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Vendors and customers chat at a previous Vermont Wine & Harvest Festival. Vendors are now sought for 2021. File

Wine and harvest festival seeks vendors

DOVER - The 2021 Vermont Wine & Harvest Festival is currently seeking vendors. This year’s festival takes place on September 25 at Mount Snow, and is bookended by two other events: the Wine Stroll & Soup Contest in Wilmington on Friday, September 24, and the Vermont Wildlife Festival at...

Tyler Lederer

Fire and Fury

WEST DOVER - Despite foggy and drizzly conditions, celebrants were treated to a dazzling fireworks show Saturday evening at Mount Snow. The annual exhibition was sponsored by the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Down on the farm: new inn owners are in it for the long haul

DOVER - “We’re learning to drive tractors and it’s kind of awesome,” says Mike Levesque Sr., one of the new owners of Farm Road Estates, formerly The Inn at Sawmill Farm.
Tractors aren’t in his, or the other owners’, backgrounds.
In total, the group of owners comprises Levesque Sr...

Doveberry Inn owner Tim Ryan

New owner learning to run inn with “initiation by fire”

DOVER - Regarding his latest venture, Tim Ryan has something he’s been telling his kids. “I say to them, ‘Dad did what Dad does. He bought another property out of foreclosure.’ I’ve been doing this for 30 years.”
What Ryan hasn’t been doing for 30 years, though, is running inns.
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Mountain pushes pay-to-park

Vail CEO says local mountains to decide DOVER- Vail Resorts’ plan to charge for what was previously free parking at Mount Snow has left some Mount Snow skiers feeling peevish.
In a letter dated May 25, Mount Snow General Manager Tracy Bartels announced that the resort...

Dover’s annual Town Meeting on Tuesday. The event, postponed in March due to the pandemic, was held at Mount Snow’s Carinthia Base Lodge. Masks and social distancing were still required during the two-hour meeting. Randy Capitani

Dover voters have their say following two-month delay

DOVER- On Tuesday Dover held its annual Town Meeting, which had been postponed for two-and-a-half months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at Mount Snow’s Carinthia Base Lodge.
One of the reasons the town selected Carinthia Base Lodge for their Town Meeting this year was the base lodge’s...

As part of their master plan approval, Mount Snow’s previous owners agreed to remove the Snow Lake dam and restore the North Branch of the Deerfield River to a natural state. File photo

Group will continue to press for lake removal

DOVER- A local conservation group has vowed to continue pressuring Vail Resorts, the new owners of Mount Snow, to honor a commitment made by previous owner Peak Resorts.
Under Mount Snow’s current Act 250 master plan, which went into effect about 10 years ago, Peak Resorts agreed to remove...

The Summit Local chairlift was removed 10 years ago so Mount Snow could build the Bluebird Express.
File photo

The Summit Local chairlift was removed 10 years ago so Mount Snow could build the Bluebird Express. File photo

This week in history

10 years ago:
Census figures identified a drop in local population. Compared with the 1990 census, Wilmington lost 349 people, or almost 16% of its population, and Dover lost 150 people, or 10% of its population. Whitingham gained 59 people, and Wardsboro added 46.
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COVID-19 concerns cause holiday pivot

Restaurants, stores, switch to carry out, pick up or temporary closure
DEERFIELD VALLEY- A growing number of local businesses are temporarily closing their doors or changing how they deliver services to the public due to concerns about COVID-19 and an influx of visitors...

Ridge plan will open up more trail access

DOVER- Backcountry enthusiasts and anyone looking for a place to get outdoors and into the woods have something big to celebrate, as the US Forest Service has approved a new plan that will open up more access to the ridge between Mount Snow and Haystack Mountain.
Known as the Deerfield...