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Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the ordinance extended hours for ATV use during Readsboro's Independence Day celebration.  Although it had initially been recommended by a board member, the board did not add the lanuguage to the ordinance.  We regret the error. ...
DOVER - At an informational meeting on Thursday, March 24, at the Grand Summit Hotel at Mount Snow, a team from the US Forest Service presented and explained its ​​Somerset Integrated Resource Project. Representatives from Mount Snow also gave an update on the Snow Lake dam removal and touted...

A look inside the Southern VT Natural History Museum. Courtesy Southern VT Museum on Facebook
MARLBORO - The Southern Vermont Natural History Museum has received a grant to implement hiking trails and establish two informational kiosks at its “Mountainside Center,” a satellite location at the former Pool Learning Center. 
The grant, for $62,000, is from the state of Vermont through...
WHITINGHAM - The Whitingham Selectboard addressed a recently-discovered complication to the sewer project at their regular meeting Wednesday, March 23.
The complication involves a tilted manhole behind the Whitingham sewer plant. While it was always a part of the project to straighten out...

Vermont Commissioner of Health Dr. Mark Levine
MONTPELIER- State health officials announced that US Food and Drug Administration had authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine booster dose at Tuesday’s press briefing, just minutes after the FDA’s decision.
“Shortly before this briefing we learned that the FDA have now authorized second...
MONTPELIER- The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld a decision by Windham Superior Court Judge Katherine Hayes that essentially dismissed Whitingham’s education funding lawsuit.  
Boyd, et al. v. state of Vermont was originally filed by attorney James Valente in 2017 on behalf of three...

Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine at Tuesday's press briefing
MONTPELIER- Even as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to fall in Vermont, the state is evaluating the potential impact of BA2, a variant of the COVID-19 Omicron strain.  
“We continue to monitor any developments concerning the BA2 subvariant of Omicron, both abroad and here...
WILMINGTON - Voices of Hope has received a grant to continue its work in the Deerfield Valley.  The grant, which is from the Vermont Department of Health, amounts to $27,713 and will cover the group’s work from April to August.
Voices of Hope is a grassroots group that formed in 2018 with...

Standing water on the sports field. Chris Walling
Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identifed Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll as the author of school district proposal to renovate the Twin Valley Elementary School sports field.  The proposal was penned by Twin Valley Elementary...
Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed statements by Linda Lyon to Linda Hubner. We regret the error. HALIFAX – During their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 15, the Halifax Selectboard opened truck bids, discussed an ordinance violation, updated their local emergency...

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