Nine full-time and six part-time Washington County employees will lose their jobs later this month as the county cedes control of its transfer stations to Earth, Waste & Metal. The county will retain five full-time transfer station employees who will be rolled into vacant positions with the Department of Public Works, County Administrator Kevin Hayes [...]
County supervisors approve budget
Washington County’s 2013 budget was approved by the county Board of Supervisors on Friday, but not without considerable debate. The budget just snuck through, adopted by a 10-7 vote. The $115 million spending plan calls for a 3.08 percent or $877,000 increase in the county’s $30 million tax levy. The budget will comply with the [...]
County board OKs pay raises for administrators
The Washington County Board of Supervisors established the new salaries of a dozen county administrators during their monthly board meeting last Friday. The new salaries are the result of a pay increase approved by the finance committee earlier this month and will go into effect on Dec. 20. Supervisors had already approved a 1.5 percent [...]






VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]