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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ORFORD — Maintenance challenges and issues with private landowners mean that about a quarter of the 36-mile Cross Rivendell Trail is closed and the people who care about it are pondering its future.The trail was first founded about 25 years ago as a...

Articles of note: Voters in the four towns served by the Rivendell Interstate School District will decide whether to permanently move their annual meeting day from the evening of the third Thursday in March to the third Saturday in March. The article...

WEST FAIRLEE — Voters approved all articles as warned at Saturday’s floor meeting.Of West Fairlee’s 521 registered voters, there were 31 present at the meeting, Town Clerk Staci Sargent said in a Tuesday email. That puts turnout at 6%.Among the items...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will increase the annual stipend for Selectboard members to $1,200 and provide an additional $200 to the chair.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and other spending articles: The...

ORFORD — Rivendell Interstate School District seeks volunteers to serve as committee members as the district prepares to implement a three-year plan that will close one of its schools. At a November meeting, the Rivendell School Board approved a...

By NICOLA SMITH

FAIRLEE — The Rivendell Interstate School District Board voted 6-2 last month to move forward with a plan from district administrators that would result in the closure of the Samuel Morey Elementary School in Fairlee. Two additional board members were...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST FAIRLEE — In an effort to avoid another major school tax increase, the Rivendell Interstate School District is asking people in Orford, Fairlee, West Fairlee and Vershire to consider major school reconfigurations.“In general, we have a community...

By JIM KENYON

Mohsen Mahdawi was looking forward to a break from city life and spending a long holiday weekend at the hilltop cabin he built a few years ago in West Fairlee.With foliage season nearing its peak, Mahdawi expected to do some leaf peeping. He...

THETFORD — Route 113 near the West Fairlee/Thetford town line is scheduled to be closed this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9 and 10, to allow for the installation of a new culvert.A detour route will be in place for drivers south from Route 113...

THETFORD — Vermont Route 113 at the town line between West Fairlee and Thetford is scheduled to be closed for 48 hours later this month to allow for a culvert replacement, according to Thetford’s town website.The closure, now scheduled for July 22 and...

THETFORD — The Vermont Agency of Transportation is holding a virtual public informational meeting next week on a culvert replacement project that will require Route 113 be closed on the West Fairlee/Thetford border for a weekend in June, according to...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST FAIRLEE — Jillian Hatch drives by Bean Hall multiple times a day. Often, her two young sons are with her, and one of them will inevitably ask the question, “What is that, and why is it closed?” And so Hatch tells them about the three-story...

WEST FAIRLEE — In Tuesday’s ballot voting, West Fairlee residents approved a budget and elected municipal officers.The approved municipal budget is $871,000, of which $734,000 is expected to come from taxes. That’s up from the budget voters approved...

Contested races: Two candidates are running for a three-year term representing Orford on the School Board: David W. Ricker and Charles Smith Jr.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $14.7 million, up from the $13.3 million budget...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will exempt the West Fairlee Fire Department from property taxes for another five years. Another asks for an appropriation of $66,000 to support the fire department.Contested races: Three people are...