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Blueberry Festival bounces back

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The valley’s biggest summer festival, the Blueberry Festival, is back in full swing this year after a few years of limited activities due to the pandemic. It kicks off Friday night in Jacksonville with opening ceremonies and a music and market event. Festivities will continue...

State updates flood response

MONTPELIER- At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott said Vermont communities ravaged by recent floods are now entering the “recovery phase” of the disaster.
“Two weeks after the worst of the flooding, and it’s clear in each community how much work we have ahead of us,” he said. “...

Dover School Principal Tracey Gamache

New principal ready for the challenges of day-to-day duties

WEST DOVER- After four years of teaching at the Dover School, former sixth grade teacher Tracey Gamache now fills the principal role.
Gamache’s hire follows the resignation of Matt Martyn, principal of Dover Elementary School for the past seven years. She officially started in the...

Goose City Road in East Dover suffered damage during last week’s flooding. Mike Eldred

Selectboard tackles tax rate, oil bids, and highway department matters

DOVER- Board members set the municipal tax rate, approved oil bids, and discussed highway department matters at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Selectboard members set the municipal tax rate at 49.55 cents, a 3.7-cent increase over the previous year, according to treasurer Marco...

Dover board approves new DO-IT and bridge project funding

DOVER- Board members approved three “DO-IT” applications for exterior revitalization projects, event funding, and funding for a bridge project on the Valley Trail.
Dover’s “DO-IT” program provides up to $5,000 in funding for projects to revitalize and improve the exterior aesthetics of...

Boyd Family Farm posted this photo on their Facebook page, announcing the lower field losses and that they were planting additional crops “high on the hill.”

Flood caused major loss of crops for farm

WILMINGTON - The Boyd Family Farm suffered a major loss that comprised nearly all of its vegetable crop during the flooding experienced in Vermont on Monday, July 10.
Reached a little over a week after that flood, DJ Boyd said everything he and the farm’s team had been growing on its...

Bill, Sharon, and Jill Adams at the 2022 Rock Against Racism concert at Adams Farm. Photo from Facebook

Rock Against Racism to return to Adams Farm for second year

WILMINGTON - For a second year, Rock Against Racism Vermont will hold a concert at Adams Farm. The group’s Harvest Music Fest will be held at the farm on Saturday, August 12. For Jill Adams, welcoming locals back to her family’s farm for an event is nostalgic, and so is taking a stand against...

Board breezes through light agenda

WILMINGTON- After observing the Fourth of July holiday, the selectboard reconvened with a relatively light agenda Tuesday evening. Of note, the board approved the fiscal year 2024 sewer budget, appointed Carol Bois to the Trails Committee, and accepted a $100,000 donation from the Wilmington Fund...

Decree ends Barnes’ saga

Bankruptcy case comes to an end BURLINGTON- A final decree has been issued in the Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company bankruptcy case, officially ending the four-year federal bankruptcy case.
In a decree signed on May 31, Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge...

Flood waters ravage Vermont once again

Valley spared from worst of Monday deluge
DEERFIELD VALLEY- Towns along the Deerfield River and its tributaries were breathing a sigh of relief Monday afternoon, when the river crested and quickly receded without the major flooding or damage they experienced during...

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