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Sandri concerned about outdated signs, seeks permit for replacement

WILMINGTON- Development review board members heard two applications from Sandri Realty Monday afternoon, seeking permits to change the internally-lit gas price signs at their two Wilmington locations to LED signs.
According to the DRB, the existing internally-lit signs are “nonconforming”...

Photo from Tito's Facebook post announcing their return to Wilmington

Tito’s Taqueria food truck hopes to return to Wilmington, at WW’s design center

WILMINGTON- Tito’s Taqueria food truck may make a return to Wilmington, this time at WW Building Supply’s design center parking lot.
Carlos Garza and Ian Rose, of Tito’s Taqueria, along with Steve Wolf, of WW Building Supply, met with DRB members Monday afternoon, seeking a permit for...

Mini, unmanned food pantries pop up around the valley

JACKSONVILLE - Elaina Gibb-Buursma is hoping to normalize using food pantries.
Gibb-Buursma is in the process of working out details for a mini food pantry that will be housed on a few shelves inside the Whitingham Free Public Library in the municipal center. The vision is that people can...

Twin Valley administrators cite “long lasting” learning loss

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School Board members discussed COVID-19 issues and the district’s upcoming annual meeting at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll said the district now has sufficient supplies for the...

Mount Snow GM heading to Colorado in spring

DOVER - Vail Resorts announced last week that Tracy Bartels, general manager of Mount Snow, will be relocated to Colorado after this ski season to take on the role of vice president of maintenance, planning, and project management.
Before she was transferred to Mount Snow, Bartels was the...

Opportune time to secure funds for sewer project

WILMINGTON- On Tuesday, the Wilmington Selectboard set a date for their informational meeting that accompanies the Australian ballot vote in lieu of an in-person Town Meeting this year. They also discussed virtual meetings, sewer, and policing updates.
The informational meeting will be...

Whitingham votes to hold town meeting by Australian ballot

WHITINGHAM - The Whitingham Selectboard voted unanimously to hold Town Meeting Day only by Australian ballot this year at a special meeting Wednesday, January 19. The board ruled out postponing Town Meeting in previous discussions.
Board members cited concern over the safety of residents...

Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine

Levine predicts endemic phase for COVID-19

MONTPELIER- The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to fall in Vermont and across the country, state officials said Tuesday, and Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said the waning Omicron wave may have hastened an end to the pandemic phase of the virus response.
“It may seem like we’...

Senate Pro Tem Becca Balint

Report highlights issues facing Vermonters

MONTPELIER - In January, the office of Senate Pro Tem Becca Balint released a report that synthesized the findings of a public engagement period held by Balint and House Speaker Jill Krowinski. The report details Vermonters’ concerns about the state’s biggest challenges. Voices from Windham and...

The Senate Finance Committee last week discussed student weighting issues with UVM Prof. Tammy Kolbe, author of the 2019 Pupil Weighting Study.

Committee feels the weight of time

MONTPELIER- The Senate Finance Committee may be poised to move forward with changes to student weighting as recommended in the UVM/Rutgers Pupil Weighting Factors report released in 2019.
This fall, a legislative task force on the implementation of the pupil weighting report recommended...