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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — The chairman of the Windham Northeast Unified Union Elementary School Board told Westminster residents Tuesday night that the dissolution of the merged elementary school district was not without its potential legal problems. Jack Bryar of Grafton, chairman of the merged elementary school district, said that because the state Board of Education forced Westminster, Grafton and Athens to merge back in 2018, it’s not clear that the section of state law that other town school districts are using applies. The key, Bryar t...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — Westminster voters who plan on requesting absentee ballots for the upcoming Jan. 5 vote on dismantling the union elementary school district have until today, or Wednesday at the latest, to ask for one to be sent to them by mail, according to the Westminster town clerk’s office. Patty Mark, the assistant town clerk, said Monday that voters can request a ballot in person up until Monday at 5 p.m. She said the town set up a ballot deposit slot outside the town hall so people can drop off their ballots outside of normal...

BELLOWS FALLS — What a difference 24 hours makes ... Officials from the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union released new overall budget figures that were dramatically different from from budget figures discussed Monday night at a meeting of the Bellows Falls Union High School. At that time, a BFUHS budget increase of 11 percent was projected. Now the various budgets of the different schools in the union look like they will be close to level funded. Superintendent Christopher Pratt and Business Manager Flora Pagan said they spent the entire day Tuesday working on the budget with other dis...

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...