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Salome's Stars

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This year, instead of jumping into the whole holiday prep scene, move in a little at a time. You’ll appreciate the sense of control you’re more likely to enjoy.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The separation between the Bovine’s head and heart is never as far...

Alexandra Hendricks Balch

Birth of Alexandra Hendricks Balch

CHICAGO- Alexandra Hendricks Balch made her early and very quick appearance on September 22 at 3:55 am ( Chicago time), at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. Proud parents Cameron and Kelsey Balch were just able to get to the hospital in time for her birth. She weighed six pounds and was 18.5...

Advance care planning information session

WINDHAM COUNTY- Brattleboro Area Hospice’s Taking Steps Brattleboro program will host a Zoom advance care planning and advance directive information session Wednesday, November 25.
Advance care planning includes discussing choices about end-of-life care with a medical provider, family,...

Leon Boyd waves from the cab of a Pisten-Bully snowcat in this 2015 photo taken on Haystack Mountain. Boyd was waiting while mechanich “Joey Diesel” made a mid-mountain repair. The Hermitage Club has named a trail in memory of Boyd, who died in April from COVID-19 complications. Aaron Sherritt

Hermitage Club getting ready for season, renames trail

Mountain trail dedicated to “Cat-illac” pilot who lost battle with coronavirus WILMINGTON- Officials at the Hermitage Club say they’re working hard to pick up the pieces at Haystack Mountain and put the ski area back together. Along with lift maintenance, pressure-checking...

Grace Cottage flu vaccine

TOWNSHEND- Grace Cottage Family Health will be offering a flu vaccine clinic on Saturday, November 21, from 9 am to noon. Preregistration is recommended, call (802)365-4331. Masks are required, and anyone under 18 years of age must be accompanied. If not insured, payment for the flu shot is...

Tamara Stenn

A presentation on quinoa in Bolivia

BRATTLEBORO- Just in time for annual harvest celebrations, on Sunday, November 15, from 4 to 5:30 pm, the Windham World Affairs Council will present a Zoom talk by Dr. Tamara Stenn titled, “Indigenous sustainability, regeneration, and hope: Harvesting Bolivia’s royal quinoa.”
The...

Melissa boyd relaxes at her Mountain Styules Salon in Dover. LH

Clipping hair during COVID

Pandemic highlights community for salon owner 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.
DOVER - For Melissa Boyd, owner of Mountain Styles Salon and Spa, many of the new...

Partnership receives grant

BRATTLEBORO- Windham County Prevention Partnership, a group of four prevention coalitions in Windham County, has received a five-year grant from the Vermont Department of Health to reduce substance misuse. As part of this grant, the partnership will focus on a series of initiatives leveraging...

Cody Bardwell shot this Halloween evening close-up of the Blue Moon hovering over the valley.

Blue Moon

Dr. Jeffrey Wallace points to a number of cards and letters he received from well-wishers after announcing his retirement.
Randy Capitani

Dr. Jeffrey Wallace points to a number of cards and letters he received from well-wishers after announcing his retirement. Randy Capitani

Retiring dentist ready for flip flops, T-shirts

WILMINGTON- From broken dentures and cracked fillings to swallowed gold crowns and clients wanting work done on their pets’ teeth, Dr. Jeffrey Wallace has seen just about everything in his 40 years of practicing dentistry. In fact, according to his own estimation, Wallace has looked into “tens of...