Whitingham News

Two weeks ago, Magnus Thorsson resigned from the selectboard and the Dover Economic Development Committee due to personal reasons.

Vermont State Police are investigating the reported theft of a motorcycle in Whitingham.

Representative Ann Manwaring kicked off Wednesday eveninga s selectboard meeting with an update on legislative issues.

By Mike Eldred WHITINGHAM- Local residents are being advised to keep their homes and vehicles locked after a rash of burglaries over the last two weeks.

The 2008 Vermont Crime Report, released Thursday, reported that property crime saw a 4 percent rise from 2007 to 2008 with an 11 percent increase in burglaries and a 10 percent increase in theft.

In a joint meeting of the Wilmington and Dover selectboards last week, Mullin Associates was named the planner for the long-term Tri-Town Economic Development Committee.

Vermont Technical College held its commencement ceremony on May 16 at the Shapiro Field house on the Norwich University campus in Northfield.

Mae Lucy Lovering, 87, of Main Street, passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, May 25, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Jacksonville.

Cutbacks to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center that went into effect May 7 had repercussions at the hospital's Deerfield Valley campus in Wilmington.

Thursday: Rockingham Free Public Library Trustees, 5 p.m., at the Library, 65 Westminster St., Bellows Falls.

Williams allegedly engaged in a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of sixteen between September and October, 2008.

School board members pushed ahead with another work session on information related to a petitioned referendum to dissolve the Twin Valley School District Tuesday evening.

Thursday: Athens/Grafton Joint Contract School District, Athens School District, and Grafton School District, School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., at Grafton Elementary School.

Thursday: Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee, 9:45 a.m., 28 Vernon St., fourth floor conference room.

Wednesday: Brooks Memorial Library Fine Arts Committee, 8:30 a.m., Meeting Room, at the Library, 224 Main St.

Dover select board member Jim Martin, left, makes a point during Tuesdaya s discussion about funding for the Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival.

Vermont winemakers and distillers got good news Tuesday when Gov. Jim Douglas signed a bill allowing them to sell more products on-site. Previously, wineries could offer tastings or sell bottles of wine.

Winemakers Ken and Gail Albert couldn't sell glasses of their Shelburne Vineyard wine at parties in their tasting room.

Whitingham Community Church will observe National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 7. The church will be open for prayer and staff members will be praying for our nation and other needs from 6:30 to 9 a.m. The church will remain open for the day for anyone who would like to stop in for prayer.

Wilmington School Board members say they wona t take a position on a ballot question in Whitingham that would end the Twin Valley School District.