“North Woods: A Novel”
Daniel Mason
Random House, 2023
“North Woods” chronicles the 300-year history of a fictitious house, fields, and forest near the Vermont border of western Massachusetts. Over the course of that history, greatly differing residents find the...
10 years ago:
Dover resident Laura Sibilia announced she would run as an independent for a house seat that was, at the time, held by Democrat John Moran, of Wardsboro. The district, which has since been redrawn, included Wardsboro, Dover, Somerset, Searsburg, a portion of Whitingham, and...
WILMINGTON - Garret Harkawik’s documentary “The Reductionist” will premiere on Saturday, March 16, as part of the Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier.
The short film tells the story of Daniel Garrett, who spends his time distributing supplies to drug users, fueled by the value of...
Claudette Hollenbeck
I know it is the dead of winter and I am 86 years old and counting. But I wonder? Does anyone else wake up, realize it is yet another new day, and ponder “how can I fill another empty day with something to do that is more than just treading in place?” I have always been a do-er. When age,...
10 years ago:
Rep. John Moran and Sen. Peter Galbraith both defended their support for a $12 minimum wage in Vermont. At the time, Vermont’s minimum wage was $8.73 per hour. Galbraith said there were “significant studies” showing that the higher minimum wage would save...
10 years ago:
The Whitingham Country Store closed its doors after 11 years under the stewardship of Steve and Darlene Betit. The store had served local residents on and off for over a century, survived a fire, and at one time had gas pumps in front of the building.
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Aging in Place is a column by Claudette Hollenbeck
Well, old buddies, I am certainly aging and for a recent 10-day stretch most emphatically in one place. I tested “mildly positive” for our old friend COVID on Friday, January 19, and the doors clanged shut. I am not ill, and have had no symptoms (besides my ever so familiar winter postnasal-...
By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - Many people travel to Vermont to inhabit a lifestyle and setting unlike their own. Now, they can visit another era, too. Red Door at Farm Road Estate is a speakeasy-style bar that doesn’t just pay homage to the past by recreating a Prohibition era setting. The...
The old summit chairlift at Haystack Mountain, which ran up the current “Oh No” trail. File photo
10 years ago:
Dover hired Carlo Pilgrim as town administrator. Pilgrim previously served as town manager in several towns, including Newport, ME; Boothbay, ME; and Boothbay Harbor, ME. Pilgrim was living in Wilmington, and vowed to do his best for Dover “and enjoy doing...
Recently, I had a special day in the Statehouse. With Montpelier two-plus hours away from the Windham-6 legislative district, I was proud to be able to meet with four student leaders representing Twin Valley Middle High School.
Davis Cole, Jordan Garcy, Gabe Walling, and Elea Cutler...