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Bobby Maynard the the Deerfield Valley Rescue building earlier this week. Photo by Lauren Harkawik.

Riding shotgun through the pandemic

At DVR, a commitment to health and safety hasn’t changed This is part of a series of articles about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily life for people in the Deerfield Valley.
WILMINGTON - Bobby Maynard, instructor and coordinator for Deerfield...

Collecting cigarette butts for a cause

MARLBORO- “Be Part of the Solution,” sponsored by the Deerfield Valley Community Partnership, is inviting people to join its team Monday, October 12, at 9 am for a massive cigarette butt litter cleanup at the scenic overlook on Hogback Mountain.
Participants should wear a mask; the group...

A medical helicopter kicks up a cloud of dust in the Hogback Mountain parking area Monday afternoon. The chopper was called in to transport a child who had fallen from the fire tower at the top of the mountain. According to reports, the 6-year old girl fell 15 to 20 feet and sustained a head injury. No further updates on her status were available at press time. Ed Metcalfe

Life flight

The original base lodge at Haystack. -File photo

This Week in History

10 years ago:
Six years after Wilmington and Whitingham created the Twin Valley joint contact middle and high school, board members were still looking for an affordable solution to repair or renovate the high school building in Wilmington. Board members were considering a plan to...

Visit to a unique and dark country

Peter Cameron
“What Happens at Night”
Catapult, 2020 An American couple, throughout the book referred to only as “the man” and “the woman,” sit across from each other in a train that is rushing through the frozen landscape of an unnamed northern European country. They are on...

Legislature wraps up “weird” 2020 session

On Friday, September 25, the General Assembly of Vermont, the House and Senate, adjourned for the year. It has been a weird session, beginning with our adjournment of March 13. We had no idea what lay in store for us. Immediately, the Senate Rules Committee, led by the president pro tem, began to...

Alice Ivy Pemberton and Elaine Daiber performing “Ferdinand” on Yellow Barn Music Haul at the Grammar School, Putney.

Yellow Barn starting conversations

PUTNEY- On Tuesday, October 6, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Ferdinand” are among the guests on Yellow Barn Patio Noise, moderated by artistic director Seth Knopp.
Taking a look back at Yellow Barn’s July 25 concert stream, which included performances on Yellow Barn Music Haul at the...

Logging classes offered

VERMONT- The Vermont Logger Safety and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program, developed to modernize safety on logging operations and reduce workers’ compensation insurance costs, is entering its second year.
For mechanized and non-mechanized logging contractors enrolling in the Vermont...

Fish research class offered

VERMONT- A new offering by University of Vermont Extension 4-H gives students in grades six to 12 a chance to explore different career options through live chats via Zoom with professionals in different fields.
Students may sign up for any or all of the sessions at http://go.uvm.edu/...

Osher lectures virtual

BURLINGTON- The local chapter of the Osher Lifelong Learning lecture series has suspended its in-person offerings in Brattleboro until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its place Osher recommends the UVM Distinguished Speaker lecture series being offered via Zoom. The...