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Mount Snow ready to open Saturday

DOVER- Mount Snow has announced that it will open for skiing and riding at 8 am on Saturday, October 27, with the most skiable terrain in the East.
The lifts will be running from 8 am to 3:30 pm. There will be no beginner terrain available. Additional terrain may be added as temperatures...

Paul Croutworst, left, and Hannah Cofiell, right, were the winners in the Make It On Main Street competition. In the middle are Paul Pabst and Lisa Sullivan.

Business plan competition ends in a tie, cash split

WILMINGTON - On Thursday, locals gathered at Memorial Hall to hear which of the three finalists in the “Make It On Main Street” competition, which was to award $20,000 to a new business in Wilmington’s downtown district, would take home the prize. But in what Wilmington Works Chair Lisa Sullivan...

Family-owned distillery expands its operations

MARLBORO - Vermont Distillers has opened a tasting room in the former Hogback Ski Area base lodge, adjacent to the Hogback Mountain Gift Shop. Vermont Distillers, which is owned by Ed Metcalfe, is the producer of Metcalfe’s Liqueurs and Spirits and Catamount Vodka.
Vermont Distillers is...

Peak Resorts to purchase three ski areas before winter season

DOVER– Peak Resorts, Inc., parent company of Mount Snow announced September 24 that it has entered into a purchase agreement to buy three Pennsylvania resorts from privately-held Snow Time Inc. for $76 million. The deal is expected to be finalized before the start of the ski season this fall....

More details about Peak Resorts ski area purchase

WILDWOOD, MO– In a press release announcing the agreement to acquire three Pennsylvania resorts from privately-held Snow Time Inc. for $76 million, Timothy D. Boyd, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peak Resorts, said “The transformative acquisition of Snow Time offers a rare opportunity...

Three proposals have been chosen as finalists in the Make it on Main Street competition: a bakery, a fitness facility, and a coffee roaster.

Village business plan competition finalists ready for decision

WILMINGTON - The three finalists for Wilmington’s Make it on Main Street competition have been announced. They are Hannah Cofiell’s Beurremont Bakery; Paul Croutworst’s 802 Fitness and Therapy; and Haystack Coffee Collaborative, a coffee sourcing, roasting, and wholesale venture from Chrystal...

IB program seen as development tool

DOVER - At Monday’s Dover School Board meeting, the board discussed an upcoming event focused on the school’s international baccalaureate program and its possible benefit to economic development in the town. Though the IB event, which will be held Thursday, October 4, at 5 pm at the Last Chair,...

Car fanatic brings his personal touch

WILMINGTON- Local business owner Brent Dessaint brings a love for cars and a talent for cleanliness to his business, Fanatics Autowerks. Dessaint has a long history with automobiles and is happy to offer detailing and repair work from his new shop in Wilmington. Originally from Brattleboro,...

Career program for area high schoolers

BRATTLEBORO- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will host a new career exploration program, Bandages and Beyond, on Tuesday, September 25, from 6 to 8 pm in the hospital’s Brew Barry Conference Center.
Bandages and Beyond is a program for high school students which will provide them with the...

In memory of their colleague

In 2011, former bike racer and local real estate agent Joe Specht had a fundraising brainstorm. As a member of the Whitingham-Halifax Lions Club, Specht and his fellow Lions were looking for a way to raise significant funds to help alleviate the problem of hunger in the Deerfield Valley. An avid...