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Building repairs, including a new roof for The Dover School, will be up for discussion at the River Valleys district annual meeting on April 30. File photo

River Valleys voters asked to approve $6.8 million in spending at meeting

WARDSBORO - At their regular meeting on Monday, April 2, the River Valleys Union School District discussed the warning for the annual meeting on Tuesday, April 30, at Dover Town Hall at 7 pm. For fiscal year 2025, the proposed budget will be $6,845,217. They also received updates from the...

Left to right, moderator Bill LeQuier, school board members Cindy Florence and James Irace, and Readsboro Central School Principal Robin Oyer at Monday’s information meeting. Mike Eldred

With tax increase looming, voters support school budget

READSBORO- Voters approved Readsboro School District’s proposed $1.7 million budget in a 90 to 68 vote by Australian ballot Tuesday.
Readsboro is facing an 18-cent increase in their homestead school tax rate for fiscal year 2025 with the passage of the budget. At Monday evening’s annual...

The Dover School needs roof repairs or a new roof. File photo

School board concerned about tax rates, costs of roof replacement

WARDSBORO - River Valleys Unified School District held their meeting at Wardsboro Elementary School on Monday, February 5. Items on the agenda were a second review of the draft budget, a look at repairs needed for the roof at The Dover School, and reports by the principals.
During...

Legislators lay out new session agendas, defend Affordable Heat Act

WILMINGTON- Local legislators discussed the upcoming session and took constituent questions during a chamber of commerce-sponsored meeting at the Village Roost Monday morning.
Windham County Sen. Nader Hashim, vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a member of the state’s...

Police name suspect in school break-ins, search continues

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Police are moving closer to an arrest in a spate of school burglaries and attempted school burglaries around southern Vermont and Massachusetts.
In an email that was included in an update to the Twin Valley Elementary School community last week, Vermont State Police...

Two more school burglaries

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Police are investigating a series of burglaries at schools within Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
At the end of October and in early November, Twin Valley Middle High School reported two break-ins in which the perpetrator took food items and a small amount of money....

Police investigating burglaries at local schools

WHITINGHAM- State Police are investigating recent burglaries at schools in Whitingham and Readsboro.
According to principal Anna Roth, Twin Valley Middle High School was burglarized twice recently.
“On Monday, October 30, we became aware that someone had broken in over the...

School board talks bids, new harassment policy

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members discussed fiscal matters, bus bids, maintenance projects, and approved a new harassment prevention policy at their meeting on Wednesday, October 25.
Finance Project Manager Lori Bibeau met with board members via Zoom to deliver her update on...

School threat determined not credible

WHITINGHAM- A reported threat to school safety this week was determined by state police not to be credible, according to Twin Valley Middle High School Principal Anna Roth.
A Vermont State Police trooper was posted at Twin Valley Middle High School Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution...

Feds to step in for PCB remediation agreement

WILMINGTON- The federal Environmental Protection Agency will be involved in PCB remediation efforts at Twin Valley Elementary School, according to school officials.
At Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Twin Valley School Board, supervisory union facilities manager Sean Youmel and TVES...