Wilmington

Town Meeting articles include vote to freeze cannabis licences

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, January 21, the Wilmington Selectboard discussed funding for the Route 9/Route 100 Water and Sewer Expansion Project, adopted the Wilmington Ethics Ordinance, and approved the 2025 Town Meeting warning.
Each year, the selectboard approves an...

Twin Valley to see year-end surplus

Note: This article has been updated to clarify the use of two donations made for projects at Twon Valley Elementary School.
WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members tweaked drafts of their annual meeting warning and proposed 2026 budget at their regular meeting Wednesday evening. ...

Gannon to be ethics czar; Hoot, Toot, & Whistle gets grant

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, January 7, the Wilmington Selectboard appointed John Gannon as a liaison to the ethics committee and approved a grant match for the Windham County Arts and Cultural Plan Development.
“We have 30 days from the first of January 2025 for the...

Amy Morneault is the new director at the Pettee Memorial Library. Lauren Harkawik

New director at Pettee Memorial Library recalls “magical” childhood

WILMINGTON - For Amy Morneault, the newly-named director of Pettee Memorial Library, two big elements of her new job were also part of a magical childhood. The first: libraries. The second: the Deerfield Valley.
Morneault told The Deerfield Valley News that stories were a big part of her...

Getting towns a better return on option taxes a priority

MONTPELIER- Towns that have adopted a local option tax could be in for a rebate, if the Vermont League of Cities and Towns can convince the Legislature to part with an estimated $10.3 million surplus of fees generated by the tax currently in the state’s PILOT program coffers.
“The...

Selectboard members approved the purchase of radios for the Wilmington Fire Department.

Board approves funds for sidewalks and trails

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, December 17, the Wilmington Selectboard approved the purchase of new radios for the fire department, $53,300 in grant-matching funds for the East Main Street Sidewalk Project, and the trail committee’s request for $15,000.
“So we’re having a...

Wilmington-based company wants to bring back manufacturing

WheelPad growth, expansion named vital project in regional action plan
WILMINGTON - Continued local expansion of WheelPad L3C has been named a “vital project” in the Southern Vermont Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), a federally approved five-year action...

Wilmington artist Jen Violette in front of her West Main Street gallery. Ivy Kirby

Small-space gallery packs in quite a bit of art for everyone

WILMINGTON - Jennifer Violette demonstrated artistic talent at a young age. She started painting when she was in kindergarten, and continued through high school. She initially studied printmaking and painting at Alfred University but later found herself drawn to glass and metal sculpture.
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Board pulls plug on town hall relocation committee

WILMINGTON - During their meeting on Tuesday, the Wilmington Selectboard considered the dissolution of the town hall relocation committee and discussed town marketing.
“The selectboard knows we have identified four properties that could potentially serve as locations for the town offices...

David Petrie, owner of Farmhouse Market, holds a box of Cadia pasta. Cadia is one of the “store brands” the market now sells thanks to its new membership in the Independent Natural Food Retailers Association, or INFRA. Lauren Harkawik

Sleepless nights led to grocer developing store identity

Changes at market make food more accessible, affordable for locals
WILMINGTON - On Monday this week, David Petrie, purveyor of Farmhouse Market in Wilmington, held a jar of jam in his hand.
The jam was from Brattleboro’s Sidehill Farm, known for its wide range of...