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Ice cream social, garden party from Friends of Brooks

BRATTLEBORO - The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library have sprung back to life with lots of news.
First, the FOBL invites people to an ice cream social fundraiser, Thursday, August 19, from 4 to 6 pm, at the Kiwanis Shelter in Memorial Park. The suggested donation is $4 per cone. While...

Four Seasons Sotheby’s forms new real estate partnership

BURLINGTON - Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty announces a strategic partnership with Peerage Realty Partners Inc. The latter has acquired a majority partnership interest in Four Seasons, a premium real estate brokerage in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Tom Heney will continue...

Public meeting to be held on Connecticut River Basin Plan

WINDHAM COUNTY – State planners invite the public to attend one of two meetings in August to hear a presentation and offer their comments and suggestions on the West, Williams, and Saxtons rivers and adjacent Connecticut River Tributaries Tactical Basin Draft Plan.
This plan has been...

James Saulnier (left) and Mark Chapman (right) with the Quilters of Deerfield Valley’s memorial quilt.

Veterans receive memorial quilt

DOVER - On Sunday, August 1, at Dover Park, the Quilters of Deerfield Valley presented Mark “Chappie” Chapman and James Saulnier handmade quilts of valor for their dedication and service to the country.
Chapman was drafted in 1972 and became an Army medic of the 36th Medic Division, in...

Free vaccination clinics

Walk-in vaccination clinics in the Deerfield Valley and nearby communities this week include:
Thursday, August 12, from 5 to 8 pm, at the Retreat Farm Food Truck Roundup, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro (Pfizer, first dose).
Friday, August 13, from 4 to 8 pm at the Halifax...

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Full fair canceled, but horse pull, truck pull to be held this weekend

WILMINGTON- This year’s Deerfield Valley Farmers’ Day Fair has been canceled, for the second time in two years, but organizers say they’re looking forward to returning with new fair activities, along with old favorites in 2022.
DVFDF Assistant Vice President Tessa Adams Viall says this...

Right, Julie Koehler with her niece, Olivia Rosso, age 3. Photo courtesy Julie Koehler

Child care center to open in fall

New facility will be at the Old School Community Center WILMINGTON - In news likely to be celebrated by families with young children, local employers, and local officials alike, a new child care center is slated to open in Wilmington in September. Beaver Brook Children’s School...

Old Home Week puts a charge into town

WILMINGTON- Old Home Week, the town’s celebration of people, businesses, and history, came to an end on Sunday.
The good news, for those who love the once-in-a-decade event, is that the wait for the next Wilmington Old Home Week will only be nine years instead of the usual decade. ...

Searsburg says “No thanks” to fed funds

SEARSBURG - This week, Gov. Phil Scott announced that funds received by the state through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Local Fiscal Recovery (LFR) had been distributed to local governments throughout the state and would be available to towns within the week. Locally, numbers ranged from...

Gov. Phil Scott at Tuesday's press briefing

Some state staff to see vax mandate

MONTPELIER- Although officials say the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant has been blunted thanks to the state’s high vaccination rate, Gov. Phil Scott announced at his press conference this week that he’ll mandate vaccinations for certain state employees working with vulnerable populations....