Patriots in Petticoats Event Celebrates Female Heroes of the Revolutionary Era

The Patriots in Petticoats event was held last Wednesday in Danville as a promotion for the upcoming 250th celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Danville Town Meeting Day Election Results

Several Budget Proposals Pass in Danville

DANVILLE - This week, residents of Danville voted on several different budget proposals, many of which passed on Town Meeting Day. Notably, the General Fund, the Highway Fund, and the School District Budget all passed on the ballot.

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CCSU Danville Wrap Up

The final Results from the Danville school district included the passing of every article. 

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CCSU Danville

Town of Danville had their school board meeting this Monday March 3rd, starting a little after 7. 

 

The beginning of the meeting addressed heavy on the budget increase which is now $301,394 and spending increase at $191,394. Clayton Cargill, director chair in Danville, mentioned how the cost of insurance has drastically increased. Other increases are the amount of students attending the school and home tax continues to go up by the year, 2025 is estimated $1.70. 

Danville's Town Meeting Day

Today, residents of Danville have the opportunity to vote on a variety of proposals from 10 AM until 7 PM at the Danville School. The town meeting, which carried out this morning through the voting process, is an important event for residents to weigh in on several key issues.

Like many other towns, the town meeting proposals include elections for a few different local positions, as well as decisions on town budgets and the allocation of local taxes.

One of the significant proposals is the Danville School Budget, which, along with many other school districts, saw an increase due to the higher cost of state public healthcare for educators. This has been a major expense not only for Danville but also for the St. Johnsbury School District.

Clayton Cargill, Chair of the School Board, commented on the situation, saying, “It keeps increasing, this year we’re at 11%, last year we were at 16%, and two years prior we were also over 10%. So, healthcare costs are skyrocketing out of control.”

Another noteworthy proposal includes resurfacing the public tennis courts on school grounds, with a budget of $20,000 for the project. There is also a major proposal for over $81,000 to hire or contract additional police or sheriff coverage due to a need for more officers in the community.

Residents can also expect a small tax rate increase from 1.70 to 1.74

Danville Town Meeting Results

DANVILLE- It's that time of the year again town meeting time, Here is the break down for Danville.

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Top Corn Maze In Vermont

Danville- The Great Vermont Corn Maze is in contention to be the best maze in the whole nation.

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Danville to Dedicate Town Softball Field

DANVILLE- On Saturday the town of Danville and Danville School will be honoring a long time softball caoch.

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Danville's Schools Plans Pushed To Next Year

Danville- It wasn't on the ballot on November 8th, but the people of Danville still had it on their minds.

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Danville Building Advisory Group Sept. 14

  Danville-On September 14th the Danville Building Advisory Group met to discuss the options to renovate the Danville School in response to the increasing enrollment.  The Pre-K through 12 schools has approximately 240 students and serves the towns of Danville, Peacham, Plainfield, Marshfield, Waterford, and Cabot.

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Mask Mandate Debate

DANVILLE - "If you five want that choice to divide Danville, which you're one hundred fifty percent going to do... you are going to divide this small, amazing town like it's never been before," Danville resident Megan Bunnell said to Danville's selectboard. Thursday night, the board passed a decision to put a town-wide mask mandate in affect.

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Danville Begins Process for Mascot

DANVILLE - The Danville school is beginning the process of finding their new mascot and identity, students, alumni, and Danville residents are able to submit their suggestion and a design for a new mascot until May 15th. 


 

     The process of finding a new mascot has been largely online, David Schilling the principal of Danville said that he’s gathered inspiration from other schools who have been in the same situation they are facing. “Having the entire process online, it was pretty phenomenal so I borrowed a lot of that to be honest, what they had really spoke to me that it was inclusive and it set some guidelines going forward.” With it being online, they were able to get a larger variety of participants who were either for or against the changing of the mascot.

 

“That was the biggest thing we wanted a large variety of participation, we wanted to hear a lot of voices and wanted those who participated to be excited and have that feeling of having a part in the process.” The process will take about three weeks to finalize the top three to five finalists.

Joes Pond Ice Out 2021

DANVILLE - The annual Joe's Pond ice out competition has officially come to a close. That means spring is officially here in the Northeast Kingdom.

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Danville School Mascot Petition

DANVILLE - The Danville community remains divided when it comes to keeping the historic "Indian" name for their school mascot.

