Readsboro

Mary Havreluk

READSBORO - Longtime educator Mary Havreluk, 95, died Tuesday, June 3, at her family’s lifelong homestead. She was born in Readsboro on October 17, 1929, a daughter of Moisey and Anna (Januska) Havreluk.
Mary attended school in Readsboro and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in North...

The 2025 Green Up Day poster was designed by U-31 student Ella Thomas

Governor touts Green Up Day at weekly presser

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MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott held his weekly press conference at U-32 Middle and High School Wednesday, a school where, as he noted, he was once a student teacher.
“It hasn’t changed a whole lot,” Gov. Scott said, “although...

Local towns receive AOT grants

VERMONT- The Vermont Agency of Transportation has announced more than $5.7 million in municipal awards through federally-funded programs. AOT received applications for projects that totaled more than $11 million.
The recipients include Jamaica, bank stabilization on Goodaleville Road;...

Supervisory union board names Corey chair

WILMINGTON- The Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board reorganized and welcomed new members Tuesday evening, their first meeting since Town Meeting.
Board member Paul Blais nominated Kristy Corey as chair, and board member Cindy Florence nominated Blais as chair. Corey was...

Readsboro school and town moderator Bill Lequier.

$1.8 million Readsboro school budget passed by a meager 11 votes

READSBORO- Voters passed the school district’s proposed $1,840,509 fiscal year 2026 budget by just 11 votes in Australian balloting Tuesday, following discussion at the school board’s budget informational meeting Monday evening.
Voters also reelected Helyn Strom Henriksen to another term...

Readsboro passes all spending articles

READSBORO- Town Meeting voters passed every article on their 14-article warning Monday evening, and voters returned incumbents to most town offices in Australian balloting on Tuesday.
Selectboard chair Ray Eilers eked out a victory over write-in challenger Bart Howes, with 56 votes to...

Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier File photo

Election snafu saga continues

MONTPELIER- This week candidates in the contested election for Bennington-1 representative testified in the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.
In the November general election, candidate Jonathan Cooper, of Pownal, received about 25 votes more than his...

Whitingham Town Moderator Leon Corse (left) collects paper ballots from voters during the 2020 Town Meeting

No one on ballot to fill town clerk position, most races unopposed

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Valley voters will find they have few choices to make on this year’s Town Meeting ballots. Petitions for town and school offices were due on Monday, January 27. Few positions drew interest from more than one candidate, and many of the candidates who turned in petitions...

Town will be on the hook for bridge water line replacement

READSBORO- The state’s $33 million project to replace a bridge over the Deerfield River on Route 100 in the village will cost the town of Readsboro more than $650,000.
The town has known there would be a potential local cost for the bridge project for at least a decade, but Readsboro...

Feds grant $25.8 million for Readsboro bridge rebuild

By Mike Eldred
READSBORO- A state project to replace a crumbling bridge over the Deerfield River on Route 100 has received a rare boost from the federal government.
The US Department of Transportation, along with members of Vermont’s congressional delegation, recently announced a $...