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BENNINGTON — The Bennington recovery center has chosen its supervising recovery coach to become the center’s new executive director.
WATERBURY — A small, walk-in vaccination clinic held in Waterbury on Thursday is one of the reasons Vermont was able to be the first state in …
ARLINGTON — Second Chance Animal Center will receive donated royalties from the sale of a new children’s book by author Dianne Sunda called “P…
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PAWLET — Daniel Banyai told the Pawlet Development Review Board that a proposed storage building he’s wanting to build would be new constructi…
BENNINGTON — The Bennington recovery center has chosen its supervising recovery coach to become the center’s new executive director.
Nothing says new era and direction like a new office space. Hence the next chapter in the history of the Brattleboro Reformer at its new locat…
BRATTLEBORO — Hazel Wagner took a short break from hiking the Appalachian Trail, where she’s snapping photos and recording for podcasts to sha…
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WATERBURY — A small, walk-in vaccination clinic held in Waterbury on Thursday is one of the reasons Vermont was able to be the first state in the country to give at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot to 80% of the eligible population.
ARLINGTON — Second Chance Animal Center will receive donated royalties from the sale of a new children’s book by author Dianne Sunda called “Puppy Quincy Loves Hats.”
BENNINGTON — Bennington is applying for a $1 million grant on behalf of two local housing projects for people in recovery from substance misuse.
Gov. Phil Scott on Monday lifted all COVID-19 restrictions in Vermont, as the state became the first in the nation to vaccinate 80 percent of its eligible citizens against the novel coronavirus with at least a first dose.
SHAFTSBURY — A Bennington man was arrested Monday on charges that he inappropriately touched fellow employees at the Arlington Dairy Bar last month, according to state police.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Wasabi could be the flavor of the year at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Or it might have a taste for Bourbon.
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MANCHESTER — Sanjay Correa, an aerospace engineer with GE Aviation, will discuss the current state of commercial aviation on June 29 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. His talk is presented by the Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning.
BENNINGTON — Anthony DeVito-Ely, a member of Bennington Cooling and Heating’s apprentice program, has met the Environmental Protection Agency’s certification requirement for all technicians who are to handle or charge systems with refrigerant.
BENNINGTON — Kaitlyn Daniels, a registered nurse who works in Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Women’s and Children’s Unit, has been honored with the hospital’s DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for May.
BENNINGTON — The monthly Walloomsac Walk will be held on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. at People’s Park on Depot Street, between Main and River streets. The walk leader will be holding an orange flag.
ARLINGTON — Mentoring at UCS will host a Family Fun Day, a day full of food, fun, and friends on Saturday, July 10 from 12-4 p.m. at the Arlington Recreation Park. All are invited to stop by and enjoy a hot dog or hamburger and learn more about the program. Activities will include bocce ball…
NORTH BENNINGTON — Project Against Violent Encounters and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England are inviting the public to join them at the Lake Paran Recreation Area on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m., to “create comfort” for those experiencing violence by creating artwork to decorate the wa…
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HOOSICK, N.Y. — The Hoosick Falls baseball team had a pair of first-team all-stars named by the Wasaren League this week.
BENNINGTON — Southern Vermont Storm general manager Chris Cipperley can tell you exactly how long it’s been since his team last played in Bennington: 609 days.
BENNINGTON — Jake Sparks went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and Nick Santiago started the year with a perfect 5-for-5 performance as Bennington Post 13 held on through a furious seventh-inning rally to beat Brattleboro Post 5, 13-11, at Mount Anthony Union High School on Thursday.
BENNINGTON — The Southern Vermont League released its baseball and softball all-opponent teams, and both are filled with local athletes.
MANCHESTER — Bennington Post 13 is no longer the only American Legion baseball team in Bennington County thanks to the emergence of Manchester Union Underground.
MANCHESTER — More than 60 kids from seventh to 12th grade were at Taylor Field at Burr and Burton Academy on Wednesday night, the third of five days of the BBA football camp.
MANCHESTER — The VT Fusion adds one win and one loss to the books in their inaugural season, with a 5-2 win against the Rhode Island Rogues and a 0-2 loss against the SUSA Football Club in Long Island this weekend
The Southern Vermont League released its boys and girls tennis all-opponent teams.
BENNINGTON — After a year where American Legion baseball was canceled in Vermont, a new summer league emerged.
WEST HAVEN — North Bennington’s Marty Kelly III earned his second career win on Saturday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in the 20-lap Sportsman Modified Feature.
BENNINGTON — The Bennington Marauders swim team returned to the pool at Bennington Recreation Center on Monday, kicking off its summer swim season.
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The rise of the dangerous delta variant of the coronavirus gives new urgency to the effort to get people vaccinated. Delta has been spreading phenomenally fast. It’s already the dominant strain in India, the U.K. and Singapore, and it has a foothold in more than 80 countries. While it accoun…
Many legislators and school officials are eager to adjust Vermont’s education finance system to provide more money for school districts with kids from low-income families and those for whom English is not their first language. We agree these resources are necessary and should be provided as …
I mentioned Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, “The Bomber Mafia,” in an earlier column. It is one of the best works of nonfiction that I have read in a long time. Gladwell weighs and contrasts the effectiveness, from both a military and a moral standpoint, of two divergent schools of thought invo…
For more than 20 years at the Vermont Council on Rural Development, we have hosted community conversations with the goal of helping Vermonters come together, consider their local assets and challenges, decide on priorities for action, and then get to work making those priorities happen. At t…
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