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Town attorney tells board members to get on same page, look forward

WHITINGHAM- Selectboard members discussed their purchasing policy and aired grievances at their regular meeting last week.
The discussion started during the board’s regular session, and continued later in the evening after an executive session to discuss education funding litigation with...

Chief says slots difficult to come by at academy

DOVER - At Tuesday’s selectboard meeting, police chief Randy Johnson asked the board for its blessing to hire an officer more than a year in advance of an impending retirement. The hire will require $14,000 more than Johnson budgeted for the next year. Johnson also said he intends to retire in...

New flood regulations “not horrific”

WILMINGTON- Residents and property owners will have a chance to learn more about revised flood and erosion regulations for the town at a meeting Monday afternoon, being held by the town’s planning commission. That’s what the commission’s chairperson, Cheryl LaFlamme, told the selectboard Tuesday...

Full STEAM ahead for Wardsboro school program

WARDSBORO - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District, the board made it official: Wardsboro Elementary will begin the process of becoming a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) school.
Wardsboro Elementary principal Tammy Bates has,...

Junk issue tops board’s to-do list

WHITINGHAM- Junk dominated discussions at the Whitingham Selectboard’s regular meeting Wednesday evening. The selectboard is stepping up their efforts to address the accumulation of junk on a Route 100 property. Prompted by complaints from local residents, the board also discussed enforcing...

Chamber director concerned about proposed changes to health plans

WILMINGTON - An ongoing issue with signage, chamber of commerce health insurance, and a pause in the process for trails work in Wilmington were topics of discussion at a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, May 2. The meeting also included a brief update about the...

River Valleys board looks at creative staffing solutions, website makeover

WARDSBORO - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School Board, the board talked about several personnel matters, including how salaries will be determined for future positions. The scope of an upcoming board retreat, the district’s web presence, and a forthcoming decision about...

Readsboro board deals with a laundry list of items

READSBORO– At the May 1 meeting, Readsboro Selectboard members discussed the development of an ordinance dealing specifically with blight . Administrative assistant Karen Boisvert said she had researched information from other towns about the issue, including information from Grafton, Barre,...

The North River flows through Jacksonville. The town is looking for ways to capture state grant money to rebuild sidewalks in the village.

Sidewalk repair may take cooperation

WHITINGHAM- The town may need to seek a deal with the Village of Jacksonville Electric Company to improve sidewalks in the village.
At their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 24, board members met with Whitingham Economic Development Group Chair Gretchen Havreluk regarding state grants...

Twin Valley Middle High School in Whitingham.

“I just don’t want panic to arise,” says board chair

WILMINGTON - In a discussion at Tuesday’s Twin Valley School Board meeting about a growing number of staff resignations in the Twin Valley School District, chair Sharon Berry said she didn’t want the resignations mentioned in the minutes for the meeting because she didn’t want “panic to arise.”...