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DEERFIELD VALLEY- A Readsboro man has become the state's first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus), and five area schools were closed on Monday in response to possible community exposure to the virus. On Sunday, March 8, Vermont Health Department and Southwestern Vermont Medical...
READSBORO- Voters at Monday evening’s Town Meeting said “Aye” to nearly all of the articles on this year’s warning.
Under Article 1 “to hear the report of the town officers,” the selectboard updated voters on a number of projects and issues they’ve worked on over the last year.  
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By Mike Eldred
READSBORO- Select­board members have warned an Australian ballot vote on a question to allow Halifax to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District for Tuesday, March 24.  The board also warned an informational meeting for Monday, March 23, at 7 pm.
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READSBORO- Voters approved a measure to withdraw from their Act 46-mandated union school district in a 47-13 paper ballot vote Monday evening.  
With Readsboro’s vote, both Southern Valley Unified Union School District members towns have overwhelmingly voted to withdraw from the union.  In...
By Lauren Harkawik
WHITINGHAM - At a meeting of the Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group on Wednesday, representatives from various towns discussed their towns’ positions regarding joining a communication union district by vote at Town Meeting this year.
A CUD comprises two or...
HALIFAX- In a rare unanimous vote Monday evening, Halifax voters agreed to seek the town’s withdrawal from the Southern Valley Unified Union School District. 
Although voter turnout may have been suppressed by snow and ice, 48 voters made it to the special Town Meeting to weigh in on the...
Hermitage lawsuits and bankruptcy
Vermont and Connecticut lawsuits against the Hermitage and Hermitage Club founder James Barnes dominated headlines in the first half of the year, along with Berkshire Bank’s ongoing foreclosure action.  Vendors, lenders, investors,...
WHITINGHAM — A group that has named itself the “Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group” met on Wednesday, December 11, to discuss the possibility of forming a communications union district (CUD) and to hear about ways that groups in other regions have successfully implemented broadband...
HALIFAX- Southern Valley may become the first union school district formed under Act 46 to be dissolved, if voters approve questions petitioned in the district’s two member towns.  
On November 19, the Halifax Selectboard received a petition signed by 41 Halifax voters, more than the 5% of...
JACKSONVILLE- The selectboards of Reads­boro, Whitingham, and Wilmington held a joint meeting at the Whitingham Municipal Center Wednesday evening to discuss regional issues. The joint meeting, organized by the Whitingham Selectboard, was the first of what may become a regular occurrence.  The...

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