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HALIFAX - During their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 1, the Halifax Selectboard delved into an online document storage system, and prepared for their upcoming budget discussion and truck bid process that will take place during their next meeting.
The selectboard also reminded the...
WILMINGTON- As of Monday, March 14, masks will no longer be required in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools or on school buses, following a supervisory union board vote Wednesday to rescind their existing mask policy.
The move is in response to changes in state policy announced by...
DOVER- On Monday, the River Valleys Unified School District board announced major changes to COVID-19 protocols in the schools. They also discussed the fiscal year 2023 budget and Dover’s International Baccalaureate programming.
At the meeting, Dover School Principal Matt Martyn announced...
WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School District officials discussed anticipated changes in masking policy at district schools in anticipation that the supervisory union would soon rescind masking requirements in school facilities districtwide.  
Twin Valley Middle High School Assistant Principal...
WHITINGHAM - At their regular meeting Wednesday, the Whitingham Selectboard met with Karen Hein, of the Deerfield Valley New Neighbors Project, to learn more about the Afghan refugee resettlement project in the town.
The agenda item was proposed by board member James Weber. He anticipated...
WILMINGTON - A fundraising effort is underway to renovate Twin Valley Elementary School’s athletic field, which is in poor condition after decades of use and the recent failure of its drainage system.
“It’s basically to upgrade the field to a playable condition,” says Twin Valley Youth...

This Holocaust monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, memorializes the horrific massacre at Babyn Yar in 1941, when nearly 34,000 Jews were killed in two days. The massacre was considered one of the largest mass killings in a single location during World War II. Just recently, Babyn Yar was the site of a Russian attack as part of its war of aggression on Ukraine, creating chilling historical parallels and worries of a war on memory. Courtesy US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust Memorial Museum encourages all to donate artifacts WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, the New England chapter of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum held a virtual event aimed at encouraging New Englanders to donate collections of Holocaust artifacts to the museum...

Masks were not required during Readsboro's Town Meeting, though votes and board members remained socially distanced.
READSBORO- On Monday evening, the town held its first Town Meeting in the school auditorium since 2020, and voters were in the mood to say “yes.”  Voters approved every article on the 12-article warning, pausing only for discussion on a few expenditures.
Even with all of the spending...

Left to right: selectboard member Tony Kilbride, moderator Stephanie Moffo, and Langdon James Somerville playing with gavel. Tyler Lederer
SEARSBURG - Searsburg held both its annual School District Meeting and Town Meeting Monday, starting at 6:30 pm and lasting approximately an hour combined. The night was capped off with a visit from Rep. Laura Sibilia, who updated the town on redistricting and followed up on complaints about road...
WILMINGTON - Our Lady of Fatima is amid a fundraising endeavor to raise $250,000 to replace the church’s windows. As part of the effort, a pancake breakfast will be held at the church on Saturday, March 19, from 8 to 11 am. 
The window replacement project is being led by Tom Aiksnoras, who...

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