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BRATTLEBORO — As the temperatures drop, park maintenance workers with the Brattleboro Recreation Department prepare the ice at the Nelson Withington Skating Facility as they plan to have it open to the public by today. The first public ice skating will be at 1:30 p.m. today.
BENNINGTON — Tara Barber, her husband and young son, Ethan, didn’t choose to be homeless.
BRATTLEBORO — It's not every day that a UH-60 Blackhawk lands in the middle of a high school football field.
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BRATTLEBORO — As the temperatures drop, park maintenance workers with the Brattleboro Recrea…
BRATTLEBORO — Parcels of land are being split up for the West River Trail and a tiny home.
MARLBORO — Several fire departments responded to a two-alarm fire at the abandoned Golden Ea…
BENNINGTON — Tara Barber, her husband and young son, Ethan, didn’t choose to be homeless.
BENNINGTON — When it comes to the state Agency of Education’s “Test to Stay” program, area s…
Evening Star Grange and Senior Solutions present their 4th Wednesday Luncheon on Wednesday, with both inhouse seating and take-out meals avail…
WESTMINSTER — The Kurn Hattin Homes provides children with many opportunities they wouldn’t have had otherwise and lunch on Oct. 7 was one of …
A venerable sage from Putney once said, “Few things in life are better than a well-crafted pair of socks.” Many people who used the Bickford F…
The Windham Southeast School District is seeking volunteers to serve on an Independent Budget Review Committee. One volunteer from each of the…
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BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department announced the beginning of its “Parent and Tot Open Gym” program for parents a…
Spring is all about planting, but many gardeners overlook fall planting. Now is the time to plant garlic and spring-blooming flowers planted a…
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Brattleboro honors its senior football players on Friday night as they host Rice during the last regular-season game on Oct. 22, 2021.
Several fire departments responded to a two-alarm fire at the abandoned Golden Eagle Motel, on Route 9, in Marlboro, Vt., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.
A crew from the Vermont Army National Guard flew a UH-60 Blackhawk to Brattleboro Union High School’s football field on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Students from Brattleboro Area Middle School and Brattleboro Union High School were allowed to walk around and examine the helicopter.
When the COVID-19 pandemic closed the world down in early 2020, many people reevaluated their career paths. Danielle Lacroix, the owner of Green Mountain Gardening, left her job at Stop and Go to create her own gardening business.
Brattleboro Union High School hosts Bellows Falls during a field hockey match on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.
MONTPELIER — To relieve some of the pressure on Vermont hospitals caused by a combination of factors, including COVID-19, the state is opening 80 beds at long-term care and rehabilitation facilities, said Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith.
There has been extensive media attention over the past week devoted to mixing of COVID-19 vaccines and booster injections. As expected, those individuals in test trials that received a mix of vaccine types or additional shots have shown no adverse events. The vaccines are safe and interchang…
Governor Phil Scott on Monday lifted all COVID-19 restrictions in Vermont, as the state became the first in the nation to vaccinate 80 percent of its eligible citizens against the novel coronavirus with at least a first dose.
DOVER — Establishments in Dover will no longer need to require masks as they had before as part of the ski resort town’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Note from Dr. Moss Linder, Grace Cottage Family Health: This month, I’ve offered this space to a patient who would like share her experience with Long COVID. Research into Long COVID, also called Long-Haul COVID, is just beginning and there are no definitive answers about how to diagnose or …
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has expanded its booster shot program to include the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines against COVID-19 after U.S. health officials endorsed expanding the country's booster campaign.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A 41-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife while the two were visiting Vermont for their first wedding anniversary.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — It will be several years before the Burlington Police Department can reach its goal of having 87 officers on the force, the acting police chief said Tuesday.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The city of Burlington is giving residents of a homeless encampment another week to stay there before it will closed, said Mayor Miro Weinberger.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday extended emergency motel housing for some of the homeless population through the end of the year and urged the Legislature to fully fund his $249 million housing recovery plan that he says includes historic funding for permanent housing for the homeless.
