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Mike Cooney weighs Gilfeather turnips at a previous Gilfeather Turnip Festival. The event returns Saturday. File photo
WARDSBORO- On Saturday, October 22, Wardsboro will celebrate the Vermont state vegetable during the 19th annual Gilfeather Turnip Day from 10 am to 2 pm at the Wardsboro Public Library.
This year’s Gilfeather Turnip Day will have Gilfeather turnip soup served by the Wardsboro Library...
HALIFAX - During their regular meeting Tuesday evening, the Halifax Selectboard partnered with Voices of Hope VT, reviewed a cemetery budget proposal, and planned a special meeting to discuss the road supervisor/commissioner job description.
Elizabeth McEwen and Cheryl Rusin from Voices of...
WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Selectboard joined an anti-discrimination inclusion initiative at their regular meeting Tuesday evening. The board also discussed several funding requests and open volunteer and paid town positions. 
Bob Harnish and Al Wakefield, of Rutland, asked the board to...
DOVER- Selectboard members accepted resignations from several paid and volunteer positions, and approved 1% local option tax funding for Dover’s participation in this year’s Eat, Sleep, and Shop Local program.  
Two members of the town’s highway department submitted resignations.  Road...

Drivers on Route 100 this week have been greeted by this sign. The road will be closed in Wilmington between Stowe Hill Drive and Adams Drive for a culvert replacement. Mike Eldred
By Mike Eldred
WILMINGTON- The Vermont Agency of Transportation will close a section of Route 100 to all traffic for an emergency culvert replacement next week.  
According to VTrans, Route 100 will be closed between the intersection of Stowe Hill Road and the intersection of Adams...
WHITINGHAM - At the Whitingham Selectboard’s regular meeting on Wednesday, October 5, the board discussed a new plan for the sewer rate.
Board member James Weber said he and selectboard office administrator Gig Zboray met with RCap Solutions, which helped them determine sewer rates in the...
MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott highlighted public and private programs intended to help Vermonters reduce their winter heating costs at his weekly press conference Tuesday. 
Gov. Scott also introduced an online resource, part of the annual ButtonUp Vermont campaign, aggregating programs...
Board member frustrated by lack of information HALIFAX - After an 18-month-long struggle, the time to save the Halifax post office has nearly run out.
“To say that it’s been frustrating would be an understatement,” says Halifax Selectboard Vice Chair Pete Silverberg. He...

Matt Bachler, of the Windham Regional Commission, talks while others listen at Tuesday’s meeting at the Old School Community Center. Mike Eldred
WILMINGTON- How can the town adjust zoning bylaws to encourage the construction of more housing units in the village?
A planning commission housing subcommittee looking at zoning bylaw modernization met with members of the public Tuesday to discuss changes that could help fill the need for...
WILMINGTON- A town committee studying zoning changes that will support and encourage more housing in the village will hold a public presentation and take public input at 6 pm on Tuesday, October 11, at the Old School Community Center. 
The effort is the result of a state bylaw...

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