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Education secretary Dan French speaks at Leland & Gray.

Innovative new workforce prep program launched

TOWNSHEND- The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation is implementing a new career matching service in local high schools this year. The program is called Pipelines and Pathways and will focus on matching high school students with high-demand, high-wage jobs right here in southern Vermont....

Board, development director narrow focus

DOVER - On Friday, the Dover Selectboard had a lengthy public work session with economic development director Steve Neratko. The purpose of the session was to define what does, and does not, fall under the purview of Neratko’s responsibilities in the role. Several items were solidified as fitting...

Independent candidate hopes to return country to core values

READSBORO- Bruce Busa, of Readsboro, is making an independent bid for the US Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. Busa, a resident of Vermont for over 32 years, is hoping that his vision for a return to American core values will connect with voters who have felt alienated in the past....

Group looking at hostel-style affordable housing

WILMINGTON - An ad-hoc affordable housing committee, which has formed as a sub-committee of Dover and Wilmington’s bi-town economic development committee, met on Monday to discuss creating a hostel-style affordable housing option in the valley. The hostel would serve as housing for seasonal...

River Valleys to use electronic tabulator

DOVER - District clerk Andy McLean, who is the town clerk in Dover, talked about voting procedures with the River Valleys Unified Union School District board at the board’s meeting on Monday. In March, voters from Wardsboro and Dover will vote for the first time on a unified budget for the two...

IB program seen as development tool

DOVER - At Monday’s Dover School Board meeting, the board discussed an upcoming event focused on the school’s international baccalaureate program and its possible benefit to economic development in the town. Though the IB event, which will be held Thursday, October 4, at 5 pm at the Last Chair,...

Sibilia talks legislative topics with constituents

DOVER - Rep. Laura Sibilia held a meeting with constituents in Dover on Thursday, September 13. Few attended, but Sibilia covered a lot of ground. Issues discussed included municipal water and its relationship to rural economic development, connectivity, net neutrality, marijuana legalization,...

Can superintendent be in two places at once?

DOVER - On Monday, chair Rich Werner told the River Valleys Unified Union School District board that the board may have difficulty having superintendent Bill Anton at its meetings in the coming months as it works to build its first-ever unified budget and make other policy decisions that will...

Board can’t find agreement on GPS buy

DOVER - The Dover Selectboard denied an economic development funding request for GPS units for the town’s trails system on Tuesday, despite all board members present saying that they believed the units are necessary and should be purchased. In a separate matter, vice chair Vicki Capitani, who was...

School choice considered

By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - At its meeting on Monday, the River Valleys Unified Union School District board began discussions about its policies for intradistrict school choice for elementary students and transportation of elementary and secondary students. The board also reviewed a...