Community Events

Cemetery annual meeting

DOVER- The Dover Center Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday, May 20, at 5:30 pm at the Dover Town Hall, 189 Taft Brook Road.
All East Dover residents or direct relatives of those buried in the cemetery are welcome and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the...

Church hosts food, tag sale

READSBORO- On Saturday, May 18, the fellowship group of the First Baptist Church, 7030 Main Street, will host a food and tag sale from 10 am to 2 pm. Donations of good used items for the tag sale and a favorite baked and savory foods for the food table will be gladly received. From 11 am to 1 pm...

Jerry Cloutier, Sally Wadsworth, Mike Cooney, Linda Gifkins, and Nancy Ferrucci show off some of the many colorful annuals and perennials that will be for sale at the 2019 plant sale in Wardsboro.

Lookin’ to add a little green to your life?

WARDSBORO- The Friends of the Wardsboro Library is sponsoring its annual Memorial Day weekend plant sale on Saturday, May 25, at 170 Main Street. The Wardsboro Library trustees will also hold their annual bake sale at the same location beginning at 9 am.
The plant sale features a large...

Migration bird walk

MARLBORO- On Sunday, May 19, from 7:30 to 10:30 am, there will be a spring migration bird walk at the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area.
Join naturalist Cherrie Corey for a morning walk to meet the arriving songbird wave and other harbingers of spring. Tune in to the plumage and song of...

Plots are available

WILMINGTON- The public is invited to grow organic vegetables in the community garden at Howe Farm on Route 100.
Organized by the Wilmington Beautification Committee, 5 feet by 10 feet plots are available for the growing season.
For more information or to reserve a plot call Karen...

Bingo time

WILMINGTON- The Masons are ready to start this year’s bingo sessions at the Masonic Lodge on Main Street.
Bingo sessions will again be on Wednesdays, with the first session on May 22. Doors will open at 6 pm and the first game will be called promptly at 7 pm.
Snacks are available...

Professional of the Year

WILMINGTON- The American Network of Community Options and Resources has named Families First employee Kevin Hadsel the recipient of the 2019 Direct Support Professional of the Year.
Hadsel has been chosen from a field of nearly 350 outstanding nominees. Families First said that they...

Free open house this weekend

WESTMINSTER- AlpineGlo Farm, 91 Clark Street, will be hosting their sixth annual open house on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, from 11 am to 2 pm, rain or shine.
Bring the family and stay the afternoon for this free event. Tour the farm and have a chance to play with this year’s baby alpine...

Spring cleanup

MARLBORO- Hogback spring trail cleanup is underway, and looking for volunteers on Sunday, May 12, from 9 am to noon. Participants will walk the entire trail system on the south side of Route 9, cleaning up along the way, tossing aside fallen branches, picking up any trash that may have been...

Spring rummage, tag, and bake sale

JACKSONVILLE- The Jacksonville Community Church will be having an annual spring rummage, tag, and bake sale on Friday, May17, and Saturday, May18, from 9 am to 3 pm, at 96 VT Route 112. There will be four rooms of clothing and home goods, plus a huge indoor tag sale.