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Lorena Cuevas begins role as new library director.

Moore Free Library gets new director

NEWFANE - The Board of Trustees of the Moore Free Library and Crowell Art Gallery announces the hiring of Newfane resident Lorena E. Cuevas as the new library director.
Since 2018 Cuevas has been at Brooks Memorial Library serving patrons of all ages. She has also worked as a research...

Sen. Patrick Leahy retires

MONTPELIER - At a press conference Monday, November 15, Sen. Patrick Leahy announced that he will be retiring from office at the end of his current term. His retirement will mark the end of a long, distinguished Senate career, which began in 1974, when he became the first Democrat and youngest...

COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Cheshire Medical Center

KEENE, NH - Cheshire Medical Center, a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health affiliate, will be offering COVID-19 Pfizer pediatric clinics for established and eligible patients ages 5 to 11 on November 20, December 4, and December 11. Appointments must be scheduled in advance through myDH.org or by calling...

MOOver adds routes to Stratton and Manchester

STRATTON MOUNTAIN - Stratton Mountain Resort has partnered with the MOOver, southern Vermont’s public transit system, to create a new way of getting to the mountain this winter. A new route is now running to and from Manchester and Stratton, making four to eight round trips daily, varying...

SVMC project to double ER capacity

BENNINGTON - Loads of insulation, doors, lighting fixtures, pressure treated lumber, wooden beams, and an antique cast iron sink are among the items being harvested for reuse from The Lodge, a building on the Bennington campus of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. The building is slated for...

Photo by Vicki Capitani

Beginnings of winter

WOODFORD - An early season snowfall dusts the trees surrounding Mill Pond.

Public input on water

VERMONT - Vermont’s Clean Water Board is asking the public to weigh in on how they would like to prioritize approximately $46.9 million available through the state fiscal year 2023 clean water budget to clean up water pollution across the state.
The draft budget is available for public...

Fifteen years ago, Whitingham voters, in a landslide, defeated a ballot initiative to dissolve the Twin Valley School District. File photo

This Week in History (11/18 - 11/25)

10 years ago:
FairPoint completed installation of DSL in East Dover, a project championed by Dover Economic Development Department’s Ken Black at a cost to the town of about $60,000. The project brought 21st-century connectivity to 115 houses in East Dover.
A...

Photo by Vicky Capitani

Early season snow

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Snow blanketed much of the high country in the area Saturday afternoon and caused Route 9 between Wilmington and Bennington to be closed for an hour. By Sunday, the road was open.

Photo by Randy Capitani

First snow of the season

WILMINGTON - A snow-covered Haystack Mountain can be seen looming above this pasture. A late-afternoon snowfall covered much of the high country on Saturday.