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BENNINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a court order to remove any remaining occupants from a Gage Street house that was determined by the town to have significant health and safety violations and unfit for habitation.
BENNINGTON — Owning the former Southern Vermont College campus has proven “a godsend” for Southwestern Vermont Health Care, and more benefits …
BRATTLEBORO — At one time, Jim Westbrook was raising more than 250 pigs at once on his plot of land on Meadowbrook Road in West Brattleboro.
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WEST DUMMERSTON — A half mile off Route 30, past the Stickney Ledges and along a dirt road called Bear Hill, a 7-foot bundle of hand-picked Oh…
MANCHESTER — Following the lead of other Southern Vermont communities, town officials have made a statement declaring Manchester to be inclusi…
BENNINGTON — “I have to be honest: I have no business experience. I’m doing it all by the seat of my pants,” says Nancy Koziol of Bennington.
POWNAL — Shagbark is bringing a new sweetness to the Vermont-made market, with its hickory syrup sold about 50 feet away from where it was produced.
MONTPELIER — With COVID-19 numbers declining in Vermont and nationally, booster shots being administered for all three vaccines against the vi…
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BENNINGTON – The Bennington Banner Corporation on Wednesday announced its new executive director, a Pownal resident with experience promoting concerts, stage-managing plays on Broadway and organizing an online business listing for her home town.
BENNINGTON – To launch an exploration of potential uses for the downtown Vermont National Guard Armory building, the Bennington Select Board on Monday voted to apply for a grant to fund that work. The town will own the armory after a planned new Guard Readiness Center is constructed on a Bow…
BENNINGTON — Updated police procedures when it comes to officers' duty to intervene, response to mental health crises and the investigation of hate crimes, among other policies, are now viewable to the public on the Bennington Police Department's website.
BENNINGTON — A defendant awaiting trial in a sexual abuse case has been released on a string of conditions, including having no contact with the victim, no contact with anyone under the age of 16, an 8 p.m. curfew, and that he resides at a relative’s home in New Hampshire.
BENNINGTON — A proposal to fund the Better Bennington Corporation by spreading the cost among all property taxpayers, not only the downtown business owners, came under scrutiny by the Select Board on Monday night — the panel’s second discussion of the proposal — and faced some resistance by …
BENNINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a court order to remove any remaining occupants from a Gage Street house that was determined by the town to have significant health and safety violations and unfit for habitation.
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BENNINGTON — The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) has awarded the Sunrise Family Center in Bennington one of 12 At-Risk Children literacy grants to organizations serving low-income, at-risk and rural kids in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Scholarships to Northern Vermont University will be awarded to winners and runners up of the 2021-2022 Vermont High School Writing Contest.
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education in Cambridge, N.Y., is proud to present the world premiere of “My Witch” by John Ahlin.
BENNINGTON — United Counseling Service has been selected as a recipient of Cigna’s Well Being Award for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving health and well-being of its employees through a worksite wellness program.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The Hoosick Halloween parade returns to the village. For people who want to participate, the lineup will be Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Wood Park in Hoosick Falls.
BENNINGTON — The Southshire Window Dressers program is looking for volunteers for four-hour shifts during the community-build that runs from Nov. 4-10. Volunteers will build reusable, sturdy window inserts for residents in the Bennington area. Volunteers, who should be 16 years or older and …
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MANCHESTER — The Burr and Burton boys soccer season came to an end on a damp and windy Tuesday afternoon, as the Bulldogs fell to Mount Mansfi…
During Tuesday’s press conference, state officials said that vaccinated school children should be able to fully participate in winter sports. Unvaccinated children will face more restrictions, such as not being able to attend games following an exposure.
Mount Anthony boys soccer enters its Division I first round matchup as one of the hottest teams in the state, winners of eight consecutive matches. The Patriots finished the regular season with a 10-4 record, earning the No. 4 seed and will host No. 13 Rutland (2-12) today at 3 p.m.
MANCHESTER — Senior day games are always special. They take on added significance when the majority of the team are seniors, like this year’s Burr and Burton boys soccer squad.
HARTFORD — Mount Anthony boys soccer clinched the Southern Vermont League title with its 3-1 win over Hartford on Thursday.
Burr and Burton football was scheduled to host Middlebury at Applejack Stadium Friday at 7 p.m. in its regular season finale.
BENNINGTON — The Mount Anthony Patriots volleyball program reached new heights with its win over Colchester in four sets on Tuesday. For the first time in the program’s six year history, they qualified for the playoffs with a winning percentage above 25 percent.
BENNINGTON — The Mount Anthony defense wasted no time setting the tone against Division II foe Fair Haven in a rare Thursday night edition of Vermont high school football.
BENNINGTON — The Mount Anthony girls soccer team celebrated its senior night with a 1-0 victory over Rutland on Wednesday night.
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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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It’s an old story. As old as the time period in which the movie is set. After members of the crew of a western called “Rust,” filming in New Mexico, walked out on the production because of safety concerns, Alec Baldwin, star and producer (that’s a key word here), fired a prop gun that killed…
A good deal of discussion is happening around the proposed high school’s playing field resurfacing. Constituents who have reached out to me have largely expressed one concern, which I share, and that is whatever is put down, it should be free of PFOA.
The Better Bennington Corporation has proposed expanding its jurisdiction by enlarging the definition of “downtown.” This was a recommendation of the study by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, based on comments from several business owners. I think this is an idea that needs to be ke…
There is an important vote on November 2. As such, I write to encourage the voters of Bennington to approve the budget for renovations to the Spinelli athletic complex at Mount Anthony Union High School. As a resident taxpayer, business owner, parent, and a former MAU coach, I ask you to con…
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