holidays

Brattleboro tree lighting Friday

BRATTLEBORO - Join the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance for their annual tree lighting ceremony in Pliny Park on Friday, December 3, at 5 pm. This is a community tradition where people gather around the tree, close their eyes, and, together, set an intention for the holiday month.
Join the...

Santa and an elf ask children if they were naughty or nice at a visit to the Dover Free Library in 2015. File

Santa Claus is coming to Dover

DOVER - Santa Claus cometh to the Dover Free Library, bearing gifts for children on Saturday, December 4, from 3 to 5 pm. There will be music by Andy Davis and craft activities. Food pantry donations are requested at this event. Facemasks are required.
On Monday, December 6, the Dover...

How to deal with family at dinner

VERMONT - According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 16.2 million US adults have had at least one major depressive episode and approximately 24% of people with a diagnosed mental illness find that the holidays make their condition “a lot” worse. Even without a history of mental illness...

Photo by Ellie Roden

Share Hanukkah photos, recipes

BENNINGTON - The mitzvah of Hanukkah is to share the miracle by lighting the Hanukkah menorah and displaying the light. Share some virtual light with pictures of a favorite menorah or a photo of a menorah lighting for a slideshow on Congregation Beth El’s website. Include, if desired, a short...

Bob Burch

Craft tour hits its 43rd year

PUTNEY - The 43rd annual Putney Craft Tour, the oldest continuing crafts tour in the country, will be held Thanksgiving weekend, from Friday, November 26, to Sunday, November 28, 10 am to 5 pm each day. Nineteen artists - glass blowers, potters, jewelers, weavers, painters, artisan cheesemakers,...

Police task force out to make driving safer

WINDHAM COUNTY - The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the busiest travel periods for Americans. With more drivers on the roads than usual, the likelihood of a motor vehicle crash will increase. With this in mind, the Windham County Highway Safety Task Force - consisting of the Bellows Falls Police...

Jeff Snow

Celtic concert for the holidays

JACKSONVILLE - Whitingham Free Public Library will welcome back Celtic musician Jeff Snow on Sunday, November 21, at 2 pm. Join the library for some holiday cheer and Celtic Christmas music.
Snow is a talented multi-instrumentalist who shares the music, and the stories behind the music, of...

State not seeing bump in cases from allowed holiday gatherings, Levine says

MONTPELIER- At the administration's COVID-19 news briefing on Friday, Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said there appears to have been no significant increase in cases stemming from gatherings permitted over the holidays.
“Our (contact tracing) teams are not finding evidence that...

Dover, Wardsboro to continue in-person classes

DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. Closure of the schools following the Thanksgiving break was discussed again, although no changes were made to the current schedule. This comes following the exposure of a Dover School...