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Fire, police departments to face off

By Lauren Harkawik
WILMINGTON - The fire and police departments will face a unique obstacle on Sunday, March 20. It isn’t a raging fire or a criminal on the loose. It’s each other. The two departments will engage in a showdown on the basketball court in a Wilmington Fire Department vs....

Budding journalists: A collection from Twin Valley’s third grade

Editor’s note: These news stories were written and submitted by Twin Valley Elementary School students participating in Julie Moore’s Writer’s Workshop, a Wings Community Programs after-school activity. Moore is a TVES teacher, a local historian, the author of the photo history book “Wilmington...

Whitingham reorganizes, discusses Narcan and salt shed

WHITINGHAM - At their regular meeting Wednesday, March 9, the Whitingham Selectboard did their annual post-Town Meeting Day reorganization.
Incumbent vice chair Craig Hammer nominated board member James Weber to take the position, which the board unanimously approved. Scott Reid will...

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Dover Selectboard discusses actions to deter overnight campers

DOVER- Selectboard members approved the purchase of new highway department trucks, and discussed overnight camping in town parking lots at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Road Commissioner Travis Briggs recommended that the town purchase two new highway department trucks now,...

Starfire Bakery hopes to open new commercial space near 1a Coffee Roasters by end of April

WILMINGTON- The owners of Starfire Bakery are hoping to open their new bakery restaurant on West Main Street by the end of April.
The partners, which include Brian and Chrystal Holt, owners of 1a Coffee Roasters, and Carolyn Weston and Andrew Allen, owners of Starfire Bakery, met with the...

Rotary to provide hats for cancer patients through project “Love a Head”

WILMINGTON - Angel Balch is launching an initiative through the Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley that will deliver hundreds of hats to patients at the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center in Bennington, and she’s hoping for help from the community to meet her goal.
The project...

Wilmington keeps all board officer positions, discusses cannabis revote

WILMINGTON- Tuesday’s Wilmington Selectboard meeting began with the annual reorganization of the board. The board also discussed a petition to cast a revote for the cannabis retail question on the Town Meeting ballot. Road updates and Walgreens also came up.
The board voted to keep all...

Governor announces Ukraine aid

Vermont will have its own sanctions MONTPELIER- At Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press briefing on Thursday last week - postponed due to Town Meeting on Tuesday - the administration announced they would end school masking recommendations.
Gov. Scott also announced actions in...

Halifax considers moving online with hopes to secure documents and include more townspeople

HALIFAX - During their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 1, the Halifax Selectboard delved into an online document storage system, and prepared for their upcoming budget discussion and truck bid process that will take place during their next meeting.
The selectboard also reminded the...

Windham Southwest goes maskless

WILMINGTON- As of Monday, March 14, masks will no longer be required in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools or on school buses, following a supervisory union board vote Wednesday to rescind their existing mask policy.
The move is in response to changes in state policy announced by...