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BRATTLEBORO — St. Michael School junior Lanie Goodwin's strong stage presence and singing abilities prompted high praise from the judges of the fifth annual Windham County's Got Talent presented by the Brattleboro Reformer.
BRATTLEBORO — Tune in right here for the livestream tonight from 6:30 to 8:30, as local performers take the stage at the Latchis Theatre for t…
GRAFTON — Some area residents on Wednesday finished cleaning up from the snowstorm that hit Sunday into Monday, just in time for another syste…
SOUTHERN VERMONT — Hopefully you’ve dug yourself out from Sunday and Monday’s winter storm that dumped over a foot of snow on some parts of Wi…
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BRATTLEBORO — The Windham County State's Attorney has issued its final report on the death o…
WESTMINSTER — John Broadley, the principal at Bellows Falls Union High School for the past t…
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BRATTLEBORO — St. Michael School junior Lanie Goodwin's strong stage presence and singing abilities prompted high praise from the judges of th…
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GUILFORD — A recital by pianist Rachel Johnson will be performed on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Guilford Community Church, 38 Church Dr. The recital wi…
MONTPELIER — Vermonters 12 to 14 years old and wanting to learn about Vermont’s wildlife and gain outdoor skills should consider attending one…
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Senior Center offers a number of programs for the week of Jan. 30:
Sometimes we have trouble seeing the goodness of life. And we do not realize this about ourselves.
BRATTLEBORO — Tune in right here for the livestream tonight from 6:30 to 8:30, as local performers take the stage at the Latchis Theatre for t…
I’m struggling to understand Anna Rader-Wallack’s commentary about OneCare.
DOVER — The Dover Free Library will present the feature film “Silver Linings Playbook,” starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, on Monday.
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Several acts took to the main stage at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro during the fifth annual Windham County’s Got Talent presented by the Brattleboro Reformer on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont celebrated the Year of the Rabbit in the annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center in Brattleboro on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.
Snow didn’t stop people from gathering at Pliny Park in Brattleboro to hold a candlelight vigil for people facing homelessness on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. The candlelight vigil was hosted by Groundworks Collaborative to commemorate Vermont's annual Homelessness Awareness Day.
Kevin Parker was found innocent of “unlawfully causing the death” of Kirby Staib
A group of Urban Sketchers gathers at Saxtons River Distillery to draw objects in the tasting room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.
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BRATTLEBORO — Tune in right here for the livestream tonight from 6:30 to 8:30, as local performers take the stage at the Latchis Theatre for the return of Windham County’s Got Talent.
SAXTONS RIVER — Westminster resident Pia Rabin had her first vision at age 25 or 26.
SOUTH WALLINGFORD — Kristian Montgomery had just finished band practice the other night, and had a few minutes to talk with a reporter on the phone — interrupted at first by a small squabble involving his pet cat and coonhound. “Excuse me, I have to break up this fight.”
BRATTLEBORO — Circus artists gradually gained more control over acrobatic maneuvers through hoops, thanks to Cirque Du Soleil workshops hosted at New England Center for Circus Arts.
BRATTLEBORO — For many of us, the world came to a sudden halt on March 13, 2020.
BRATTLEBORO — "Fiddler on the Roof" is the Brattleboro Union High School Music Department's 50th annual musical. The book is by Joseph Stein, with music by Jerry Brock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
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BRATTLEBORO — It’s no surprise that Vermont businesses are built on family traditions. One that is exceptionally unique is a distillery that w…
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BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Retreat and Rescue Inc. have signed a one-year contract for a pilot program that will help address the critical shortage of hospital transportation options for voluntary mental health patients waiting in emergency departments throughout Vermont.
It’s the time of the winter blues, the darkest days of the year, which many of us can find so jarring and difficult to manage. But when is this “normal,” and when is this something to be concerned about?
BURLINGTON — Following an analysis of COVID-19 data, the Department of Health is reporting 86 additional COVID-associated deaths that occurred over the course of the pandemic but had not been previously reported. Most of these deaths occurred in 2022. The numbers included 15 additional death…
As the weather turns cold and darkness comes earlier in the afternoon, many folks begin to lament the onset of winter, as it often brings with it increased pain. If you are anticipating challenges with pain this winter, it is worth paying attention to how you relate to yourself when you are …
RUTLAND — Mount Anthony football defeated Bellows Falls 24-17 in double overtime on Saturday to win its first state championship since 1994.
NORTH BENNINGTON — The Golden Stick Wiffle Ball regional tournament came to town on Saturday, featuring seven teams from around New England.
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.
BURLINGTON — William Clarence Matthews, who broke several color barriers in baseball in the early 20th century including playing professionally in Burlington, will be honored at historic Centennial Field prior to the Vermont Lake Monsters game on Thursday. Jeff Schulman, UVM director of athl…
MANCHESTER — The Devin Speno to Tristan Evans connection was deadly during the second annual Vermont All Star Football Camp 7v7 tournament on Saturday afternoon at Judy McCormick Taylor Field.
MANCHESTER — On what was just about a perfect night to be outside at Judy McCormick Taylor Field, the Burr and Burton Bulldogs were nearly perfect, as well. The BBA girls raced out to an early lead and never looked back, overwhelming Brattleboro for a 20-4 victory at home.
KILLINGTON — Golfers, cyclists and adventure seekers unite. A summer of fun is approaching at Killington Resort.
BRATTLEBORO — Allan Seymour always wanted to light up the Harris Hill Ski Jump.
BENNINGTON — The first half of Tuesday’s Mount Anthony versus Brattleboro girls basketball game had the feel of a traditional rivalry game.
MANCHESTER — Things were looking dim for Burr and Burton girls ice hockey on Monday night, trailing Brattleboro 3-0 in the second period.
