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A bar graph detailing the 2025 enrollment statistics of the two schools comprising the River Valley Unified School District, Dover and Wardsboro. Graph courtesy of Lauren Harkawik

School nurse will stay full time in Dover for now, uncertain for future

DOVER - At its meeting on Monday, September 15, the River Valleys Unified School District Board discussed several uncertainties facing the district, including the district’s enrollment numbers and how Act 73 will impact the district. With an eye toward an impending need for change, the board...

Children play with trucks and a pumpkin in a sawdust pile at Dover Day 2024. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Brown-Rosso

Dover Day returns with animals, fall festivities

DOVER — Goats, face painting, and a bouncy house. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of Dover Day 2025. The fall festival is scheduled from noon to 4 pm Sunday, October 5, at Dover Town Hall and Dover Free Library. The event features numerous activities for community members, including games...

Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson stands with the presentation about rural policing in Windham County. Photo courtesy of Olga Peters

Duplication and gaps

Windham County Sheriff aims to address the uneven delivery of rural law enforcement with a regional policing initiative NEWFANE- Windham County is home to 23 municipalities and a hodgepodge of law enforcement coverage. Brattleboro, the Village of Bellows Falls, Dover, and Wilmington operate...

Wilmington Selectboard approves 1% funds for business in uncommon motion

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Selectboard approved a 1% local option request for WheelPad L3C at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. It was unusual, as the funding hasn’t historically been awarded to or considered for businesses. Although the motion carried, selectboard member Charlie Foster...

Selectboard hears unauthorized bridge construction complaint

DOVER- The pending closure of a major VAST snowmobile trail crossing private land in Dover may have a significant impact on snowmobile business traffic in the town this winter.
In a letter to the Dover selectboard, and in person at Tuesday evening’s regular selectboard meeting, long time...

Twin Valley pauses “working group”

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley Middle High School has made significant progress on its strategic improvement plan, according to consultant David Younce.
So much progress, in fact, that he has recommended suspending the efforts of the district’s so-called “working group,” a committee of...

Twin Valley Elementary student up for Youth Athlete of the Year

WILMINGTON — Twin Valley Elementary student Giovanni Linnehan learned about Colossal’s Youth Athlete of the Year Competition, a nationwide campaign raising funds and awareness for cancer research, in classic fifth grade fashion — his mom told him about it.
Linnehan, who was introduced to...

For local woodworker, building saunas offers chance to share Estonian culture

By Lauren Harkawik
WILMINGTON - A recent personal project undertaken by woodworker Oleg Skuja has paved the way for a new sense of purpose in his work. After following a leap of faith to build a mobile sauna for his home, Skuja is now looking toward a future of building saunas throughout...

Whitingham man charged for child sexual abuse material will serve probation under plea agreement

BRATTLEBORO- A Whitingham man charged with possessing child sexual abuse material will serve 10 years probation under the terms of a plea agreement filed in Windham Criminal Court.
Adam Ranslow, 41, was originally charged with four felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse material as...

Halifax seeks ordinance input

HALIFAX - Residents in Halifax are being asked to weigh in about their priorities around animal ordinances in the town. The effort to gain insight, which has taken the form of a survey, is in anticipation of an ordinance the selectboard aims to adopt with regard to dogs in the coming months. ...