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READSBORO- Voters defeated a measure that would expand the town’s selectboard from three to five members at a special Town Meeting on Monday, November 29.  
The question was the result of a petition signed by 53 Readsboro residents.  At the meeting, however, the measure failed 51 to 21 in...
WHITINGHAM - In a brief discussion at their regular meeting on Wednesday, December 2, the Whitingham Selectboard rejected implementing a townwide mask mandate.
“No. Next!” said board member Craig Hammer. 
No board members came out in support of the legislation recently signed by Gov...
MONTPELIER- The state will emphasize COVID-19 testing as well as vaccination as a means of preventing the spread of the virus, officials said at Gov. Phil Scott’s briefing Tuesday.  
As part of the testing initiative, Gov. Scott announced an emergency rule requiring commercial health...

Wilmington Development Review Board members listen to testimony by Christian Engel and Jennifer Betit-Engel, who are seeking a permit to open a vegan restaurant at the Horizon Inn.
WILMINGTON- The Deerfield Valley may soon have one of the region’s only restaurants devoted to vegan cuisine.
Christian Engel and Jennifer Betit-Engel, owners of the Horizon Inn, met with the development review board Monday seeking to open the inn’s restaurant to the public. According to...

Christian Engel with his cannabis petition, in a photo he posted on Ratu’s Facebook page.
WILMINGTON - Christian Engel and Jennifer Betit-Engel, owners of Ratu’s Liquor & Market in Wilmington, are seeking the town’s blessing on pursuing a license for a retail cannabis operation in town. A petition regarding the matter already has enough signatures to make the issue an article at...
WHITINGHAM - Mother and daughter Wanda and Karlee Walkowiak recently returned to Whitingham from an unlikely vacation. In November, the pair spent two weeks volunteering at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. 
The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is described on its website as “...
WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Selectboard unanimously voted to reinstate a mask mandate, effective immediately, during their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. They also approved a special classification for Ray Hill Road as a  no-through-traffic road, and candidate consent forms for elected...

Ski instructors work with a young student at The Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain. Many of these jobs have been filled by international workers during past winters and will again for the 2021-2022 season. File photo/The Hermitage Club
COVID shut down program last winter, but now visas are being issued again
DEERFIELD VALLEY - As of this week, international students have begun to arrive to work for the winter season at the area’s ski resorts. The students primarily hail from South America, where it is...

Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine File Photo
No sign of Omicron in Vermont, for now
MONTPELIER- Omicron, a newly-identified COVID-19 variant said to be more infectious than previous variants, has not been identified in Vermont, state officials said at a press briefing Tuesday.  
“We continue to obtain genomic...

A screenshot of participants in Monday’s panel discussion on education and education funding.
Concerns raised that Legislature will abandon study for failed categorical aid formula VERMONT- During a virtual presentation hosted by the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity Monday evening, five experts on Vermont education and education funding discussed recent work by the...

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