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.
Photo of the Week
A male red-winged blackbird rests on a branch in Ryegate recently. On this week’s front page, we feature a femal red-winged blackbird taking flight. “The males have been back in town for at least three weeks. They typically return well before the females to stake out a territory. This is the first female I’ve seen this year,” wrote the photographer.
