Features

Jim Zachary

Community journalism matters to communities

Beyond the noise of the Beltway and the daily vilification of national media outlets, are community newspapers serving cities, counties and regions throughout the US.
Your local newspaper is far from being The Fake News.
Your newspaper is most definitely not The Enemy of the People...

This Week in History

10 years ago:
Honora Winery’s first batch of varietal grapes was harvested and ready for winemaking. The grapes from the 2008 harvest were planned for Honora’s first estate wine to be released in 2010.
The valley remembered the flood of ‘38 on its 70th anniversary...

Health center plans to be unveiled

History of hospital on display at Memorial Hall
WILMINGTON - From now to October 8, Memorial Hall will play host to “A Century of Caring,” a display of artifacts and information about Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, formerly Putnam Memorial Hospital. After October 5,...

Study of guilt on a damaged artist

Everything That Follows
Meg Little Reilly, Mira, 2018.
“There is,” opens the prologue, “a moment in any event when momentum takes over and dictates the direction and force of everything that follows.” This moment occurs after glass-blower Kat Weber, her longtime...

This week in history

15 years ago:
Whitingham Town Clerk Buddy Holland announced his retirement. Holland had been town clerk since 1992, and had served in various town or village positions since 1965.
With the arrests of six Deerfield Valley residents, ages 16 to 19, Wilmington and...

Car fanatic brings his personal touch

WILMINGTON- Local business owner Brent Dessaint brings a love for cars and a talent for cleanliness to his business, Fanatics Autowerks. Dessaint has a long history with automobiles and is happy to offer detailing and repair work from his new shop in Wilmington. Originally from Brattleboro,...

Inn reopens with a treehouse twist

New treehouse brings spark to community
SOUTH NEWFANE- Fans of Animal Planet’s “Treehouse Masters” are thrilled that Pete Nelson and his crew of treehouse architects have finished construction on a new treehouse.
Property owner...

Local libraries team up with localvores

VERMONT- The Vermont Department of Libraries is partnering with Rooted in Vermont, a grassroots campaign celebrating how all Vermonters enjoy local food, to explore all of the great food that Vermonters can find right in their backyard. Libraries across the state will be hosting programs Monday,...

Big top adventure coming to school

WARDSBORO- The Wardsboro School Club has arranged for Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures, led by acclaimed circus arts performer Troy Wunderle, to come to Wardsboro Elementary School the week of November 12 to 18 for a circus residency program that will engage students from pre-K to grade six in the...

Lecture series continues on Thursday

It is a pitiful shame and a real embarrassment that so few people show up every Thursday afternoon at 3 pm to benefit from the free lecture series organized by Wilmington's Town Nurse, Jennifer Fitzgerald, for seniors (and others) in the valley. Scot Tucker, Wilmington Town Manager, makes the...