“The Red Lotus” by Chris Bohjalian
Doubleday, 2019
Austin and Alexis look like the perfect couple. Even the assonance of their names draws smiling attention. And they have a story: they met six months ago, when Alexis, an ER doctor, sutured the bullet holes in Austin’s arm after he...
Monday, January 20, 2020
Features
Legislative Update: Sen. Jeanette White
Last week in the Statehouse felt like we never left. Except that there were even more issues that popped up over the summer. As a reminder, this is the second year of the 2019-2020 biennium so it really is a continuation of everything that happened last year. I serve on Senate Judiciary in the...
10 years ago:
Wilmington Selectboard members put off action on a petition seeking removal of the Bank Park pergola they received at their regular meeting until the matter could be warned on an upcoming agenda. The petition, which had 119 qualified signatures, sought an...
Wilmington Selectboard members put off action on a petition seeking removal of the Bank Park pergola they received at their regular meeting until the matter could be warned on an upcoming agenda. The petition, which had 119 qualified signatures, sought an...
Aging in Place: Claudette Hollenbeck
I have been plowing through the 24 pages of statistics in the recent housing analysis for Dover and Wilmington. Since I am severely numerically challenged, this was tough going for me, especially to find a way to write about it that won’t put everyone to sleep. Bottom line, all us old geezers are...
10 years ago:
The valley mourned Jessica Bolognani, who died in a tragic accident while snowmobiling with friends. Bolgonani, who was from Readsboro, was a student at Quinnipiac University, and graduated from Twin Valley High School less than seven months earlier. A...
The valley mourned Jessica Bolognani, who died in a tragic accident while snowmobiling with friends. Bolgonani, who was from Readsboro, was a student at Quinnipiac University, and graduated from Twin Valley High School less than seven months earlier. A...
Wilmington police officers Andrew Kirkman, left, and Sasha Kondraski.
WILMINGTON - On a damp December afternoon, newly-appointed full-time police officer Sasha Kondraski is preparing for winter weather. She’s in a green uniform, which she notes is different than that of officer Andrew Kirkman, who became a full-time officer alongside her. Kirkman is dressed in blue...
“Into The Clouds: The Race to Climb the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain” by Tod Olson. Scholastic Focus, 2020
“Into the Clouds” chronicles an iconic mountaineering expedition: Charlie Houston’s 1953 team’s attempt to be the first to reach the top of the Himalayan peak K2...
“Into the Clouds” chronicles an iconic mountaineering expedition: Charlie Houston’s 1953 team’s attempt to be the first to reach the top of the Himalayan peak K2...
Old Home Week organizers gearing up for celebration
WILMINGTON - Nicki Steel, the chair of the Wilmington Old Home Week Committee, says some festivity is in order.
“We need a party,” she says. “The last 10 years have not been easy. It’s time to celebrate.”
...
WILMINGTON - Nicki Steel, the chair of the Wilmington Old Home Week Committee, says some festivity is in order.
“We need a party,” she says. “The last 10 years have not been easy. It’s time to celebrate.”
...
10 years ago:
At a meeting in Dover, valley residents sounded off about poor access to health care, and expressed dissatisfaction with the way the national health care reform process transpired in Washington. Several local residents told personal stories of their...
At a meeting in Dover, valley residents sounded off about poor access to health care, and expressed dissatisfaction with the way the national health care reform process transpired in Washington. Several local residents told personal stories of their...
The West Will Swallow You: Essays by Leath Tonino
Trinity University Press, 2019
“The West Will Swallow You” is Leath Tonino’s second collection of essays concerning his self-described “aimless appreciative wandering” around America’s back country. The first...
Trinity University Press, 2019
“The West Will Swallow You” is Leath Tonino’s second collection of essays concerning his self-described “aimless appreciative wandering” around America’s back country. The first...
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