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Photo from Tito's Facebook post announcing their return to Wilmington

Tito’s Taqueria food truck hopes to return to Wilmington, at WW’s design center

WILMINGTON- Tito’s Taqueria food truck may make a return to Wilmington, this time at WW Building Supply’s design center parking lot.
Carlos Garza and Ian Rose, of Tito’s Taqueria, along with Steve Wolf, of WW Building Supply, met with DRB members Monday afternoon, seeking a permit for...

Mini, unmanned food pantries pop up around the valley

JACKSONVILLE - Elaina Gibb-Buursma is hoping to normalize using food pantries.
Gibb-Buursma is in the process of working out details for a mini food pantry that will be housed on a few shelves inside the Whitingham Free Public Library in the municipal center. The vision is that people can...

Business moves to Wilmington

WILMINGTON - Catamount Carpet Cleaning Inc. announces the start of their first full year of running their business in an office in Wilmington.
Owners Don and Jane Jones along with their staff are now completely operational in Wilmington. The new office is located at 19 Haystack Road,...

Opportune time to secure funds for sewer project

WILMINGTON- On Tuesday, the Wilmington Selectboard set a date for their informational meeting that accompanies the Australian ballot vote in lieu of an in-person Town Meeting this year. They also discussed virtual meetings, sewer, and policing updates.
The informational meeting will be...

Roof collapse hampers firefighters, crews from multiple towns respond

WEST DOVER - A fire on Monday morning resulted in five fire departments and town road crews working together to extinguish the blaze, which temporarily could not be reached with water after a stone roof caved in over it.
The fire happened at a second home on Someday Road. According to...

Nicki Steel’s fall photography, like this photo of Lake Sadawga, will be shown at Bartleby’s through February.

Fall in love, love the fall

WILMINGTON - Bartleby’s Books will be hosting its annual show of Nicki Steel’s photography throughout the month of February.
This year’s show is entitled: “Fall in Love ~ Love the Fall.” Steel’s show will focus on her “Hearts in Nature” series as well as new works. Most of the framed...

Curtiss Reed Jr. Courtesy iamavermonter.org

It’s up to the community to take action, says local leader

WHITINGHAM - In the wake of a complaint filed by the ACLU of Vermont, which alleges that Twin Valley Middle High School failed to protect a Black student who was the target of racist bullying, local leader Curtiss Reed Jr. says it is on the community to take an active role in forging change with...

Pictured left to right: Dick Ward, Joyce Forbush, and Kathleen Loomis-Ward

St. Mary’s launches emergency food box

WILMINGTON - The Outdoor Emergency Food Box was launched Sunday, January 16, at St. Mary’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church. The box is located on the walkway between the parking lot, behind the church and the church’s front door at 13 East Main Street.
This food box contains meals and...

Sun and snow

WILMINGTON - The sun was trying to break through the clouds over Wilmington village Wednesday afternoon. The valley was blanketed with the first big snowfall of the season Monday, with most areas recording more than a foot of snow.

Board extends mask mandate, will not hold in-person Town Meeting

WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Selectboard decided to not hold an in-person annual Town Meeting at their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. Board members also extended the town’s face-covering mandate and discussed a report on racial profiling and potential dispatch changes for the police...