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MANCHESTER — Post-it notes, chocolate chip cookies, penicillin. Many of the best things in history can easily be described as a “happy accident.” The “Check Mates,” Manchester Community Library’s multigenerational chess club, falls into that category, too.
BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Health Care and Dartmouth Health are planning a merger that is expected to be completed by March, according …
BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Health Care and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center are planning a merger that could be completed by March, a…
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BENNINGTON — In a pilot program designed to bring new professionals into the dental industry, Southwest Tech found the program’s shining star.
MANCHESTER — Switching newspaper delivery from costly carriers to the U.S. Postal Service seemed like a no-brainer for Jordan Brechenser, pres…
BRATTLEBORO — A West Halifax man pleaded guilty this week to stealing some of his Christmas presents for his family — expensive sunglasses and…
BARTONSVILLE — Kadence Lacroix was the only one home Friday morning when she started smelling smoke.
BENNINGTON — The evening of Dec. 31 brings the 17th North Bennington New Year's Eve cello concert, an hour of solo cello featuring a Bach suit…
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BENNINGTON — Bennington Cinemas, along with WBTN radio and The Bank of Bennington, are sponsoring a free Christmas Show for children and their families at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24.
RUTLAND — The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region offers weekly grief support groups in January and February. The groups are facilitated by Lori Rogers, spiritual care coordinator at the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region, and Jamie Losikoff-Kent, licensed social worker and Hosp…
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Hoosick Falls Central School has announced its November students of the month.
BENNINGTON — Alliance for Community Transformations, Queer Connect, and a planning team of middle and high school students are hosting a holiday movie night and pajama party for local youth on Dec. 16, at the Second Congregational Church in Bennington.
BURLINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a telephone town meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday to hear directly from older Vermonters about the issues that matter most to them and to discuss how the federal government can address the challenges facing seniors and working families across the country.
WILLIAMSTOWN — The Clark Art Institute will offer free admission for all visitors from January through March 2023.
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The sounds of the air-raid sirens blasted through the gallery as participants were ushered into a long, dark utility room barely lit by several candles on the floor. The doors, closed tight against the siren’s blare, left the gathered in darkness as they sat on the concrete, listening to a r…
This month, I take you, once again, to my wild brook for the next installment of the beaver chronicles. To recap: counter to all expectations, in this large, vacant watershed, two half-sisters have moved in next door to each other. Ten-year-old Dew has a kit or two from the spring. Four-year…
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s retail cannabis retail market remains relatively new, and the state Cannabis Control Board met recently to go over the types of licenses, their intended uses and limitations.
SHAFTSBURY — The Shaftsbury Select Board heard a presentation on Lake Paran that was a bit in the weeds at its Monday meeting.
SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law School, now named Vermont Law and Graduate School, celebrated its 50th year on Monday. The school was incorporated in 1972, and the first classes were held in summer 1973 in the old South Royalton schoolhouse that would become the iconic Debevoise Hall, the cente…
BENNINGTON — Police have been called to Bennington Elementary School on numerous occasions to deal with “juveniles that are out of control” at a rate higher than seen in other local schools and districts.
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BENNINGTON — For the first time since 2009, there will be a new coach patrolling the Mount Anthony varsity boys soccer sidelines come next fal…
BENNINGTON — There’s a fountain of youth flowing through the Mount Anthony track program. More than half of the 24 student athletes on this year’s team are underclassmen, including 10 freshmen. It’s a completely different roster construction when comparing it to last year’s senior-laden squad.
BENNINGTON — Brian Bushee rises up from the left elbow and swishes a jump shot while the echo of basketballs hitting the hardwood floor, in unison, rings inside Bennington Sports Center. Fourteen Grace Christian players work on dribbling as they run a lap around the perimeter of the basketba…
Three Hoosick Falls girls soccer players received league honors for their stellar seasons on the pitch earlier this week.
KINGSTON. R.I. — Former Cambridge basketball standout Sophie Phillips remains a walking bucket. Wednesday morning, the sophomore guard at Division I University of Rhode Island set a new career-high with 21 points, helping lead the Rams to an 88-34 win over the Hartford Hawks. Philips connect…
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Bennington Martens’ trouble starting games cost them once again on Saturday, falling behind by 15 points in the first half against the Herkimer Originals in American Basketball Association semi professional play.
Lake Placid, N.Y. — Hundreds of skaters took to the ice on Sunday to celebrate World Ice Skating Day.
Seven Hoosick Falls field hockey players received all-league and all-state honors after another successful season on the turf.
HOOSICK, N.Y. — The Hoosick Falls bowling team continued their season with a 5-0 win over Saratoga Catholic at the Barbecue Recreation on Thursday.
Hoosick Falls boys basketball defeated Class A Queensbury 54-51 on Saturday behind a 21 point, 12 rebound double-double from Jake Sparks.
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Vermont legalized small amounts of cannabis to grow at home, possess, and consume for adults 21 and older with Act 86 in 2018, two years before lawmakers legalized commercial cannabis with Act 164 in 2020, yet it remains one of the least-friendly states for legal consumption. Who is most imp…
Eric Metaxas, author of Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness, in 2015, said, “Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.” We hav…
Once again, Vermont Rail is renting out our backyards as a cheap parking lot for dangerous oil trains. For the past five years, autumn has brought an unwelcome gift: a long string of liquefied petroleum gas tankers parked on neglected rail lines snaking through residential neighborhoods.
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