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MANCHESTER — Last year, the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union collected data not only on academic performance, but on whether students felt…
BENNINGTON — The oldest, continuously run family business in downtown Bennington is permanently closing its doors.
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BENNINGTON — A Bennington woman accused of a domestic assault with a deadly weapon is scheduled for the second time in three weeks to stand tr…
MONTPELIER — The Cannabis Control Board will have product tracking forms available for cultivators by next week.
MANCHESTER — New curriculum for math and reading, an initiative to train teachers on literacy instruction and renewed commitment to individual…
BRATTLEBORO — Senior meal sites in Windham and Windsor counties are being asked to make cuts during a challenging time.
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MANCHESTER — A forum featuring Republican candidates for congressional, legislative and statewide offices is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Manchester Community Library.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network is putting together a day to promote racial equity and youth activism from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Statehouse in Montpelier.
BENNINGTON — Bennington Performing Arts Center, the home of Oldcastle Theatre Company, recently launched its fall season but also announced Monday that it is canceling its planned Christmas play.
BRATTLEBORO — G.S. Precision was visited by U.S. Army Aviator Col. Justin L. Highley, commander of the Technology Development Directorate-Aviation, Systems Integration Directorate, out of Ft. Eustis, Va., leading the development and prototyping efforts for the military aviation enterprise.
Thirty-one members of the Mount Anthony Union High School Class of 1967, came together at the Elks Club on Saturday night for four hours of story-sharing, feasting, cornhole matches and rich conversation.
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POWNAL — Town Clerk Julie Weber knew she had qualified to become the first from Pownal certified by the Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association; she just didn’t know when that certification might arrive.
MANCHESTER — A forum featuring Republican candidates for congressional, legislative and statewide offices is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Manchester Community Library.
BRATTLEBORO — G.S. Precision was visited by U.S. Army Aviator Col. Justin L. Highley, commander of the Technology Development Directorate-Aviation, Systems Integration Directorate, out of Ft. Eustis, Va., leading the development and prototyping efforts for the military aviation enterprise.
POWNAL — The state Department of Environmental Conservation will hold a public meeting here Tuesday for users of the Pownal Fire District No. 2 public water system and Pownal residents.
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NORTH POWNAL — Pownal’s contribution to the lore surrounding New England’s infamous witch trials of the 17th century could soon be recognized with a marker near the site of an early settler’s legendary ordeal in the icy Hoosic River.
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DORSET — With just over 15 minutes remaining in Long Trail School’s game with Mount Saint Joseph Academy, the skies opened up over Dorset, and…
BRANDON — Mount Anthony boys soccer defeated Otter Valley 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon with goals from five different Patriots.
BENNINGTON — The Patriots boys golf team hosted Burr and Burton, Arlington and Stratton Mountain School golf at Mount Antony Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.
BENNINGTON — Mount Anthony volleyball was in control from the opening whistle during Monday’s win over Hoosac School inside Kates Gymnasium.
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mount Anthony boys cross country team took third place in the 79th E.J. Herrmann Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, led by Thomas Scheetz’s fifth place finish, crossing the finish line in 19 minutes and 21 seconds.
ARLINGTON — Nine different Eagles notched a score as Arlington girls soccer defeated Twin Valley 10-0 on Friday in the consolation round of the John Werner tournament on Friday.
JERICHO — Mount Anthony football returned to its winning ways on Saturday afternoon, defeating Mount Mansfield 47-6.
MANCHESTER — It wasn’t as pretty as it’s been in Burr and Burton’s recent dominant wins, but sometimes you have to win ugly. That’s just what the Bulldogs did in their 24-14 homecoming game win over the Hartford Hurricanes on Saturday.
BRATTLEBORO — Mount Anthony boys soccer improved to 5-1 on the season with a 3-1 win over Brattleboro on Saturday morning.
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Lyme disease is often in the news these days, so by now, most people know at least the basics about how it is contracted, what to do if you get a tick bite, and how to avoid it. What about the other common tick-borne disease — anaplasmosis? The black-legged tick, also called the deer tick, c…
It has been more than a fortnight since Queen Elizabeth II of Britain breathed her last, ending 70 years of a vast and monumental public life as the longest living and governing monarch of the UK and the Commonwealth Realms. As the news of her death in Balmoral Castle plunged Britain into gr…
There have been a lot of conflicting arguments about the state constitutional abortion amendment, Proposal 5/Article 22, that will be on the ballot this fall for all Vermont voters to weigh in on, as well as accusations of lies and misinformation. Here are five unarguable facts that all vote…
As head of electrification at Green Mountain Power, I get the joy of traveling across Vermont to meet with businesses, community leaders and customers, and I get to do that in an electric vehicle and feel good that I’m doing it with zero emissions. Our work fleet includes EVs made by Chevy, …
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