Community Events

Senior takeout continues

HALIFAX- Friday, May 15, is the next meal in Halifax. It will again be takeout only.
The menu includes barbecue meatballs, baked potato, vegetable, roll, and sour cream spice cake for dessert. It will be packaged up and ready for pickup outside from 11 am to 1 pm.
A can will be...

Gardening center looking for members

WILMINGTON- The Community Garden at Howe Farm (located on Route 100) is looking for new members. This summer would be the perfect time to get involved in the garden. According to many sources, vegetable seed sales are way up. Gardening is a healthy and perfect way to practice social distancing....

Library project

WILMINGTON- Residents young and old, past and present, are invited to contribute to Pettee Memorial Library’s new project.
They are putting together an alphabet book of Wilmington’s history. They are looking for stories of the people, places, and traditions that have made Wilmington the...

Open curbside

DOVER- The Dover Free Library is still providing curbside service to its patrons.
To request books, DVDs, CDs, and magazines call (802) 348-7488 or email john@doverfreelibrary1913.org.
For online streaming (AcornTV), eBooks, eAudios, eMagazines visit https://dovervt.rbdigital.com....

One of the two buses currently added to the MOOver fleet.

What happened to the spots on the MOOver buses?

WILMINGTON– Why is the MOOver using large, unspotted buses on Route 100 these days? The answer is that the company has moved two large transit-style buses from its Rockingham fleet to Wilmington in order to put miles on them to reach the end of their federally-defined useful life. The buses, rear...

Volunteers include: back row, Sally Mundell, Marcy McElroy, Marge Thurber, and Marlaine McLean; and front row, Pam Greene, Nancy Burnham, and Barbara Hyde.

Group sews face masks for community

The Loose Knit Group of the West Dover Congregational Church has been making face masks for members of the community. The masks are available outside of the Dover Town Office.

Green Up Day rescheduled

WILMINGTON- Green Up Day has been moved to May 30 this year. It is usually the first Saturday in May. It has been postponed to the end of the month this year in the interest of health and safety.
This statewide event supports towns in an effort to clean up roadside litter. Some...

Lacking internet access?

Montpelier- “If your children can’t access the internet from home, we want you to call us,” June Tierney, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Service, said in a press release. The department has released a map, available on its website at Interactive Broadband Map, showing broadband...

Grace Cottage continues to offer immunizations

TOWNSHEND– Parents of a very young child may be wondering, “What do I do about my child’s immunizations?” Grace Cottage Family Health has procedures in place so these can be done safely.
Parents should know that safety is a priority at Grace Cottage Family Health. The clinic has separate...

Telephone check-in offers help

DEERFIELD VALLEY- In response to the pain and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Whitingham-Halifax Lions Club is initiating a telephone check-in program called Neighbors Connect. Meg Staloff, who created the program, was inspired by the social concept of mutual aid, in which members...