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Danville Indians Are No More

DANVILLE - In a historic four to one vote, the Danville School Board Committee voted to change the Danville School's mascot.  90 people were in attendance at the special board meeting that was held virtually over Zoom.

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Trick or Treat Trail

DANVILLE - Halloween was able to live on in the town of Danville due to some clever thinking of residents.

The Danville trick or treat trail was held from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Halloween. The trail was a one-way circuit around the town to over 50 households that were socially distanced while giving out candy.

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Danville Girls Ready for Playoffs

DANVILLE - The Danville girl's soccer team is looking to make a big impact in the postseason.


The Danville girls record of 5-3 puts them at the number three seed in their conference. The number one see is held by the undefeated Procter high school. Danville's past two games have ended in losses from Hazen union which ended 1-0 and Enouisburg with a score of 2-0. Though Danville has been held scoreless the past two games the girls look to turn it around come playoff time. 

Left side defense Senior Macy VaganSchinder says “We have to do a better job communicating and get let the offense come to us." Macy is confident in the team and thinks a championship is possible. Macy noted "We need to stop playing like freshmen"

Coach Morse also isn’t concerned with the last two games saying. “We’re ready for playoffs."Morse also added how important it is to the girls to be playing the game as covid-19 threatened all school sports “We are just happy to be playing right now."

 

Relief from Covid-19

PEACHAM - The Coronavirus pandemic has caused many people financial distress throughout the United States, but a small little town in Vermont has come up with a way to help their residents stay financially stable.

The process to start the Peacham Covid Relief Fund began back in March.

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Boy Scout Memorabilia Will Be On The Move

DANVILLE- One local man is asking for the public’s help to honor those who have lived their lives in the “Scouting Spirit”. Danville resident Dave Towle is asking for the public to donate any old memorabilia they might have from past scouting days.

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Danville Meals on Wheels

DANVILLE - Senior citizens are not going hungry during the Covid-19 out break-in Danville.

The Senior action center based in the methodist church is home to the meals on wheels program in Danville and is serving up home-cooked meals for seniors who can't leave their homes during these times.


 

The Church serves over 4,000 meals a year and is lead by head chef Robert Walley. The Church serves meals every Tuesday and Thursday to those who can pick it up curbside or get the meal delivered to the outskirts areas who can't pick it up themselves.

The meals are available to all community members and not exclusively seniors. They do suggest a donation of $5 just to help out with the cost of the food and other expenses.

Danville Selectboard Meeting

DANVILLE - The Danville Selectboard met April 17th for their regularly scheduled meeting. One of the highlights was to discuss the bids for the 2020 mowing & gardening services of the properties owned by the Town of Danville.

The Selectboard heard a range of bids from $8,550 up to $31,00 dollars to mow the town-owned parks, hall and the 11 cemeteries.


 

The Board decided to go with two local businesses. Cutting it Close of Danville Vermont will be doing the gardening and Rich Benoit will be doing the mowing of the Parks and Cemetary.

For gardening Cutting it Close will cost the town $1,200 dollars, and RIch Benoit was awarded the mowing contract for $9,400 dollars. Eric Boch of the Selectboard said, "Cutting it Close has done gardening for me, and it was really good."

Though both Benoit and Cutting it Close were not the cheapest option, The board agreed that supporting the local businesses was the best option.

Danville Select Board Talks COVID-19

DANVILLE - COVID-19 was the main topic of concern Thursday at the Danville select board meeting, which met via Zoom.

Members talked about concerns with the virus, and how to proceed with meetings and business moving forward to keep residents of Danville safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Danville's Womens Club Tackle Cyber Fraud

DANVILLE- Members of the Womens Club sat down and learned different ways one can avoid online scams designed to get access to your personal information.

Sponsored by AARP, Susan and Bill April go around locally and host these meetings. The Danville meeting being one of three in total.

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Martys First to Stop Tobacco

martysDANVILLE- At the beginning of September, the state of Vermont joined 13 others across the nation in raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old.

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Danville School Hires New Assistant Principal

Danville New Assistant PrincipalDANVILLE- The Danville School now has a new Assistant Principal. At the Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday night, Sarah Welch, was officially approved by the school board for her new position.Out of Thirty-Seven candidates for the position, Welch, who works currently for the Lyndon Town School was picked. Danvilles last Assistant Principal, left because he found an administrative position at another school closer to where he lived.

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