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Despite financial difficulties facing a NorthStar affiliate company in Texas, officials say there will be space in the low-level radioactive waste facility for all of the waste and debris from the demolition of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
EAST DORSET — What should the Vermont Climate Council’s priorities be as it works to formulate an action plan for the state’s response to clim…
BENNINGTON — Before U.S. Rep. Peter Welch took part in certifying the election of Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6, he decided to take a long …
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SUNDERLAND — Families in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union have the chance to take part in a pilot program to provide home test kits fo…
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Select Board approved the purchase of a firetruck after yet another discussion that became testy between the board a…
As some of you have noticed, we recently made a change to our weather feature, which decreased the quality and detail of the weather map.
MONTPELIER — The Bennington and Windham county delegations to the statehouse on Tuesday called on the state to extend eligibility for its gene…
MANCHESTER — The Public Utility Commission has denied an application by MHG Solar LLC to build a 500-kilowatt solar array on Richville Road .
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Police: Double murder unfounded; probe of 319 Pleasant St. in Bennington continues
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Three-month drug investigation results in arrest
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State sidelines new police dispatch and records system
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Assistant principal hired for MAU Middle School; details of Nixon agreement sought
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Despite financial difficulties facing a NorthStar affiliate company in Texas, officials say there will be space in the low-level radioactive waste facility for all of the waste and debris from the demolition of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
EAST DORSET — What should the Vermont Climate Council’s priorities be as it works to formulate an action plan for the state’s response to climate change?
BENNINGTON — Two vehicles were totaled in a crash that sent a Dorset woman to the hospital with injuries.
DORSET — A Mount Tabor man was arrested for violating his conditions of release and resisting arrest.
MONTPELIER -- The Department of Children and Families is being urged by field experts to reconsider terminating benefits that provide motel units to many immunocompromised people, domestic violence survivors and pregnant women without housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BURLINGTON — What appeared to be the biggest COVID-19 daily case count during the pandemic turned out to erroneous and the cause of an “IT glitch.”
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The Vermont Holocaust Memorial, a nonprofit organization working to advance Holocaust and genocide education throughout the state, has announced a search for student design proposals for a Holocaust Monument and Garden. Once complete, the monument will serve to educate generations of Vermont…
BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s ‘Medical Matters Weekly’ with Dr. Trey Dobson — a weekly interactive, multiplatform medical-themed talk show — will feature Ayla Ellison, the editor-in-chief of Becker’s Hospital Review, on its Wednesday program. The publication is a leading so…
On Thursday, between 1 and 3 p.m., an exercise of the Vermont AMBER Alert System will be conducted by the Vermont Department of Public Safety.
WILLIAMSVILLE — The Manitou Project will hold its Healing Walk on Friday from 4 to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine. The walk will be led by Mike Mayer and will include poems or other readings and chances to share about the experience.
Welcome a new season and get to know the river that runs through our tri-state community with a free recreational bike tour on Sept. 25. The ride, co-presented by the Pownal Parks and Recreation Committee and Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA), is limited to the first 20 pre registe…
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Burr and Burton field hockey continued its winning ways on Tuesday, defeating Otter Valley 2-0.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony cross country celebrated its senior day meet at Willow Park on Tuesday.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony boys soccer bounced back with an 8-0 win over Arlington in the consolation match of the John James Tournament on Saturday.
Manchester – John McNeill of Stow, Massachusetts was crowned the 2021 New England Senior Amateur Champion held at the Manchester Country Club on Sept. 15. The two-day event included 120 of New England’s most talented golfers.
MANCHESTER — For the first 70 minutes of Saturday’s clash between perennial girls soccer powers Burr and Burton and Champlain Valley, the two teams were separated by a single tally that came with less than a minute left in the first half.
BENNINGTON — The 2021 John James championship will go down in history as the ‘Spinelli slip’ game.
BENNINGTON — The Rutland Ravens seem to enjoy playing in Bennington County. After knocking off Burr and Burton in Manchester last Saturday, the Ravens dominated MAU on Friday night at Spinelli Field, winning 35-7.
BENNINGTON — Nathan Potter’s strike a minute into the second half gave the Mount Anthony boys soccer team life on Thursday night.
BENNINGTON — The Bulldogs applied the pressure on Thursday night at Spinelli Field.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
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No, I was not born in Pownal. I was not brought up here. I was born and raised on Long Island, where in the 1950s we used to regularly see pods of porpoises sporting off the beach. I’ll never forget the joy we felt at the sight of those happy beings bouncing in and out of the sunlit waves. I…
“You may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here’”?
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more than 18,000 people and triggering one of the worst industrial accidents in history: the crippling breakdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of the plant’s six…
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