Route 100

Disc golf plan approved by board

DOVER- Selectboard members approved an RFP for a disc golf course on their Horace Hill recreational property and postponed a decision on whether they should abandon a proposed section of Valley Trail.
A second round of RFPs for the Horace Hill disc golf course elicited a more satisfactory...

“Ziggy the Brew Dog” is seen outside Snow Republic brewery in this December 2020 photo posted on the brewery’s Facebook page. The Dover business has raised concerns about overflow parking problems with town officials and neighbors along Route 100.

Board, police chief hope signs, cooperation mitigate parking problem

DOVER- Selectboard members discussed solutions to a parking problem in front of a Route 100 business, approved a proposed 2021 budget, and discussed a location for their planned May 18 Town Meeting.
The board was meeting as the board of liquor control when Dover Police Chief Randy Johnson...

Boards band together

JACKSONVILLE- The selectboards of Readsboro, Whitingham, and Wilmington held a joint meeting at the Whitingham Municipal Center Wednesday evening to discuss regional issues. The joint meeting, organized by the Whitingham Selectboard, was the first of what may become a regular occurrence. The...

Things that go bump in the night

Car crashes into historic building
WILMINGTON- Bob Pelosi and Jim Follet both awoke to a loud crash that shook their house in the early morning hours of Monday, September 9.
“We were both sound asleep,” Pelosi says. “I was asleep downstairs in a reclining chair,...

A work crew was cold planing pavement in front of the Old Red Mill in Wilmington earlier this week. Surface preparation and paving will be done from the village center to the Dover town line this year, and then on to the Stratton line next year.

Route 100 paving project underway

WILMINGTON- A major paving project, long awaited by Deerfield Valley travelers, got underway on Wednesday.
The Route 100 project includes the milling (cold planing) and resurfacing of the road from the traffic light in Wilmington, through Dover, to the Stratton/Wardsboro town line near...

Route 100 will be paved

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, March 7, matters discussed included a recent “Ski to Stay” program held at Mount Snow and an announcement that Route 100 will be paved this summer rather than summer 2020 as originally planned. And Southern...

Summer roadwork underway

WILMINGTON- State and municipal highway departments have a number of projects planned in Wilmington this season, including at least one emergency repair.
This spring, a section of the eastbound lane of Route 9 west of Wilmington Village began to sink, crack, and slide toward the Deerfield...

State highway honcho says road repairs multi-year job

Route 9 safety bigger concern than potholes WILMINGTON- Secretary of transportation Joe Flynn and several VTrans officials met with residents, legislators, and town officials on Monday to address concerns about road conditions in the area. Officials said there are plans to...