Business

Pinwheels on the lawn of the Vermont Statehouse.

Pinwheel gardens for child abuse prevention

MONTPELIER- On Tuesday, April 4, Gov. Phil Scott signed a declaration naming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Vermont.
PCAVT and the Vermont Department for Children and Families, recognize that all community members have a role in ensuring children have positive experiences and...

Become a business mentor with local program

SOUTHERN VERMONT- Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation is partnering with SCORE NH-VT to help leverage its strong national business assistance program to assist Windham County entrepreneurs. SCORE works through a program of volunteers who are trained to work one-on-one with entrepreneurs...

Age-friendly health care

TOWNSHEND– Grace Cottage Hospital has joined a nationwide initiative to improve health care specifically for older adults.
The Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative is helping hospitals and other care settings implement a set of evidence-based interventions specifically designed to...

Kelly Kahler next to a map of the cross-country trails he created and maintained at Timber Creek. The map was made by the late Skip Morrow, who was a good friend of Kahler’s. Lauren Harkawik

End of an era: Valley’s last X/C center to close

Kelly Kahler retiring from the cross-country ski business
DOVER - Kelly Kahler is in the process of hanging up his cross-country skis. He’s closing up shop at Timber Creek, where he’s run a cross-country ski program and has maintained cross-country ski rentals and trails...

Laura Stevenson

Local author named Book of the Year finalist

Vermont- Rootstock Publishing recently announced three books, and two by Vermont authors, from their 2022 publication year have been named finalists in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
“All Men Glad and Wise,” a mystery by Laura C. Stevenson, of Wilmington, placed...

Flatbread fundraiser

DOVER- The Deerfield Valley Lions Club has been given the opportunity to fundraise and support the local business. Please join them at American Flatbread, 183 Route 100, on Tuesday, March 21, from 4 to 9 pm.
A portion of every flatbread sold that evening will be donated to the Lions Club...

Windham County Jail

Windham County Jail to be leased to historical society

NEWFANE- Windham County assistant judges Lamont Barnett and Carolyn Partridge and the Historical Society of Windham County have reached an agreement to lease the historic Windham County Jail building to the historical society. As a contributing resource in the Newfane Village historic district...

Virtual event looks at folks behind the filming of Jake Burton documentary

STOWE- Meet the team behind the creation of the 2021 HBO Original documentary “Dear Rider, The Jake Burton Story” on Thursday, March 16, at 7 pm, as part of the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum’s virtual Red Bench Speaker Series.
Director Fernando Villena and co-producers Ben Bryan and...

Auction awards two local organizations

Mount Snow’s EpicPromise chairlift auction recently raised money for two local organizations. It raised $12,000 for the Loose Knit Group’s Food 4 Kids program, which provides nutritious nonperishable bags of food to youth in need. This is the sixth year of the program. The auction also raised...

The staff at Ratu’s Cannabis Supply. From left: general manager Alex Rioux; owner Jennifer Betit-Engel; owner Christian Engel; and cannabis education specialists Adam Manley and Julia Silverman. Lauren Harkawik

What’s out there in that back room?

Local business owners honored to be selling cannabis in town WILMINGTON - If one doesn’t know it’s there, it’s possible to miss Ratu’s Cannabis Supply.
You get there by first entering Ratu’s Supply, the apparel store at 36 Main Street. At the back of that store, you...