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BENNINGTON — As Vermont prepares for retail cannabis locations to open across the state, Colleen McQuade patiently awaits a retail license to bring marijuana to downtown Bennington.
BENNINGTON — An apartment house that was the scene of fatal drug overdoses and multiple fire and safety violations has been sold, and town off…
MANCHESTER — Construction to double the size of the Manchester Skatepark has begun in earnest at Dana L. Thompson Memorial Park.
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MANCHESTER — Jim Kaat’s name might be eternally tied to baseball greatness after his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. After a 25-year…
BENNINGTON — Neighborhood residents and local officials say they’re relieved a Gage Street house known for drug use, fatal overdoses and viole…
MANCHESTER — Manchester Select Board members voted unanimously to reject five bids for work on the Main Street sewer main extension, and passe…
SUNDERLAND — A shortage of substitute teachers is making it harder to run the Taconic & Green Regional School District’s five schools, its…
BRATTLEBORO — A former Vermont probation officer pleaded guilty Monday to charges he assaulted a woman he knew in an argument over an iPad.
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BENNINGTON — A presentation detailing the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Vermont will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the Bennington Museum.
BENNINGTON — The Bennington Bookshop and The Bennington Free Library will host Vermont mystery author Archer Mayor at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Bennington Free Library, 101 Silver St.
SHAFTSBURY — October marks fall cleanup time at cemeteries in the town of Shaftsbury.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The Hoosick Township Historical Society will host “The Murder of Mickey Kane,” a true-life Prohibition-era murder mystery, at the Louis Miller Museum at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
BENNINGTON — The School of Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales will hold its annual Harvest Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Parish Hall, 238 West Main St.
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BENNINGTON — Two Bennington residents who were the alleged victims of a recent extortion and kidnapping plot over drug debts were arraigned in Bennington Superior Court on Wednesday for failing to show up for their scheduled hearings.
POWNAL — A Pownal man who police said left the scene of a rollover crash Saturday night suffered minor injuries and his 2002 Toyota Tacoma was totaled.
MANCHESTER — Mahjong players far and wide converged on Manchester on Sept. 21 to compete in a tournament to raise money for the venue in which it occurred, the Manchester Community Library.
BRATTLEBORO — As a Special Olympics Unified Champion School, Brattleboro Union High School is receiving national banner recognition for its efforts to provide inclusive sports and activities for students with and without disabilities. Special Olympics Vermont says BUHS meets national standar…
DORSET — Several changes are coming to the town’s Planning Commission and Dorset Zoning Board.
There's no keeping these seniors down. Welcome to the Bone Builders program at the Bennington Senior Center at 124 Pleasant Street on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. For more information on classes designed to keep older adults healthy and sharp, visit https://benningtonvt.org/bennington-seni…
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BRATTLEBORO — As a Special Olympics Unified Champion School, Brattleboro Union High School is receiving national banner recognition for its ef…
MANCHESTER — The Burr and Burton field hockey team entered the 2022 season with more questions than answers. Roughly half of the team had never played the sport before.
MANCHESTER — Putting together high school athletic events takes a good deal of behind-the-scenes work that most people don’t give a lot of thought. That is, until something goes wrong. No one knows that better than Burr and Burton athletic director Dave Miceli.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony boys soccer won Saturday afternoon's game against Woodstock via forfeit.
BENNINGTON — A 54-0 victory is one way to celebrate homecoming weekend.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The Hoosick Falls/ Tamarac Wildcats were relentless from the opening kick on Friday night. On what was senior night for the Hoosick Falls members of the team, the Wildcats needed just one half of football to put up 44 points on the Watervliet Cannoneers.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Hoosick Falls field hockey remained perfect on the season, defeating Emma Willard 6-0 at Afrim’s Sports Complex on Friday.
Hoosick Falls golf improved to 11-2 on Friday with a home win over Waterford-Halfmoon by a score of 5-0 at Hoosick Falls Country Club.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony and Stratton Mountain School looked poised to enter halftime of Friday afternoon’s girls soccer game scoreless.
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People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. – James Baldwin
Typically, when people hear about a drug overdose in town, they conjure up images of a panhandler they recently saw begging for money, wearing grungy clothes and a vacant expression.
Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage and Deputy SAs Robert Plunkett and Jared Bianchi took an important step last week in the fight to keep criminal drug dealers from moving into our region, bringing violent crime and devastating addiction into our neighborhoods.
To the editor: Our Select Board is supposed to hold meetings this coming month on its desire to resurrect the old Bennington High School. In my opinion, this is a total waste of our town’s money. This unwise project shouldn’t burden the taxpayers of Bennington.
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