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Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — After months of on-again, off-again discussion, the town of Rockingham and the village of Bellows Falls have told the Vermont Agency of Transportation “no thanks” to its driverless car experiment. The automatic car project would have allowed a private company to come in and use local roads to test the vehicles. In Vermont, only the town of Springfield has signed up for the experiment, and now with the Rockingham...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — The Rockingham Select Board and Bellows Falls Village Trustees took their first steps Tuesday evening to address the financial mess left behind by former Finance Director Shannon Burbela. At the suggestion of Municipal Manager Scott Pickup, the two boards, meeting jointly Tuesday evening, established a new finance committee to work with Pickup on the financial issues, as well as find a new finance director. Pickup said th...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — The town of Rockingham and the village of Bellows Falls have “parted company” with its finance director, Shannon Burbela, after a critical audit report and other examination found numerous problems and deficiencies in the village and town’s books dating back to 2019. Burbela’s last day was June 14, according to Municipal Manager Scott Pickup. She was paid about $76,000 a year from the town, village and...

WESTMINSTER — On a 6-1 vote, the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union approved a 1.5 percent wage increase for its unionized teaching staff for the school year that is ending in

BELLOWS FALLS — Citing short staffing in the Bellows Falls Police Department, village officials have postponed making a decision on a request from Great River Hydro LLC that the police

BELLOWS FALLS — Voters approved a $1.6 million village budget in balloting on Tuesday. But the participation was stunningly low, with less than 5 percent turnout. Only 79 people cast ballots, with the only draw being the budget since there were no contested races. The budget passed 56-22. There are about 3,300 residents of the village, with 1,922 registered voters, according to Village Clerk Kathleen Neathawk. Winning reelection in the uncontested races were Village President Deborah Wrigh...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS -- Only a handful of Bellows Falls residents turned out Monday evening for the annual Village Meeting, which has been stripped of all serious decision making. Voters a year ago approved switching the vote on the village budget to Australian ballot permanently. Last year, the budget was also voted on by Australian ballot, but that was at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The $1.61 million village budget, of which $1.59 milli...

The cast members of a Netflix reality TV show have copped hefty fines for abusing the cabin crew of a British Airways flight.

Southeastern Community College commencement ceremony marks the end of a year filled with shared joy and loss Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye Evidence of the impact of a year of pandemics over academics was prevalent and well-illustrated ahead of Southeastern Community Colleges commencement ceremony Thursday by a mother and son who sat quietly on a park bench outside the Burlington Memorial Auditorium, waiting for the signal to enter the building. Monica Space and her son, Christian Joseph "CJ" Space ...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS -- Village President Deborah Wright, Bellows Falls Village Moderator Paul Obuchowski and Municipal Manager Scott Pickup had a Zoom dress rehearsal Friday morning to iron out any kinks for Monday nights annual village meeting. There is one big change: Obuchowski and Pickup decided to hold the meeting downstairs in the Town Hall, in the Lower Theater, rather than upstairs in the Bellows Falls Opera House, because of the technology...