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Company seeks public input on cellular dead zones throughout region

DOVER - A company called Cell Coverage Mapping is attempting to identify cellular dead zones around the region, and they’re seeking the public’s help in doing so.
The company has officially partnered with Dover to identify dead zones in the town. In April, they sent letters to first...

Happy one hundred, Mr. Hamilton

MARLBORO - Hundreds of friends, family, and well-wishers gathered on Saturday at the home of Richard “Dick” Hamilton to celebrate his 100th birthday. Gov. Phil Scott spoke and presented Hamilton with a flag from the Vermont Statehouse. Hamilton posed with members of the Wilmington Police...

South Readsboro community meal

READSBORO - A public roast beef dinner will be served at the South Readsboro Community Hall at 1359 Bosley Hill Road on Saturday, October 8, from 5 to 7 pm. The menu will consist of roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and carrots, kidney bean salad, bread, blueberry shortcake, and beverages...

Design-a-plate and take it home

BRATTLEBORO - The Brooks Memorial Library’s 41st annual design-a-plate will once again be a take-home event.
Pick up packets in the children’s room starting on Saturday, October 1, and return them to the library by Monday, October 17. For more information visit https://brookslibraryvt.org/...

Flu shots at Grace Cottage

TOWNSHEND - Grace Cottage Family Health will be offering a flu vaccine clinic on Saturday, October 8, from 9 am to noon. Preregistration is recommended; call (802) 365-4331. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows.
It is not necessary to be an established patient at Grace Cottage in...

SVMC welcomes new staff

James MacGregor, MD BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Medical Center welcomes surgeon James MacGregor, MD, to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group and SVMC General Surgery.
Dr. MacGregor joins Drs. Julie DiSano, Simon Drew, Graham Moore, and Charles Salem....

Animals and their owners wait for a blessing at St. Mary’s. File photo

Blessing of the animals is Sunday at St. Mary’s church

WILMINGTON - St. Mary’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church will once again host the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, October 2, at 10 am. The event will take place in conjunction with World Animal Day, which is observed on Tuesday, October 4, as an international day of action.
World...

Rev. Jeremy Kirk Pastor, West Dover Congregational Church UCC

Soul in the Valley: Let’s not go back to normal; building community

I arrived in New York City for seminary in August 2008. Having spent most of my life in medium-size and small towns out west, I thought New York would be intimidating, impersonal, and unfriendly. I was surprised to find how in most cases the contrary was true. I found New Yorkers to be not only...

The Hungry Lions Bike Tour has become a well-loved tradition since it began a decade ago. Courtesy HungryLionBikeTour.com

This Week in History (9/29/22 - 10/6/22)

10 years ago:
The Deerfield Valley Lions Club, then known as the Whitingham-Halifax Lions Club, held their first Hungry Lions Bike Tour to raise money for annual holiday food basket program. The event, organized by avid cyclist Joe Specht, started and ended on Whitingham’...

NECCA recruiting board members

BRATTLEBORO - The New England Center for Circus Arts, the leading nonprofit circus arts education training facility in the country, is recruiting prospective board members. Those who are interested should send an email by Saturday, October 1, indicating their interest and a copy of their CV or...