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The Sitzmark to Hogback trail is closed to riders this year.

Snowmobile trail changes announced

WILMINGTON- With Vermont’s snowmobile trails opening this weekend, the Deerfield Valley Stump Jumpers snowmobile club is advising riders of changes in trail access.
The trail from the Hogback parking lot north to Higley Hill Road will be closed this season.
Over the summer the club...

Participants in the 2018 Komen Snowshoe-Vermont enjoying their trek.

Early-bird savings for Komen snowshoe

STRATTON- Online registration for the 2019 Susan G. Komen New England Snowshoe-Vermont 3K run, and 3K or 5K walk, continues to be open with discounted early-bird registration fees through Sunday, December 9, ($30 for adults and $10 for youth).
Snowshoe-Vermont will be held on January 6 at...

Bust out those ugly sweaters, have fun

DOVER- Looking to work off a few extra calories after those holiday meals? Got some less-than-flattering knits shoved into the back of the closet? Then the Ugly Sweater Fun Run may be the perfect way to help clean out the closet and stay fit and trim while helping out a good cause.
The...

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,...