Orwell


  • Orwell-area schools plan fall reopening

    ORWELL — The Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) on Tuesday announced students would return to Orwell Village School this fall.  It is part of a school…

  • SVUUSD cuts budget for Aug. 11 revote

    ORWELL — Orwell voters on Tuesday, Aug. 11, will cast ballots on a revised 2020-2021 K-12 spending plan of $26,402,586 for Slate Valley Unified Union District Schools (SVUUSD).…

  • Orwell to vote on lower school budget

    ORWELL — Orwell voters will return to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to cast ballots on a reduced 2020–2021 K–12 spending plan for Slate Valley Unified Union…

  • Slate Valley school district budget rejected again

    ORWELL — Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents, including those in Orwell, turned out at the polls on Tuesday to again reject a proposed 2020–2021 budget…

  • Orwell to take another vote on a school budget

    ORWELL — Orwell voters will join their fellow Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents at the polls on June 9 to field the same fiscal year…

  • SVUUSD voters nix capital plan and budget

    ORWELL — Orwell residents on Tuesday joined other Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) voters in soundly defeating a proposed $59.5 million bond issue that would have,…

  • Town meeting results: Orwell

    ORWELL — Orwell residents on Tuesday approved a town budget and welcomed two new members to the town selectboard. The big ticket items on the Town Meeting Day…

  • Orwell Fortnightly Club offers scholarships to area women

    ORWELL — The Fortnightly Club of Orwell, a member of the General Foundation of Women’s clubs of Vermont (GFWC-VT, has announced the availability of scholarships for Vermont women…

  • Orwell town meeting preview 2020

    ORWELL — Orwell residents will gather at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, in Orwell Town Hall to deal with town financial issues, and, no doubt, when those…

  • Locals rally around the Orwell town hall

    Locals rally around the Orwell town hall

    ORWELL — Jean Audet has always been enamored of the historical significance and visual beauty of the Orwell Town Hall, a stately, Greek Revival edifice that has stood…

  • Slate Valley district asking $59.5M for school upgrades

    ORWELL — Residents in Orwell and the other five towns in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) will vote on a $59.5 million bond referendum on…

  • Editorial: Preserving Orwell’s town hall

    Editorial: Preserving Orwell’s town hall

    The $59.5 million proposed school bond for the Slate Valley Unified Union School District is an ambitious project with a few fine points to work out regarding its…

  • Expert to speak in Orwell on Middle East’s changing meaning

    ORWELL — The term “Middle East” is a changing geopolitical concept. Throughout recent history, this term referred to a political, a cultural, and a geographical region with no…

  • Letter to the editor: Orwell Town Hall coverage welcome

    Thank you for your Dec. 5 article about the Orwell Village School and the Orwell Town Hall. I encourage you to do further research on the “Slate Valley…

  • Letter to the editor: Orwell should own its town hall

    In regards to the Orwell Town Hall: The town would be best served if the people in Orwell chose to own the Town Hall, not the school or…