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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 walk around the Lincoln and Washington monuments toward the Capitol building.
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott has filed a formal request for a federal disaster declaration to help towns in Windham and Bennington counties pa…
BELLOWS FALLS — Almost 40 years ago, two young Bellows Falls firefighters lost their lives trying to rescue elderly people trapped inside the …
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BENNINGTON — Locals and tourists enjoyed sunshine, smoothies and street tacos at the Bennington Annual Food Truck Festival on Saturday.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Six months was too long a wait to celebrate St. Patrick’s day for residents of the New York village.
BENNINGTON — U.S. Rep. Peter Welch got a close-up look at Bennington’s past and future in a visit to downtown and its surrounding neighborhood…
BELLOWS FALLS — Almost 40 years ago, two young Bellows Falls firefighters lost their lives trying to rescue elderly people trapped inside the …
WALLINGFORD — Friends of Randy McClellan have launched a GoFundMe to raise money for the Wallingford man after he was hit while riding his bik…
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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."
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 walk around the Lincoln and Washington monuments toward the Capitol building.
As part of the town’s effort to improve recreational programming for people of all ages, we have begun to take a look at our Senior Center, its relationship to the agencies that serve seniors, its relationship to the Y and the fitness programming for adults it offers, and to the long-term sp…
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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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MANCHESTER — There will be an “Electric Drive-in” at the Rec Park in Manchester on Sept. 25.
MANCHESTER — There will be an “Electric Drive-in” at the Rec Park in Manchester on Sept. 25.
September is Healthy Aging Month, and Grace Cottage Family Health’s primary care clinic and Grace Cottage Hospital have each individually been recognized as “Age-Friendly” health care facilities by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement.
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MANCHESTER — For the first 70 minutes of Saturday’s clash between perennial girls soccer powers Burr and Burton and Champlain Valley, the two …
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.
ARLINGTON — Two Sidney Herrington goals led Arlington girls soccer to a 3-0 win over Poultney on Tuesday night.
STILLWATER, N.Y. — Trailing 1-0 at the half, the Mount Anthony girls soccer team made some adjustments.
MANCHESTER — Burr and Burton field hockey has been battle tested through its first three games of the season.
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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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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…
Have you ever picked crisp apples fresh from an orchard, been surrounded by bright red and orange mountains, or hiked through a towering corn maze?
Sharon Premoli | 20 years later: The time has come for Biden to finally bring about justice for 9/11
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, have laid bare the unprecedented consequences to personal safety, national security, foreign policy and government credibility and have exposed the extent to which our own government is willing to protect “ally” Saudi Arabia.
I‘ve heard many sermons so far in my life and spoken many to others and to myself. But the one sermon that changed my life more than any other was spoken by Tom Steffen. Tom was my pastor in high school and beyond and served Second Congregational Church here for many years.
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