10 years ago: Whitingham School Board members received a letter signed by 163 residents urging them to continue researching the potential for a combined Whitingham/Wilmington/Dover school district. The board had proposed a study that would only look at combining high school grades, and the possibility of combining middle schools.

15 years ago:

Wilmington and the Vermont Agency of Transportation were looking at the issue of a village bypass once again. One VAOT official noted that the agency had worked with a number of other communities on similar bypass options, but the communities invariably chose a “no build” option.

S-K-I, owner of Mount Snow, announced that it would purchase controlling interest in Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation in Maine.

20 years ago: In what was called “an unprecedented move” Whitingham and Wilmington school boards and the teachers union ratified a joint teachers contract. Whitingham teachers received a 7.5% retroactive increase for the previous two years, and an 8% annual increase. Wilmington teachers received an 8% retroactive salary increase, and a 9% annual increase.

After a labor dispute left Valley News publisher Don Albano and his son Marc to put out an issue of the newspaper by themselves, three of the nine employees who walked out had returned to work. Albano said he was hiring more reporters and salespeople.

25 years ago:

Tony Kerley, Gene White, and Ida White stopped in Wilmington for several weeks on their cross-country journey by horse. The three left Portland, ME, just a few weeks earlier, planning to reach California by November. But one horse’s saddle sore and an injury to another of the horses forced the three to stop until the wounds could heal.

35 years ago:

Dover’s (U.S.) bicentennial committee was designing a town medallion for the national celebration. The design included an image of the town hall on one side. Proceeds from the sale of the brass medallion were used to support renovation of the Town Hall.

The “Victorian Manor House,” on the corner of Main Street and School Street in Wilmington, and an adjacent carriage barn were purchased by Vermont National Bank. A bank representative said the building might be demolished because it would be too expensive to repair.