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Tax rates soar

Increase is about 30 cents for homesteads, 25 cents for others DOVER- The selectboard set tax rates for fiscal year 2025 at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, and the result may come as a shock to some property owners.
Board members voted to set the total homestead...

Candidate meets board, tax stabilization granted

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, July 16, the Wilmington Selectboard heard from state representative candidate Emily Carris Duncan. They also accepted resignations from committee members and received an update about the Route 9 sewer expansion project.
Duncan is running...

New superintendent says SU digging out of financial hole

WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Board members held their first regular board meeting with their new superintendent Wednesday evening.
In his first report to the board, superintendent Bill Bazyk said his first two weeks have been “exciting,” which elicited a reaction from...

Farm aid: concert series hopes to keep it all in the family

Seventh-generation descendent taking over Adams Farm
WILMINGTON - On Friday, July 19, Adams Farm will kick off a concert series that will run through mid-October. The concerts, which will happen every other Friday, are a fundraiser to help Olivia Adams Mancivalano buy...

Work continues on the renovation of the Twin Valley Elementary School athletic field.

Board balances building bills and budgets

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members continued to deal with building maintenance issues at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The board revisited two repairs they thought they had funded at their previous meeting with a vote to expend $21,400 from the maintenance reserve fund...

He’s going to need a longer ski: Mount Snow General Manager Brian Suhadolc holds a ski given to him when he left Vail Mountain to take the Mount Snow position. The custom artwork chronicles his 30- year career in the ski industry, starting at Park City in Utah. He will be leaving Mount Snow to take over mountain operations at Whistler Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia. Photo courtesy Brian Suhadolc/X

Mount Snow GM on the move, heading to British Columbia

DOVER- Sorry, Mount Snow skiers and riders. The guy in the corner office is busting a move.
Brian Suhadolc, who has been general manager at Mount for the past two years, is leaving the resort to take a position at another Vail-owned resort, Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada. ...

A drone shot of construction at the North Branch Fire District sewer plant in 2019

Dover sewer district moves to dismiss recent lawsuit

NEWFANE- North Branch Fire District is asking Windham Superior Court to dismiss a lawsuit against the sewer district filed by a former prudential committee member.
Thomas Ferrazza, a former chair of the North Branch Fire District Prudential Committee, filed the suit on May 30, alleging...

Neighbor disputes STR permit

WILMINGTON- Development review board members heard an appeal of an administrative permit for short term rental use at a house on Old Mill Lane on Monday, July 1.
Neighbor Joe Dasco appealed the permit, issued to property owners Brad and Colleen Palmiter on May 16.. In his writtten appeal...

Rescue founders saw community need

WILMINGTON - Deerfield Valley Rescue is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The organization, which many locals simply refer to as “Rescue” was founded in 1974.
The nonprofit organization provides “prehospital emergency medical care” to residents in the towns of Wilmington, Dover...

This foursome was all smiles during the 2019 Bartender’s Open, held at Mount Snow Golf Club. Facebook

Bartender’s Open raises funds to help local groups, individuals

DOVER- One of the valley’s signature events hits a major milestone this summer. The fabled Bartender’s Open golf tournament will tee off for the 50th time on Thursday, August 1.
“It started as friendly competition between restaurants and bartenders from Killington and Mount Snow,” said...