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The Newfane Railroad Station in 1910.
Photo by Porter Thayer

The Newfane Railroad Station in 1910. Photo by Porter Thayer

Soup Fest and Silent Auction benefit county historical society

NEWFANE- The Historical Society of Windham County’s annual Soup Fest and Silent Auction will be held on Sunday, March 30, at the NewBrook Fire Station on Route 30. The event will help raise funds for the Society’s West River Railroad Museum and the Windham County History Museum.
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MOOver routes change for spring

WILMINGTON: The MOOver announces schedule changes as the winter season winds down.
The last day of Mount Snow Route 1 and Route 1A service will be Sunday, April 6. That weekend will have one bus running every 30 minutes.
The lower parking lot service has ended for the season. The...

Memory Cafés offer support

WINDHAM COUNTY- Senior Solutions now hosts Memory Cafés throughout the state. A Memory Café is a welcoming place for caregivers and their loved ones who are challenged with forms of dementia or other cognitive disorders and debilitating conditions. Here folks may socialize, listen to music, play...

The Sprague & Son sugarhouse lights up the night sky.

The Sprague & Son Sugarhouse lights up the night sky.

Celebrate Vermont’s maple magic

VERMONT- The state continues to lead the nation by a commanding margin as the top maple producing state. In 2024, Vermont’s sugar makers produced 3.1 million gallons according to USDA statistics, which represents just over half of the US production of maple syrup.
With warmer temps this...

Mark your calendar for May

DOVER- Plan to join hosts Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation and Bennington County Regional Commission at Mount Snow on Tuesday, May 20, for the eighth annual Southern VT Economy Summit.
The theme of this year’s summit, “Adapt and Thrive,” is centered around the findings of the...

Grant funding available

WINDHAM COUNTY- Funding is now available for Vermont organizations in the area through the Crosby-Gannett Fund grant program. The purpose of the fund is to support endeavors that contribute to the betterment and vitality of the Brattleboro area.
The Crosby-Gannett Fund evolved its giving...

Patrick Moreland

Internet provider appoints executive director

WILMINGTON — DVFiber, the Communications Union District committed to bringing high-speed fiber internet to 24 member towns in southern Vermont, announced the appointment of Patrick Moreland as its new executive director.
Moreland brings a wealth of experience in public service, municipal...

Named a best place to work

TOWNSHEND - For the third year in a row, Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital has been named one of Vermont’s “Best Places to Work” by the Vermont Business Magazine. Grace Cottage is the only hospital in the state to have achieved this award each year for the past three years.
The...

Go fish: company happy to put people on ice

Boyd Adventure Charters celebrates three years
WILMINGTON - On days when he leads an ice fishing expedition, Logan Boyd rises at 5 am. In the dark, he makes his way to his family’s farm, where he packs up his gear. He does his best to be on the ice by 6 am.
“I go...

BDCC names priority project list

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, the Windham region’s economic development commission, recently announced its Regional Project Prioritization list for 2025. This list ranks the region’s top 10 priority projects as determined by a joint committee of members from both...