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Food 4 Kids continues when school is over

DOVER- Everyone has heard about the Food 4 Kids program, right? The one where elementary school children who need food on weekends are given a bag of non-perishable food each Friday at school to get them through the weekend.
But wait, there is no school right now. That has not stopped...

Statewide radio prom for seniors

VERMONT- Vermont Public Radio is partnering with the Vermont Agency of Education and Big Heavy World to produce a statewide radio prom for Vermont’s high school students on Saturday, May 30, at 7 pm. “Prom Goes #VTstrong” will be hosted by Burlington-based DJ Craig Mitchell spinning his favorite...

College scholarships offered

WILMINGTON- The C. C. Haynes Fund offers two annual scholarships of up to $1,000. The recipient may be anyone enrolled in a course of study beyond high school in an accredited institution, with preferences given to a person studying agriculture or related fields such as environmental studies....

Three graduate from UNH

DURHAM, NH - The following students graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham Saturday, May 16, during a virtual celebration.
Douglas Lazelle, of Jacksonville, VT, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience and behavior. Miranda Wilkins, of Jamaica, VT,...

School hosts virtual tour

DOVER- The Dover School’s pre-K teacher, Lindsey Brown-Rosso, will be hosting a virtual pre-K tour and question and answer session on Friday, May 29, at 10 am for families interested in enrolling their child this fall.
Until they are able to offer an in-person visit, school officials are...

Bernard, Hoos make dean’s list

NEW LONDON, NH- Colby-Sawyer College recognized 283 students for outstanding academic achievement during the 2020 spring semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours in graded...

Cooper Pell

Cooper Pell helps in fundraising effort

BURLINGTON- Cooper Pell, of Marlboro, along with 47 teams and over 800 participants, helped the University of Vermont’s sixth annual student-led fundraising event, Rallython, raise a record-breaking $140,813.29 for the UVM Children’s Hospital.
Rallython is a yearlong fundraiser which...

"Now it's the whole darned world"

Now it is not just the oldsters “Aging in Place,” it is the whole darned world. Who would have thought such a thing could or would happen? When the Aging in Place initiative got off the ground in the first place, I think it must have been at least five years ago, it was because of newcomers to...

Stamford seed-sharing program

STAMFORD- A local gardening organization is shifting its priorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past three years the Stamford Vermont Seed Savers have promoted gardening in the town by making seeds available to gardeners through an annual seed swap and by managing an educational...

Susie Haughwout holds an old land record book in this 2013 file photo. She recently retired from her position after 25 years. Her quick thinking and decisive actions during Tropical Storm Irene saved the town’s historic records from rising floodwaters.

Long-time Wilmington Town Clerk Susie Haughwout moves on

WILMINGTON - Two weeks into retirement, former Wilmington Town Clerk Susie Haughwout says she’s just crawled out from under a seemingly endless pile of paperwork. “There’s a little more to retirement than I expected,” she says. “There’s a lot of paperwork involved.”
She says that in...