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Design and engineering for a large broadband project envisioned by DVFiber, which could bring high-speed internet access to 24 underserved communities, will be funded thanks to a $4.1 million grant
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. A group representing 24 communities in three Vermont counties announced it entered into a memorandum of understanding with internet service provider Great Works Internet of Biddeford, Maine, in partnership with ValleyNet of Royalton, to secure broadband access for every home and business in its district. DVFiber, the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District, said its governing board unanimously approved the MOU at a special meeting Thursday. âWe are pleased to begin work alongside GWI to complete this vitally important work,â...
1 of 11 People gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new police and fire station in Wilmington, Vt., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer People gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new police and fire station in Wilmington, Vt., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer People gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new police and fire station in Wilmington, Vt., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer People gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the n...
weekly political column. Tim Newcomb Here's something you don't see very often. In fact, it may be unprecedented in Vermont. One of the six statewide officeholders — governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and auditor — has hired a paid political staffer outside of her official, state-funded office in the first months of a new term. "I never had paid political staff in the odd-numbered years that I recall," said former Democratic governor Peter Sh...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER â How might a bill being drafted in a state House of Representatives committee succeed where other initiatives failed in finally bridging Vermontâs digital divide? The game-changing element, according to the effortâs supporters, comes down to an essential Vermont quality: self-government, in the form of locally chartered, volunteer-staffed Communications Union Districts (CUDs), empowered by state law to behave as municipal utilities in finding solutions to the lack of high-speed service in rural areas. The bill, w...