Wardsboro

After a COVID-caused delay, Wardsboro meets

WARDSBORO- Residents ranging from as young as 11 days to 85 years showed up to the postponed, in-person 236th annual Wardsboro Town Meeting in a white tent on the Town Hall lawn.
After a rousing play fight between a few dogs who later returned covered in mud, and a bit of trivia with...

Dover Town Hall

River Valleys set for annual meeting

DOVER- On Monday, the River Valleys Unified School District board began their regularly scheduled meeting with an informational budget meeting as they had at the last meeting. This time, however, representatives from the school district were at the Dover Town Hall to hand out absentee ballots to...

District will end year with a budget surplus

WARDSBORO- On Monday, May 3, the River Valleys Unified School District board began their regularly scheduled meeting with a budget informational meeting.
Wardsboro School Principal Tammy Bates and board chair Rich Werner were both at the Wardsboro Town Hall in person to hand out absentee...

School district finalizes annual meeting plans

DOVER- On Monday, the River Valleys Unified School District board discussed the upcoming annual meeting, students returning to classrooms full time, and policies at their regularly scheduled meeting.
The town of Wardsboro has agreed to let the River Valleys board use a tent free of charge...

River Valleys School Board met via Zoom Monday

River Valleys students headed back to classrooms

WARDSBORO- On Monday, the River Valleys Unified School District board discussed their plans to return to fully in-person instruction in April. They also chose to hold an in-person annual meeting this year and discussed updates to the fiscal year 2022 budget.
Windham Central Supervisory...

Moderator Leon Corse, left, and Mark Hanna during a paper ballot vote at Whitingham’s 2020 Town Meeting. There will be no in-person meeting this year. File/RC

Town Meeting heads into new territory for area communities

DEERFIELD VALLEY- In light of pandemic restrictions and concerns, towns and school districts are finding new strategies for conducting annual Town Meetings.
Some towns and school districts have postponed their meetings, but haven’t set dates or decided on a format for their Town Meetings...

The RVUUSD board met by video conference Monday evening

Dover School moves online for lower grades after positive COVID

Note: This article has been updated to correct inaccurate information.
WARDSBORO- Kindergarten through third grade at Dover Elementary School are fully remote following a positive COVID-19 test, River Valley School officials announced at their board meeting Monday evening.
Following...

River Valleys Schools will be mostly in-person after holiday break

WARDSBORO- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. During the unusually short meeting, the board heard updates about the staffing dilemma, HVAC progress at the schools, and discussed potential policies to adopt and warn.
At the...

Keeping kids warm in winter

Foundation connects couple with school
WARDSBORO- When the call for help went out, Marty and Joe Neumeister jumped into action.
The Wardsboro School reached out to the Stratton Foundation to help keep their students warm this winter. The Stratton Foundation knew...

RVUUSD board members met by Zoom Monday evening

Dover, Wardsboro schools seeking substitutes to avoid remote return

By Amelia Nick and Mike Eldred
DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting Monday.
The meeting began a little before 6:30 pm, almost 30 minutes after it was set to start. This was due to the unintended extension of an executive...