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Pair challenges association election process

WILMINGTON- Two Chimney Hill residents are running a write-in campaign for their homeowners association board of directors. Keith Herbert and Chris Cogdill are promising to change what they say is an undemocratic system that has an impact on every homeowner in the development. They describe a...

The White House Inn

Court declines to appoint White House receiver

NEWFANE- Windham County Court Judge John Treadwell has denied a motion by Robert Grinold to appoint a receiver to care for the White House of Wilmington property currently under foreclosure. Grinold, the former owner and current mortgage holder of the White House, filed for foreclosure on the...

Dashboard declared dead again

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday meeting, Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce Director Eric Durocher said the economic dashboard is no longer being pursued. The statement comes months after business owners in the valley urged the committee to find a way to make the software work. ...

Cassie Fletcher and Trevor Gray at the Dover Selectboard meeting Tuesday evening.

Transfer station sign urged by students

DOVER - Dover School students Trevor Gray and Cassie Fletcher attended Tuesday evening’s selectboard meeting, where the pair proposed a new sign on the corner of Dorr Fitch Road and Route 100.
As proposed, the sign will give directional distance information for the transfer...

Hermitage Clubhouse

Judge orders Hermitage receivership

By Mike Eldred NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell has granted Berkshire Bank's emergency motion to appoint a receiver to care for Hermitage properties under foreclosure in a ruling issued today, Friday May 18. Treadwell also appointed Berkshire Bank's...

Robert Grinold, right, testifies in Windham Superior Court Tuesday, while Judge John Treadwell, left, and Assistant Judge Patricia Duff listen.

White House Inn foreclosure granted

NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell granted Robert Grinold's motion for summary judgment to foreclose on the Hermitage's White House property at a hearing on Tuesday, May 15. “The court has reviewed the motion and the response (from the Hermitage) and it does not appear there...

Garmisch Court townhouses at the Hermitage

Hermitage Club a no-show for condo court hearing

NEWFANE- For the second time on Tuesday, Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell granted a plaintiff's motion for summary judgment after the Hermitage failed to present any defense or even send a representative to the court. Tyler and Rose Dickson filed their suit against the Hermitage in...

Badfish, seen here at a Buffalo, NY, concert, will headline the Original Green Mountain Cannabis and Music Festival, planned for Dover on July 1.

Board rejects sponsorship request for cannabis festival

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday meeting, a motion to support “The Original Green Mountain Cannabis and Music Festival” with 1% economic development funds was defeated 3-2. Per the event’s organizers, Sandy MacDougall and Jim Desrochers, of Dover, and Heather Conner, of Connecticut,...

Hermitage didn't follow through on deal, attorney says

WILMINGTON- An attorney for a defendant in Brattleboro Savings and Loan's foreclosure suit on the Brook Bound Inn property says James Barnes and the Hermitage failed to live up to a sales agreement with his client. Last week, Brattleboro Savings and Loan filed the foreclosure complaint on the...

Local contractor seeks foreclosure on Hermitage lots

WILMINGTON- Five more Hermitage properties are facing foreclosure, this time by a local contractor. Brown's Country Services has filed a foreclosure complaint on five building lots on Mann Road. According to the complaint, mortgage deeds on the lots were part of a deal between Hitchcock...