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It’s Lakes Appreciation Month

MONTPELIER – Gov. Phil Scott has proclaimed July as Lakes Appreciation Month in Vermont. The governor’s proclamation signifies the importance of the state’s over 800 lakes and ponds for this and future generations.
Vermont has faced unprecedented challenges due to climate change, including...

Land preservation funded

VERMONT - The Nature Conservancy has distributed half a million dollars of private funding to help conserve critical landscapes for wildlife and plant habitats and climate resilience through its Vermont Biodiversity Protection Fund.
Seven land protection projects representing nearly 2,...

Planned Parenthood now offers comprehensive menopause care

NEW ENGLAND - Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) announced it will provide comprehensive menopause and perimenopause care at its health centers across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and through telehealth.
PPNNE says its goal is to help women continue to thrive through...

The third edition of the newly named Deerfield Valley News, published in February, 1991, shortly after Randy Capitani and Bobby Edwards purchased the newspaper from Don Albano.

Valley News under new ownership, first change in 34 years

WILMINGTON- Randy and Vicki Capitani, owners of The Deerfield Valley News for nearly 35 years, have announced the sale of their venerable weekly print newspaper to Vermont Independent Media, publisher of the The Commons.
The sale was completed on June 27, bringing The Deerfield Valley...

Snow Mountain Market has been closed since last month. Mike Eldred

Shuttered local market now in bankruptcy

DOVER- The owners of Snow Mountain Market have filed for bankruptcy, just days after closing the popular Dover grocery store and deli.
Andrew and Marie Nystrom, owners of Snow Mountain Market and the commercial plaza that also includes The Coffee Barn and Dover Bar and Grill, filed for...

This deer was recently spotted at the Hoot, Toot, & Whistle trailhead, near Fairview Avenue in Wilmington. Cearra O’Hern

Local rail trail to get a facelift

Hoot, Toot, & Whistle closed for renovation
WILMINGTON — The Hoot, Toot, & Whistle Trail is getting a makeover.
The Wilmington Trail Committee announced the redevelopment and renovation of the 2-mile former railroad line started on Monday. The entire trail...

“Valley News” has seen many iterations

The newspaper currently known as The Deerfield Valley News started out as a marketing publication produced by Mount Snow, known as the Mount Snow Valley News. The first issue was published in December 1966. At the time, the valley was growing and Mount Snow’s management saw the need for a local...

Area students graduate from VTSU

RANDOLPH CENTER - Vermont State University announces its 2025 graduating class. Its members represent a wide range of programs and disciplines.
Local graduates are Kailyn August, of West Dover; Stacy Bryck, of Dummerston; Jeffrey Cavagnino, of Londonderry; Liz Cunningham, of Jacksonville...

New program offers students a debt-free college degree

MONTPELIER - The Legislature and Gov. Scott expanded a program to provide more Vermonters with a debt-free college degree. Managed by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation in partnership with Community College of Vermont, 802Opportunity increases higher education access for Vermont families...

Bates College

LEWISTON, ME - Anna Davis, of Bondville, VT, has been named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester, ending in April. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher.