Backstage with the Best of Friends
Local Band Makes Its Final Appearance on July 11, 2010l to r: Alan Towle, Sandy Towle, Sam Miller, Marylin Dwyer, David Towle, Kurt Dwyer and Skip GrayBy Sharon LakeyThe evening…
Twinning Celebration Between Two Danvilles a Successful Reconnection
Bus tour on July 3, 2010 to Danville, Quebec, fondly rememberedDanville Dignitaries: l to r Toby Balivet, Jane Kitchel, Denise Briggs (hidden, but waving), Alice Hafner, Dorothy Larrabee, and Paul Chouinard, got…
Remembering Janet Wakefield
The Queen of DanvilleCompiled by Sharon LakeyOn June 16, 2009, I met Rita Calkins at the Park and Ride in St. Johnsbury to pick up a photograph of Marion Sevigny.…
The Elm House Hotel
Partial history authored by George Cahoon, Jr.The Elm House Hotel sat on the south side of the Common facing North. It was built in the late eighteen hundreds and was…
Lineage Library Given to Danville Historical Society
Helen Staley hands Paul Chouinard, President of th Danville Historical Society, one of the volumes from the library. By Sharon Lakey, Director A rainy day in May was the perfect…
Enter Your Name Here
Ancestry.Com takes Betty Bolevic for a rideBy Sharon LakeyAs a child, Betty Beattie listened raptly to her favorite song on the radio, “Far Away Places with Strange Sounding Names,” and…
Life Took a Sudden Turn…
Reg and Mabel Peck and their three children: (l to r) Winona, Nancy, and Ronald "Joe"Two sisters remember their brother, Joe PeckRonald “Joe” PeckJanuary 15, 1940 – April 19, 2010By…
Bentley’s Bakery and Café Opens its Doors
Nancy and Jeff Frampton, a successful opening. By Sharon LakeyGoing out for “a little something” just got better in Danville. Bentley’s Bakery and Café (named for the owners’ first dog)…
Balls of Fire!
Archie Blackadar, Ambassador of Racing By Dorothy Larrabee and Sharon LakeyPete and Archie Blackadar were registering racers at a track when a sheepish-looking man approached the window. “I wonder,” he…
Playin’ Wuff
By Dwyane LangmaidA photograph from the Cary Maple Sugar film that was used at Maple Grove in St. Johnsbury. Cary originally used oxen teams to gather the sap for his…