10 years ago:
Dover School Board members held a public hearing to discuss H.361, which was to become Act 46. The bill required school districts to study and propose union school district mergers, and provided incentives for communities to adopt the proposals. According to...
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Skiers race on Fountain Mountain at Mount Snow. The frozen mound of ice and snow was used for a summer ski camp 55 years ago. File photo
10 years ago:
Twin Valley School Board was eager to turn over the ownership of the former high school building in Wilmington to the Old School Enrichment Center (OSEC) committee before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. But OSEC said they still lacked the tenant...
Twin Valley School Board was eager to turn over the ownership of the former high school building in Wilmington to the Old School Enrichment Center (OSEC) committee before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. But OSEC said they still lacked the tenant...
10 years ago:
The Legislature passed Act 46, an education reform bill that promised to reduce the cost of education and improve student outcomes through the consolidation of schools, mainly by merging districts to create union school districts, and spending controls. The bill was in...
The Legislature passed Act 46, an education reform bill that promised to reduce the cost of education and improve student outcomes through the consolidation of schools, mainly by merging districts to create union school districts, and spending controls. The bill was in...
Claudette Hollenbeck
I am so fed up with humankind. Everywhere I look these days are examples of man’s inhumanity to man. I am so glad I live in Vermont. Most of the folks one encounters day to day here are decent folk with whom I am comfortable. The Yankee stock that is the backbone of this “brave little state” ...
Laura Stevenson
“Abundance”
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
Avid Reader Press, 2025
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson open their book with a utopian vision: You wake up in a room heated and cooled by clean energy sources, reflecting that 40 years ago, your parents had depended for energy on the...
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
Avid Reader Press, 2025
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson open their book with a utopian vision: You wake up in a room heated and cooled by clean energy sources, reflecting that 40 years ago, your parents had depended for energy on the...
10 years ago:
The Deerfield Valley News profiled Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis, owner of Hoosick Sand & Gravel. Bakaitis was well known for his work on “Building Wild,” a National Geographic Channel program. Examples of Bakaitis’ work on the show included a cabin in Dover that was...
10 years ago:
Wilmington’s economic development department sponsored a business consultant to assist businesses in tackling their most critical challenges. The two-hour sessions with nationally-acclaimed business consultant Margie Johnson were funded through the town’s 1...
Wilmington’s economic development department sponsored a business consultant to assist businesses in tackling their most critical challenges. The two-hour sessions with nationally-acclaimed business consultant Margie Johnson were funded through the town’s 1...
he Williamsville covered bridge in South Newfane. Photo courtesy Vermont Covered Bridge Society
10 years ago:
Vermont Secretary of Education Rebrecca Holcombe met in Dover with school board members from around southern Vermont to discuss the need for education reforms. Holcombe highlighted issues including rising poverty levels, homeless students, an increasing...
Vermont Secretary of Education Rebrecca Holcombe met in Dover with school board members from around southern Vermont to discuss the need for education reforms. Holcombe highlighted issues including rising poverty levels, homeless students, an increasing...
Wardsboro voters turned down a proposed school budget 25 years ago. File photo
10 years ago:
The Vermont Senate approved a bill that would provide incentives for school districts to consolidate, to create K-12 districts with a minimum of 900 students. The merged schools would also qualify for a merger support grant, intended to replace the state’s...
The Vermont Senate approved a bill that would provide incentives for school districts to consolidate, to create K-12 districts with a minimum of 900 students. The merged schools would also qualify for a merger support grant, intended to replace the state’s...
Claudette Hollenbeck
When I was a working stiff, my motto was “another day, another dollar.” Now that I am old, it is “another day, another dolor (pain).” Today happens to be my right thumb joint.
With so much time on my hands, I do a lot of thinking on these gray, gloomy early spring days. I am...
With so much time on my hands, I do a lot of thinking on these gray, gloomy early spring days. I am...
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