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Dover Town Hall will soon have a potable drinking water supply.

Board signs off on records policy

DOVER- The selectboard adopted a public records policy, and punted on a discussion about instituting a Juneteenth town holiday at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Board member Patrick Lagrange presented a draft public records policy based on a model policy by the Vermont League of...

Brook flows free again, after century of containment

Following two weeks of demolition, dam removal on private land is complete DOVER - On Thursday, June 12, Connecticut River Conservancy, in partnership with a private dam owner and Trout Unlimited, completed work on a dam removal in Jack’s Brook. The removal of the dam, which...

House, Senate pass education reform bill, local legislators split on support

MONTPELIER- The Legislature passed H.454, the education reform bill that will transform education funding and governance in Vermont, at the end of a marathon session Monday evening.
The bill will make significant changes to education in Vermont, moving to a “Foundation Formula” in which...

Budget surplus helps fund school projects

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members discussed maintenance projects at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Anticipating an end of year surplus of “several hundred thousand dollars,” according to superintendent Bill Bazyk, the board approved the expenditure of several items that...

Twin Valley graduates “small but mighty” class

Grads urged to be proud of small school, small towns WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley bid farewell to the class of 2025 in a graduation ceremony held in the Twin Valley High School gymnasium on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The 23-member graduating class of seniors may not have...

House and Senate committee inching closer to an agreement on H.454

MONTPELIER- Legislators inched closer to agreement, as negotiations between House and Senate members of the H.454 conference committee resumed Wednesday morning.
The committee reconvened Wednesday, June 11, after a nearly two-week break, following high-pressure and, sometimes, contentious...

Summer camp cost set; IB committee formed

By Lauren Harkawik
WARDSBORO - At its meeting on Monday, June 2, the River Valleys Unified School Board approved a rate of $80 per week per student for its summer camp, which will be held in Dover in July. In addition, the board established membership and a charge for a committee that will...

Kat Redniss, left, as Katniss Everqueer, and Justin Marsh, right, as Emoji Nightmare, will perform a drag story hour at the Dover Free Library on Saturday. Here, the pair reads to children at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue in Burlington. Photo courtesy of Justin Marsh

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Drag story time comes to the Dover Free Library on Saturday
DOVER - The Dover Free Library will host a drag story hour on Saturday, June 14, at 5 pm. The event, which is free and open to the public, is geared toward children, but all ages are invited to attend. Before the...

Audits rain down on WSSU

\WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Bill Bazyk told board members that the supervisory union has been hit with a shower of audits, and board members squabbled over the timing of their budget assessment payments at their regular meeting Wednesday evening.
Bazyk...

Legislature punts on reform bill

MONTPELIER- The Legislature postponed their final adjournment of this year’s session in the final hours Saturday evening, after the House and Senate conferees failed to reach a consensus on the education reform bill H.454.
H.454 calls for a major change in Vermont’s education governance...