A controversial $60 million bond for a new middle school and a slew of other improvements to buildings within the Slate Valley Unified Union School District was rejected by voters on Town Meeting Day, March 3. A proposed $26 million school budget also failed. Slate Valley towns include Fair Haven, Castleton, Benson, Hubbardton, West Haven and…

Fair Haven voters narrowly rejected a 1% local option tax to pay for waste water treatment facility upgrades 417-414 in unofficial results on Tuesday, March 3. The $1.6 million municipal budget was approved 445-351 as was a $50,000 expense for road paving 658-175.  

Bridgewater voters approved a $1.8 million bond to construct a new fire department and rescue building on Town Meeting Day, March 3. The bond, which is for 30 years, will be used to replaced the old station, built in 1955. The owner of a $200,000 home will pay $188 more in property taxes starting in…

Rutland town elected a new clerk and treasurer among a crowded field of four candidates on Tuesday, March 3. Kari Clark won both the clerk and treasurer positions, beating Sawyer Hathaway, Chris Kiefer-Cioffi and Gary Ladabouche.  All four candidates ran for both the clerk and treasurer. Voters also approved the purchase of a a 19…

Killington voters turned down a $21 million school budget 204-105 on Tuesday, March 3. The "no" vote came after school board member Jim Haff told voters the night before that he believed the Windsor Central Supervisory Union business office was mismanaging finances. It's not yet known how the other towns in the school district voted…

Rutland city voters approved a $5 million bond to improve city streets and sidewalks on Town Meeting Day March 3. The bond passed 3299-898. Voters also elected two new members to the Board of Aldermen. Incumbents Scott Tommola and Matthew Reveal were knocked off the board by challengers Michael Talbott and Sam Gorruso. Board President…

Selectman and School District Board Member Jim Haff is asking Windsor Central School District voters to vote "no" on the school district budget. At Killington's Informational Meeting, Monday, March 2, he told a crowd of about 60 that the district administration presented voters with a budget with no line items this year for the first…

By Kit Norton/VTDigger Sen. Bernie Sanders will be in Vermont on Super Tuesday. As the results from primary contests in 14 states across the country roll in, Sanders will hold a rally at the Champlain Valley Exposition location in Essex Junction on the evening of March 3, his campaign announced Tuesday. Seven Days first reported on the Vermont…

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By John Walters/VTDigger Members of the Abenaki Nation delivered moving testimony Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, on the lasting impact of forced sterilizations carried out as a result of Vermont’s Eugenics Survey. The House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs is considering J.R.H.7, which would deliver an official apology to those affected by Vermont’s sterilization program,…

Last Saturday, the Winterfest Chili Cookoff and Snow Sculpting events took place in Main Street Park in Rutland. Top honors in Chili went to Keith Farrell, while Tony Perham and  Riley Marsan won the snow sculpture contest with their lion head design. The dragon (above) by the Kelly Family took third place.

Five years ago, Karen Correll and her husband David were already on the path to make their Rutland home net zero, but they didn’t know it at the time. (Net zero is the balance between the power a home needs and the renewable energy you can generate to match the need). With new heating technology…

The organization filed an Act 250 permit to build a $2 million sports facility The Killington-based Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports is expanding. The organization filed an Act 250 permit to build a new, $2 million adaptive sports facility at Sugarbush Resort’s Mt. Ellen. The application states that Vermont Adaptive is the applicant and Sugarbush…

By Lee J. Kahrs BRANDON — The number of animals relocated from a troubled farm in Brandon has risen to 400. Police executing a warrant on Jan. 31 initially seized 125 animals on the farm owned by William M. Hegarty, 54, and cited him for animal abuse. Animal welfare officials, including Erika and Mark Gutel…

Dear Editor, In January, the Salisbury selectboard voted unanimously to separate Salisbury’s payment to the Brandon-Leicester-Salisbury-Goshen-Pittsford Insect Control District (BLSG) into Article 11 on the town meeting ballot. On Election Day, Tuesday, March 3 (Super Tuesday), voters in Salisbury will decide whether to pay $26,371 to BLSG or to receive no mosquito control services. Although…