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Judge denies Barnes’ last-minute bid to represent Hermitage in suit

NEWFANE- A hearing in a lawsuit against James Barnes and one of his companies was held despite a last minute request for a continuance from Barnes.
The scheduled hearing was to consider a motion by White House Inn owner Bob Grinold for a preliminary injunction that would lift a lien placed...

Barnes a no-show for court date

NEWFANE- An Armonk, NY, woman who is suing James Barnes and his Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company for breach of contract had her day in court last week, but neither Barnes nor any attorney for the Hermitage appeared in court.
Last month, the court granted Bettina Bosma’s motion...

Gov Phil Scott directed the commissioner of labor to treat essential and excepted federal employees the same as other furloughed employees for the purposes of unemployment insurance benefit eligibility.

Local employees wait, assistance offered as shutdown continues

SOUTHERN VERMONT - The federal government has been shut down since December 22, making it the longest government shutdown in United States history. The second-longest shutdown, which went from December 1995 to January 1996, lasted 21 days. On Thursday, the current shutdown stretched into its 34th...

Greensprings fire Wilmington Fire Department

Firewalls limited damage

DOVER - Late Friday night, a unit at Greensprings was engulfed by a two-alarm fire. No one was injured in the fire, and the cause is being investigated. This week, representatives from Stamford Real Estate, which manages Greensprings, and West Dover Fire Department 2nd Capt. Mickey Kersten, who...

Board, petitioners differ on tax stabilization

DOVER - At Tuesday’s meeting of the Dover Selectboard, the board approved its warning for Town Meeting. Among the warned articles is one pertaining to tax stabilization for commercial properties. Discussion of the article, and of proposed amendments to it, dominated the meeting.
Town...

The sun was shining brightly over Long John trail at Mount Snow early Monday morning. Photo by Hans Stuting/Mount Snow

Vermont ski areas could see record business over MLK weekend

MONTPELIER- A strong early season, rock-solid reservation numbers and a very timely snowstorm looming in the forecast could add up to record business at Vermont ski areas over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, according to a press release issued Thursday afternoon by the...

Hermitage owner seeks to represent himself and his company in closed case

NEWFANE- Hermitage owner James Barnes filed a request to represent himself and his company, White House by Hermitage LLC, in Windham Superior Court last week. The request, however, was filed in a foreclosure case that has been closed since July.
On May 22, 2018, Judge John Treadwell...

Bank seeks to auction Hermitage Club equipment

NEWFANE- Lakeland Bank is seeking an order to hold a public auction of snowmaking equipment at the Hermitage to recoup more than $650,000 they say James Barnes and Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company failed to pay.
The New Jersey bank previously filed a similar case in Hartford, CT,...

Dover doubles down on broadband

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, January 10, Dover Economic Development Director Steve Neratko said Dover has more than doubled its economic development budget for the coming year. Most of the increase, he said, is earmarked for townwide high-...

Vermont Education Secretary Dan French

Local legislators skeptical of statewide school district concept

MONTPELIER - A memo from the Agency of Education titled “Designing Our Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Vermont’s Education System” was released last week. In its 32 pages it describes a complete redesign of Vermont’s school system that would create one statewide school district, putting...