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BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Health Care leaders and staff gathered to honor employees for their service to the organization’s mission. One award every year is presented for each of the organization’s five core values: quality, empathy, safety, teamwork, and stewardship. The employees who...
WILMINGTON - The Senior Solutions 3SVT outreach team has decided to increase their service hours in the Deerfield Valley. The hours at the old firehouse in Wilmington are expanding from 11 am to 1 pm every second and fourth Thursday to 10 am to 3 pm. This will take effect Friday, January 13. The...
READSBORO - The monthly senior meal for people aged 55 and over will be held at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday, January 11, at noon. The church located on Main Street will be open for bingo at 10:30 am preceding the lunch.
The menu will be broccoli cheese soup or vegetable soup with...
WHITINGHAM - Come support the Twin Valley Middle High School drama and Spanish clubs by attending dinner and a show on Friday and Saturday, January 6 and 7, at 7 pm. Watch a murder mystery and purchase dinner and baked goods.
Dinner seating will begin at 5:45 pm. Dinner will consist of a...
BROOKLINE - “The Little Kids” is now available for sale on Amazon.com. The first book written by authors Samantha Bovat and Jeremy P. Doran contains childhood stories and the lessons learned along the way.
As the youngest two children in a family of 10, Bovat and Doran reflect upon how...
GUILFORD - According to the Guilford Park committee, the starter pistol has been fired for a race to raise $20,000 more for the construction of the Guilford Community Park. The committee has been working for over a year on plans to build a park behind the Guilford Store, alongside the Guilford...
PUTNEY - A keystone parcel along the Windmill Ridge in Putney and Brookline has been protected for wildlife, climate, recreation, and clean water, the Putney Mountain Association and the Vermont Land Trust announced Monday.
The two organizations worked together to conserve one of the few...

Left to right: Annick Gwozdz, vice president, business development; JoAnne Myers, customer service representative; Cara Boshart, president of the Community Food Cupboard; Jason Redden, assistant branch manager; and Scott Dickman, senior vice president, commercial lender
BENNINGTON - In the spirit of growing the strength of the communities it serves, Jim Brown, president of The Bank of Bennington, announced the completion of its 2022 annual donations to community food cupboards and fuel funds. In 2022 the Bank of Bennington donated more than $30,000 to over 20...

Claudette Hollenbeck
 I am sure you have heard the saying “A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” That neatly sums up my opinion of the product committee work usually produces - a hodgepodge, consensus-driven outcome, which is rarely a “silver bullet.” I cannot count the number of committee meetings I have sat...
10 years ago:
Valley businesses were celebrating a well-timed snowstorm that dumped 16 inches of snow on the valley just in time for the holidays. Mount Snow’s Dave Meeker said “The timing of the snow was tremendous, and in a time frame where we always anticipate a lot of...

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