Windham Superior Court earlier this month, alleging that James Barnes and the Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company failed to honor the terms of the couple’s investment memberships in the Hermitage Club.
Hermitage...

Szarejko announces retirement from police department

WILMINGTON- After 36 years at the Wilmington Police Department, including the past 20 as chief, Joseph Szarejko will be retiring at the end of October. The announcement came in a press release on Tuesday.
“It has been my honor to work for Wilmington Police Department,” Szarejko said in...