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2023 Greenup Day poster

Towns gear up for Green Up Day

By Lauren Harkawik
WILMINGTON - On Saturday, in towns throughout the state, people will take on roadside cleanup assignments and be given green bags to collect litter in. Since 1970, the first Saturday in May has been designated “Green Up Day.”
In Wilmington, Kathy Larsen has...

Concerned residents attended the Readsboro School Board meeting Tuesday evening. Some carried signs urging voters to turn back an effort to close Readsboro Central School. ME

Readsboro readies for school vote

READSBORO- School officials told more than 20 parents and community members at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting that a petitioned closure of the school could lead to a significant tax increase, at least in the first year of closure.
According to a cost projection prepared...

Readsboro school board, parents, discuss options depending on vote

READSBORO- More than 40 parents and other community members rallied at a special school board meeting Tuesday evening, expressing their support for Readsboro School following the submission of a petition seeking a vote on the closure of the school last week.
Board members also effectively...

Readsboro Central School

Petition seeks closure of Readsboro school

READSBORO- A petition presented at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting seeks a vote to close Readsboro Central School effective June 30.
“The goal is to close the school to provide a better education,” says parent Kaitlyn Boyd, who circulated the petition. “I had a fifth...

Readsboro voters approve school budget, question education quality

READSBORO- Voters passed the Readsboro School District’s fiscal year 2024 budget in an 81-35 vote by Australian ballot Tuesday, following discussion at their annual meeting Monday evening.
The 2024 budget, at $1,615,745 is up by about $80,000 over last year’s budget, or about 5%. ...

A fire-y Town Meeting

Gymnasium light fixture bursts into flames READSBORO- Things got fiery at Readsboro’s Town Meeting Monday night, but it wasn’t because of anything on the warning - there was an actual fire in the school gymnasium.
The incident began earlier in the evening, during the...

Five-year plan released to the public

Supervisory union lays out number of goals
WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union released their five-year strategic plan to the public last month, a guide to focus educational priorities through 2027. WSSU Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll is taking...

Very few contested races on Town Meeting ballots

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Valley voters will see few contested races on Town Meeting ballots this year, but some boards will be welcoming new members or searching to fill unclaimed seats.
Petitions for school and municipal offices were due Monday, January 30.
Wilmington...

DVFiber connects first homes

READSBORO - DVFiber, the communications union district that aims to provide high-speed fiberoptic internet to the entirety of the valley and the surrounding area, recently celebrated a big achievement. It wired its first homes with fiber.
DVFiber has long promised that it will go...

Election news, surprise, stole the show in back half of 2022

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The second half of 2022 was dominated by election news. Though there were a few firsts, including the election of Becca Balint as the state’s first woman to serve in Congress, there were few surprises. A notable exception was the strong performance of Bruce Busa, who entered...