Community Events

Lions Club annual Speak Out contest

WILMINGTON- The Deerfield Valley Lions Club is sponsoring the annual Speak Out contest Monday, March 20, at 6:30 pm at the Old School Community Center.
The topic is “How Can the Environment Be Saved for Our Future?” Speeches must be five to seven minutes and will be judged on addressing...

Ice carving at last year’s Winterfest.

Winterfest returns with winter family fun

WILMINGTON- Winter fun is back at Winterfest! Join Wilmington Works for a winter family fun event at Hayford Field on Saturday, February 11, from 1 to 3 pm.
Highlights of the day include winter games hosted by the Pettee Memorial Library and Beaver Brook Children’s School and an ice...

Win anything from yummy foods to exotic vacations.

Win anything from yummy foods to exotic vacations.

Grace Cottage auction returns

TOWNSHEND – Grace Cottage’s Cabin Fever Online Auction is a perfect way to bring fun and joy to winter. Find items that are practical, delectable, delightful, and inspirational. Bidding takes place Feb. 14-27, 2023.
Each year, Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital’s Cabin Fever Online...

Mental health watch party

WILMINGTON- Voices of Hope invites all to a Mental Health Advocacy Day watch party on Monday, January 30, from 10 am to 2 pm.
Every year, advocates join together to raise their voice in support of Mental Health Advocacy Day. This year is no exception.
The event will be held at the...

The Vault open for students

WILMINGTON- The Vault, the teen room at the Old School Community Center, will be open to all high school students on Monday, January 30, from 3 to 5 pm and to seventh and eighth graders on Wednesday, February 1, from 1 to 3 pm.
Come join in for snacks, video games, crafts, and so much...

Relief dinner to help family that lost home to a fire

READSBORO - On Saturday, February 11, from 1 pm to 3 pm, there will be a fire relief fundraiser spaghetti dinner at the Readsboro Central School, 301 Phelps Lane, for the benefit of Timothy Brown and Maddie Girardi, who lost their home and loved one in a fire on Friday, December 2. The cost will...

Eliza and Emma Doucet

Students organize Holocaust awareness event

JEFFERSONVILLE- At a time of increasing antisemitism, hate, and intolerance throughout the United States, Vermont students are taking on the responsibility of sharing lessons of the Holocaust with their schools and communities.
To mark United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day...

Pajama party storytime

WILMINGTON - Join the Pettee Memorial Library for a pajama party storytime on Friday, January 20, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. Come in pajamas. Stuffies are welcome. There will be stories, songs, and yummy bedtime snacks. Call the library at (802) 464-8557 by Wednesday, January 18, to sign up.

Year-end party for kids

BENNINGTON - The Bennington Museum will host “Noon Year’s Eve,” a midday, year-end party for kids and their families, on Saturday, December 31, from 11:15 to 12:15 pm.
Join the museum as they welcome in the “Noon” Year with music, dancing, party hats, noisemakers, sparkling grape juice,...

“The Flying Coconut” Photo by Elsie Smith

Circus show inspired by holiday classic

BRATTLEBORO - The New England Center for Circus Arts will present their streaming on demand holiday show “The Flying Coconut” online from Saturday, December 24, to Sunday, January 1.
Inspired by “The Nutcracker,” this year’s show, “The Flying Coconut: On Demand,” veers off course when the...