The Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District board weighed a proposal from the Bennington County Sheriff's Department for school resource officers in Pownal and Shaftsbury at its meeting … more

By Chris MaysBrattleboro ReformerBRATTLEBORO — Focus Forward, a new program, is building links between the worlds of recovery and photography."I was nudged into doing this because I've been … more

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The group that owns Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston still will pursue its plan to resurrect thoroughbred horse racing at the Great Barrington fairgrounds, but … more

BRATTLEBORO — A retired firefighter whose 34-year-old brother was one of 343 New York City firefighters who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001, has been tooling … more

UpCountry Magazine won 2019 Newspaper of the Year in the specialty publications category in the New England Newspaper & Press Association's annual competition. Bennington Banner reporter James … more

BENNINGTON — Randall Balmer, a nationally recognized scholar and author on religion and the presidency, laments what he sees as the demise of evangelical Christianity.Balmer is a professor of … more

POWNAL — The town is on its own for supplying a bus driver for school field trips, but the supervisory union will reimburse the cost, school officials said yesterday.On Thursday, the Select … more

BENNINGTON — A handful of community members learned more about the Southwest Vermont Career Development Center's offerings in manufacturing during an open house on Wednesday, part of a series … more

Hal Wilkins, zoning administrator for Peru, Landgrove, Pawlet and Sandgate, died last month of cancer. He was 70 years old.Toward the end of his life, in addition to assisting the small towns with … more

BURLINGTON — A subsidiary of Mount Snow's new parent company showed interest in buying snowmaking equipment at the Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain, triggering parties involved in a … more