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Workshop offers advice on researching heritage

DOVER - Would you like to get started with your family genealogy? Know a little but want to know more? Come to the Dover Free Library, 22 Holland Road, on Saturday, July 30, from 10:30 to noon. Learn the most efficient ways to research, the best websites - a lot of them are free - and pitfalls to...

Rotary Club holds tour of local barns

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley held its third annual tour, “Barns, Live Music and Art,” on Saturday, July 16, raising close to $12,000 to help the local community.
Ticketholders got to see five local barns, including “The Art of Humor,” where Skip Morrow’s...

Open mic on pizza night

WEST TOWNSHEND - On Saturday, July 30, there will be a special event at the West Townshend Country Store. Liana Gabel, who is one of the women who built the store’s new pizza pavilion, will be doing a fun, family-friendly, concert-open mic during pizza night, from 5 to 7 pm. She is a talented...

The Brigham Young monument in Whitingham.

This Week in History (7/28/22 - 8/4/22)

10 years ago:
The results of a new DNA test in the 1994 murder of Christine Grega cast doubt on the conviction of the victim’s husband, John Grega. The DNA, described as having been taken from Christine Grega’s body in 1994, belonged to an unknown male. John Grega was...

Volunteer training and career opportunities at Senior Solutions

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Senior Solutions, the Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont, will be kicking off a new and exciting project by September. As the first organization to be granted the Public Health AmeriCorps grant, Senior Solutions will be establishing a strong squad of volunteers of all...

Photo by Kathy Blackadar

East Dover Road closed for construction

DOVER - Lenny Howe worked on the replacement of a culvert on East Dover Road that dated back to the 1980s. The construction of a box culvert will be completed by August 25, and the road will remain closed until then.

The Whitingham Historical Society Museum in Green Hall

Whitingham Historical Society hosts Colonial Dames

WHITINGHAM - On Tuesday, July 12, the Society of Colonial Dames of Vermont met at the Whitingham Historical Society Museum. The dames came from all over Vermont. Stella Stevens, historical society president, whose family in Whitingham dates from 1826, spoke of the museum’s local treasures, and...

Student News: July academic accomplishments

Holmes named to dean’s list
KINGSTON, RI - The University of Rhode Island announces Claire Holmes, of Wardsboro, VT, was named to the spring 2022 dean’s list. Students named to the dean’s list represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England...

Talk about history at open house

READSBORO - There will be an open house on Saturday, July 23, from 2 to 4 pm at the Readsboro Historical Society on Main Street in the former First Wesleyan Methodist Church. The church was built in 1840 and was also used as the former town hall and office.
Come on in and visit Al Scaia,...

Teach kids civics, win DC trip

VERMONT - Looking for some educational family fun this summer and a chance to win a free trip to Washington, DC? Help kids take the Good Citizen Challenge, an interactive, nonpartisan civics activity. It recognizes and rewards participants for learning about their communities, keeping up with...