Freddie Freeman swinging onto baseball’s biggest stage for the first time, Jose Altuve & Co. back for more. Luis Garcia, Framber Valdez and a fresh set of Houston arms facing Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and these eager, young Atlanta bats.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks have been sold for a combined $109 million in a Las Vegas auction coinciding with the artist’s 140th birthday.
NEW YORK (AP) — With computer-generated imagery, it seems the sky’s the limit in the magic Hollywood can produce: elaborate dystopian universes. Trips to outer space, for those neither astronauts nor billionaires. Immersive journeys to the future, or back to bygone eras.
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said.
African effort to replicate mRNA vaccine targets disparities
In collaboration with the Complications Company, the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment with a serious analysis of the suffrage movement’s virtues and flaws.
BENNINGTON — Vermont painter Tony Conner is always finding new approaches to his art.
BRATTLEBORO — GennaRose Nethercott will be leading two writing workshops at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery this Sunday and on Oct. 31 from 2 to 4 p.m.
BRATTLEBORO — Vocalist Jay Clayton will appear live at the Vermont Jazz Center at 8 p.m. Saturday as part of a tour celebrating her 80th birthday.
NEWFANE — Local novelist and short story writer Vincent Panella's reading at the Moore Free Library in Newfane Thursday has been canceled.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
BRATTLEBORO — The number on the back of Luke Rizio's jersey is exactly what his rating has been down the stretch.
FAIR HAVEN — The Bellows Falls varsity football team trumped Fair Haven 56-0 on Friday night.
BRATTLEBORO — Peter-Owen Hayward of Brattleboro recently joined the rest of his Syracuse University 2020 graduating class in celebrating the granting of their degrees ceremony, which had been postponed for a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CASTLETON — This year’s Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl football game between the top graduated seniors from Vermont and New Hampshire is being held on Saturday, Aug. 7, with a 12:30 p.m. kickoff at Castleton University’s Dave Wolk Stadium.
BRATTLEBORO -- Effective November 14 at 10 p.m. the Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department will be suspending all recreational sports programs, including organized and/or informal recreational youth and adult league sports, practices, games, and the opening of the Nelson Withington Skat…
BRATTLEBORO — Fast. Dangerous. Accurate. Clutch. Consistent.Those might be the best ways to describe each of the Brattleboro Reformer's five athlete of the week nominees, which include one …
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro varsity football team's 13-game winning streak came to a sudden end on Friday night.The defending state champion Colonels, who ran the table last season and were …
THETFORD — Bellows Falls junior Abby Broadley won the girls 5k cross-country race at Thetford in a time of 20:00 on Thursday.Stephanie Ager (3rd), Lily Ware (5th) Molly Hodsden (7th) and …
TOWNSHEND — The Brattleboro varsity boys soccer team won its third straight game, defeating Leland & Gray 5-1 on Thursday.Riley Barton poked a shot past BUHS goalie Paul McGillion to give …
BRATTLEBORO — The Three Mask-eteers?Wearing facial coverings, Josh Curtis, Thad Sawyer and Trinley Warren all caught a touchdown pass as the Brattleboro varsity 7-on-7 touch football team …
One of the books in the famous Harry Bosch series by Michael Connolly is “The Narrows.” Some may be familiar with the Amazon Prime series Bosch. Same guy. Connolly is also renowned for writing The Lincoln Lawyer. Well, this has nothing to do with that. It is about roads.
To the editor: Ben Coplan of Marlboro Avenue died this week at 82.
“There is hope everywhere,” concludes Suzanne Simard, in a recent interview with On Being with NPR host, Krista Tippet.
As is often the way, Vermont boasts some of the most forward-leaning voter access laws in the country. Early voting, mail-in voting, and more are all initiatives that the state has undertaken to expand to all eligible voters their constitutional right to cast a ballot and lend their voice to…
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