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Rudi Wyrsch, known as one of the world’s great ski clowns,” was hired to work at Mount Snow 50 years ago.

This Week in History (9/9 - 9/16)

10 years ago: FEMA and the Small Business Administration set up temporary offices in the Deerfield Valley to assist with recovery efforts after Tropical Storm Irene. FEMA pledged to provide funding to rebuild infrastructure, up to 75% of municipal cleanup and repair work,...

Library awarded children’s storytelling grant

READSBORO - The Children’s Literacy Foundation has awarded Readsboro Community Library its 2021 to 2022 rural libraries grant program. This grant program provides two storytelling presentations by CLiF’s Vermont and New Hampshire authors, illustrators, and storytellers; new books for the public...

SEVCA holds survey for low-income residents

WESTMINSTER - Southeastern Vermont Community Action is in the process of conducting its triennial community assessment to better understand the needs of lower-income residents in Windham and Windsor counties. Windham or Windsor County residents who have had difficulty meeting household needs in...

Halifax invasive species survey

HALIFAX - Join the Halifax tree warden and the Halifax Conservation Commission in conducting an inventory of roadside ash trees to monitor for emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that has destroyed millions of trees in neighboring states.
Volunteers will attend a training session on how to...

Plan available

WHITINGHAM - The town is carrying out the waste reduction goals of their recently approved Solid Waste Implementation Plan. Visit http://www.whitinghamvt.org for the plan and to find answers to any recycling and proper disposal questions.

Elderly Vermonters can take steps to reduce the risk of falling

VERMONT - Each year many Vermonters experience a fall, yet only half will tell their health care provider. A fall can cause an injury and may result in hospitalization. A serious injury, especially for the elderly, can limit a person’s mobility and independence and increase social isolation,...

Joe Hedberg paints a fence as a member of Youth Services’ “Work Today” program.

Need some work done? Youth Services paying for day jobs

BRATTLEBORO - “Work Today,” a fledgling Youth Services day-labor program piloted last summer, is expanding work sites beyond maintenance and project work for the town of Brattleboro in its final month of resumed operations.
Area businesses, nonprofits or property owners who need temporary...

Southern Vermont LGBTQ+ organizations receive grants

VERMONT - The Samara Fund, a component fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, has awarded $38,000 in general operating support and project grants to nonprofit organizations in its 10th annual competitive grant round.
These nonprofits include the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, the New...

Chimney sweepers earn certification for experience

WEST DOVER - Certified Chimney Professionals announces that Sarah and Roscoe Shippee, owners of Scott’s Clean Sweep, have earned the Certified Master Chimney Technician designation.
The CMCT course consists of having a minimum of eight years experience and six years of past comprehensive...

Karen Horton, left, and Debbie Rathman dig in the community garden earlier this year. Photo courtesy Karen Horton

Garden grows, donates food to community

WILMINGTON - The Community Garden at Howe Farm expanded this year, adding more plots for the public to use and, for the first time, growing food specifically to donate to the community. Each week, the garden drops off produce at Twice Blessed, where a donation table sits outside for the community...