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Nicki Steel and the flood lines she painted on Wilmington Town Hall after Tropical Storm Irene.
  WILMINGTON - Following an outpouring of public outcry, the selectboard discussed the matter of the flood lines previously painted on town hall on Thursday morning. The matter was not resolved, and will remain with the town manager, Scott Tucker, whose purview the building is under. Tucker,...

Nicki Steel painting the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene flood line on the town hall. Photo by Joseph Cincotta
Flood lines erasure spurs flurry of support from locals and visitors alike
WILMINGTON - Town manager Scott Tucker said that once the emails started coming in, they just kept coming. 
The subject? The flood lines on Wilmington’s Town Hall.
The building is in...
DOVER - The Vermont Wildlife Festival, an annual event organized by the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, will take place Sunday, September 25, from 10 am to 4 pm at Mount Snow. The museum’s managing director, Mike Clough, says the festival provides an opportunity for nature lovers of all...

Front row, left to right: Ophelia Ballou, Wyatt Honig, Lucas Hall, Matthew Thomas, Keegan Bedortha, Aidan Raimo, and Declan Sullivan. Lyric Potter not pictured. Back row: Fifth grade teacher Bridget Cole (left), and IB Coordinator Susan Neuman. Amelia Nick
DOVER- Dover Elementary School’s fifth graders have spent the last two months researching the history of the town. In August, their research will be displayed in kiosks along Route 100. 
Last summer, local historian Jim Dassatti approached Dover International Baccalaureate Coordinator Sue...

The Niles Cemetery was restored by Rand and her team.
HALIFAX - Although voters rejected a return to a three-member selectboard in a Town Meeting Australian ballot vote on May 3, a three-member selectboard met on Tuesday evening, as there were no candidates to fill the remaining two seats.
Former board members Cara Cheyette and Edee Edwards...

This Holocaust monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, memorializes the horrific massacre at Babyn Yar in 1941, when nearly 34,000 Jews were killed in two days. The massacre was considered one of the largest mass killings in a single location during World War II. Just recently, Babyn Yar was the site of a Russian attack as part of its war of aggression on Ukraine, creating chilling historical parallels and worries of a war on memory. Courtesy US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust Memorial Museum encourages all to donate artifacts WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, the New England chapter of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum held a virtual event aimed at encouraging New Englanders to donate collections of Holocaust artifacts to the museum...
GUILFORD - The Brattleboro Words Trail is collaborating with community partners to host an official unveiling of a state historic marker recognizing the achievements of the nation’s first African-American poet Lucy Terry Prince, and her husband Abijah Prince. The two were early Black landowners...
WILMINGTON- The history of Wilmington is finally being told, in a book by Julie Moore and Nathan Moore published last week.
Although the town of Wilmington is almost 270 years old, Moore's book is the first history of the town that has been published in book form.  Their 128-page book "...
By Lauren Harkawik
MARLBORO - Expansion of the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum has been deemed a “vital project” by a regional economic development effort. Plans are underway to define the next steps for the museum, which may include moving from its Hogback Mountain location to...
10 years ago:
Drivers dodging potholes on Route 100 in Wilmington Village were relieved to hear that 4.7 miles of Route 100 would be paved under Gov. Jim Douglas’ “Operation Smooth Ride” initiative. Repairs were set to start as early as May.  Wilmington Town Manager Bob Rusten...

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