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VELCO chair and Smith support 30-foot towerThe squeaky wheel gets the grease. Sugarbush president Win Smith met with Tom Dunn, CEO of the Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), to discuss a proposed 140-foot tower on top of Lincoln Peak and the two agreed that a 30-foot tower might be a better option. Smith and Dunn had a site visit on October…
Full house for House candidate forumBefore a full house, five candidates running for two Washington-7 representative seats fielded questions on a variety of timely subjects at a candidate forum this week Candidates took the stage on Tuesday, October 16, at the Big Picture Theater at a forum hosted by The Valley Reporter and Mad River Valley Television (MRVTV) and streamed…
HUUSD votes down middle school optionAfter months of community outreach and presentations given by the Harwood Unified Union School (HUUSD) Board’s executive committee, the school board voted against accepting the recommendation for option four in the middle school redesign project. At the school board meeting on October 10, option 4, the recommendation to have a dedicated middle school for the…- What’s the weight of an HUUSD vote?A former Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board member has raised concerns about the population data used to calculate the six-town school district’s weighted voting methodology. At the board’s October 10 meeting, former board member Peter Langella said that population data from the 2010 census used by the Act 46 study committee to create…
Mary Harris girls’ soccer youth dayOver 125 female athletes participated in a soccer event to support the annual Mary Harris Youth Soccer Day, put on by the Harwood girls’ varsity and JV soccer teams. On Wednesday, October 3, at Harwood, the high school teams put on soccer workshops and drills for the youth to practice. The varsity team also incorporated…- Open Meeting Law violation found at forumMembers of the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board questioned whether some of the practices used by the consultants the board hired to work on community engagement may have violated the state’s Open Meeting Laws. HUUSD Board chair Christine Sullivan reached out to the board’s attorney, Pietro Lynn, via email, in September about whether…
MRVTV leads in public access TV in VermontQuietly and with little fanfare, Mad River Valley Television in Waitsfield has emerged as one of the state’s most visible and digitally present public access television channels, helped along by a communications strategy that includes investing in a brand new high definition production studio, and attention to leveraging new digital communications platforms like YouTube and…- Harwood Union to offer new history courseThis semester, students at Harwood Union High School had the opportunity to sign up for a unique history course, which focuses on the stories of African American, Latino, and Indigenous peoples in the United States. Different from regular courses offered, this history course is 1) co-taught, and 2) one of the teachers is a student.…
Washington County Senate candidates answer VR questionsThe Valley Reporter’s coverage of the Washington County Senate race begins this week with written answers from the seven candidates running for Washington County Senate seats in the November 6 general election. Candidates’ written answers to more questions will be printed in subsequent issues. The candidates seeking election are Ken Alger, Republican, Barre town; Chris…- Harwood to vote on middle school optionsThe Harwood Unified Union District (HUUSD) Board may vote on a recommendation to put all middle school students at Crossett Brook at its October 10 meeting. After public and board presentations delivered by Dave Epstein from TruexCullins and Bert DeLaBruere ReArch and the rest of the executive committee, the committee endorsed option four as the…