Kearney Keeps Title

Granada, Spain — Norwich’s Hannah Kearney retained her FIS World Cup women’s moguls title yesterday at Sierra Nevada, winning the season-ending event without having to do more than qualify for it. What had been scheduled to be a dual moguls competition was cut short by race officials after …

Norwich Board Signals on Tower

Norwich — The Selectboard made no firm decisions last night about how it will proceed with the controversial emergency communications tower, but it strongly indicated it was leaning toward backing out of a previous deal with VTel and instead elect to build the structure on its own. Last …

Letter: Perpetuating a Myth About Norwich

To the Editor: I write, again, to urge the Valley News to stop perpetuating the myth that Norwich is a place where contentiousness reigns. In this instance, I refer to Sarah Brubeck’s otherwise thoughtful dispatch of March 6 about Town Meeting (“Norwich Balks at Tower Deal”). After describing …

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Norwich Balks At Tower Deal

Norwich — Voters sent a firm message to the Selectboard yesterday by voting overwhelmingly in favor of borrowing money to build a communication tower rather than have the town partner on the project with a private firm. Selectman Steve Flanders, who in the past has supported the agreement …

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Dresden Teachers Contracts, Budgets Pass

Hanover — After going two years without a contract, Dresden and Hanover teachers yesterday won voter approval for new contracts as residents also approved the Hanover and Dresden school budgets and all accompanying warrant articles. The Dresden contract passed by a ratio of 2-to-1 with 1,221 in favor …

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Hanover Questions Proposed Ray School Expansion

Hanover — Residents questioned the School Board yesterday about the possible renovation and expansion of the Ray School, where enrollment is declining. Most of the warrant articles presented at yesterday’s deliberative session generated little public comment from the 25 residents in attendance — including the $11.5 million budget …

Dresden Contracts Questioned

Hanover — The number of School Board members rivaled the number of attendees at last night’s annual meeting for the Dresden budget, and it might have been because people didn’t receive mailers announcing the meeting. At the end of last night’s hour-long meeting, former School Board member Kari …

Norwich Holds Off On Tower

Norwich — Bowing to political reality, the Selectboard chose to put off a decision to finalize a controversial communications tower agreement and instead will wait until after residents have a chance to weigh in at Town Meeting next week. For the past six months, the Selectboard has been …