Deerfield Valley

A quartet of riders enjoy a bluebird day on the Bluebird chairlift at Mount Snow. Local students can earn free passes. File/Brett MIller

Choose Snow program offers passes

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Choose Snow, a program to inspire healthy lifestyle choices, is back thanks to a generous donation to the Deerfield Valley Community Partnership from Vail Corporation and Mount Snow Resort,
Choose Snow is open to full-time Vermont students. A limited number of 2021-22...

Soup and wine tasting at local weekend festival

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The Vermont Wine and Harvest Festival will take place from Friday, September 24, to Saturday, September 25, in Wilmington and West Dover.
The festival is split into two events. On Friday, from 5 pm to 7 pm, the annual Wine and Soup Stroll will take place in downtown...

This Week in History (9/2 - 9/9)

10 years ago:
Hurricane Irene was downgraded to Tropical Storm Irene, but that didn’t stop it from pummeling the region, resulting in destruction and flooding in every Deerfield Valley town. Within 48 hours after the initial response, a massive volunteer effort in the...

The Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley president Bob Brunner recently presented the Frank Spencer achievement award to graduating seniors Cearra O’Hern, left, and Kylie Cleanthes, right.

Scholarship winners

The Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley president Bob Brunner recently presented the Frank Spencer achievement award to graduating seniors Cearra O’Hern, and Kylie Cleanthes. O’Hern will be attending Penn State University, majoring in journalism; Cleanthes will attend the University of Vermont,...

Free vaccination clinics

Walk-in vaccination clinics in the Deerfield Valley and nearby communities this week include:
Thursday, August 12, from 5 to 8 pm, at the Retreat Farm Food Truck Roundup, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro (Pfizer, first dose).
Friday, August 13, from 4 to 8 pm at the Halifax...

Free courses for shared housing

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The Bi-Town Housing Sub-Committee, of Wilmington and Dover, is offering two online courses to individuals interested in living in the Deerfield Valley, who respond by August 31.
Sharing Housing, Inc., a Dummerston based nonprofit, has released the online courses to...

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Full fair canceled, but horse pull, truck pull to be held this weekend

WILMINGTON- This year’s Deerfield Valley Farmers’ Day Fair has been canceled, for the second time in two years, but organizers say they’re looking forward to returning with new fair activities, along with old favorites in 2022.
DVFDF Assistant Vice President Tessa Adams Viall says this...

The True Value building shortly before it was demolished to make way for a new Family Dollar store. File photo

This Week in History (7/29 - 8/5)

10 years ago:
Demolition of the True Value building on East Main Street in Wilmington was scheduled to begin soon. The building, which housed a hardware store and laundromat, was being torn down to make way for a Family Dollar store and laundromat. The new building was...

Janet Boyd, standing, waves to the crowd while riding the Boyd Family Farm float in the 2014 Blueberry Festival parade. The festival returns this weekend. Parade lovers will have to wait until Saturday, August 7, for the Old Home Week parade. File photo

Valley to turn blue once again

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival, a 10-day celebration of the valley, its residents, visitors, and all things blue, which has been recognized by the state of Vermont over 10 times, returns this weekend after taking last year off due to the ongoing pandemic.
The...

Student News: July academic accomplishments

Beal makes dean’s list
WORCESTER, MA - Gabrielle Beal, of Wilmington, VT, has been named to the College of the Holy Cross spring 2021 dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify, students must pass...