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WILMINGTON- Voters at Tuesday’s Town Meeting unanimously rejected two articles that would have eliminated Wilmington’s traditional Town Meeting floor voting in favor of switching to an Australian ballot. It was a repudiation of the selectboard’s efforts to expand voter participation by offering...
WILMINGTON- Aside from the decision to continue to hold Town Meeting on its traditional time and day, 10 am on the first Tuesday of March, voters waded through 30 other articles on Tuesday. 
Voters walked right into money issues, as Article 3 was to approve the town’s general fund budget...
READSBORO- Voters passed the Readsboro School District’s fiscal year 2024 budget in an 81-35 vote by Australian ballot Tuesday, following discussion at their annual meeting Monday evening. 
The 2024 budget, at $1,615,745 is up by about $80,000 over last year’s budget, or about 5%.  ...
DOVER- Selectboard members held a budget informational meeting Wednesday evening, led by moderator Richard Werner. 
Under Article 4 of the warning, seeking voter approval of a proposed $2,520,452.51 budget for fiscal year 2024, selectboard chair Vicki Capitani warned voters that the warned...

Damaged rotating biological contactor at the Jacksonville sewer plant. Courtesy town of Whitingham
WHITINGHAM - A significant part of a much-needed sewer project will be undertaken, thanks to $1 million in federal funding secured for Whitingham by Sen. Bernie Sanders. 
Sanders secured the funding for the town through the fiscal year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process....
Women’s ski group celebrates 20 years of camaraderie and time on the slopes
DOVER - Ski pro Donnamarie Colasurdo has trouble believing 20 years have passed since she started a women’s ski group at Mount Snow, then called “Chix on Stix,” now called “Winter Stix.” The group...
WILMINGTON- Voters on Tuesday will hold the fate of future Town Meetings in their hands, figuratively and literally, when they vote on Articles 30 and 31.  Those two articles, which are the last two items to be voted on from the floor, ask if the town shall adopt all budget and public questions...
DOVER- Representation on the River Valleys Unified Union School Board will remain evenly split between member towns, voters decided this week.  
On Monday, voters in Wardsboro and Dover weighed in on a proposed change to RVUSD’s articles of agreement that would alter their system of...
HALIFAX - The Halifax Selectboard presented their proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 and discussed Town Meeting articles during their informational hearing on Tuesday evening. 
The proposed selectboard and highway budget is at about $1.25 million, with just over $1 million to be raised...
WILMINGTON- Virtually no members of the public turned out for Twin Valley School District’s annual meeting and budget informational discussion Tuesday evening. 
The meeting was led by moderator Bob Fisher, who read the warning aloud to board members, administrators, and two voters (who...

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