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Kinkhabwala makes Northeastern list

BOSTON- Dover, VT, resident Aashna Kinkhabwala, a Northeastern University student majoring in international affairs, was recently named to the dean’s list for the fall semester, which ended in December 2020.
To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program...

Moore goes the extra mile at UMass Lowell

LOWELL, MA- Students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Among those recognized for achieving academic distinction for the fall 2020 semester at UMass Lowell is Coleman Moore, of West Dover, VT, majoring in composition for new media.

Nominate your 2021 emerging leader

SOUTHERN VERMONT– This year presented enormous challenges, but it also offered unique opportunities for ordinary people to support their communities in crucial ways. 2021 Emerging Leaders recognition will highlight those young professionals who went above and beyond.
Honorees will be...

DVFiber serves the under-served

SOUTHERN VERMONT- DVFiber, a communications union district of 20 towns, seeks to build a fiber-to-the-premises network to more than 10,000 unserved and underserved households and businesses. DVFiber recently released a request for proposal in search of private sector partners to develop a public-...

Program offers $1,000 stipends to CCV students

VERMONT- The Vermont Community Foundation announced that it has partnered with the Community College of Vermont to expand pathways to promising jobs for high school seniors across the state. To help the Vermont high school class of 2022 chart and start their career training, the Community...

Journalism scholarships offered

VERMONT- The New England Newspaper and Press Association awards up to 10 scholarships each year to aspiring journalists through the Journalism Education Foundation of New England. Applications are open through the deadline of March 12, 2021. The foundation strives to encourage and support young...

This Week in History

10 years ago:
Wilmington officials presented a plan for a new town garage to replace the circa 1963 town garage on Beaver Street. With $647,000 in surplus and other funds the town had salted away in a garage capital fund, the proposed bond for the almost $1 million garage...

Grants for professional development

WINDHAM COUNTY- The Professional Development Grant Program is the newest offering for members of Southern Vermont Young Professionals. The Southern Vermont Young Professionals is a workforce initiative of Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies and the Brattleboro Development Credit...

Sheriff creates county advisory panel

NEWFANE- Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson has established the Windham County Sheriff’s Advisory, a group of county residents who will advise him on community needs, interests, and concerns as they relate to the department’s operations. The advisory has no statutory or oversight responsibility...

Aging in Place- Thriving on change

In 1951, American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr first published what has come to be called the Serenity Prayer, which is extensively quoted in Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. It reads “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the...