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After surviving fire, owner’s death, court does in Dot’s

Landmark diner will close Sunday DOVER - After 30 years in business, it’s last call for Betsey’s Dot’s of Dover. The restaurant will close its doors on Sunday, May 5. Its current owners, Steven Garcia and Rachel Garcia-Summers, say the closure is due to several factors, but...

This black bear and her cubs have a den near the bottom of Charlie’s Chase trail at Mount Snow. Their presence has caused the mountain to close a number of trails. -Facebook/Mount Snow Season Passholders/Cynthia McDowell Khan

Mountain dealing with new slopeside residents

Trail closure at Mount Snow due to bears
DOVER - While it isn’t uncommon for some ski trails to be closed at this time of year, the reason for a trail closure at Mount Snow this week has taken some by surprise. A sow and several cubs seem to have taken up residence at the...

Citing deteriorating physical plant, museum to move

WILMINGTON - The Southern Vermont Natural History Museum’s physical location on Hogback Mountain is closed to the public indefinitely. The nonprofit organization’s programming work, much of which happens throughout the community, will continue uninterrupted.
The museum announced its...

Voters turn back petition, school to stay open

READSBORO- The town’s elementary school will remain open, Readsboro voters decided Wednesday evening.
With a turnout of 260 voters, almost 45% of the town’s 579 registered voters, 91 voters, or 35%, cast ballots in favor of a petitioned question seeking to close the elementary school and...

Concerned residents attended the Readsboro School Board meeting Tuesday evening. Some carried signs urging voters to turn back an effort to close Readsboro Central School. ME

Readsboro readies for school vote

READSBORO- School officials told more than 20 parents and community members at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting that a petitioned closure of the school could lead to a significant tax increase, at least in the first year of closure.
According to a cost projection prepared...

Readsboro school board, parents, discuss options depending on vote

READSBORO- More than 40 parents and other community members rallied at a special school board meeting Tuesday evening, expressing their support for Readsboro School following the submission of a petition seeking a vote on the closure of the school last week.
Board members also effectively...

Readsboro Central School

Petition seeks closure of Readsboro school

READSBORO- A petition presented at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting seeks a vote to close Readsboro Central School effective June 30.
“The goal is to close the school to provide a better education,” says parent Kaitlyn Boyd, who circulated the petition. “I had a fifth...

Mt. Olga fire tower temporarily closed

WILMINGTON - The Mt. Olga fire tower, housed in the Molly Stark State Park, has been temporarily closed for repairs in recent weeks. In the coming days, the state will do an inspection of the tower to see if additional repairs are needed or if the fire tower can reopen to the public.
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Lisa Sullivan, of Bartleby’s Books, says her business has had to change the ways it works with customers, including less personal contact.

Bookstore adapted to become more of a “warehouse operation” during pandemic

This article is part of a series about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily life for people in the Deerfield Valley. WILMINGTON- Lisa Sullivan, owner of Bartleby’s Books, a downtown Wilmington institution, says the pandemic has changed the way her business operates. Before...

School district consider two-week holiday closure, opts to stay open

WARDSBORO- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. The board discussed the possibility of a two-week closure after the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, but decided no such closure will occur at this time. As the discussion took up the...