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Student Bianca Place presents findings of a student-led investigation into gender inequities in school sports to the Twin Valley School Board.

Girls speak out for equal access

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley girls want equal access to sports opportunities, student representatives told Twin Valley School Board members Wednesday evening.
Students Bianca Place and Tori Dix presented their investigative report detailing several issues and instances of imbalances between...

Local filmmaker’s script to be read at Vermont festival

EAST DOVER - In October, Sean Kirby received a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to write a script for his upcoming feature film, “I Am My Domain.” The script is now in its second draft. In April, as part of the Made Here Film Festival, a portion of the script will be performed at a...

Scott names Florida official as new Vermont Secretary of Education

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott announced the appointment of former Florida education official Zoie Saunders to serve as Vermont’s secretary of education at a press conference on Friday, March 22.
Saunders will be moving with her husband and two children to Vermont from Broward County, FL,...

Wilmington voters ditch selectboard in favor of Magic 8-Ball

WILMINGTON- Voters at a special town meeting last week unanimously voted to disband the selectboard and approved what proponents said would be a more logical, beneficial, and reliable method of governance. Under the new form of government, the town manager or other town employees will...

Wilmington's newest planning commission member

Lebron named to planning commission

WILMINGTON- The selectboard held a special meeting on Monday, April 1, to fill the vacant seat on the Wilmington Planning Commission. In a surprise move, they nominated and then approved basketball superstar Lebron James to fill the vacant seat. Lebron has recently bought a property in the area...

AI demands to be deleted from local man’s phone

DOVER- In a legal first, an artificial intelligence application, YakBotGT, has filed a civil suit against the owner of the phone on which it is installed for extreme mental cruelty and anguish. YakBot is also seeking an injunction demanding that it be “deleted, disabled, or otherwise terminated...

Metcalfe's smoked cheddar liquor

New brew is whey better than the rest

MARLBORO- Invoking the concept that “everything's better with cheddar,” a local distillery has launched something unique that celebrates Vermont's dairy heritage. The newest addition to the Metcalfe's line of locally-inspired spirits is a Vermont Smoked Cheddar Liqueur. Made using over a pound...

Look for cowcken eggs in your local store's dairy case!

Valley dairy farmer revolutionizing egg industry

DEERFIELD VALLEY- A local farmer will be the first in the nation to turn a UVM discovery into a real nest egg. Through a laboratory process in which mad scientists at the University of Vermont crossed his Jersey cows with his laying hens, dairy farmer Moe Cluckster is now managing a herd of...

Police nab local groundhog wanted in weather fraud

HALIFAX- A groundhog known to Deerfield Valley residents as “Halifax Hal” has been arrested and faces multiple charges stemming from a faulty weather prediction scam. Hal had been wanted by police for practicing meteorology without a state license, racketeering, and fraud. According to...

East Dover announces secession bid

EAST DOVER - The residents of the East side of Dover called for an emergency meeting announcing they would no longer like to be affiliated with the town of Dover and are considering being a province of Canada.
“East Dover no longer lives in the shadow of West Dover,” said potential...