Vermont notes

12:00AM / Wednesday, February 18, 2004Print Story | Email Story

Lillian Fisher, age 4, skis in the Lollipop division of the Prospect Mountain Bill Koch Youth Ski League. (Photo by David Dethier)

Bennington mixer BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” SantÃ© Magazine and the Better Bennington Corp. will hold a wine and hors d'oeuvres mixer at the Welcome Center, South and Elm streets, on Friday, Feb. 27, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Beringer Vineyards will provide the wines for the event. Mark Vaughan of SantÃ© Magazine will offer insights on each wine. A wide assortment of cheeses will be provided for the occasion, courtesy of igourmet.com. The public is invited; a $20 donation is requested. RSVP by Feb. 23: 802-442-5758 or fax 802 442-5542. Spaghetti supper POWNAL, Vt. â€” The Pownal Valley 4H Sharpshooters will host a spaghetti supper at the Pownal Valley Fire Department Center Station from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. It will be a fund-raising event to help send 4Hâ€™ers to Missouri in June for a national shooting sports competition. The price is $6 a plate for adults and children over 10, $4 a plate for children 10 and younger. Takeout will be available. Hip-hop show BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” A performance by Project Concern, a hip-hop dance troupe, will be held at the Everett Mansion Theatre at Southern Vermont College tonight (Thursday, Feb. 19) at 7. The event is open to the public. Admission is $4 for adults; children under 12 admitted free. Project Concern is a nonprofit organization serving inner-city children and adolescents in Massachusetts. It offers hip-hop dance instruction, life skill projects, cultural history classes, career exploration workshops and recreational activities. Its dancers travel the country providing opportunities for young people. The event is sponsored by the collegeâ€™s Student Government Association and the Cultural Committee, in recognition of February as Black History Month. Information: Jessica Gulley, director of campus life, 802-447-4382, or campuslife@svc.edu. Hildene lecture MANCHESTER, Vt. â€” The Hildene winter history lecture series will continue with a presentation by curator Brian Knight on â€œVermont and the North Shire in the Civil War: The Common Experience of Uncommon Valor,â€ at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. The talk, which will be held in the event space at Northshire Bookstore, will include a 45-minute presentation, with 30 minutes available for questions and discussion. The bookstoreâ€™s â€œSpiral Press CafÃ©â€ will be open for a light meal and coffee before the talk. The lecture is a sneak preview of a Hildene exhibit that is set to open on June 1. Knight has been actively involved in historic preservation, serving as downtown director for the town of Brandon, preservation planner for Williston, grants coordinator and preservation planner for the Massachusetts, executive director for preservation in Burlington and assistant director for donor relations at St. Michaelâ€™s College in Winooski. Information: 802 362-1788 or info@hildene.org Student presentation BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” Robin Jebavy, a senior at Bennington College who is concentrating in visual arts and philosophy, has been invited to present a paper at the sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Student Philosophy Conference at the University of Colorado on Feb. 20 and 21 in Boulder. Jebavyâ€™s paper, â€œThe Thingliness of the Thing,â€ relates the ideas of philosophers Martin Heidegger and Immanuel Kant. It was one of 12 selected from 71 philosophical essays submitted by both graduate and undergraduate students. Tuttle film BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” In conjunction with its on-going exhibition â€œIndependence of Thought, Freedom of Speech,â€ the Bennington Museum will screen â€œMan With A Plan,â€ a film by John Oâ€™Brien, in the Everett Mansion Theatre at Southern Vermont College on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. Part of the collegeâ€™s ongoing Spring Film Series, the event, co-sponsored with the museum, is free and open to the public. A mix of fact and fiction, the film follows the story of the late Fred Tuttle, a retired Vermont dairy farmer, on his campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Southern Vermont College history professor Thomas Redden and filmmaker John Oâ€™Brien will be on hand to introduce and talk about the film. Oâ€™Brien will also discuss Tuttleâ€™s improbable run in the 1998 senatorial elections. Running, and winning, against a â€œcarpetbaggerâ€ from Massachusetts in the Republican primary, Tuttle proved, and Oâ€™Brien documented, the independent nature of Vermont politics. Presented with this discussion will be a series of election interviews archived by Oâ€™Brien. The Bennington Museum, 75 Main St. (Route 9), 1 mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 802-447-1571 or www.benningtonmuseum.org. Information about the Southern Vermont College Spring Film Series: Scott Oâ€™Callaghan, 802-442-6359 or socall@svc.edu. Beal paintings BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” An exhibition featuring the paintings of the late Alger Beal of Bennington opened Feb. 16 and will continue through March 17 in the Burgdorff Gallery of Everett Mansion at Southern Vermont College. The exhibition is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A reception will be held in Bealâ€™s honor on Saturday, March 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the gallery. It is open to the public. An architect, farmer and painter, Beal and his wife, Betty, were the managers and owners of Shadowbrook Farm at the base of Mount Anthony. He was a practicing architect who loved buildings and concepts of design. He studied with a number of painters in the northeastern and northwestern United States. supportive friend and neighbor of the college Information about the reception: P.J. Van Houten, 802-447-6327 or events@svc.edu. Student paintings BENNINGTON, Vt. â€” The work of an undergraduate is on exhibition at a commercial gallery in Somerville, Mass. â€œPill Pop,â€ paintings by Devin Powers, a junior at Bennington College, will be on display at the 108 Gallery from Feb. 3 to 21. Executed in candy colors, the paintings explore the complex and often funny connections between pharmaceuticals, self-image and the need to be loved. The 108 Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment. Information: 617-441-3833 or www.gallery108.com. Koch skiing WOODFORD, Vt. â€” The Prospect Bill Koch cross-country ski club hosted the Southern Vermont League on Saturday at Prospect Mountain Sports & Recreation Center. Some 70 skiers from West River, Putney and Stratton Mountain School joined Prospect skiers in the competition. Twenty-three local skiers participated on behalf of Prospect. In the J3 Girlsâ€™ (ages 12 and 13) 4.3-kilometer race, Julia Seyferth took first place out of a field of 10 skiers with a time of 14:59. She was followed by teammate Karmen Whitham in third, Louise Hindal, sixth, Jessica Horst, eighth and Helen Sharkey, 10th. In the J4 Boysâ€™ (ages 10 and 11) 3.6-kilometer competition, Brian Vargo finished sixth and Gabriel Noel placed eighth out of a field of 14 skiers. Skiing for the J4 Girls were Andrea Fisher, who placed sixth, Elise Seyferth, seventh and Catherine Sharkey, ninth. MacKenzie Fisher took home the first-place ribbon in the 2-kilometer J5 Boys race (ages 8 and 9) with a time of 9:14. Also skiing for the J5s were Caleb Noel, who placed fourth, Will Kirby, fifth and Paul Malloy, sixth. Chloe Anderson skied in the J5 Girls race and placed ninth. Justin Burgess, Thomas Kirby, Sean Brundage and Patrick Cody finished in first, third, fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the J6 Boysâ€™ (ages 6 and 7) one-kilometer competition. Rounding out the team were Lollipoppers (ages 4 and 5) Lillian Fisher, Madeline Carpenter, Franklin Cody and Christian Caraco, who all skied well and received lollipops for their efforts. The Bill Koch Ski Club is an instructional cross-country ski program for children 4 to 13. Information: Julie Horst, 802-447-0660. Foreign policy talk BENNINGTON, Vt. â€”Professor Thomas Redden of Southern Vermont College will offer a lecture on the neo-conservative vision and President George W. Bushâ€™s foreign policy at the college on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Everett Mansionâ€™s Burgdorff Gallery. It is free and open to the public. Redden is an associate professor of history and politics at the college and specializes in American foreign policy. His lecture will explore the meaning of the war in Iraq from the neo-conservative point of view. Information: Thomas Redden, 802-447-6350, or tredden@svc.edu.

