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Board pulls plug on section of Valley Trail

By Mike Eldred
DOVER- Selectboard members axed the proposed “A-minus” section of the Valley Trail at a special meeting on Wednesday, March 8.
The trail would have run from the southern terminus of the existing valley trail, just outside Dover Town Office, and continue south along...

No parking signs were placed along Route 100 in 2021 following complaints of illegal parking by Snow Republic patrons.

Board, brew pub trying to find parking solution

DOVER- Convening as the town’s board of liquor control, selectboard members met with a local business owner at a special meeting on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss zoning, parking, and occupancy issues.
At their previous meeting, board members postponed approval of a liquor license renewal...

Twin Valley, DOJ make deal

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School District has entered into a voluntary agreement with the US Department of Justice, outlining steps the district must take to respond to incidents of racial and gender-based harassment and improve school climate.
The agreement requires Twin Valley to revise...

Moderator Rich Werner, standing, talks with the audience during Dover’s Town Meeting on Tuesday. Also at the table are, from left, town clerk Andy McLean, selectboard chair Vicki Capitani, selectboard vice chair Sarah Shippee, and selectboard member Dan Balliotti. Lauren Harkawik

Health services questioned, trail debated, at Dover Town Meeting

DOVER - On Tuesday, Dover held its Town Meeting at Dover Town Hall for the first time since 2020. The meeting saw a packed house, with more chairs added after the meeting had begun. Conversation stretched into the afternoon hours and ended with a farewell to police Chief Randy Johnson, who will...

School directors Pam Somerville, Jacki Murano, Tony Kilbride, and moderator Tella Penson at Monday’s annual meeting in Searsburg. Randy Capitani

Searsburg residents worried about school choice

SEARSBURG- School choice was top of mind with voters in Searsburg at their Town Meeting Monday evening, as concerns were raised about possible changes percolating in Montpelier during the current legislative session. The voters made short work of the agenda items, approving all articles and...

Whitingham voters have questions but sign off on articles

WHITINGHAM- Voters passed almost all of the appropriations on the Town Meeting warning Tuesday, although some articles were amended from the floor.
Article 1, to approve $740,771 for the town’s general fund, was the subject of several questions from John Robohm. According to the warned...

A fire-y Town Meeting

Gymnasium light fixture bursts into flames READSBORO- Things got fiery at Readsboro’s Town Meeting Monday night, but it wasn’t because of anything on the warning - there was an actual fire in the school gymnasium.
The incident began earlier in the evening, during the...

Voters agree, keep traditional floor meeting

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 voters shoot down hospital fund request, retire listers’ role

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 approve school budget, question education quality

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%. ...