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Left to right: Liberty Mutual senior territory manager Forrest Oberst, SafeCo senior territory manager Deb Bissell, The Richards Group personal lines account manager and rotarian Jessica Kain, Drew Richards, The Richards Group personal lines department manager Hayley Hill, and president of the Rotary of Deerfield Valley Diane McCormick,

Rotary receives $10,000 check

DEERFIELD VALLEY - On Tuesday, October 11, the Rotary of Deerfield Valley was presented with a $10,000 check from SafeCo Insurance Co, a division of Liberty Mutual, as a part of their “Make More Happen Award” program. This was done through The Richards Group, an insurance agency with offices all...

Choose Snow open to full-time Vermont students

DOVER - Through a generous donation to the Deerfield Valley Community Partnership from Vail Corporation and Mount Snow Resort, Choose Snow, a program to inspire healthy lifestyle choices, is back.
Choose Snow is open to full-time Vermont students. A limited number of 2022 to 2023 season...

Leland & Gray students do project-based learning by performing a skit to the class.

Students get creative in new curriculum

TOWNSHEND - Students at Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School are slated to begin a 10-week, project-based learning curriculum. As defined by the Buck Institute for Education, project-based learning is “a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an...

Grace Cottage welcomes three providers

Caroline Dormer, AGNP
Nurse practitioner Caroline Dormer is accepting new patients ages 18 and older. A graduate of St. Lawrence University and State University of New York-Binghamton’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Dormer graduated with a Master of...

Memorial planting service

BRATTLEBORO - The 23rd annual memorial planting service, sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice, will be held Tuesday, October 11, at 4 pm at the Brattleboro Area Hospice Memorial Garden, Living Memorial Park, Guilford Street.
Join the hospice as they gather to plant bulbs, create memorial...

Students need host families

CHARLEMONT, MA - The Academy at Charlemont’s international students are dizzy with excitement about school and feeling loved and nurtured by their host families. Still, they’ll likely need more host families to host their international students - all four are in welcome families through Saturday...

Judges examine a pie at the “Best Pie in Arlington” competition at the Arlington Village Farmers’ Market, Friday, September 9. Photo courtesy Jessica Roberts

Arlington Farmers’ Market apple pie-making competition

ARLINGTON - Another successful year finishes the summer season for the Arlington Village Farmers’ Market on Friday, September 9. The market, which was started as a social gathering experiment by the Arlington Area Renewal Project under the leadership of Jim Baker, found strong community support...

State representative Paul Mark presents a replica of the fully-restored town charter to the Monroe Board of Selectmen. Left to right: David Gagne, Alice Houghtaling, Paul Mark, and Carla Davis.

Monroe celebrates bicentennial, receives replica of charter

MONROE, MA - The town of Monroe celebrated its 200th anniversary with a special day of festivities on Saturday, September 17. Visitors came from as far away as Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont to help mark the occasion and share in the celebration....

Former WWII barracks memorialized

READSBORO - On Thursday, September 20, the Readsboro Historical Society generously donated a plaque to Great River Hydro to be placed on their storage building at Harriman Station. This building was once used as the World War II barracks for soldiers deployed to guard the Harriman Dam and...

Nonprofit group out to help keep homes warm

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Winter is coming; now is the time to make sure windows are well insulated. Those who live in Wardsboro, Windham or Londonderry, the towns’ energy committees and the WindowDressers organization are ready to help.
WindowDressers is a nonprofit organization that works to...