10 years ago:

Mount Snow was searching for water after their attempts to obtain permission to tap into Harriman Reservoir for snowmaking water were thwarted by 15 groups that were signatories to US Generating Company’s federal license.

Town Meeting voters in Dover, Whitingham, and Wilmington discussed the ramifications of Act 60. During Wilmington’s marathon eight-hour meeting, school officials explained to angry taxpayers that 52 cents of every dollar raised in education property taxes would go to Montpelier.

15 years ago:

On a Town Meeting motion made by William “Buzzy” Buswell, Dover voters set aside $70,000 in a legal fund to fight a proposed statewide property tax. The town’s action attracted statewide attention, as television news crews descended on Dover Town Hall, and other towns called to offer their support.

A state Supreme Court decision found that it was illegal for law enforcement to enforce local speeding ordinances on state roads. Wilmington Police Chief Tom Donnelly estimated that the town would lose about $19,000 in fines thanks to the decision.

20 years ago:

Dover Town Meeting voters defeated a measure that would have established a Town Manager form of government. Also in Dover, new selectboard member Alex Snow questioned Sonny Brown’s appointment as weigher of coal, wondering how much coal Brown would have to weigh, and “Who buys coal?” But Snow approved Brown’s appointment as surveyor of lumber, noting that Brown “knows his wood.”

25 years ago:

Mount Snow hosted a series of local events, including the Paul Holland Memorial Jack Jump Race and the Great Waiter, Waitress, Bartender, and Bellhop Race. In the GWBB Race, local lodging and restaurant staff skied a slalom course while performing a task related to their job. Waiters and waitresses skied the slalom with a serving tray piled with food and drink.

Wilmington voters rejected an article to hold their annual Town Meeting on the Monday evening before the first Tuesday in March.

30 years ago:

Dover Town Meeting voters instructed the Dover School Board to initiate consolidation discussions with surrounding towns. The action was ordered after voters discussed a $394,545 school budget and grumbled about the cost of maintaining their eight-year-old school for 56 students.

Recent primaries indicated that President Jimmy Carter still had the overwhelming support of valley Democrats, and challenger Ted Kennedy had little support in the valley. On the Republican side, valley voters were split between Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and John Anderson. After losing the national Republican nomination, Anderson ran as an independent.

40 years ago:

Muhammad Ali spent the weekend at Mount Snow. Although Ali bragged that he would conquer the world of skiing within his first hour on skis, downhill skiing turned out to be a little more difficult than he predicted. The boxing champ was knocked down more times on his skis than by any opponent in the ring.

Wilmington announced the valley’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade. The parade was to begin at noon at the Grand Union shopping center on east Main Street on noon and finish at the 1836 Country Store parking lot. A reviewing stand was to be erected in front of the First Estate Inn on West Main Street, where judges would award prizes for most unusual float, best overall float, and best theme. Following the parade, a corned beef and cabbage luncheon was served at the inn.