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New Dover library hours

DOVER - The Dover Free Library will have new winter hours effective Monday, January 3. On Monday and Tuesday, the library will be open from noon to 6 pm. On Wednesday and Friday, hours will be 10 am to 6 pm. Saturday hours will be 10 am to 2 pm. The library will be closed on Thursdays and Sundays...

Healthcare updates: new hires

Juliette Carr, FNP TOWNSHEND - Family nurse practitioner Juliette Carr has joined the primary care staff at Grace Cottage Family Health.
Carr holds a master of science-FNP degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of...

Year of the Book provides storytelling visits, workshops, and new books for schoolchildren.

Year of the Book engages students

VERMONT - The Children’s Literacy Foundation is now accepting applications for the Year of the Book program. The grant program provides $25,000 in author and storyteller visits and workshops; family literacy events; special literacy programs; new books for classrooms, school libraries, and public...

MOOver buses have provided 5.4 million rides in the valley since they began service in 1996.

MOOver celebrates 25 years

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Southeast Vermont Transit, also known as the MOOver, celebrated its 25th anniversary. On November 28, 1996, the Deerfield Valley Transit Association began service on four condominium routes.
On December 16, 1996, the Route 100 service from Wilmington to Mount Snow and...

Violet Kelly, left, and Mae Oakley are co-presidents of the Dover Student Council.

Dover School holds penny drive

DOVER - Over the past few weeks, the Dover School had a penny drive to raise money for the Giving Tree and the Deerfield Valley Food Pantry. Since December is the season of giving, the sixth-grade and the student council organized this fundraiser to give back to the community. Many people...

One-Minute Book Reviews: A short story and novella about inheritance

“How Strange a Season”
Megan Mayhew Bergman
Scribner, 2022
“How Strange a Season” is a collection of seven short stories and a novella, several of them set in the South, and all but one of them concerning women coming to terms with problems they have...

Post office launches pen pal project

VERMONT - The US Postal Service is working with WeAreTeachers to introduce The USPS Pen Pal Project, a free educational program for students in grades three to five, this school year. The project will provide 25,000 classrooms across the country the opportunity to partner with matched classes to...

Scott Pierpont. File photo

This Week in History (12/30 - 1/6)

10 years ago:
Three downtown Wilmington businesses, The Old Red Mill, Gallery Wright, and Beadz Needs reopened after extensive repairs and renovations due to flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene. Many more buildings remained damaged and under renovation, but a Wilmington...

Claudette Hollenbeck

Aging in Place: Long life spans will force changes

Global life expectancy has more than doubled since 1900. A child born at that time could reasonably expect to live to age 50. Only 4% of the world’s population was older than 65 in that era. The Center on Longevity, a study group at Stanford University in California, claims that by 2050 long...

Public invited to testify at budget hearing

VERMONT - The Vermont House Committee on Appropriations will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 6, from 10:30 to 11:30 am, in Room 24 of the Statehouse and via videoconference. The committee will take testimony on the governor’s recommended budget adjustment. The governor’s proposal can...