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* '''August 27, 2026''', ''WCAX'' (Adam Sullivan): [https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/27/popular-upper-valley-online-forum-will-not-shut-down/ "Popular Upper Valley online forum will not shut down"]<br />Vital Communities drops its shutdown plan and starts working with past list managers on an independent host, the effort that became UVLists. | * '''August 27, 2026''', ''WCAX'' (Adam Sullivan): [https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/27/popular-upper-valley-online-forum-will-not-shut-down/ "Popular Upper Valley online forum will not shut down"]<br />Vital Communities drops its shutdown plan and starts working with past list managers on an independent host, the effort that became UVLists. | ||
* '''August 25, 2026''', ''Daybreak'' (Rob Gurwitt): [https://news.daybreak.news/p/daybreak-tuesday-8-25-26 "Daybreak Tuesday, 8/25/26"], item "Listservs' future still in limbo"<br />Vital Communities says it will keep hosting the town lists to give the moderators' group, now UVLists, time to organize, and is getting legal advice on sharing subscriber data. | |||
* '''August 21, 2026''', ''Daybreak'' (Rob Gurwitt): [https://news.daybreak.news/p/update-on-the-listservs-vital-communities-says-it-won-t-pull-the-plug-just-yet "Update on the Listservs: Vital Communities Says It Won't Pull the Plug Just Yet"]<br />Vital Communities keeps the town lists running past its deadline after a day of pushback, while list moderators push for another organization to take them over, the start of UVLists. | * '''August 21, 2026''', ''Daybreak'' (Rob Gurwitt): [https://news.daybreak.news/p/update-on-the-listservs-vital-communities-says-it-won-t-pull-the-plug-just-yet "Update on the Listservs: Vital Communities Says It Won't Pull the Plug Just Yet"]<br />Vital Communities keeps the town lists running past its deadline after a day of pushback, while list moderators push for another organization to take them over, the start of UVLists. | ||
* '''August 21, 2026''', ''WCAX'' (Adam Sullivan): [https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/21/upper-valley-listserv-shutdown-postponed-amid-community-pushback/ "Upper Valley LISTSERV shutdown postponed amid community pushback"]<br />Background, before UVLists formed: Vital Communities pauses its plan to shut down the 38 town lists after pushback from subscribers. | * '''August 21, 2026''', ''WCAX'' (Adam Sullivan): [https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/21/upper-valley-listserv-shutdown-postponed-amid-community-pushback/ "Upper Valley LISTSERV shutdown postponed amid community pushback"]<br />Background, before UVLists formed: Vital Communities pauses its plan to shut down the 38 town lists after pushback from subscribers. | ||
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Revision as of 15:11, 24 October 2026
UVLists is a volunteer group that keeps the Upper Valley's community email lists running. This page collects stories about UVLists in newspapers, on radio, and in other media. For our own announcements, see News.
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Stories
If you have seen UVLists mentioned in the news, email hello@uvlists.org with a link.
2026
October
- October 24, 2026, Upper Valley VT/NH Musings (Dave Celone): "Upper Valley's LISTSERV Superstars"
How volunteers formed UVLists to keep 38 town email lists running after Vital Communities, and what subscribers need to do during the move. - October 2, 2026, WCAX: "Nonprofit takes over popular Upper Valley online forum"
Reports that UVLists will take over the Upper Valley email lists from Vital Communities and keep them running as they do now.
August
- August 27, 2026, WCAX (Adam Sullivan): "Popular Upper Valley online forum will not shut down"
Vital Communities drops its shutdown plan and starts working with past list managers on an independent host, the effort that became UVLists. - August 25, 2026, Daybreak (Rob Gurwitt): "Daybreak Tuesday, 8/25/26", item "Listservs' future still in limbo"
Vital Communities says it will keep hosting the town lists to give the moderators' group, now UVLists, time to organize, and is getting legal advice on sharing subscriber data. - August 21, 2026, Daybreak (Rob Gurwitt): "Update on the Listservs: Vital Communities Says It Won't Pull the Plug Just Yet"
Vital Communities keeps the town lists running past its deadline after a day of pushback, while list moderators push for another organization to take them over, the start of UVLists. - August 21, 2026, WCAX (Adam Sullivan): "Upper Valley LISTSERV shutdown postponed amid community pushback"
Background, before UVLists formed: Vital Communities pauses its plan to shut down the 38 town lists after pushback from subscribers.