Wilmington

Voters will get first look at proposed new public safety facility

WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Public Safety Facilities Committee is inviting the public to attend an informational meeting to provide input on a proposed police/fire facility to be located on Beaver Street.
The meeting has been warned for 6 pm on Thursday, January 16, in the meeting room at...

Board on board with 2021 budget

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members approved a proposed 2021 budget for the Town Meeting warning at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The total expenditures are up by less than 1%, according to a budget summary, from $5,196,416 in 2020 to $5,234,341 projected in 2021, an increase of $37...

“We need a party”

Old Home Week organizers gearing up for celebration
WILMINGTON - Nicki Steel, the chair of the Wilmington Old Home Week Committee, says some festivity is in order.
“We need a party,” she says. “The last 10 years have not been easy. It’s time to celebrate.”
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Public safety facility study approved, despite concerns

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members voted to move forward with a feasibility study on a combined police and fire facility on the site of the former town garage on Beaver Street, despite concerns voiced by a group of residents and property owners.
Tuesday evening’s meeting followed a...

Group chewing its CUD over lack of broadband

WHITINGHAM — A group that has named itself the “Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group” met on Wednesday, December 11, to discuss the possibility of forming a communications union district (CUD) and to hear about ways that groups in other regions have successfully implemented broadband...

Flood erosion in front of the badly damaged Dot's Restaurant following Tropical Storm Irene. Village properties would have been exempted from the flood and fluvial erosion regulation voted down by the selectboard Tuesday evening.

Contentious meeting leads to “no” vote on flood regs

WILMINGTON- Wilmington Selectboard members shot down the planning commission’s proposed flood and fluvial erosion hazard regulation following a tense public hearing at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The proposed regulation, which would replace current flood hazard regulations and...

Reed Mellinger at his desk at Twin Valley in August. He resigned this week, citing personal reasons. File photo

New principal resigns after six months

WHITINGHAM- School officials announced Wednesday that Twin Valley Middle/High School Principal Reed Mellinger will resign from his position this month.
According to a release from the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union, Mellinger’s resignation, for “personal reasons of an urgent nature...

Population declines but jobs stable

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, Laura Sibilia, director of regional economic development strategies and programs for Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, presented a regional and local economic data summary to the Dover Selectboard.
“We go out and do meetings...

Vote may do away with elected clerk

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members discussed their plan to ask voters to relinquish their right to elect their town clerk and treasurer, and authorize the selectboard to select and appoint employees to the positions.
Town clerk Susan Haughwout told board members she plans to retire from her...

School needs big brothers and sisters

WILMINGTON - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont is looking for mentors for a program it will be launching at Twin Valley Elementary School in January 2020. Mentorship is open to adults in the community who can commit to one hour a week for a school year.
BBBS pairs adult mentors with...