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Essay challenge about Earth Day

VERMONT - Attorney General Charity Clark wants to hear young Vermonters’ thoughts on the future of environmental advocacy. For the fourth year in a row, the attorney general’s office is holding an Earth Day Essay Challenge for fifth and sixth graders to submit essays on the environment.
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Dean's list

CONWAY, SC- More than 3,000 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester, including Cassandra Espinoza Heimann, from Dover, VT. Students who make the dean’s list have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher (3.25 for...

Red Cross Blood Drive

WILMINGTON - The Old School Community Center at 1 School Street will host a Red Cross Blood Drive at OSEC on Thursday, March 14, from 10 am to 2 pm. Call (800) 733-2767 to schedule an appointment.

Hands-on training in weatherization

WESTMINSTER - Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) is teaming up with Vermont Adult Learning to offer a free, two-week long, hands-on training to introduce weatherization as a career. The training will be on site at the SEVCA main office in Westminster from Monday, March 18 to Wednesday...

SEVT computer network breached

WILMINGTON - Southeast Vermont Transit’s (SEVT aka The MOOver) computer network was recently breached.
On December 7, 2023, SEVT detected unusual activity on their network. Upon discovery of this incident, the company immediately disconnected all access to the network and promptly engaged...

Two new members of WSWMD

BRATTLEBORO - Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) has hired Peter Gaskill as programs coordinator. Gaskill comes to WSWMD after 28 years of working for Triple T Trucking in many capacities, most recently as general manager. Triple T, a Brattleboro solid waste and recycling hauling...

Grant for monthly lunch

BRATTLEBORO - Senior Solutions has received a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation to help provide a free monthly lunch for veterans.
The program is being held at the American Legion No. 5 on the second Monday of each month. Simply identify as a veteran and receive a free meal. ...

As has become tradition, in Dover, moderator Rich Werner handed out Lyman’s pickled products to those who answered trivia questions correctly at the beginning of Town Meeting. Werner said that this year, in an effort to cater to new voters, his questions focused more on the rules of how Town Meeting works and less on town history. Lauren Harkawik

Dover voters approve all articles, budget tops $6 million for first time

DOVER - Dover held its annual Town Meeting at Dover Town Hall on Town Meeting day. Though conversation about the town’s warned articles was robust, all articles were passed, and the vast majority were passed unanimously. As a result of all articles being adopted, the town’s budget will be above $...

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...

Police arrest suspects in area school burglaries

DOVER- Two suspects in a string of high-profile burglaries around southern Vermont and Massachusetts have been arrested and are facing extradition to Vermont, according to the Dover Police Department.
Police said Lucas Walter, 23, of Readsboro, was arrested on a limited extraditable...