Lisa Loomis

Democratic incumbent state rep Dara Torre, Moretown, and Democrat Candice White, Waitsfield, will represent the five towns in the Washington-2 District in Montpelier next January.

As The Valley Reporter goes to press on November 13, 2024, the Harwood Unified Union School District budget committee is reviewing the 190 responses to its community survey about budgeting and spending priorities.

Feeling full in anticipation of Thanksgiving feasting? Here’s something quick and easy that can be made with stuff already in the fridge. I encountered these in South Korea while fortunate enough to participate in a Rotary Group Study Exchange. Start with some big leaves of romaine. (Bibb lettuce also works and I suppose iceberg would work as well.) Layer in whatever you have in the fridge in terms of veggies, protein, condiments, leftovers from a charcuterie board, etc. Fold another piece of lettuce on top or eat open-faced.

Neck of the Woods Childcare, Waitsfield, is asking the Waitsfield Select Board to award it the remaining $17,000 of an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant promised to the Waitsfield Children’s Center.

The Harwood Unified Union School District Board is delaying the first of its two planned budget meetings for public input and questions until December 12. The board had planned to hold meetings on December 5 and December 10.

Perhaps the most asked question in the aftermath of the University of Vermont Health Network announcing plans to close two local health clinics – a primary care clinic and a rehab center – is the question of who can impact those decisions and by whose authority those decisions were made. A lot of questions are being raised specifically about the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), the regulatory board that ordered the hospital network to limit its budget growth and reduce how much it charges private insurance companies for patient services.

Vermont and many parts of the Northeast along with many other regions of the country are in a drought situation and have been since this summer. Locally, that translates to less water in local rivers and streams and less water in snowmaking reservoirs and ponds.

Weather may or may not impact the Harwood Unified Union School District’s first public budgeting meeting, slated for today in the Crossett Brook cafeteria from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Warren wants to empower its fire department to go beyond issuing letters of warnings to people who violate town safety ordinances, providing the department with the ability to issue civil fines.

Education finance committee considers cuts to sports programs to reduce budgets.