Waltham hires a clerk-treasurer for the first time

WALTHAM — The Waltham selectboard has appointed its first non-elected clerk/treasurer. It picked Panton’s assistant clerk and treasurer, Linda Devino, out of a field of about a half-dozen applicants. Selectboard Chair Andrew Martin said Devino, who has been an assistant clerk/treasurer for a number of years in Waltham’s neighboring town, had the experience to make her stand out among the applicants. Devino will start on April 27. Former Vergennes Union High School teacher Roberta “Cookie” Steponaitis has be … (read more)

WALTHAM — As Waltham still mourns the deaths of its two main elected officials, former longtime Vergennes Union High School teacher Roberta “Cookie” Steponaitis is subbing in temporarily for both jobs in the Waltham Town Clerk’s Office. Selectboard Chair … (read more)

VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District board on Monday, Jan. 11, looked at a $21.6 million final 2021-2022 budget draft that comes in at about $238,400 less than the spending level ANWSD residents approved for the district this past March. ANWS … (read more)

VERGENNES — When in mid-August Addison Northwest School District Director of Operations and Finance Elizabeth Jennings discovered a state error in establishing the district’s homestead tax rate, the residential tax rates already calculated by ANWSD commun … (read more)

VERGENNES — Obtaining enough protective gear for first responders, police and volunteers, and offering help for the psychological well-being of local residents were focal points of the latest online meeting of municipal, school and nonprofit officials fro … (read more)

WALTHAM — Waltham residents from the floor of town meeting on Monday evening picked a new selectboard member — who also becomes the first woman to serve on the Waltham selectboard, according to town officials — and approved town spending measures. On Mond … (read more)

WALTHAM — Waltham residents from the floor of town meeting on Monday, March 2, will pick a new selectboard member and decide on town spending measures. On Tuesday, March 3, Waltham voters will cast their ballots on the proposed Addison Northwest School Di … (read more)

WALTHAM — Grady Devoid, a senior at Vergennes Union High School and student at Hannaford Career Center, was recently recognized at the Presidential Scholar event at the Vermont Statehouse. Devoid was one of five career and technical education (CTE) studen … (read more)

WALTHAM — The following real estate sales were recorded in the town of Waltham in 2020 and in the first four months of 2021:2020:• Jan. 10: Farnsworth Trust to Joris De Boer and Anja Wurm, 109 acres with farm buildings on Route 7, $395,000.• Jan. 17: Barb … (read more)

WALTHAM — Waltham’s delayed property tax bills should begin arriving in mailboxes later this week, according to Treasurer Lucille Evarts. And payments will also be due later than usual — Nov. 12 instead of the town’s customary Nov. 1 — thanks to a quick T … (read more)

ADDISON The following real estate sales were recorded in the town of Addison in the first six months of 2019: •Jan. 14: Christina and Attila Kovacs to Michael Hollis and Erin Cashman, home on 5.01 acres at 4686 Lake St., $370,000. •March 8: Rheal and Gail … (read more)

VERGENNES — A seven-home Planned Unit Development, known as a PUD, proposal for a Green Street parcel in Vergennes would be the first to make use of city zoning provisions for “density bonuses,” which would allow more homes on the lot than otherwise permi … (read more)