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Seventeen Mad River Valley students accepted to Governor’s Institutes of Vermont

Seventeen students from The Valley will attend the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) residential institutes this summer. Of those students, 13 attend Harwood, while one is homeschooled, two ...

Seventeen Mad River Valley students accepted to Governor’s Institutes of Vermont

The old barn at the Featherbed Inn is being deconstructed and replaced with a newer version. Photo: Lisa Loomis

Early 19th-century barn at Featherbed Inn being rebuilt

It’s been hard to miss the arresting sight of the Featherbed Inn barn’s timber frame slowly emerging as the siding has come off over the last month and as the timbers themselves are being ...

Business News for May 18

Ira Shadis is the new executive director Ira Shadis is the new executive director of Friends of the Mad River. He has served in an interim leadership role since November 2022. Shadis brings over a ...

New Moretown Elementary School Principal Katelyn Liptak

Katelyn Liptak to be new Moretown principal

Katelyn Liptak has been selected as the new Moretown Elementary School principal, replacing Mandy Couturier, who is taking on a new role in the ...

State Representatives for Waitsfield, Warren, and Fayston Kari Dolan and Dara Torre.

State reps detail constituent input on legislative bills

The Valley Reporter reached out to state representatives Kari Dolan, D-Waitsfield, and Dara Torre, D-Moretown, to get a sense of what legislative issues caused people in this district to reach out to ...

HUUSD Board to consider a bond (again)

This summer, the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board will begin work on developing a bond plan to be voted on in November 2024. The multi-school-year process will involve significant ...

Harwood lacrosse teams on a roll

Harwood Union High Schools’ lacrosse teams netted multiple wins in the past week. On Thursday, May 11, the boys defeated Milton, 12-4. “Brian Bechtel led the team with three goals and an assist ...