To the editor: The Jan. 17 article "Property managers oppose just-cause eviction proposal” frames the basic human need of housing as a business opportunity impacting property owners rather than a housing crisis impacting human beings. Everyone needs and deserves safe and consistent housing. …
To the editor: The new large painted mural on High Street is absolutely beautiful and perfectly done. It is very aesthetically complimentary to the town of Brattleboro. Massive respect and gratitude for all involved in making this outstanding artistic creation happen.
Last month we lost another child Holocaust survivor, Erika Hecht, as that generation finds its final resting place. Erika recalls a story of her wartime experience in her memoir “Don’t Ask My Name”: “One night, (my mother) wakes me and asks me my name. ‘Erika Bleier,’ I say. ‘What did you sa…
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Heavy demand for free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests on Wednesday temporarily crashed the website for ordering the kits, with more than 150,000 hits to the Vermont Department of Health-hosted site in less than an hour after it opened. By day’s end, however, 350,000 tests had been ordered throu…
MONTPELIER — State officials didn’t mince words Tuesday when addressing the recent spike in COVID-19 cases: It’s a post-Thanksgiving surge, largely driven by unvaccinated people.
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday came out in favor of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Winter Action Plan.
Health officials on Tuesday encouraged Vermonters to get COVID-19 booster shots right up through Wednesday to protect themselves and others as they travel and visit friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday. Testing for the virus is also recommended, Health Commissioner Mark Levine sai…
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A University of Michigan student is one of the world’s foremost “speedcubers,” a person capable of quickly solving a Rubik’s Cube. He also is an accomplished violinist. Stanley Chapel says the two fields go hand in hand and the violin has aided in his speedcubing success. The 21-year-old is the world champion in two categories of blindfolded speedcubing. Factoring in the time it takes for him to review the cube before placing the blindfold over his eyes, Chapel can solve one in around 17 seconds. The junior majoring in violin performance intends to defend his titles later this year in South Korea.
For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. A GOP bill set for a vote Friday would require the government to offset any non-emergency withdrawals from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with new drilling on public lands and oceans. Republicans accuse President Joe Biden of abusing the reserve for political reasons to keep gas prices low, while Biden says tapping the reserve was needed last year amid a ban on Russian oil imports following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The manufacture of “green steel” moved a step closer Friday as Massachusetts-based Boston Metal announced a $120 million investment to help it produce steel that is far less damaging to the climate than traditional steel. Producing the metal is one of the world’s dirtiest heavy industries, with three-quarters of world production using furnaces fed by coal. Boston Metal will use the funding from metals giant ArcelorMittal to expand production of green steel at a pilot plant near Boston, and help launch commercial production in Brazil. The company uses renewable electricity on iron ore to purify the iron to make steel.
A lawyer who purchased gasoline that another lawyer used in firebombing an unoccupied New York City police car during protests over George Floyd’s death in 2020 has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Colinford Mattis appeared in federal court Thursday. He was also ordered to pay just over $30,000 to the New York Police Department for the destroyed vehicle. An attorney for Mattis declined to comment. Mattis and Urooj Rahman were arrested May 30, 2020, as demonstrations and protests raged over the killing of Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. Rahman was sentenced in November to 15 months in prison.
A Jamaican cleric accused of recruiting support for the Islamic State group has been convicted in New York. Abdullah el-Faisal's conviction Thursday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan is for counts including soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism. El-Faisal was arrested in his native Jamaica in 2017 and extradited to New York City in 2020 after an undercover New York Police Department sting that went international. Authorities say that beginning in 2016, an undercover officer in New York posed as a would-be jihadist and started communicating with the cleric. Michael Fineman, an attorney for el-Faisal, says he plans to appeal.
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A University of Michigan student is one of the world’s foremost “speedcubers,” a person capable of quickly solving a Rubik’s Cube. He also is an accomplished violinist. Stanley Chapel says the two fields go hand in hand and the violin has aided in his speedcubing success. The 21-year-old is the world champion in two categories of blindfolded speedcubing. Factoring in the time it takes for him to review the cube before placing the blindfold over his eyes, Chapel can solve one in around 17 seconds. The junior majoring in violin performance intends to defend his titles later this year in South Korea.
The shooting that left four dead at a California mushroom farm on Monday was at least the second time an employee tried to kill a coworker on the property. Court documents and a case summary from the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office show California Terra Garden manager Martin Medina was charged with attempted murder after he threatened to kill the other manager and then fired a gun into the man’s trailer. The bullet went through the trailer and into a neighboring one. Charging documents obtained by The Associated Press show the second trailer was home to Yetao Bing, who was killed in Monday's shooting.
The manufacture of “green steel” moved a step closer Friday as Massachusetts-based Boston Metal announced a $120 million investment to help it produce steel that is far less damaging to the climate than traditional steel. Producing the metal is one of the world’s dirtiest heavy industries, with three-quarters of world production using furnaces fed by coal. Boston Metal will use the funding from metals giant ArcelorMittal to expand production of green steel at a pilot plant near Boston, and help launch commercial production in Brazil. The company uses renewable electricity on iron ore to purify the iron to make steel.
A companion guide to the Brattleboro Reformer's annual county-wide talent competition
Our annual children's coloring book packed with pictures in need of some creative coloring.
Holiday gift ideas for everyone on your list
The Brattleboro Reformer celebrates Windham County's greatest street-style eats.
A directory of local government and community services in Windham County, Vt.
Local businesses ready to serve you across the River Valley region
Meet great Southern Vermont businesses looking for new team members.
Windham County’s cutest pets compete for the title of Pet of the Month.
The best of the best of Windham County and beyond, chosen by Brattleboro Reformer readers
A celebration of every Athlete of the Week nominee and winner for the 2021-2022 high school athletic seasons
