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More club lawsuits filed

NEWFANE- The Hermitage Club and James Barnes are facing more than two dozen lawsuits in Vermont and Connecticut.
On April 19, NEC Financial Services added their name to the list of creditors seeking compensation for services they say were provided to the Hermitage Club, and personally...

Impact of local option tax questioned

DOVER - Economic development director Steve Neratko held his monthly economic development meeting on Tuesday night. Following discussions about a new town website and a town newsletter, resident and business owner Rich Werner questioned how beneficial the town’s economic development funds, which...

Wilmington police officer Shawn Hammond checks a bike helmet during the bike rodeo held April 14.

PD hands out helmets

WILMINGTON - On Saturday, April 14, the Wilmington Police Department held a bike helmet event for the second year in a row, handing out free bike helmets to children. The helmets, which were paid for by Masons of Vermont Social Lodge #38, were handed out at a bike rally, which included obstacle...

Fireworks over the main stage during the last act at the 2018 Minus Zero Festival at Mount Snow.

Town, mountain debrief Minus Zero

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday meeting, town officials and representatives from Mount Snow gave a recap of the Minus Zero Festival, which was held at Mount Snow April 6 through April 8. Police chief Randy Johnson said overall the event went “better than I expected,” but both he and...

Mary Fredette stands alongside a banner at The Gathering Place in Dover.

Gathering Place director retiring just short of local opening

DOVER - As of Friday, Mary Fredette, the executive director of Brattleboro-based adult day center The Gathering Place, will no longer be at the organization’s helm. Fredette is retiring (sort of, anyway) about a month short of the grand opening of a satellite location for The Gathering Place in...

School board looks to deal with budget gap

WILMINGTON- The final year of the Twin Valley Joint School District may end with an uncharacteristic budget deficit, Windham Southwest Supervisory Union’s business manager Karen Atwood warned Tuesday evening.
Atwood told board members that, according to the latest budget forecast, the...

Scott Mackie is part of a group that seeks to bring a marijuana dispensary to Dover. He is seen here at an information meeting held in March at the Dover Town Hall.

Board to survey voters about dispensary ban

DOVER - At its meeting Tuesday night, the Dover Selectboard was told it could not hold a special Town Meeting for a vote about proposed town ordinances banning marijuana dispensaries. Town clerk Andy McLean said the course of action wouldn’t follow the appropriate procedure for adoption of...

Somerset Reservoir and Stratton Mountain, seen from the summit of Mount Snow at sunrise on opening day of the 2017-2018 ski season, November 11, 2017.

Forest service seeks input on plans

STRATTON - The US Forest Service is hosting a public meeting and open house in Stratton on May 2. The meeting will focus on the upcoming Somerset Integrated Resource Project in which the forest service will employ “management activities” to achieve the goals set out in the Green Mountain National...

Flowers adorn Wilmington village.

Flower barrel program to bloom again

WILMINGTON- The Great Flower Barrel Controversy of 2018 has been settled.
At least that’s what selectboard members are hoping after approving a new plan at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Acting on a new recommendation by the Wilmington Beautification Committee, the board approved...

A CoverageCo wireless cell repeater, similar to ones that line Route 100 and Route 112 in Readsboro, Whitingham, and Halifax.

Wireless network still operational

WHITINGHAM- CoverageCo’s cellular network remains operational, and the company’s interim CEO, Richard Biby, says he’s working to find a way to turn the beleaguered company around.
Last month, it was announced that CoverageCo, which was contracted to address cellular connectivity issues...