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MANCHESTER — Town Manager John O’Keefe is leaving the position later this month for a job in higher education, he announced Saturday.
BRATTLEBORO — Earlier this week, I took a walk down Main Street with Greg Lesch, the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce.
Although not technically a Vermonter, Diane Phippen, owner of Scoops by the Dozen, a homemade ice cream shop in Hoosick, N.Y., just over the V…
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BENNINGTON — A Massachusetts man identified as the "leader” of a group arrested during two drug raids in July was granted bail Monday at his w…
WOODFORD — The first phase of a major upgrade project at Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center is underway this summer.
BENNINGTON — Camp Danger’s latest stunt: Floating on Lake Paran on homemade rafts, assembled from donated medical coolers and other recycled m…
POWNAL — The Select Board has approved a new town government tax rate that reflects an increase of 1.67 cents per $100 property valuation.
BENNINGTON — In a plea deal approved Thursday, a Bennington man who drove his car into The Clip Shop in 2019 pleaded guilty to charges related…
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BENNINGTON — The public is invited to attend a Book Launch at 2 p.m. Aug. 20.
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BENNINGTON — The Better Bennington Corporation’s next Thursday Night Live features Beard and Glasses. The event will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Merchants Park’s Thomson Family Stage, 119 North St. Attendees should bring lawn chairs. The rain location is Mission City Church.
BENNINGTON — The annual Southern Vermont Summer Homebrew Festival brought the heat to Bennington this past weekend. The festival was held on the field in front of the Bennington Sports Center, formerly the Catamount School. Hot temperatures reaching over 90 degrees couldn’t scare away the cr…
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The next public meeting of the Hoosick Area Community Participation Work Group will be held Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hoosick Falls Elementary School in the library, 21187 NY 22.
BENNINGTON — The Bennington Community Theater is holding auditions for Slideshow, an evening of short plays directed by Jennifer Jasper.
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In a presentation titled “A time of challenges and needed stabilization,” Southwestern Vermont Medical Center CEO Tom Dee and his executive team made a case to the state’s oversight board Monday for a 6.35 percent budget increase in 2023.
An independent investigator hired by Pine Cobble School "found no evidence" that a former teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student committed other misconduct while he was employed at the school.
BENNINGTON — The 57th Bennington Battle Day parade took a giant marching step toward its pre-pandemic form Sunday with a 90-minute event that included a number of late-registering units.
POWNAL — State Police continue to seek information about an early morning burglary Friday at the Stewart’s Shop on Route 7 in Pownal.
Bennington Battle Day weekend celebrates the Vermont and American forces’ victory over the British in the Battle of Bennington in 1777. Although the fight took place over the border in nearby New York, the British were enroute to Bennington — near where the current monument stands — where mu…
BENNINGTON — Sometimes it feels like Bennington’s alone in its battle against opiate addiction and the gang-related crime and violence dragging behind in its wake.
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BENNINGTON — Autumn is in the air. Monday marked the beginning of the 2022-2023 high school sports season in Vermont, with football practices …
BENNINGTON — The 13th annual Lee Goldsmith Memorial soccer tournament was held at Willow Park on Saturday morning into the early afternoon. One of two Mount Anthony squads entered in the tournament took the first-place trophy for the first time since 2017.
MANCHESTER — With the New England Junior Amateur Invitational reaching its final couple holes at Manchester Country Club on Wednesday, the Connecticut girls were clinging to a three shot advantage over Massachusetts.
MANCHESTER — Team Vermont finds itself far behind at the conclusion of day one of the New England Junior Amateur Invitational at Manchester Country Club.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley Aquatic Center played host to Vermont’s best swimmers this weekend at the Vermont Swim Association state championships, with dozens of local swimmers taking part.
MANCHESTER — Sixty of the best junior golfers across New England made their way to Manchester Country Club (MCC) on Monday to tee off in the New England Junior Amateur Invitational.
NORTH BENNINGTON — The Golden Stick Wiffle Ball regional tournament came to town on Saturday, featuring seven teams from around New England.
CASTLETON — New Hampshire defeated Vermont 7-0 on Saturday at Castleton University for its third consecutive Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl victory. The Granite Staters won it with an 80-yard drive early in the second quarter. Londonderry’s Aidan Washington fired a 26-yard touchdown pass to Sanborn…
The 2022 Vermont News & Media female athlete of the year did a little bit of everything for her Arlington Eagles this past school year.
BENNINGTON — Temperatures in the area are still regularly approaching 90 degrees but at least one man already has his mind on this winter, and more specifically snowshoeing.
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BENNINGTON — Sometimes it feels like Bennington’s alone in its battle against opiate addiction and the gang-related crime and violence dragging behind in its wake.
We all faced a barrage of unforeseen challenges when the pandemic arrived. As employers who deeply care about our teams, we prioritize the health and safety of our dedicated employees to ensure that their critical on-site work can continue. While we’ve done our best to address each new pande…
I’m old enough that I can remember when making an appointment with a doctor was simple. You’d telephone the office, set a date, write it on your calendar and show up at the appointed time.
Vermont has been experiencing a summer of uncertainty — with many feeling that our core rights and values are on the line. Whether from a hostile federal judiciary eliminating fundamental rights, or here at home as we see an increase in gun violence, uneven progress on law enforcement accoun…
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