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Dalton Announces New Supplier for Energy Program

10:46AM / Thursday, November 27, 2025

DALTON, Mass. – The Town of Dalton has signed a thirty-four month contract with a new supplier, First Point Power.

Beginning with the January 2026 meter reads, the Dalton Community Choice Power Supply Program will have a new rate of $0.13042 per kWh. The Program will also continue to offer an optional 100 percent green product, which is derived from National Wind Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), at a rate of $0.13142 per kWh.

For Dalton residents and businesses who are enrolled in the Town's Program, the current rate of $0.13849 per kWh will expire with the January 2026 meter reads and the new rate of $0.13042 per kWh will take effect. This represents a decrease of $5 per month on the supply side of the bill given average usage of 600 kWh. Additionally, this new rate is 3 percent lower than Eversource's Residential Basic Service rate of $0.13493 per kWh. Residents can expect to see an

average savings of $3 per month for the month of January 2026. Eversource's Basic Service rates

will change on Feb. 1, 2026.

Dalton launched its electricity program in January 2015 in an effort to develop an energy program that would be stable and affordable. From inception through June 2025, the Program has saved residents and small businesses over $1.7 million in electricity costs as compared to Eversource Basic Service.

It is important to note that no action is required by current participants. This change will be seen on the February 2026 bills. All accounts currently enrolled in the Program will remain with their current product offering and see the new rate and First Point Power printed under the "Supplier Services" section of their monthly bill.

The Dalton Community Choice Power Supply Program has no fees or charges. However, anyone switching from a contract with a third-party supplier may be subject to penalties or early termination fees charged by that supplier. Ratepayers should verify terms before switching.

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