Community Events

Soup and Stew Supper

JACKSONVILLE- On Saturday, November 3, from 5 to 7 pm, the Jacksonville Community Church, Route 112, is hosting its annual Soup and Stew Supper, offering a large variety of soups, stews, salad, and dessert.
Suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for children age 10 and under. Children...

Open grant applications

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley is accepting quarterly applications for grant funding for charitable and community service organizations. Applications received by the Monday, November 26, deadline are reviewed by the fund board and a decision is reached within two weeks...

The Loose Knit Group of the West Dover Congregational Church will hold a fundraiser to support the area.

Fundraiser to support church and community

DOVER- Come on down to the Dover Town Hall on Saturday, November 3, from 6 to 8 pm for supper. The Loose Knit Group of the West Dover Congregational Church will hold a fundraiser to support the community and the church. For the very first time a Souper Supper will be held at which ticket holders...

Movie night at the library

DOVER- Tuesday, October 30, is horror movie night at the Dover Free Library with a showing of the feature film “Mom and Dad,” starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair.
This pitch-black horror-comedy takes you to a land of worldwide mass hysteria, where for 24 brutal hours, parents turn...

Halloween fun all across the valley

Free Halloween pizza party
JACKSONVILLE- On Wednesday, October 31, from 5 to 7 pm, parents and children of all ages are invited to gather at the Whitingham Municipal Center, 2948 Route 100, for a free Halloween pizza party.
The Whitingham Free Public Library and the...

Explore the human impulse with author

WILMINGTON- On Saturday, October 27, Vermont author Jon Clinch will be appearing at Memorial Hall, 14 West Main Street.
The prize-winning author will be presenting “Between the Lines of Huckleberry Finn” at 8 pm. His talk will explore the human impulse to look behind the scenes of novels...

Jimmy Knapp, left, and Bruce Avery, right, played music at the Gilfeather Turnip Festival in 2012.

Celebrate the state’s veggie at festival

WARDSBORO- On Saturday, October 27, from 10 am to 3 pm, people will come from all over New England to celebrate Vermont’s state vegetable at the Gilfeather Turnip Festival.
Craft and farmers’market vendors will arrive early on festival day to set up shop inside and outside of town hall and...

Family fright movie night

DOVER- Friday, October 26, is Family Fright Movie Night at the Dover Free Library starting at 7 pm with an animated narration of the popular children’s picture book “Dem Bones” by Bob Barner.
This not-too-scary animated short film (20-minutes) is perfect for young trick-or-treaters and...

Knitting circle starts up

WARDSBORO- The Wardsboro Public Library is offering knitting circles on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4 pm, for the fall and winter seasons. Beginners are welcome.
Knitting needles, and free yarn are available for beginners to practice with, lessons are free, and there are many pattern books to...

A few of the pumpkins carved last year.

Pumpkin-carving party open to all

WILMINGTON- On Sunday, October 21, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, the public is invited to join Wilmington Works and the TVMHS Wildcat Club for a community pumpkin-carving party to decorate the Riverbank Park for the annual downtown trick-or-treating.
Twenty-five pumpkins will be provided, and...