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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...

Rep. Becca Balint visited Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital on Monday to present a $1.5 million federal appropriation for the hospital and health care center. Pictured here, from left: Dr. George Terwilliger, Grace Cottage chief medical officer; Ed Druke, Grace Cottage Hospital board vice president and owner of WW Building Supply; Martha Dale, Grace Cottage Hospital board chair; and Balint. Lauren Harkawik

Balint secures $1.5 million in federal dollars for Grace Cottage expansion

TOWNSHEND - Rep. Becca Balint visited Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital on Monday to present a ceremonial “big check,” representing a $1.5 million federal appropriation Balint secured for the hospital and health care center. The appropriation will be put toward a $20 million project...

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Eclipse requires patience, gov says

MONTPELIER- State officials say they are expecting an influx of as many as 160,000 people to Vermont for the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. They’re predicting an economic boost to the state from the mud-season tourism boost, and asking Vermonters to exercise patience when they encounter...

Dover approves summer events

DOVER- Selectboard members gave conditional approval for a 5K-run/walk route on Route 100, and approved funding for several chamber of commerce events.
At their previous meeting, selectboard members postponed their approval of a route for Farm Road Estate’s Rotary 5K fundraiser, scheduled...

Board approves zoning revisions

WILMINGTON - At a reconvened public hearing on Tuesday, April 3, the Wilmington Selectboard voted to approve a revised version of zoning ordinance amendments. At a previous meeting on Tuesday, March 12, the selectboard voted to adjourn the hearing based on debate from the public.
The term...

STR registry coming to Dover

By Mike Eldred
DOVER- The town will move forward with a short term rental ordinance with a registry, selectboard members decided at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Economic Development Director Eric Durocher presented his department’s recommendation for a short-term rental...

Mount Snow officials have proposed lift replacement plans but offered little else about how the resort will grow. Mount Snow/Facebook photo

Time’s up: State, regional commission want more details on Mount Snow master development plan

DOVER - Last week, the Project Review Committee for the Windham Regional Commission submitted a detailed letter to the Act 250 commission, in which it outlined what it hopes Mount Snow will address in its pending master plan. In the letter, the committee called an intact master plan “vital” and...

Student actors claw their way to state drama festival

WHITINGHAM - Twin Valley Middle High School students Max Bernard and Jerry Mosher qualified to perform at the Vermont State Drama Festival on Friday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6. At one of the four Vermont Drama Council One Act Festivals, the duo performed “In the Tank,” written by Rosemary...

Horrors of the Holocaust presented

WHITINGHAM - On Thursday, March 21, an all-day program of lectures, firsthand accounts, audio-visual presentations, and artifact displays representing the Holocaust of 1933-1945 was given at Twin Valley Middle High School. The program sponsor was a local not-for-profit organization, the Living...

Former sewer district employee charged

Alleged to have embezzled from Cold Brook Fire District
WILMINGTON- A former Cold Brook Fire District employee has been charged with embezzling public funds, trespassing, and false pretenses following an investigation by Wilmington police.
Police arrested Kimberly...