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The view from the summit of the 93 acres donated to the Town of Fayston.

93 acres of land donated to town of Fayston

The donation of a 93-acre parcel of land on Boyce Hill Road to the town of Fayston closed this week, permanently conserving the parcel and officially creating the Boyce Hill Town Forest. ...

93 acres of land donated to town of Fayston

The donation of a 93-acre parcel of land on Boyce Hill Road to the town of Fayston closed this week, permanently conserving the parcel and officially creating the Boyce Hill Town Forest. ...

Moretown librarians request wage increase

Moretown librarians want a raise. At the Moretown Select Board meeting on December 2, Jennifer Hill, Moretown Memorial Library trustee’s secretary, requested wage increases for the library director ...

Photo courtesy of the town of Stowe. The LOT in Stowe has allowed the town to earmark $350,000 to cover the debt service for rehabilitating the Stowe Arena

Investing in the community – Stowe’s local option tax

It was the business community in Stowe that approached the town about adopting a 1 percent local option tax (LOT) on rooms, meals and alcohol and using the funds to invest in the future of the ...

Why Art House and Thinker Space opens

A new art gallery with a new purpose is opening this weekend at Camp Meade in Middlesex. The Why Art House and Thinker Space opens Saturday, December 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. Rather than follow the ...

School board votes against merging middle schools

When the Harwood Unified Union School District Board revoked the decision to freeze intradistrict choice (IDC), it seemed that the merging of Harwood Union and Crossett Brook middle schools next year ...

Photo: Hadley Laskowski. A large crowd turned out for the Earn-Your-Turns Roundtable held at Rumble’s Bistro and Bar on December 5

Full turnout at Earn-Your-Turns Roundtable

A ski trend is growing in The Valley. It’s like alpine skiing, just lose the heel-caging bindings and add the cardio. Backcountry skiing, which includes everything from skinning up the face of ski ...

Town attorney weighs in on local option tax

After reviewing proposed documents aimed at creating a three-town local option tax (LOT), Waitsfield’s town attorney has weighed in with some specific suggestions as the plan moves from the ...