Business

Logging classes offered

VERMONT- The Vermont Logger Safety and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program, developed to modernize safety on logging operations and reduce workers’ compensation insurance costs, is entering its second year.
For mechanized and non-mechanized logging contractors enrolling in the Vermont...

CARES receives funding

Brattleboro- On September 18, Gov. Phil Scott and Lindsay Kurrle, Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, announced the distribution of $2.5 million in federal CARES Act funding for Restart Vermont Small Business Technical Assistance.
This funding will deliver...

Arlene Palmiter left, was given a plaque and other memorabilia by Angel Balch and Bob Pavin for her service and commitment to the Rotary Club.

Rotary Club celebrates longtime members

DOVER- On Wednesday, September 16, the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club held a farewell social for four longtime Rotarians. Charter member Arlene Palmiter, founding, members Bruce and Nancy Mullen, and long-time member Gordon Lucas will be moving away.
New Rotarian Michael Levesque hosted the...

Circus Minimus and Nimble Arts in Brattleboro

West Brattleboro- Join the international award-winning circus company Nimble Arts in collaboration with Circus Minimus for Circus in Place on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4, at 12, 2, and 4 pm.
This outdoor performance for all ages brings together community and artists. There...

Another event now hosted on Zoom

BRATTLEBORO- The COVID-19-era shadow forced the Windham World Affairs Council to cancel last spring’s monthly events. WWAC returns now with fresh board members committed to creating participatory Zoom talks that shine a light on global issues of importance to the community.
On Sunday,...

MOOver bus changes routes due to COVID-19

MOOver route canceled due to Covid

WILMINGTON - Due to constraints caused by the pandemic, the MOOver will not be able to provide winter seasonal service to Greenspring, Bears Crossing, Suntec, Timber Creek, and Kingswood for the 2020-2021 season. The company will provide service to the three Mount Snow base lodges, Mountaineer,...

Virtual UVM Workshop

VERMONT-University of Vermont Extension and the International Workshop on Agritourism will present an online agritourism series featuring experts from around the globe.
“Agritourism Gatherings,” a virtual series for farm, food, and travel communities, will address issues of interest to...

Nancy Heydinger

New mortgage loan originator

BRATTLEBORO– Nancy Heydinger has joined Brattleboro Savings & Loan as a mortgage loan originator. She worked for two local banks earlier in her career as both an assistant bank manager and as a mortgage loan officer.
Heydinger is perhaps best known as the founder and executive director...

Julie A. DiSano

New surgeon at Putnam Medical

BENNINGTON- Surgeon Julie A. DiSano, MD, has joined the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group and SVMC General Surgery.
DiSano received her medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, NY. She completed her residency in general...

This historic building in the center of Wilmington is undergoing renovation by current owner Travis Wendell. It formerly housed the Wilmington Home Center and, befoe that, the O.O Ware store. Lauren Harkawik

Tax credits will help downtown historic building restoration

WILMINGTON - Travis Wendel, the owner of the building at 1 East Main Street, known to some as the old Wilmington Home Center, has been hard at work in recent weeks — both on the building and on other work, which seems to just keep coming.
Wendel is the owner of Pioneer Timber Frames, a...