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Geoff Kane, MD, talks about addiction at Monday’s meeting at Deerfield Valley Rescue. Photos by Lauren Harkawik

Addiction science discussed with health care providers, first responders

WILMINGTON - When Geoff Kane, MD, asked people in the packed meeting room at Deerfield Valley Rescue on Monday whether they had ever dealt with someone with substance use disorder, audible sounds of recognition were released by many, and nearly everyone raised a hand.
The question was...

Barnes' Watch Hill home in Westerly, RI

Finance company seeks to convert Barnes’ bankruptcy

HARTFORD, CT- Developments in the Hermitage bankruptcy case may have an impact on the personal bankruptcy case filed by Donna Barnes, the wife of Hermitage Club founder James Barnes.
Shem Creek Haystack, a real estate finance company that provided a second mortgage on Barnes’ exclusive...

Program to help student job seekers develop skills

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, Christy Betit, Pipelines & Pathways Coordinator for Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, updated the committee about ongoing professionalism training for local high school students. ...

Frustrated by cheap state

Officials decry paltry development funding WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, several committee members cited frustration with the state.
Eric Durocher, executive director of the Southern Vermont Deerfield...

Plan hopes to revive Hermitage Club

WILMINGTON- A group of Hermitage Club members is seeking support for a plan to reopen the resort as a member-owned club.
In an email to club members, the group, which includes members Jason Gross, Jeff Koslowsky, John Reilly, and Carl Stickel, said they have been developing a plan in...

Suit seeks to stymie Peaks-Vail merger

ST. LOUIS- A Peak Resorts investor has filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the company’s SEC filing regarding its proposed merger with Vail Resorts was false and misleading.
The suit, filed by Boston-area resident John Field, seeks an injunction blocking the company’s proposed...

Game warden says eaglet was from lake nest

WILMINGTON - Photographer Nicki Steel has been photographing bald eagle eaglets at the Mt. Mills picnic area since they were born this spring. In fact, she was tracking them before they were born.
“I saw the adults mate,” she says. “It was March 4, a perfect, beautiful, blue-sky winter...

Grant funding for opioids help coming to Vermont

BURLINGTON - In early August it was announced that $6.6 million in grant funding was awarded to the University of Vermont Medical Center, which will establish one of three “Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders.” The others will be located in New York and Georgia.
The...

Town runs into roadblock on Valley Trail easements

DOVER - At the selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday, economic development director Steve Neratko told the board that the town risks losing $300,000 in grant funding if it doesn’t pursue eminent domain regarding a property along a soon-to-be-built portion of the Valley Trail.
In order to build...

Invasive species study gets approval

WILMINGTON- Selectboard members discussed a request for funding to conduct an invasive species survey at Harriman Reservoir, and met the town’s new zoning administrator at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The board heard from conservation ecologist Ashley Bies, a Marlboro resident,...