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Concert series gets funding bump

DOVER - On the eve of Dover’s first concert in its winter concert series, economic development director Steve Neratko told the selectboard that he had underestimated the cost of the series and would need nearly $10,000 in additional economic development funds for it. The board approved the...

Peak Resorts shareholders approve Vail deal

WILDWOOD, MO- Peak Resorts' shareholders approved a takeover deal with Vail Resorts at a shareholders' meeting on Friday, September 20. In a statement released on Friday, Peak Resorts said 89% of the company's outstanding shares voted in favor of the deal. In documents filed with the Securities...

District may seek to undo Act 46 school merger

WHITINGHAM- Members of the Southern Valley Unified Union School Board discussed dissolving their Act 46 merger at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The dissolution discussion was prompted by a request made by school board chair Chum Sumner at the board’s August meeting. At that...

Merger plan falls through, college looking for new partners

MARLBORO - In July, Marlboro College announced that it had signed a letter of intent to merge with the University of Bridgeport. This week, the college announced that negotiations are off and the merger will not move forward.
A statement from Marlboro College sent early in the week said...

Some of the participants at the September 11 meeting.

Communities consider coming together on broadband development

WILMINGTON - On Wednesday evening, September 11, people from throughout the region gathered in Memorial Hall for a discussion about forming communication union districts (CUDs) in order to expand connectivity in the area. The meeting included information about funding mechanisms and other tools...

Hermitage Club creditors now focusing on Barnes’ personal assets

HARTFORD, CT- Hermitage creditors are turning their attention to Hermitage founder James Barnes’ personal property in their efforts to obtain payments for Hermitage debt.
Reinhart Food Service, which seeks to collect more than $1.5 million they’re owed for kitchen equipment and food...

Combined police, fire building discussed

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members met with the public safety facilities committee at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Facilities committee members told selectboard members they were recommending that the town construct a combined fire and police building on the site of the old town...

Board gives go-ahead to new tax stabilization policy

DOVER - The Dover Selectboard approved the town’s new tax stabilization policy at its meeting on Tuesday.
The creation of the policy was approved by voters at Town Meeting, after much discussion. It will let the town allow a business that is improving a property, which would result in a...

Mount Snow is owned by Peak Resorts

More suits filed to stall Vail-Peaks merger vote

NEW YORK - A second Peak Resorts investor has filed a complaint in federal court seeking to halt the company’s proposed merger with Vail Resorts, unless the company discloses additional information.
The suit, filed by investor Eammon Carleton in the Southern District of New York on Friday...

Things that go bump in the night

Car crashes into historic building
WILMINGTON- Bob Pelosi and Jim Follet both awoke to a loud crash that shook their house in the early morning hours of Monday, September 9.
“We were both sound asleep,” Pelosi says. “I was asleep downstairs in a reclining chair,...