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WRVS resumes after shutdown

WAITS RIVER—Classes at Waits River Valley School resumed last week after a post-holiday surge Covid and other illnesses prompted closures at all Orange East Supervisory Union schools. At a school board meeting, held via Zoom, on Jan. 13, WRVS Principal Carlotta Simonds-Perantoni said that between Jan. 5 and 12, there were 14 students and six […]

Groton board finalizes budget

GROTON—Groton selectmen will send a budget with a roughly 6% increase in spending to voters at town meeting. The budget’s approval came only after board members voted to reopen budget discussions after initially approving a $1,170,799 spending plan on Dec. 16. That plan incorporated a 5.9% cost of living increase for the town’s four employees, […]

Legislature to consider detention center move

MONTPELIER—State Rep. Topper McFaun, R-Barre, has introduced a bill that would open an emergency juvenile correctional facility in Windsor. The bill would set aside $3 million in existing Vermont Department of Children and Families funding in order to operate the temporary facility, which would consist of 10 beds at the former Southeast State Correctional Facility. […]

OESU preps budget as federal money pours in

BRADFORD—Orange East Supervisory Union board members talked big dollars at their monthly meeting on Jan. 4. In addition to preparing a $7.5 million budget for the central office for 2022-2023, the board reviewed more than $10 million in federal pandemic relief funding that the district could receive. online pharmacy https://aminmedicalcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/revslider/objects/thumbs/synthroid.html no prescription pharmacy

Donated land faces murky future

BRADFORD—In the mid-1980s, an 18-acre parcel in Bradford Center near the Waits River, was donated to the Green Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America by longtime Bradford resident, Charles A. Kenyon. The land has been used by local Scouts for nearly 40 years, but could be sold to help the national organization satisfy […]

Pellet mill wins approval

NEWBURY—Lyme Green Heat’s plan to produce wood pellets on the former Newman Lumber property in the Newbury Industrial Park has been approved by the Newbury Development Review Board. The DRB unanimously approved the site plan application last week after a public hearing was held on Dec. 30. “We’ve been thinking about this project for a […]

Summer camp plans shelved in Bradford

BRADFORD—COVID-19 and a labor crunch have dashed plans to resurrect a full-time summer camp in 2022. At a meeting on Dec. 21, Bradford Selectboard members instead agreed to a concept proposed by the Bradford Parks and Recreation Commission to hold short-term programming and a series of clinics rather than a full-time camp next summer. online […]

School board puts masks, SRO on agenda

NORTH HAVERHILL—The Haverhill Cooperative School Board has moved the location of its next meeting to the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School. The meeting is on Jan. 3 at 6 p.m. Masks will be on the agenda after the board’s decision in December to repeal its targeted masking policy drew criticism, including from the local teachers union. […]

Post-holiday case bounce expected

MONTPELIER—Vermont officials said in a Dec. 28 press conference that the state expects an increase in COVID-19 cases due to holiday gatherings and the omicron variant. The omicron variant, a relatively new mutation of the coronavirus, was first identified in South Africa in November, and is more contagious than previous variants. It has already been […]

Orford mulls land for sand, more

ORFORD—At the Orford Selectboard meeting on Dec. 22, a proposal to purchase property was an item being considered as a warrant article for the March 2022 town meeting agenda. Looking ahead to Orford’s future growth, the selectboard is putting forth a plan to purchase a property rich with sand to meet the town’s current and […]