Deerfield Valley

Old Home Week, Blueberry Festival on track for summer

WILMINGTON- Last year, two of the valley’s biggest events, Wilmington’s Old Home Week and the Blueberry Festival were canceled as the reality of a prolonged pandemic became clear. Will those events be able to return for this summer? Organizers are optimistic they will.
Nicki Steel, chair...

Towns to get a boost from state program

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Efficiency Vermont has announced that four Deerfield Valley towns will be included in its 2021 targeted communities partnership program.
Under the program, Efficiency Vermont will help provide and connect residents, businesses, and municipalities in Whitingham, Wilmington...

Pastor Jeremy Kirk is volunteer leader of Voices of Hope

Voices raised in hopes of helping

Note: This article has been updated to correct an error. In the original version, we incorrectly said that the public could obtain Naloxone at WIlmington's Petty Memorial Library. Neighbors stepping up to deal with the double whammy of overdose and a pandemic.
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COVID-19 concerns cause holiday pivot

Restaurants, stores, switch to carry out, pick up or temporary closure
DEERFIELD VALLEY- A growing number of local businesses are temporarily closing their doors or changing how they deliver services to the public due to concerns about COVID-19 and an influx of visitors...

Valley communities saw record voter turnout for Election Day

DEERFIELD VALLEY- In a year that has been called “unprecedented” too many times, it may come as no surprise that most valley towns are reporting record turnout on Election Day.
But it may come as a surprise to learn that the numbers aren’t quite as unprecedented as may have been expected...

Bobby Maynard the the Deerfield Valley Rescue building earlier this week. Photo by Lauren Harkawik.

Riding shotgun through the pandemic

At DVR, a commitment to health and safety hasn’t changed This is part of a series of articles about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily life for people in the Deerfield Valley.
WILMINGTON - Bobby Maynard, instructor and coordinator for Deerfield...

Challenger for House seat calls for fundamental school changes

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley News asked candidates in the Windham-6 legislative race to respond to seven questions on local and statewide issues. Here are our questions, and their answers.
Note: This Q&A was compiled by DVN intern Rory Sweeting, a first-year student at...

Rep. John Gannon of Wilmington

Incumbent rep will push for funding fixes

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley News asked candidates in the Windham-6 legislative race to respond to seven questions on local and statewide issues. Here are our questions and their answers
Note: This Q&A was compiled by DVN intern Rory Sweeting, a first-year student at Gaucher...

Recovery group works on its wishes ahead of presentation

WILMINGTON - Much of Tuesday’s Voices of Hope meeting was spent preparing for a presentation the group will give to the Deerfield Valley Regional Advisory Board for Southwestern Vermont Health Care in October. The group will present its goals for the future of recovery services in the valley and...

Communication district will use grant to study poles, rebrands itself

DEERFIELD VALLEY - At its meeting on Wednesday, September 16, the governing board of the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District said the district will use most of a $100,000 grant to conduct a pole study in the district’s towns that are most in need of connectivity. In addition, vice...