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Randy Schoonmaker

MOOver chief retires after 30 years in the driver’s seat

WILMINGTON- He has retired, but Randy Schoonmaker isn’t dropping his 30-year love affair with public transit: he’s going to be a volunteer driver.
The outgoing chief executive of The MOOver, with their Holstein-adorned buses that have been plying the roads of southern Vermont since 1996,...

Molly Gray

Gray seeks another term as lieutenant governor

The candidate hopes to be the nominee who will unseat the incumbent, Republican John Rodgers, whom she accuses of being cozy with the Trump administration
BURLINGTON—Molly Gray is three years older, wiser, she hopes, and now she’s trying to return to the lieutenant...

TV principals: finding the right employees is a challenge

WILMINGTON—The principals of the two Twin Valley schools described their challenges looking for new or replacement employees during the summer season, and reported mixed success in finding the right candidates.
Twin Valley Middle High School Principal Jonathan Cavallo and Twin Valley...

Halifax won’t join regional policing initiative for now, Selectboard decides

HALIFAX—Selectboard members said ‘thanks but no thanks’ to joining a regional police initiative for towns without their own police department, excluding itself for now from a program that will have at least six participating municipalities.
At their Tuesday, July 7, meeting, board members...

Courtesy photo/Amy Myers-Delaney Amy Myers-Delaney, owner of Weeping Willow Yoga, plans to open a permanent location in Jacksonville this summer.

Yoga studio to open in Jacksonville

Weeping Willow Yoga to offer a community-centered practice
JACKSONVILLE—After five years of teaching yoga throughout Southern Vermont, Weeping Willow Yoga is taking its next step by opening a permanent studio in Jacksonville later this summer. The new space will...

"Big dreams mean big work"

Wilmington couple renovates an ancestral home
WILMINGTON—Drivers on Route 100 between Wilmington and Dover can’t fail to notice an old house that, since early June, has been raised on four nine-foot wooden piers.
The approximately 200-year-old building was...

“Because we’ve expanded our retail focus, we’ve been doing very well,” said Isabelle Alvarado, owner of the Village Roost café and gift shop.

Wilmington retailers say business is strong

As the summer season arrives, customer demand outweighs headwinds from construction and tariffs
WILMINGTON—Prices are up, the country is embroiled in conflict, and shoppers may not feel too confident about the national economy. But in Wilmington, it seems that the...

Bennington-1 Rep. Jonathan Cooper

Cooper seeks reelection to Bennington-1 district

The incumbent wants to navigate Vermont’s demographic challenges and create educational opportunities
POWNAL—Rep. Jonathan Cooper, a Democrat representing the Bennington-1 district in the Vermont House of Representatives, is seeking re-election this fall.
The...

VT repealed two parts of Act 181. Now what?

Repeal bill also aims to preserve environmental goals of Act 181
HALIFAX—In April, the Halifax Selectboard asked the state to repeal all of Act 181, which was a significant revision of Vermont’s land-use and permitting system.
Passed in 2024, Act 181 sought to...

A celebration worthy of America’s semiquincentennial

By Anita Rafael
WARDSBORO—On Saturday, July 4, Wardsboro is hosting what has become the biggest street fair and Independence Day parade that a small town, population 800-plus, can possibly create. The marvelous thing about it is that Wardsboro likely reached “peak parade” over a generation...