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Wildlife eclipse glasses available

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Wildlife officials are asking for the public’s assistance in distribution of specially-designed eclipse eyewear for bear, deer, and chipmunk populations. The glasses may be picked up in several designated locations over the next week, leading up to the April 8 eclipse. ...

Students win Iron Chef competition

WILMINGTON - Two of Twin Valley Middle High School’s Jr. Iron Chef teams won at the state championship on Saturday, March 16, at the Champlain Exposition, in Essex Junction. Jr. Iron Chef is an after-school cooking program that uses local vegetarian foods.
The middle school team, The...

River Valleys to give voters final say on roof

DOVER - River Valleys Unified School District held their meeting at The Dover School on Monday, March 18. Items on the agenda were adopting a warning for the district meeting and brainstorming ways to finance a replacement for The Dover School’s roof.
Laurie Garland, business manager of...

Dover Park, site of the town-sponsored summer concert series

Town hopes to bring back business plan contest, tables 5K decision

DOVER- Selectboard members decided not to pursue a potty in the park, postponed a decision on a proposed 5K run fundraiser, and gave the go-ahead for another business plan competition.
Dover Economic Development Director Eric Durocher told board members the business plan competition would...

Vermont Human Rights Commission, school district reach conciliation agreement

By Mike Eldred
WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School District has signed a conciliation agreement with the mother of a Black student who faced harassment, bullying, and discrimination at Twin Valley Middle High School.
The agreement stems from a complaint filed with the Vermont Human...

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Selectboard votes to give planning commission chair the boot

WILMINGTON - At their meeting on Tuesday, March 19, the Wilmington Selectboard voted to not reappoint John Lebron to the planning commission. They reappointed members of the trails committee, development review board, solid waste district board of supervisors, and others.
The board said...

Expert says don’t look directly at the sun with binoculars

Partial eclipse on the local horizon for April 8 WILMINGTON - Although the Deerfield Valley will not be in the path of totality when a solar eclipse occurs on the afternoon of April 8, the valley will experience a partial eclipse. Several area schools will close early on the day of the eclipse...

A bear sniffs around a bird feeder on a deck in Dover. File photo

Officials say bears are active earlier than usual, take precautions

By Lauren Harkawik
DEERFIELD VALLEY - State officials are warning of earlier-than-usual bear activity throughout the state. Locally, bears have been showing up looking for bird seed, food, and garbage weeks before the norm.
Previously, Vermonters have been told that they can keep...

Applications accepted for hospice

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Area Hospice has openings for its 30-hour training for new bereavement program volunteers. The training is set to begin on Saturday, April 6, 10 to 5 pm, and will continue on Tuesdays, 5 to 8 pm, April 9 through May 28. The training will take place in person at the BAH...

Local names to deans list

WORCESTER, MA- Gabrielle Beal, of Wilmington, VT, was named to the College of the Holy Cross spring 2023 dean’s list.
A member of the class of 2024, Beal was named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.
To...