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This Week in History: October 1 - 6

10 years ago:
A key section of Dover’s Valley Trail was under construction. The so-called “A section” of the trail, running from Dorr Fitch Road to Mount Snow Market Place included West Dover’s first traditional concrete sidewalk, and provided safe pedestrian access to the...

Windham-2 Rep. Laura Sibilia

Legislative update: State’s use of AI requires oversight

Last month, at the Vermont Digital Government Summit, state officials shared that Vermont is participating in the state, local, tribal, and territorial version of Project Glasswing, an AI cybersecurity initiative run by Anthropic, the company that created Claude.
Project Glasswing reports...

This Week in History: September 24-30

10 years ago:
Gov. Peter Shumlin and other local, state, and federal officials joined representatives of Avangrid, the parent company of Deerfield Wind LLC, for a groundbreaking ceremony for the wind power project. Although Shumlin touted the benefits of wind power...

Movie celebrates East Dover stalwart’s hardworking outdoor life

Note: An earlier version of this article stated an incorrect time for the October 9 showing of "Sonny" at the Dover Town Hall. We regret the error. At 94, Sonny Brown still cuts wood and sugars, but he’s doing less than he once did EAST DOVER—Erwin “Sonny” Brown, Jr. has...

This Week in History, September 17-23

10 years ago:
Preservation work on the dam and spillway at Lake Sadawga resulted in a temporary reduction of the water level at the lake. Lakeside property owner and naturalist Ed Metcalfe said the lower water levels increased the distance between the water and shoreline...

Claudette Hollenbeck

Aging in Place: Be the chihuahua, not the bear

I am a deeply avowed “dog person.” My current companion is my 19th dog in my 89 years so far. She is a 20-pound mongrel rescue from South Carolina, half chihuahua, one quarter beagle and one quarter dachshund. She looks sort of like a long-haired dachshund, long, very low to the ground and fluffy...

Rudi Wyrsh, the "Pied Piper of Skiing."

This Week in History September 10 - 16

10 years ago:
The District 2 Environmental Commission denied a motion by Hermitage Club developers to sever the development of the Deerfield Valley Airport and East Tract lands (abutting the airport) from the development of the club’s Haystack and other resort properties....

Playing the blues at Valley Craft Ales to support 9/11 survivors

WILMINGTON—James Montgomery is looking forward to playing his blues to a couple of hundred people at Valley Craft Ales in Wilmington on Friday, September 11, just as much as he got a kick out of playing to 150,000 people at a monster gig with the Allman Brothers Band way back in the early ‘70s....

This Week in History September 3 - 9

10 years ago:
Five years after the flooding and destruction that occurred during Tropical Storm Irene in Readsboro, town officials said the town’s recovery and rebuilding efforts left the town more prepared to react to future natural disasters. The storm damage included...

Ellie Roden A Window into Judaism

A Window into Judaism: The Jewish High Holidays, Vermont style

Autumn is a season of change and new beginnings. The leaves turn, the gardens are put to bed, and a new school year brings new schedules and routines for students and parents. For Jewish people, fall also marks the arrival of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the holiest days on the Jewish calendar....