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BENNINGTON — The Ohio-based developer of proposed Starbucks and Chipotle outlets in Bennington has begun the local permitting process for the businesses on a Northside Drive parcel.
BELLOWS FALLS — OK, no jokes about teenagers and their socks.
SHAFTSBURY — Town officials made a point of posting ground rules for a public forum Wednesday on a controversial solar array proposal that alr…
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MANCHESTER — Lace up your snowshoes and keep your powder dry: The Primitive Biathlon is back.
Think of Searsburg and — quick — what comes to mind? That buffering in your brain may soon change.
BENNINGTON — Asher Edelson said he has a number of priorities he hopes to pursue if elected to the Bennington Select Board.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., has been named to the Budget Committee, in addition to her membership on the Committee on Oversight.
MANCHESTER — For the second consecutive year, Vermont Country Store has been recognized by Newsweek as the best American Online Shop in the “U…
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The contra dance is resuming, with live music by acclaimed New England fiddler George Wilson and Selma Kaplan on keyboard, on Saturday at the First Congregational Church in Williamstown, Mass. Dave Eisenstadter will call (teach) all the dances.
BENNINGTON — The Angry Egg II on Main Street has become a supporter of the town’s “Appalachian Trail Community” designation.Participating businesses seek to make access to supplies for the hikers easier.
BURLINGTON — Mentor Vermont, in partnership with youth mentoring programs, youth mentees, volunteer mentors, legislators, and business supporters, celebrated Vermont Mentoring Month at Mentor Vermont’s annual Youth Mentoring Celebration at the Vermont Statehouse on Feb. 1.
MONTPELIER — The League of Women Voters of Vermont Education Fund is now accepting applications for its Winona Smith Scholarship program.
BURLINGTON — Reports of scams to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program totaled 3,685 in 2022.
BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Health Care has implemented a new zero tolerance policy for its hospital campus, medical office building and offsite practices to address the workplace violence trend occurring at health care institutions across the U.S.
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BENNINGTON — A New York man accused in the brutal murder of a Bennington resident at the Green Mountain substation off Route 9 last October was arraigned in a Bennington courthouse Monday.
POWNAL — Vermont State Police responded to a crash involving multiple vehicles with minor injuries Saturday at 1:32 p.m. at 7275 US Route 7 in Pownal.
BENNINGTON — There’s a case making its way through the halls of the Bennington Superior Courthouse that touches on all the things that our criminal justice system is designed to accomplish.
BRATTLEBORO — A local man who prosecutors say shot and killed a Hartford, Conn., man in Brattleboro on Aug. 19, 2022, was arraigned on Friday on 10 charges, including second degree murder, reckless endangerment and dealing drugs.
ALBURGH — Spectators are not allowed to attend home basketball games for the rest of the season at a middle school in northern Vermont after a brawl broke out and one of the participants died, school officials said Thursday.
ALBURGH, Vt. — A brawl broke out among spectators at a middle school basketball game in northern Vermont, and a 60-year-old man who participated in the fight died, police said.
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BURLINGTON — Arlington indoor track fielded a team this winter for the first time in a decade. Three athletes made the trek north to compete i…
WHITINGHAM — The Arlington girls basketball team cruised to its 10th win of the season Monday night at Twin Valley, defeating the Wildcats 59-5.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony’s goal every single time it steps on the court is to run you out of the gym. The Patriots play at a blazing pace, centered on pushing the basketball up the court, quick decision making and attempting as many shots as possible. It resembles that of the new-age brand…
ALBANY, N.Y. — It took extra time and a clutch play from Tobias Holmes, but the Bennington Martens of the American semi professional Basketball Association etched out a 121-117 win over the Central Jersey Sharks on Sunday at Albany Leadership Academy.
BURLINGTON — A pack of four Bulldogs indoor track athletes made quite a bit of noise at the state championship meet at the University of Vermont on Saturday. Despite having just four total athletes competing (two boys, two girls), the Burr and Burton girls finished in a tie for fifth place (…
Mount Anthony swimming finished its season with an eventful week in the pool.
BURLINGTON — Ella Palisano has led the charge for Mount Anthony indoor track all winter, despite this being her first high school track season. That continued this weekend as the freshman left the state championship meet at the University of Vermont with a pair of top-3 finishes.
BENNINGTON — The Patriots welcomed Rhode Island powerhouse Bishop Hendricken into Kates Gym for a wrestling dual Friday night for Mount Anthony’s senior night.
Mount Anthony football is officially making the jump back to Division I next fall as a part of a larger realignment throughout the state.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony indoor track is sending a small yet mighty group to this weekend's state championship meet at the University of Vermont.
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BRATTLEBORO — A bright red barn sitting beneath green steeples on Marlboro Road is home to three businesses under one roof, which all have the same mission: support cannabis fans and smaller-sized growers — not large corporate growers.
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As if wildlife didn’t have it hard enough, now they’re caught in the crossfire between those who wish to protect them, such as Protect Our Wildlife, and those who only see value in how many bobcats, beavers, otters and other species they can trap and kill for recreation. What POW encountered…
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The war in Ukraine has influenced many things, from the price of energy to food to raw materials, and it fundamentally altered the way the world’s major economies will move forward in 2023 and beyond. E.U. inflation is the highest in 40 years with the U.K. crossing the 10 percent mark, and a…
President Biden’s appointee to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Richard Trumka, Jr., has made it clear, according to The Wall Street Journal, that gas stoves need to be removed from all kitchens. According to Trumka, the stoves are unsafe. Of course, the hidden agenda is to end fossil…
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