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Twin Valley rally for climate action

WHITINGHAM - A little after noon on Friday, September 20, Twin Valley Middle High School sophomore Catherine Thomas sat in a conference room next to the school principal’s office with dozens of signs spread out on the table in front of her. The signs all related to climate change. Catherine had...

Opioid Task Force gets demonstration

WILMINGTON - At Tuesdays’ meeting of the Opioid Task Force, volunteers from across the region gave mini zero balancing sessions to task force members to teach them about the manual therapy. And before the zero balancing demonstration, the task force discussed ways it might encourage parents and...

Grant will help provide winter coats

WILMINGTON- Deerfield Valley Rotary Club President Angel Balch met with Twin Valley School Board members Tuesday evening to seek their collaboration for a Rotary Club community service project.
Operation Warm provides winter coats for children in need. Balch said she recently met with...

Boards agree to agree

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members met with Twin Valley School Board members and Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Barbara Ann Komons-Montroll at their regular meeting last week.
The discussion appeared to get off to a rocky start when selectboard chair Tom Fitzgerald...

COSU project coordinator Chad Simmons speaks at the Latchis Theater on Tuesday.

Consortium outlines plans to use grant to help fight substance abuse

BRATTLEBORO - Members of the Windham County Consortium on Substance Abuse (COSU) gave a presentation to the public on Tuesday about a three-year, $1 million HRSA grant the group received for implementation of expansion of rural substance use services, with a large focus on opioid use disorder. ...

Can social media be used in hiring?

WARDSBORO - At the Monday, September 16, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, the board engaged in a conversation about the meaning of the word “equity” within the district. In addition, the board discussed plans to invite Sens. Becca Balint and Jeanette White to a...

Concert series gets funding bump

DOVER - On the eve of Dover’s first concert in its winter concert series, economic development director Steve Neratko told the selectboard that he had underestimated the cost of the series and would need nearly $10,000 in additional economic development funds for it. The board approved the...

Peak Resorts shareholders approve Vail deal

WILDWOOD, MO- Peak Resorts' shareholders approved a takeover deal with Vail Resorts at a shareholders' meeting on Friday, September 20. In a statement released on Friday, Peak Resorts said 89% of the company's outstanding shares voted in favor of the deal. In documents filed with the Securities...

District may seek to undo Act 46 school merger

WHITINGHAM- Members of the Southern Valley Unified Union School Board discussed dissolving their Act 46 merger at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The dissolution discussion was prompted by a request made by school board chair Chum Sumner at the board’s August meeting. At that...

Merger plan falls through, college looking for new partners

MARLBORO - In July, Marlboro College announced that it had signed a letter of intent to merge with the University of Bridgeport. This week, the college announced that negotiations are off and the merger will not move forward.
A statement from Marlboro College sent early in the week said...