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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — The air system at Bellows Falls Union High School needs more than $244,000 in “high priority” repairs soon to bring it up to code, with another almost $1 million needed in the future, according to a lengthy engineering report recently made public. The study of the heating and air ventilation system at the high school was requested last year because of indoor air quality and public health concerns raised during the coronavirus pandemic. The report praised some of the work done to filter the school’s air dur...

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

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — Bellows Falls Union High School board member Jason Terry apologized Monday night for his verbal outburst last month at the school principal, saying he was just trying to protect his son. “I would like to apologize for my behavior,” he said. “My passion got the best of me.” “On March 23rd I was involved in a shouting match at Bellows Falls Union High School with Principal (Christopher) Hodsden and I own that. I found out recently that there were people at the high school who felt uncomfortable by ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — Members of the Bellows Falls Union High School board got their first look at the proposed 2021-22 school budget of $8.8 million and its 11 percent potential increase. Flora Pagan, the business manager for the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union, outlined the budget and its areas of major increases: special education is up 63 percent, she said. Director Jack Bryar of Grafton said that increase in special education “was the largest percentage increase we’ve had. It didn’t look right,” he said. The curre...