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Voters will decide clerk’s raise at Town Meeting

DOVER - Dover will hold its pre-Town Meeting on Tuesday, February 25, at 6 pm at Dover Town Hall. Traditionally, the meeting entails a run-through of the town’s Town Meeting warning.
Article 1 on the warning pertains to officer positions, which will be voted by Australian ballot. Polls...

School board voices concerns about reasons for “no” vote on budget

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District board, chair Rich Werner encouraged the board and members of the public to testify in an upcoming Senate Education Committee hearing pertaining to a recently released study into pupil weighting. The board asked Werner...

Members of the Twin Valley High School boys' soccer team, who were in Montpelier to celebrate their statewide championship, listened in on AOE Secretary Dan French's testimony in the House Ways and Means Committee.

Weighting study fixes drawing interest

MONTPELIER- Last week, Rep. Laura Sibilia testified before the House Education Committee in support of four bills she has introduced in response to a report that recommends changes in the way education funding is allocated.
The “Pupil Weighting Factors Report” found that the state’s Act...

Bank plans to market bankrupt ski area

BURLINGTON- Berkshire Bank announced it has hired a real estate broker to market Hermitage properties this week, and the Hermitage Bankruptcy Trustee has submitted revised purchase and sale contracts with stalking horse bidders.
Berkshire Bank filed a notice Monday in Vermont District...

Voters at the River Valleys school district annual meeting Tuesday evening. RC

Voters approve River Valleys school district budget, approve date change

DOVER - The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its annual meeting on Tuesday, February 11. An article to elect auditors was passed over due to a feeling that the positions are unnecessary in the district. All other articles passed, but hand votes were called on two measures:...

Petitions are in and candidates are ready for Town Meeting elections

Whitingham
There are several contested races in Whitingham — two for school director and one for selectboard.
Trevor Berry and Lesa J. Trowt are running for a one-year seat on the Twin Valley Unified School Board. Neither has served on the board before. Sharon K. Berry and Christy...

Public input sought on wall plan

WILMINGTON - Wilmington Works is in the process of gathering public opinion about two finalists for an art project that will be installed on a retaining wall on Beaver Street. in the coming months. Opinions are being solicited from all community members, which Wilmington Works defines not just as...

Judge extends Hermitage bankruptcy auction to March, more bidders may show up

BURLINGTON- Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen Brown postponed the sale of Hermitage assets to March 20, following a hearing on Friday, January 31.
A number of issued raised in objections by creditors, bidders, potential bidders, and other interested parties were settled...

Barnes faces new contempt charge

NEWFANE- Attorneys for Reinhart Foodservice are asking Windham Superior Court Judge Michael Kainen to find James Barnes in contempt of court and to issue a mittimus warrant compelling him to appear in court with financial documents.
A previous civil warrant issued in Connecticut, as well...

Chief concerned about new dispatching plans

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, the board discussed possible changes to how police dispatching works statewide, heard from a census bureau official about the upcoming 2020 census, and OK’d a $1,500 sponsorship of a band during Wilmington’s Old Home Week parade.
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