For the general manager, Josh DeBottis, running the club and ski area brings him full circle
By most accounts, the recently concluded winter sports season was one of the best in recent memory, with cold weather and consistent natural snowfall keeping the Deerfield Valley...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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Josh DeBottis has just completed his first winter season as general manager of the Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain. Photo courtesy of The Hermitage Club
Terry and Steve Morse drive their Percheron horses in Whitingham's 2016 Old Home Week parade.
The planners of the Town of Whitingham’s Old Home Week, set for July 24 to July 26, have already packed the schedule with activities and live music, and are still slipping more into the line up. It is a town-wide event, like a reunion, held every 10 years, that has been going on since the early...
This village is getting a new general store after about five years without a retailer selling a full range of groceries and other essentials.
A building near the intersection of Routes 100 and 112 in the center of the village is slowly filling with shelving, counters, and other equipment. It is...
At its meeting on Tuesday, April 7, the Dover Selectboard approved an expenditure of $12,020 for soil sampling near a dry well at Dover Town Common. In other matters, the board negotiated terms of a three-year contract with Casella Waste Systems and approved spending from the town’s 1% fund to...
The River Valleys Unified School District will hold its annual meeting at Dover Town Hall on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 pm. Among the warned articles is a question about whether the board should continue the International Baccalaureate program at The Dover School.
The International Baccalaureate,...
Snow removal costs skyrocketed this past winter, but Wilmington's spending remains in line with the budget for the current fiscal year.
This town’s current budget is on track to end the fiscal year as officials planned, but spending on highways has struggled to stay on track because of the long, snowy winter, the selectboard heard.
In its annual review of the budget three-quarters of the way through the year, which took place...
Halifax Selectboard Chair Edee Edwards describes the implementation of Act181 at a meeting of the board. It formally called on state lawmakers to repeal the 2024 law in its entirety.
The selectboard voted unanimously on Saturday night to send a letter to the Vermont Legislature asking it to repeal the 2024 land-use law, Act 181, in its entirety.
Ten residents attended in person, with the majority telling the board they wanted Act 181 repealed.
In the two-page letter, the...
As the maple sugaring season draws to a close, some local producers reported near-record-high quantities of syrup, while others said the season was just average.
In Whitingham, Jason Morse found plentiful, fast-flowing sap allowed him to make 220 gallons of syrup from 644 taps in 16 days, a...
Brian Holt, co-owner of Wilmington's Starfire Bakery.
When Brian Holt, one of the four owners of Wilmington’s Starfire Bakery, arrived at Ferrandi Paris, a world-renowned culinary and hospitality school, he felt, perhaps for the first time in his life, entirely intimidated.
“I haven’t felt that feeling inside since — well, I don’t know if I’ve...
Hannah Small, owner of Wilimington’s Butter Mountain Bakery, baked 1,000 sourdough rolls for students at Brattleboro Union High School in a pilot program that aims to increase demand for locally sourced food in Vermont schools.
In the cafeteria at Brattleboro Union High School, student Connor Montgomery strongly approved of a whole-grain, sourdough roll that he had just tried with his lunch.
“I ate the entire roll; I thought it was pretty good,” he said. “I kind of want another one. The texture, and everything about...
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