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With economy reopening, Upper Valley employers struggle to find seasonal workers
Chippers employees Kobe Peach, left, and Nick Christian, right, complete paperwork after treating a lawn for ticks in New London on Thursday.
Nick Christian, of Woodstock, applies organic tick control to a lawn in New London. When landscaping slowed down last winter, Chippers employees went to work at Whaleback Ski Area as a way to retain full-time workers and avoid seeking seasonal staff. James M. Patterson photos / Valley News
Chippers employee Kobe Peach, left, dilutes a batch of organic tick control while treating lawns with Nick Christian, right, in New London on Thursday. Last winter, Christian spent time bartending and staffing the ski rental shop and Peach ran lifts at Whaleback as part of a deal between Chippers and the ski area to keep otherwise seasonal workers employed year-round. Valley News James M. Patterson
With economy reopening, Upper Valley employers struggle to find seasonal workers
Chippers employees Kobe Peach, left, and Nick Christian, right, complete paperwork after treating a lawn for ticks in New London, N.H., Thursday, April 22, 2021. When landscaping work slowed down last winter, Chippers employees went to work at Whaleback ski area. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Chippers employee Nick Christian, of Woodstock, applies organic tick control to a lawn in New London, N.H., Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Town Meeting preview: Randolph to decide on ‘opt-in’ for retail cannabis
Published: 2/25/2021 10:05:45 PM
Modified: 2/25/2021 10:08:47 PM
Hot topic: Randolph voters will decide whether to allow cannabis dispensaries in town when the sale of recreational amounts of marijuana becomes legal in Vermont next year. A new state law requires towns to “opt in” if they want to have such shops.
Budget: Total General Fund spending is slated to increase by less than $6,000, to $3.26 million. Highway Fund spending is increasing by about $114,000, to $1.98 million. If all town spending is approved, the municipal tax rate is expected to increase by 3.7 cents per $100 of assessed value, to just under 83 cents.