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Board moves ahead with plastic bag ban

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members voted unanimously to move forward with a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at their regular meeting last week.
The draft ordinance was introduced by board member Sarah Fisher in August, and is based on Brattleboro’s plastic bag ordinance.
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Budget, pay rates on table

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday,
December 18, the board declined to pass a budget after several board members expressed a desire to look at the budget more deeply. The board also discussed implementing differential pay for police officers who are on call overnight....

River Valleys approves annual meeting warning

DOVER - At the Monday, December 17 meeting of the River Valleys Unified School District board, the board approved the warning for its annual meeting, which will be held on February 12, 2019, at which many of the articles will be voted on from the floor. Some of the articles, however, will be...

River Valleys board talks spending, tax rates

DOVER - At the Monday, December 17, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, chair Rich Werner gave a presentation about the projected fiscal year 2020 tax rates for the newly-formed district comprising Wardsboro and Dover. Per the presentation, which included budgetary...

Club won't open for Christmas

WILMINGTON- The Hermitage Club will not reopen for the holiday season, according to club president Harper Sibley.In a brief holiday missive to members, Sibley said the company has not been able to close on the refinancing deal they've been seeking for the past several months. The company also...

Mount Snow has stockpiled snow around the mountain, as seen in this photo posted on Facebook on December 21. Using the snow saved in snowmaking "whales" will help the mountain to bounce back from today's warm, rainy weather.

Ski areas plan to rebound from Friday's weather

VERMONT - Turning the corner into the holiday week, Vermont ski areas aren't allowing Friday's weather to dampen their Christmas spirits, according to press release issued by the Vermont Ski Areas Association Friday afternoon. "We saw this storm coming, and we were ready for it," said Jamie...

Poor fall weather conditions prevented the installation of the liner of North Branch Fire District's holding pond. The sewer district is asking users to limit their wastewater to reduce costs.

North Branch asks users to conserve wastewater

DOVER - As the valley prepares for an influx of tourists and visitors in the coming weeks, North Branch Fire District officials are asking district users to conserve wastewater. The request comes amid a major upgrade to the district’s plant, which is experiencing weather-related delays that have...

Wilmington to take Dover's sewage

WILMINGTON- At their regular meeting this week, selectboard members approved an agreement to take some of Dover’s sewage and agreed to put two social services funding requests on this year’s Town Meeting warning.
Acting as sewer commissioners, board members approved an agreement with Dover...

New plan gives riders access to town services

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard meeting on Monday, the board agreed to a proposed new snowmobile trail, which will cross the Valley Trail and Dover Town Park. The new trail will allow access to 7-Eleven for gas.
Michael Garber presented the proposal to the board. “This is really an...

Hermitage property plowing problem

WILMINGTON- The town may agree to maintain access to municipal parking through a Hermitage property in the village.
At the selectboard’s last regular meeting, Pickwell’s Barn owner Andrea Berg told board members that the driveways on either side of the Hermitage’s Deerfield Valley Design...