By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - The Dover Selectboard’s Tuesday meeting was sparsely attended and was adjourned swiftly, with the entire agenda worked through in under 15 minutes. Nevertheless, decisions were made, mainly the board’s approval of the town’s budget, which is up this year by 5%....
READSBORO - “It to me, is a philosophy that is like having a full mouth of teeth and deciding to take out all the teeth with cavities rather than repair them — creating a smile full of holes.”
These words were contained in letters from James Dassatti, which were sent to town officials in...
NEWFANE- A hearing on a motion for an injunction against James Barnes and the Hermitage was stalled last week, after Windham Superior Court Judge Robert Gerety questioned whether Barnes or the Hermitage had received sufficient notice of the hearing. White House Inn owner Robert Grinold and his...
Compiled by Lauren Harkawik
DEERFIELD VALLEY- This week we take another look at some of the news that made headlines in 2018. For this installment of our year in review, we look back at the second half of the year.
July
The old Carinthia Base Lodge came down at Mount Snow...
Dalton Kissell in court Friday afternoon.
BRATTLEBORO- On Friday, December 21, Dalton Kissell pleaded not guilty to amended charges stemming from the alleged sale of regulated drugs resulting in the overdose death of Wilmington resident Connor Rusin in June.
Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH...
Compiled by Lauren Harkawik
DEERFIELD VALLEY- This week and next, we take a look at some of the news that made headlines in 2018. For this first installment of our year in review, we look back at the first six months of the year.
January
The new year got off to a slow start...
WILMINGTON- Selectboard members voted unanimously to move forward with a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at their regular meeting last week.
The draft ordinance was introduced by board member Sarah Fisher in August, and is based on Brattleboro’s plastic bag ordinance.
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DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday,
December 18, the board declined to pass a budget after several board members expressed a desire to look at the budget more deeply. The board also discussed implementing differential pay for police officers who are on call overnight....
DOVER - At the Monday, December 17 meeting of the River Valleys Unified School District board, the board approved the warning for its annual meeting, which will be held on February 12, 2019, at which many of the articles will be voted on from the floor. Some of the articles, however, will be...
DOVER - At the Monday, December 17, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, chair Rich Werner gave a presentation about the projected fiscal year 2020 tax rates for the newly-formed district comprising Wardsboro and Dover. Per the presentation, which included budgetary...