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Area schools prepare closure plans

This story was updated with addtional information on Thursday, March 19 DEERFIELD VALLEY- Schools and child care and preschool facilities have closed following orders issued by Gov. Phil Scott this week.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools, including Twin Valley, Southern...

Locals testify in Senate Education Committee hearing

MONTPELIER- Educators and parents from around the state offered testimony at a Senate Committee on Education hearing on a study of pupil weighting in Vermont’s education funding formula.
The study, which concluded that the current pupil weighting system that determines districts’ “...

School officials rally in Montpelier to call for action on funding

Press conference highlights problems faced by schools around the state MONTPELIER- School officials from across the state joined legislators at a press conference Wednesday afternoon to demand the Legislature take action to implement recommendations in the Agency of Education’s...

Legislators hear concerns about Medicaid funding, dispatching, Act 250

DOVER - During Town Meeting in Dover, updates from Rep. Laura Sibilia and Sen. Jeanette White led the discussion about the potential legalization of cannabis, changes to Act 250, Medicaid reimbursements, and police dispatching costs.
Sibilia visited the meeting in the morning and opened...

School board needs a Wardsboro rep

WARDSBORO - Following Town Meeting, there is a vacancy for a Wardsboro representative on the River Valleys Unified Union School Board. Other positions in the town were filled at Town Meeting, either by incumbents keeping their seats or by new officials taking posts. All warned articles passed,...

Broadband group holds virtual meeting on CUD

DEERFIELD VALLEY - On Wednesday, members of the Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group convened by phone and video conference. The virtual meeting was held in place of a regularly scheduled meeting due to concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus). During the meeting, the group discussed next steps...

American Express Bank granted default order against Barnes

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut judge has granted a motion for default judgment against James Barnes made by attorneys for American Express National Bank.
In October 2019, attorneys for American Express Bank filed a suit claiming Barnes failed to pay $17,609.09 due under the terms of his...

Health officials say valley residents not at heightened risk

READSBORO- The Vermont Department of Health says Readsboro and other Deerfield Valley residents do not need to take any special precautions to prevent contracting COVID-19 (coronavirus).
A Readsboro man received a presumptive diagnosis of coronavirus over the weekend, the first case in...

Readsboro man diagnosed with Vermont's first case of coronavirus

DEERFIELD VALLEY- A Readsboro man has become the state's first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus), and five area schools were closed on Monday in response to possible community exposure to the virus. On Sunday, March 8, Vermont Health Department and Southwestern Vermont Medical...

Voters decide to keep elected clerk

WILMINGTON- Voters burned through this year’s Town Meeting warrant so quickly, the electorate opted to skip the lunch break and finish the meeting early.
Voters nixed the selectboard’s plan to appoint town clerks, and agreed to fund a public facilities plan and engineering study, and...