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Getting things done

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By Lisa Loomis Verified
| Valley Reporter Verified
We live in a community of volunteers, doers and helpers, where people who care quietly move forward with projects and plans that make all of our lives better. What has happened at the Pines Rest Area in Waitsfield is a perfect example of what happens when folks take the initiative. Eric Friedman, executive director of the Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce said it best. Here’s what he wrote recently. “Sometimes the biggest success stories don't begin with a ribbon cutting.
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Lock your car doors - Warren woman's bear encounter ends with totaled vehicle

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By Lisa Loomis Verified
| Valley Reporter Verified
Rin Merrick, who lives on Airport Road in Warren, has lived in bear country long enough to know the rules: don't leave food outside, secure the trash and lock the car. But last month, exhausted from work, she forgot that last step. The next morning, Merrick walked outside to her Toyota RAV4 before heading to work at Mad River Donuts in Waitsfield. She found her vehicle rocking back and forth. "I was like, 'There's no way. There's no way there's a bear in my car right now,'" Merrick recalled.
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Waitsfield businesses begin collecting local option tax

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By Lisa Loomis Verified
| Valley Reporter Verified
Businesses in Waitsfield began collecting the town’s new 1% local option tax on Wednesday, marking the start of a new municipal revenue source expected to generate roughly $600,000 annually for infrastructure and capital needs. Voters approved the tax at Town Meeting in March through Australian ballot, authorizing the town to levy an additional 1% tax on retail sales, rooms, meals and alcoholic beverages. The measure passed by a vote of 362 to 168.
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