Blueberry Festival

Festival, trails funds approved, participation rules to be considered

DOVER - At its regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard approved several funding requests, including one for the Blueberry Festival Street Fair and one for maintenance of the Hathaway Trail. The board also discussed a provision for how it will spend its ARPA money, the...

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Allison McDermott, from Nimble Arts, spun a hula-hoop while walking on stilts. Roary Sweeting

High stakes hula

WEST DOVER - Allison McDermott, from Nimble Arts, spun a hula-hoop while walking on stilts during Saturday's street fair. It was part of the Blueberry Festival.

Sparkle Woodward harvests blueberries during the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival. T. Lederer

Tourists enjoy blueberry festival

WILMINGTON - Sparkle Woodward, of Winchendon, MA, visited the Boyd Family Farm on Sunday, August 1, to harvest blueberries as part of the “Pick Your Own Berries” event last weekend. The event took place during the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival, which started Friday, July 30...

Old Home Week, Blueberry Festival on track for summer

WILMINGTON- Last year, two of the valley’s biggest events, Wilmington’s Old Home Week and the Blueberry Festival were canceled as the reality of a prolonged pandemic became clear. Will those events be able to return for this summer? Organizers are optimistic they will.
Nicki Steel, chair...

Board approves funding

By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - The Dover Selectboard approved funding for two events at its meeting on Tuesday, $8,500 for the Wine and Harvest Festival and $11,505 for the Blueberry Festival. Under discussion of the Blueberry Festival, festival organizer Janet Boyd urged the board to begin to...