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Monroe hosts 200th anniversary

MONROE, MA- Massachusetts’ smallest town on the mainland, the town of Monroe, population 118, according to the 2020 census, will celebrate its 200th anniversary with a special day of festivities on Saturday, September 17.
Monroe was first settled around 1800 but not incorporated until 1822...

Classes and a community breakfast

WILLIAMSVILLE - Upcoming events at the Williamsville Hall, 35 Dover Road, include two classes and a community breakfast.
Beginners yoga will occur every Tuesday at 11 am, with classes starting Tuesday, September 20. Beginners tai chi will occur every Wednesday at 11 am, with classes...

Ten years ago a book about 45 Mill Street, generally known as the “Barnboard Factory,” was published.

This Week in History (9/15/22 - 9/22/22)

10 years ago:
Deerfield Valley Transportation Association General Manager Randy Schoonmaker and his daughter Martha Schoonmaker, released “The History of 45 Mill Street,” a book detailing the 100-year history of the structures and businesses on the site that is currently...

Bone Builders stretches schedule

DOVER - Bone Builders exercise classes for seniors has expanded its schedule. Classes will now occur at Butterfield Commons on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 10 am and at Dover Town Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11 am.
Bone Builders is an osteoporosis-prevention program...

Free dental, vision care

GREENWICH, NY - Remote Area Medical - a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision, and medical care to those in need – will hold a free, two-day clinic on Wednesday and Thursday, September 17 and 18. RAM will be set up at the Washington County Fairgrounds...

Student News: September academic accomplishments

Emerson College awards local students
BOSTON - Emerson College awarded more than 1,000 undergraduate degrees during its 142nd commencement at Agganis Arena on Sunday, May 8.
Aaron Boles, of Wilmington, VT, received a BA in a self-designed major. Acesta Frye-...

ANUFF meeting Sunday

JAMAICA - A Neighborhood Uniting For Fuelwood will be back in action this weekend. ANUFF has lined up two pickup trucks to move two cords of wood from the Bank of ANUFF to Roger and Linda’s place at 5243 Vermont Route 30.
ANUFF will meet at Rick and Cindy’s place at 2232 Windham Hill Road...

Lisa Moulton

Nurse practicioner joins SVMC

WILMINGTON - SVMC Deerfield Valley Campus, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Southwestern Vermont Health Care, welcomes Lisa Moulton, family nurse practitioner. With this appointment, Moulton also rejoins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians. Moulton will serve current patients...

History museum ends season

WHITINGHAM - The Whitingham Historical Society Museum is closed for the season. Questions? Contact Stella Stevens at (802) 368-2448.

One-Minute Book Reviews: A 1960s celebrity safari gone awry

“The Lioness”
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, 2022 After years of disappointing gossip columnists by staying single, Katie Barstow, 1960s Hollywood’s brightest movie star, marries David Hill, a Los Angeles gallerist. Such a great event, Katie decides, demands an exotic...