Southern Vermont

Playing ‘possum: Pair part of pilot program

MARLBORO - For those who haven’t been to the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum in the last year or so, there are some new faces there — long ones, with triangular snouts and pink noses. They belong to “Mr. and Mrs. O,” a pair of opossums who have taken up residence at the museum. They’re...

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...

One-Minute Book Reviews: A memoir of Vermont and a bee picture book, both for gardeners

“The Last Garden”
Liza Ketchum
Shires Press, 2021. “Begin with a Bee”
Liza Ketchum, Jaqueline Briggs Martin, Phyllis Root; Claudia McGhee, illustrator
University of Minnesota Press, 2021. When Liza Ketchum and her husband bought a...

The honeycreepers, guitarist Matt Shea and vocalist Kelsea Burch.

Virtual concert benefits waterways

SOUTHERN VERMONT - The Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance presents a virtual benefit concert available for viewing on Saturday, July 24, at 7 pm. Donations will support SeVWA’s ongoing effort to monitor, preserve, and restore the waterways that make southern Vermont so special.
The...

Central Canada fires fog sky

WILMINGTON - Early Tuesday, subtle irregularities could be noticed in the way the morning sun hit the landscape. The light was imbued with a pinkish, warm hue. Eastward, an orange sun hung high in a hazy sky. By afternoon, visibility of the mountains was diminished on Route 9 and within town, and...

Shannon Wheeler and Eric Durocher outside Dover’s town office. Photo by Jeannette Eckert

Dover’s dynamic duo deigned deserving directors

This is part of a series of articles about valley professionals who were included on the 2021 list of “Emerging Leaders of Southern Vermont,” a designation announced by the Southern Vermont Economy Summit and sponsored by Southern Vermont Young Professionals and the Shires Young Professionals....

Tony Tribuno

Three considered for vacant selectboard seat

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members appointed Tony Tribuno to fill a vacant selectboard seat at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The appointment followed interviews of three prospective board members, including Tribuno, Wilmington Works Program Coordinator Meg Staloff, and Wilmington...

Readsboro held their Independence Day fireworks show last weekend Photo: Stacy Birch

Fireworks rescheduled to Saturday, July 13

Fireworks celebration returns Saturday Note: Due to rainstorms that rolled through the region on July 6, the fireworks were rescheduled to the rain date of Saturday, July 13. WILMINGTON - The Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce is busy at work this week...

Mountain, valley get ready for Minus Zero

DOVER- Mount Snow and the surrounding area will be rocking out this weekend, as the Minus Zero Festival makes its debut in the Deerfield Valley.
Billed as a winter sports and music festival, Minus Zero will bring more than 50 musical acts and performance artists for a three-day event Friday,...