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Southern Vermont Board of Realtors president John Hatton, right, hands a donation check to Ruben Garza, United Way of Windham County executive director.

Golf tournament helps local kids get warm coats

WILMINGTON - The Southern Vermont Board of Realtors held their annual golf tournament at the Haystack Golf Course on Friday, June 17. SVBR donated the proceeds from the tournament to the United Way Kids in Coats program. According to Ruben Garza, executive director of the United Way of Windham...

Action at the 2021 paddlesports championship. Kelly Fletcher

Riverfest Weekend to make a splash

BRATTLEBORO - The Connecticut River Conservancy’s first-ever Riverfest Weekend will kick off Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, in Brattleboro and Hinsdale, NH, highlighted by the 44th annual New England paddlesports championship on Sunday. Riverfest promises family-friendly near-river and on-...

Kids invited to touch a truck

WILMINGTON - Meet local heroes at the touch-a-truck event Thursday, July 28, from 1 to 2:30 pm at Twin Valley Elementary School.
The event is open to the public and will take place during Wings’ Celebrate Summer camp. This is a free family event and will occur rain or shine.

Stratton spending $8.9 million

STRATTON- Stratton Mountain is investing $8.9 million in capital improvements for the 2022-2023 season, enhancing multiple facets of the guest and employee experience, beginning with new mountain bike trails for summer 2022. Work crews started breaking ground in various locations around the...

Basketball summer camps in the valley

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Participants in the Deerfield Valley Basketball Camp spent a week refining their skills at Twin Valley Middle High School. Younger players took part in the Wildcats Basketball Camp at the Old School Community Center in Wilmington.

Soccer stars complete successful spring season

This spring, several Twin Valley Middle High School players suited up for Ajax club soccer in Williamstown, MA. They concluded their season June 18 and 19 by participating in the Green Mountain Challenge in Manchester, facing teams from around the Northeast. Recent TV graduate Aidin Joyce (#4,...

Kayakers on Snow Lake in Dover.

Boaters urged to check, clean, dry

WINDHAM COUNTY - “Get ready, get set, and go” is the usual refrain during river season. The Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited would modify that refrain to “get ready, get set, and pause to think that it is up to you to protect the Connecticut River and its tributaries from...

Plummet Trail on Mount Snow in February 2022.

Plummet Trail on Mount Snow in February 2022.

Skier visits were up across Vermont in 2022

VERMONT - Alpine and cross-country ski areas, supporters, and friends of Vermont’s ski industry gathered at Sugarbush Resort for the Vermont Ski Areas Association’s 53rd annual meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, June 8 and 9.
Despite the lingering effects of the ongoing pandemic, this...

Soccer camp returning

WILMINGTON - The 33rd annual Deerfield Valley Soccer Camp will be held this summer from Monday, August 1 to Friday, August 5. The camp will be held daily from 9 am to noon at the Old School Community Center and is open to boys and girls entering grades K to nine.
Camp enrollment is on a...

Grace Cottage tournament golf teams ready to start.

Teams tee it up for health at Haystack

WILMINGTON - Twenty-two teams, 39 sponsors, and 15 volunteers participated in Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital’s 13th annual Tee It Up For Health golf tournament on Saturday, June 11, at Haystack Golf Course.
The weather was beautiful, the event went smoothly, and over $50,000...