10 years ago:
Sandri Realty’s proposal to convert a former service and gas station on Wilmington’s East Main Street into the town’s first fast food franchise caused a stir. Their plan would retain the gas pumps and canopy for self-serve-only fuel sales, and convert the...
10 years ago:
Vermont expanded its 6% sales tax to include soda and other sweetened beverages. Before the change, soda and other sweet drinks were considered grocery items, and not subject to sales tax. The tax was originally proposed as part of a health care reform bill,...
10 years ago:
The US Supreme Court struck down EPA regulations that were intended to reduce the amount of mercury released by coal-fired nuclear plants, saying that the EPA failed to take the cost of compliance into account. Vermont Department of Environmental...
WILMINGTON - Make It On Main Street third-place winner Cherry Press Printmaking has opened its doors. The print shop, which is owned by print artist Corinne Rhodes, is located inside Arthouse, at 12 South Main Street.
Recently, Rhodes was busy at work inside her shop, where she was...
10 years ago:
Hermitage Club officials presented their plan for the construction of a 184,000-square-foot, 93-unit hotel and seven duplex villas at the top of Fanny Hill Road. The hotel would have 59 condominiums, including 34 one-bedroom units, seven two-bedroom units,...
Members of the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club celebrated the club’s 20th anniversary at the Farm Road Estate in West Dover on Wednesday, June 25.
Claudette Hollenbeck
Could we be living in any more bizarre times? I just this past weekend had my 88th birthday. Yes, The Donald and I share Flag Day, June 14, as our natal day. He did not realize that he had offered up that big parade for me alone. Unfortunately, parades are not the way to my heart. Chocolate...
The Mt. Mills tour boat cruised the waters of Harriman Reservoir for more than three decades. Captain Dick Joyce celebrated his 30th year at the helm 20 years ago this week. File photo
10 years ago:
Dover proposed an ordinance prohibiting the construction or operation of aircraft takeoff and landing facilities following public complaints about a West Dover second-home owner who was using a helicopter to commute to the property. The ordinance was prompted...
Twenty-five years ago the Wilmington Zoning Board approved a winter snowmobile track for Haystack Mountain, but stalled on granting a permit for a summer dirt bike track. File photo
10 years ago:
Jacksonville was buzzing with activity, thanks to the Whitingham Economic Development Group. The group established a number of events and activities in the village, including a weekly farmers’ market. The market, held every Friday at the municipal center,...
10 years ago:
The 31 members of the first class to graduate from the new/renovated Twin Valley Middle High School in Whitingham bid farewell to their high school years in a ceremony in the new gymnasium.
A group of Wilmington residents pleaded with the selectboard...