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The valley men’s group has been meeting at the Dover Town Park gazebo for the summer season. The group will be heading indoors to North Star Bowl as the fall approaches. Above, Alan Baker, Ira Colby, Bill Adams, Ken Weisman, and Mickey Kirsten swap stories and smiles on a recent Thursday morning.

Sharing their wisdom, and a little bull

This Week in History

10 years ago:
More than 100 business leaders from around Windham County were to meet at Memorial Hall for an economic development summit with the Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies (SeVEDS) group. The summit, and SeVEDS itself, were inspired by the...

Celebrating 20 years of music-making, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds open the Middlebury College virtual performing arts series on Friday, September 25.

The show must go on in Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY- Though Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center remains closed to the public due to the pandemic, the show must go on. Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series has announced an all-virtual fall 2020 season, featuring eight free, online concerts by nationally and internationally renowned...

June Millington

June Millington comes to town

NORTH ADAMS, MA- Virtuoso guitarist and co-founder of Fanny, the first all-female rock band releasing a major-label album, June Millington, has been blazing her own riff-filled trail for decades. At 72 years young, music lovers will be hard-pressed to find a guitar slinger who can keep up with...

Next Stage Arts Donations

PUTNEY– The Next Stage Arts Project announced that the August 2 Arts Unite Windham event raised more than $8,000 for local social justice organizations, the Root Social Justice Center and the Windham County NAACP. More than $6,700 came through the online portal, and more than $1,500 came through...

MOOver bus changes routes due to COVID-19

MOOver route canceled due to Covid

WILMINGTON - Due to constraints caused by the pandemic, the MOOver will not be able to provide winter seasonal service to Greenspring, Bears Crossing, Suntec, Timber Creek, and Kingswood for the 2020-2021 season. The company will provide service to the three Mount Snow base lodges, Mountaineer,...

Peace poster artwork competition

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley Lions will be sponsoring the Lions International Peace Poster Contest once again. The event is open to any student ages 11, 12 or 13 (as of November 15) living in Halifax, Whitingham, Wilmington or Dover. This year’s Peace Poster theme is “Peace Through...

Virtual classes for all ages from 4-H

BURLINGTON- “4-H At Home” offers a smorgasbord of programs and activities for kids of all ages with topics ranging from veterinary science, civic engagement and environmental leadership to gardening and nutrition, baby-sitting, and learning to code.
This University of Vermont Extension 4-H...

Virtual UVM Workshop

VERMONT-University of Vermont Extension and the International Workshop on Agritourism will present an online agritourism series featuring experts from around the globe.
“Agritourism Gatherings,” a virtual series for farm, food, and travel communities, will address issues of interest to...

Nancy Heydinger

New mortgage loan originator

BRATTLEBORO– Nancy Heydinger has joined Brattleboro Savings & Loan as a mortgage loan originator. She worked for two local banks earlier in her career as both an assistant bank manager and as a mortgage loan officer.
Heydinger is perhaps best known as the founder and executive director...