Marlboro

Hikers snowshoe through the woods at an outing in 2017.

Start off the new year with a hike

MARLBORO - On Saturday, January 1, at 10:30 am, walk off a couple holiday pounds on a free-form romp around the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area. Participants will meet in the lot next to Vermont Distillers at the scenic overlook on Route 9 and then proceed into the forest.
This walk has...

Holiday church services

Marlboro
The Marlboro Meeting House will conduct a Christmas service on Zoom on Sunday, December 19, at 4 pm. This will be a time of joy and cheer as attendees pray, sing carols, and relive the story of Christmas through Scripture. To participate and receive the meeting...

Children play in the woods at a previous nature walk.

Hogback Mountain walk for kids

MARLBORO - Interested in learning more about the wintery world? Come up to Hogback on Saturday, December 4, to join Southern Vermont Natural History Museum educators for a casual walk around the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area. This will be a kid-directed event intended to foster activity,...

Former college sale finalized

Marlboro Music to debut new buildings at open house MARLBORO - Marlboro Music has closed on its purchase of the former Marlboro College campus on Potash Hill. A task force has been formed to determine how best to use the campus outside of Marlboro Music’s annual summer music...

Studio tours highlight Brattleboro, Marlboro art

WINDHAM COUNTY - The Vermont Craft Council’s fall Open Studio Weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, October 2, and 3, will include four craftspeople and a gallery.
Participating sites will be open to the public from 10 am to 5 pm each day, in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings. Visitors...

Playing ‘possum: Pair part of pilot program

MARLBORO - For those who haven’t been to the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum in the last year or so, there are some new faces there — long ones, with triangular snouts and pink noses. They belong to “Mr. and Mrs. O,” a pair of opossums who have taken up residence at the museum. They’re...

According to the 2020 census, Dover had the biggest population increase of any town in the area. File photo

New census numbers shows area towns have growth in population

By Mike Eldred
DEERFIELD VALLEY- Have Deerfield Valley towns reversed the trend of declining population reported 10 years ago?
According to recently released 2020 census figures, the population in several Deerfield Valley towns has grown - some towns have experienced substantial...

Beatles, Greatful Dead tribute at Beer Naked

MARLBORO - On Saturday, August 28, from noon to 4 pm, come together for a day of tunes and brews, and to twist and shout to old favorites from the Beatles and the Grateful Dead, played live at Beer Naked Brewery.
Presented by Brooklyn-based production company Loop Troupe, “Magical Mystery...

Outdoor concert Friday

MARLBORO - Amphion Baroque will present an outdoor concert at Thrush Hill Stage, 314 Upper Houghton Road, on Friday, August 20, at 6:30 pm. A rain date has been scheduled for Saturday August 21, at 6:30 pm.
The group is made up of recorder and baroque flute players Jesse Lepkoff and Sarah...

Deen leads reading meeting

MARLBORO – Pastor Matthew Deen will lead the service at 10 am at Marlboro Meeting House. This Sunday there’ll be reading from John 6:35, 41-51, the first of seven “I am” statements Jesus utters in the Gospel, and discerning how people might avail themselves of the eternal fulfillment Christ...