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Fuel assistance assistance

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Planning to apply for fuel assistance? First, go to the locations listed below on the days set out. The Senior Solutions fuel assistance outreach team - Thom Simmons and Suzanne Burge - will do fuel supply intakes on the following days, dates, times, and at these locations:...

Clouds over the horizon

MARLBORO - Ed Metcalfe sent us this photo he took from the deck of Vermont Distillers on Hogback Mountain.

Road construction came to a halt during a gravel shortage 35 years ago.

This Week in History (10/6/22 - 10/13/22)

10 years ago:
Twin Valley School Board members presented their plan to build two new additions to Deerfield Valley Elementary School (since renamed Twin Valley Elementary School). The proposed construction would add six new classrooms, eliminate an aging portable classroom...

Photo courtesy USFS

It’s that time of year!

VERMONT - Vermonters and visitors alike are being treated to peak foliage season this weekend. The US Forest Service tracks the progress of fall color and is once again offering the public a website that can be visited for foliage updates, scenic hotspots, and routes to take for peak viewing of...

Company seeks public input on cellular dead zones throughout region

DOVER - A company called Cell Coverage Mapping is attempting to identify cellular dead zones around the region, and they’re seeking the public’s help in doing so.
The company has officially partnered with Dover to identify dead zones in the town. In April, they sent letters to first...

Happy one hundred, Mr. Hamilton

MARLBORO - Hundreds of friends, family, and well-wishers gathered on Saturday at the home of Richard “Dick” Hamilton to celebrate his 100th birthday. Gov. Phil Scott spoke and presented Hamilton with a flag from the Vermont Statehouse. Hamilton posed with members of the Wilmington Police...

South Readsboro community meal

READSBORO - A public roast beef dinner will be served at the South Readsboro Community Hall at 1359 Bosley Hill Road on Saturday, October 8, from 5 to 7 pm. The menu will consist of roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and carrots, kidney bean salad, bread, blueberry shortcake, and beverages...

Design-a-plate and take it home

BRATTLEBORO - The Brooks Memorial Library’s 41st annual design-a-plate will once again be a take-home event.
Pick up packets in the children’s room starting on Saturday, October 1, and return them to the library by Monday, October 17. For more information visit https://brookslibraryvt.org/...

Flu shots at Grace Cottage

TOWNSHEND - Grace Cottage Family Health will be offering a flu vaccine clinic on Saturday, October 8, from 9 am to noon. Preregistration is recommended; call (802) 365-4331. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows.
It is not necessary to be an established patient at Grace Cottage in...

SVMC welcomes new staff

James MacGregor, MD BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Medical Center welcomes surgeon James MacGregor, MD, to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group and SVMC General Surgery.
Dr. MacGregor joins Drs. Julie DiSano, Simon Drew, Graham Moore, and Charles Salem....