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Aging in Place is a column by Claudette Hollenbeck

Aging in Place: Deciding what to do as you age

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-...

At Farm Road Estate, a Prohibition era escape

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

This Week in History February 22 - 29

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...

Legislative Update: Local students spend a day at the Statehouse

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...

Windham-2 Rep. Laura Sibilia

Legislative Update: The Consolidated Communications transition and the future of rural landlines in Vermont

It’s crucial to ensure that every Vermonter, regardless of their location, has reliable communication services. I want to point to a significant development impacting Consolidated Communications, a company that plays a vital role in our state’s communication infrastructure, including landline...

Dover Police Chief Mike Arbogast was sworn in as chief in late 2023. Lauren Harkawik

Dover chief settling in to new job

DOVER - Mid-morning on a recent Monday, Dover Police Chief Mike Arbogast sat behind the desk in his new office. In December, Arbogast was sworn in as chief, replacing former chief Randy Johnson, who retired at the end of 2023.
Arbogast joined the Dover Police Department in 2008. He was...

Winter workers bring foreign flavor to community

For one international student, the valley is cozy, relaxing, and exciting
WILMINGTON - Each winter, international students temporarily move to the valley to staff the area’s commerce centers, including Mount Snow, The Hermitage Club, and other local businesses. The...

This Week in History February 1-8

10 years ago:
Readsboro School’s former principal pleaded not guilty to felony charges of embezzlement and the theft of about $200 in student lunch money. Prosecutors alleged the former principal embezzled over $4,000 from two grants awarded to the school, one for school...

Claudette Hollenbeck

Aging in Place: Humor is the axle grease of a bumpy world

I firmly believe that humor is the axle grease that keeps the world bumping along as more-or-less smoothly as it does. I cannot imagine a world absent humor. For me, personally, the other key element to a good life is the companionship of a pet, specifically, in my case, a dog. My current...

Talk to focus on how to break into film stunts, acting

WILMINGTON - On Saturday, February 3, stunt performer and film producer Evelyn Vaccaro will give a talk at Pettee Memorial Library about her work in the film industry and how budding performers and filmmakers can get involved in the industry themselves.
Vaccaro has long split her time...