Business

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...

“Everyone Eats” will benefit restaurants and people in need

WILMINGTON - Wilmington Works, in cooperation with Becky Arbella, the coordinator for Shires Housing and SASH (Support & Services at Home), is working to launch local participation in a statewide program called “Everyone Eats.” The program will use $5 million of CARES Act money to fund...

Mount Snow general manager Tracy Bartels, in a photo taken at Mount Sunapee, NH, last winter. Bartels took over Mount Snow’s top spot in April.

New Mount Snow GM looks to connect with the community

DOVER- When Tracy Bartels took over the general manager’s job at Mount Snow in early April, to say the transition was unusual is a big understatement. After all, the mountain had been shut down on March 15 after the coronavirus pandemic was declared, people around the valley were reeling from the...

Library receives grants to cover fundraising loss

WARDSOBORO- The Friends of the Wardsboro Library recently received two grants providing help in recovering lost fundraising revenue due to COVID-19.
The Vermont Humanities Council and Art Council awarded them a $5,000 Vermont Covid-19 Cultural Relief Grant. Funding for this program is...

Dairy business funding

Vermont- Sen Patrick Leahy has announced a significant funding increase for the Vermont-Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center. The center, operated by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, was originally selected as one of three regional dairy innovation centers through a...

Matai and Talia Betit-Engel place the Melvin Jones Fellowship pin on mom Jen Betit-Engel. Dad Christian Betit-Engel supervises.

Matai and Talia Betit-Engel place the Melvin Jones Fellowship pin on mom Jen Betit-Engel. Dad Christian Betit-Engel supervises.

Lions Club wlecomes new members, officers

WHITINGHAM- At a socially-distanced gathering on Town Hill, the Deerfield Valley Lions Club, formerly the Whitingham-Halifax Lions, welcomed new members and officers.
Outgoing president Mark Hanna and service chair Wanda Walkowiak co-hosted the event, which also recognized members who went...

Significant donation given to Friends of the Valley

WILMINGTON- The former members of the Hermitage Club, represented by the Ad Hoc Committee, made a significant donation to the Friends of the Valley Foundation. The Ad Hoc Committee is an organized committee of former Hermitage Club members that was established to explore ways to revive the...