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Mount Snow, including its iconic clock tower building, was sold to Vail Resorts in September.

Vail-Peak merger reversal suit dismissed

NEW YORK – A lawsuit filed by a Peaks Resorts investor seeking to halt or reverse the company’s merger with Vail Resorts has been voluntarily dismissed.
The suit filed by investor Eammon Carleton in early September alleged Peak Resorts violated federal securities laws in the filing of its...

Brattleboro’s infamous “malfunction junction” could get a makeover as part of a new expansion of the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center. The new building, center, will allow the museum to expand its offerings and provide housing to the town.

Art museum expansion unveiled, seen as an economic boost to region

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and M&S Development announced Tuesday that it will embark on a $30 million project that will transform the “malfunction junction” portion of Brattleboro’s downtown. The project will involve construction of a 55,000-square-foot building at the...

Petitions to dissolve Act 46 merger in the works

HALIFAX – At a recent work session of the Southern Valley Unified Union School District, chair Homer “Chum” Sumner delivered an update on plans to dissolve the district.
Sumner said “There are petitions in both towns (Halifax and Readsboro) asking for special Town Meetings.”
The...

Sunset on Marlboro: Under a plan unveiled last week Marlboro College will partner with Boston-based Emerson College. Part of that agreement will close the local campus and allow students and faculty to transfer to Emerson. File photo

“It’s painful to think that we will leave this place that is beloved and our home.”

MARLBORO- Last week, Marlboro College announced a tentative partnership deal with Emerson College. Under the deal, Marlboro’s programs, students, and faculty will be relocated to Emerson’s Boston campus. Emerson will rename their Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies for...

Marlboro College announcement comes as a shock to many

MARLBORO- Under a tentative partnership deal with Emerson College announced last week, Marlboro College will close its Potash Hill campus in Marlboro at the end of the current school year.
News of the closure came as a shock to Marlboro residents, many of whom have longstanding...

Alumni in disbelief over Marlboro College plan

MARLBORO- Within minutes of Marlboro College’s announcement of their deal with Emerson College, Marlboro alumni took to the internet to express their disbelief.
When the announcement was made, there were at least three active Marlboro College alumni groups on Facebook, including the...

The bi-town eceonomic development committee is hoping the state will allow signs like this to keep drivers away from back roads and trails. File photo

GPS signs gaining traction with state

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, November 8, some committee members expressed annoyance at the suggestion that the state might be more willing to help a committee effort if legislators were to get involved. In other matters, Dover is looking for...

More information sought on bidders

DOVER - The board told town assessor Linda Sherman and assessor consultant Jeremiah Sund on Tuesday, November 5, that it would like to see more information about bidders for an upcoming commercial reappraisal, and would like to conduct interviews with candidates. Sherman and Sund said they had...

Board, committee agree on land name

DOVER - At the selectboard’s meeting Tuesday, November 5, economic development director Steve Neratko said the trails committee had come to unanimous consensus that the town’s newly-purchased 48-acre trail and recreation property be named “Horace Hill.” After a short discussion that had some...

Gathering Place funds to be voted on

DOVER - Maggie Lewis, executive director of adult day center The Gathering Place, told the Dover Selectboard at its Tuesday, November 5, meeting that she is requesting a $10,000 annual contribution from the town. The board told her it would need to be warned as an article at Town Meeting.
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