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Barnes issued another $35 per week judgement

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ordered James Barnes to make weekly payments to the title insurance company that insured the Hermitage Club’s mortgages with Berkshire Bank.
Hartford Superior Court Judge A. Susan Peck ordered Barnes to pay $35 per week to Fidelity Life...

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Climate council plan calls for forward thinking

Editor’s note: In our December 16 edition, we talked to Abbie Corse, who served on the Vermont Climate Council, which released its initial Vermont Climate Action Plan on December 1. Corse was one of two representatives from southern Vermont on the council. This piece features the other...

Wilmington Selectboard Tuesday evening. Amelia Nick

GM tells board Hermitage Club “going to be around for a long time”

WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Selectboard heard an update from the Hermitage Members Club, about the vacant building ordinance, and a possible cannabis control commission at Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
Hermitage Members Club General Manager Bill Benneyan updated the board on the...

Art addresses pandemic isolation

BRATTLEBORO - “Sonic Blanket,” a multimedia, audiovisual art piece addressing the themes of isolation, community, history, and place, made its debut on Sunday, December 19, at midnight on WVEW Brattleboro Community Radio and will be broadcast nightly at this time for one year. Local artist...

Twin Valley Middle High School in Whitingham.

Twin Valley Middle High School in Whitingham.

Complaint alleges racist bullying at Twin Valley

Note: A more complete story will be published in the Thursday edition of The Deerfield Valley News. MONTPELIER – The ACLU of Vermont filed a complaint on Tuesday, December 21, with the Vermont Human Rights Commission on behalf of "C.B.," a former Vermont student who was...

Dover decides against a town mask ordinance

Police will support individual businesses with mask policies DOVER- The Dover Selectboard discussed, and rejected, taking action to pass a mask ordinance at a special budget meeting at 3 pm on Thursday, December 9.
Board members attending the meeting in person at the...

Dover, Wardsboro board seats to remain equal

DOVER- On Monday, December 6, the River Valleys Unified School District Board discussed reapportionment, budgeting for fiscal year 2023, positive COVID-19 cases at Dover Elementary School, and the school ski program.
The original articles of agreement for the district included an article...

State changes course on dispatching

DOVER- Selectboard members discussed the future of police dispatching and policing and facilities maintenance issues at their regular meeting on Tuesday, December 7.
Board members and visitors at the board’s regular meeting were masked, after a COVID scare earlier in the week prompted a...

Street improvement project gets input from community

WILMINGTON- Christina Haskins from the Dufresne Group came to Wilmington on Tuesday to meet with community members about the proposed North Main Street project. The project is still in the conceptual design phase and the purpose of this meeting was to get local input on the project.
The...

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No omicron variant in Vermont yet, but it is all around the state

MONTPELIER- The Omicron variant has not been identified in Vermont yet, Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said during Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing, although it has been identified in every state bordering Vermont, as well as in Quebec.
“We’re continuing our genetic sequencing work...