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After nearly 24 years as town clerk, Nora Wilson formally retired, handing the job over to department partner Forrest Holzapfel.
A state government official once said that he wished Wilson could be cloned for every town clerk position in the state.
Wilson's retirement did not come as a sudden shock to the Marlboro town office, however.
Holzapfel, who was the assistant town clerk and head town lister at the time, said she first brought up her plans to retire two years ago, at which point the Selectboard decided to appoint him until town elections.
After discovering a hole in the heat exchange unit, and numerous potential code violations in the oil tanks and chimney of the Town Hall, the Selectboard met with Town Hall Renovations Committee member Bob DeSiervo on Dec. 17 to discuss the replacing of the furnace and, potentially, the building's...
As part of connecting the town to the Brattleboro municipal water grid, multiple fire hydrants were installed for use by fire departments in emergencies. The Guilford Volunteer Fire Department's own trucks, however, are not yet equipped to be compatible with these hydrants, due to updates in the parts that...
The Planning Commission met Dec. 10 and drafted regulations regarding subdivision of open space in conservation as part of a rewriting of the town's subdivision regulations. The commission began the discussion at its Nov. 26 meeting, where its members discussed changes in bylaws for subdivision of developable land and application procedures. “Goals for future subdivision regulation include protecting the environment,” minutes for the Nov. 26 meeting stated. “Built into existing regulations are requirements assuming a greater growth rate (e.g., additional...
Selectboard member David Dezendorf continued to work on preparations for a FEMA aid request through the state of Vermont on repairs to East Hill Road, which was washed out during Tropical Storm Irene. The project was put on hold for much of 2012 while the Selectboard worked on submitting an appeal to FEMA after learning the town was to receive significantly less aid money toward replacing the Dam Road culvert than expected initially. The town's first appeal was rejected. The...
The Selectboard has voted to work with the state attorney general's office on a second formal appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Dam Road culvert. Board members signed the appeal at their Dec. 3 meeting. FEMA first told the town that approximately 75 percent of the $550,000 cost of installing a new, larger, box-style concrete culvert would be covered, but more recently said it would be unable to provide assistance, as the culvert represented a significant...
Since its construction in 2005, the Guilford Volunteer Fire Department facility has been readily identified by its unique paint color: sky blue. Now, earlier than expected, the wall and floor have begun peeling and the fire department board has begun budgeting to repaint. Three representatives from the fire department met with the Guilford Selectboard on Nov. 19 to discuss the project. Starting with a blank canvas, with the exception of some fixed price items, fire department treasurer Neil Quinn, along...
