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Vail top bidder for club’s snowmaking equipment

BURLINGTON- Vail Holdings was the top bidder in an auction of Hermitage Club snowmaking equipment in Vermont District Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday.
Vail will pay $375,000 for the former private resort’s snow guns and other related equipment. Vail Holdings was the initial “stalking horse”...

Services for parents in recovery, rides to rehab

WILMINGTON - At Tuesday’s meeting of the Opioid Task Force, Samantha Soskin, of Turning Point of Windham County, presented information about groups for new parents who are in recovery for substance use disorder, and a plan to provide transportation to and from those groups. She also noted that...

Creditor wants Hermitage Club owner in court

HARTFORD, CT- Reinhart Foodservice is asking a Connecticut judge to reissue a capias warrant ordering police to take Hermitage owner James Barnes into custody and deliver him to the court.
Hartford Superior Court Judge Susan Peck issued the so-called “capias” order, a civil warrant...

Nothing to sneeze at

Senior flu vaccine availability delayed; local doctors says seniors can get standard shot WILMINGTON - National reports have emerged in recent weeks of a so-called shortage of high-dose flu shots for people ages 65 and older. According to the Vermont Department of Health, it is...

Ultrasound project spearheads EMS technology use across state

Dover-based fund contributes grant to help point-of-care project get off the ground BRATTLEBORO - At a press event on Wednesday, Marc Schauber, of Dover, presented two grants to Rescue Inc. on behalf of the Emergency Medical Services Fund Inc. The grants will fund a two-year...

Twin Valley board approves plan to hire staff for behavior and discipline issues

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members approved the creation of a new position at the school to respond to behavior issues and administer and monitor disciplinary actions at Twin Valley Middle/High School.
After the school year started, principal Reed Mellinger told board members, he...

River Valleys appoints new member

DOVER - The four members the River Valleys Unified Union District Board present at the board’s meeting on Monday voted unanimously to appoint Marc Bernard Schauber, of Dover, to the board.
Schauber fills a seat vacated by Kerry McDonald-Cady, who represented Dover on the board and resigned...

Village road striping raises concerns

WHITINGHAM – Road commissioner Stanley Janovsky and the Whitingham Selectboard discussed the Agency of Transportation’s layout of yellow traffic lines in Jacksonville village.
Janovsky and board members agreed that the lines are inaccurately drawn, giving drivers mixed messages....

Multi-area passes transforming ski industry

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO- Former Mount Snow general manager and longtime ski resort executive Chris Diamond has written a second book about the industry. His first book, “Ski Inc.”, was largely a retrospective of Diamond’s five decades in the business. The new book, “Ski Inc. 2020”, is an insider’s...

Local lawyer appointed as superior court judge

DOVER - On Monday, September 30, Gov. Phil Scott announced that he was appointing Kerry McDonald-Cady, of Dover, to the Vermont Superior Court.
McDonald-Cady was previously the deputy state’s attorney in Windham County, where she worked in the family division. In that realm, much of her...