Tami Jackson, coordinator for Voices of Hope, left, and Cathy Quigley, head of naloxone programming at Voices of Hope and longtime employee of Twice Blessed.
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Twice Blessed to bring Voices of Hope into its 501(c)(3)
DOVER - Twice Blessed will take Voices of Hope under the wing of its 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, representatives from both organizations said this week. Twice Blessed will act as a financial agent for Voices of Hope. Voices of Hope...
DOVER - At a swift meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard adopted an updated town plan and approved just over $52,000 in economic development spending to support the town’s DO-IT program, which assists Dover businesses with exterior improvements. In addition, the board approved a fee waiver...
Dick Sears listens to a discussion in the Vermont Senate in this 2019 file photo.
BENNINGTON- Sen. Richard “Dick” Sears died unexpectedly Saturday night at Albany Medical Center in New York. He was 81 years old and was one of the longest serving members of the Vermont Senate. His district includes the Bennington County towns of Stamford, Searsburg, and Readsboro, and...
New regulations limit wakeboat use and wakesurfing, requiring them to be a minimum of 500 feet from any shoreline. That leaves Harriman Reservoir as the only local lake for wakeboat use. File photo
Harriman reservoir allowed, no wakeboats on Lake Raponda
WILMINGTON - Under new rules from the Department of Environmental Conservation relating to wakeboat usage on Vermont lakes, only 30 lakes statewide will support the use of wakeboats. That number includes just one body of water locally —...
PURCHASE, NY - On the night of Thursday, May 2, Katarina Tobits, of Readsboro, was arrested at SUNY Purchase College.
In a letter to the editor, published in The Deerfield Valley News on Thursday, May 9, Tobits wrote that she was violently arrested by police along with 70-plus students and...
WILMINGTON - From Twin Valley Elementary School Principal Rebecca Fillion’s desk, she can see a bird feeder outside the window. Often, chomping away at the seed meant for birds is Fillion’s sometimes friend, sometimes nemesis: Red the Squirrel.
Red is, as one might guess, a red squirrel. A...
DOVER - Nancy Baker has been teaching at The Dover School for more than 50 years. She started as a physical education teacher, transformed the basketball team, brought gymnastic shows, and created unforgettable learning moments in her kindergarten and pre-K classes.
There were only good...
WILMINGTON- A Sunday afternoon boating accident on Harriman Reservoir has left a 67-year-old Connecticut man dead. Thomas C. Centinaro, of Wolcott, CT, was pronounced dead at the Mountain Mills boat launch in Wilmington shortly after being pulled from the water and brought ashore by good...
DOVER - At a climate-focused panel at the Southern Vermont Economy Summit on Tuesday, Windham Regional Commission Executive Director Chris Campany asked panelists a question: How, in siloed New England, can we get groups to work together?
“My concern for not just Vermont, but New England,...
Amy Tomasso, community planning and project manager for the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, presents at the Southern Vermont Economy Summit on Tuesday. Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - In an effort to help spur housing development in Vermont, the state has created a toolkit complete with building designs for housing units. The toolkit, which is called, “Homes For All,” was presented at a panel focused on rural redevelopment at the Southern Vermont Economy Summit on...