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MANCHESTER — A scathing 40-page complaint filed by state regulators seeks discipline against Walgreens Pharmacy, up to and including revoking the chain’s license to dispense medication in Vermont.
HINSDALE, N.H. — Despite the cost of fireworks increasing, sales are still up over last year during the busiest time of year at Phantom Fireworks.
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has broken a hip in a fall at his home and was to undergo surgery to repair it. Leahy's office says in a st…
WEST DOVER — Snow Mountain Market is set to expand by more than twice its size and stay on the same property.
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WALPOLE, N.H. — Most of the 7,282 electricity customers in Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Westmorel…
BURLINGTON — A woman accused of being an accomplice in an invasion of a Westminster home on …
BRATTLEBORO — A bicyclist collided with a car on Canal Street on Thursday afternoon.
WEST DOVER — Snow Mountain Market is set to expand by more than twice its size and stay on t…
BRATTLEBORO — Golden Cross Ambulance and the Brattleboro Fire Department are now responding …
Paul Stitelman witnessed the Stonewall riots that started in New York City on June 28, 1969,…
BRATTLEBORO — Initial planning for bringing Burton Car Wash back to Canal Street is underway.
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When we owned a seasonal cabin I used to visit with our neighbor frequently. We were “friends.” But we never spoke, ever — except in the summe…
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BELLOWS FALLS — Greater Falls Connections (GFC) invites community members to make nominations for the 2022 Active Community Engagement (ACE) Awards.
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NEWFANE — The Friends of the Moore Free Library will hold their summer book sale on the lawn of the Library at 23 West Street, on Saturday, Ju…
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking the public’s help with monitoring wild turkeys.
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PUTNEY — A show in which Walter Parks, longtime guitarist sideman to Woodstock legend Richie Havens, joins accordionist Rob Curto has been postponed to curb the spread of COVID.
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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ARLINGTON — The ventilators helping severely ill COVID-19 patients breathe have been a focus of health care responses to the disease, with states and hospitals clamoring for them. Mack …
BENNINGTON — Abacus Automation has donated more than two dozen face shields made with the company's 3D printer to the Vermont Veterans' Home amid a widespread shortage of personal protective …
BOSTON — More than 74,000 University of Massachusetts students will be required to take all of their classes online beginning as soon as Thursday as the state's largest public university system …
Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered skiers wondering where all the kids in the baggy pants were coming …
Tropical Storm Colin has brought rain and winds to parts of North and South Carolina, though the storm has weakened and conditions are expected to improve by Monday's July Fourth celebrations. Separately, the center of Tropical Storm Bonnie rolled into the Pacific on Saturday after a rapid march across Central America, where it caused flooding, downed trees and forced thousands of people to evacuate in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Forecasters say Bonnie is likely to become a hurricane by Monday off the southern coast of Mexico, but it is unlikely to make a direct hit on land.
The marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce laws she says prohibit picketing outside the homes of the justices who live in the two states. Marshal Gail Curley took up the issue Friday with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and two local elected officials. A Hogan spokesman said Saturday that the Republican governor had directed state police to “further review enforcement options that respect the First Amendment and the Constitution.” But he also noted that the constitutionality of the Maryland statute Curley cited has been questioned by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.
The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake. Authorities say the deaths are being investigated as a triple murder-suicide. The chain of events began Friday morning when the father was found dead at a mobile home park in the town of Maplewood, near Minneapolis. Police determined that the woman had left with the children, and a search began. The woman’s car was found near Vadnais Lake. One child's body was found in the lake Friday night, another shortly after midnight, and the bodies of the third child and the mother were found late Saturday morning. All of the children were under age 5.
The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming U.S. airports with the biggest crowds since the pandemic began in 2020. Newly released numbers show 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday, surpassing the previous pandemic-era record of 2.46 million reached earlier in the week. The increase is the latest sign that leisure travelers aren’t being deterred from flying by rising fares, the ongoing spread of COVID-19 or worries about recurring flight delays and cancellations. In an even more telling indication, the average passenger volume at U.S. airports for the past week is nearing the same level as in 2019.
Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. As more states seek abortion limits, demand is expected to grow. They involve using two prescription medicines days apart _ pills that can be taken at home or in a clinic. The drug mifepristone is taken first. It blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. Misoprostol is taken 24 to 48 hours later. It cause the womb to contract, expelling the pregnancy. Use of the pills has been increasing in recent years.
LINCOLN — As an English teacher, one of Louella Bryant’s goals was to teach history through literature.
The newly christened Weston Theater Company opened its 86th season with a charming outdoor production of “Shrek: The Musical,” the fractured fairy tale of a rude, crude ogre, a faithful donkey, a sassy princess and the promise of true love’s kiss. It was funny. It was lively. It was lovely.
BENNINGTON — Among the first things one might notice on a visit with Pat Adams Ricks, a renowned painter who has made Bennington her home since 1973, is her firm handshake at almost 94.
GRAFTON — Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Festival Tour has a lot to like.
SAXTONS RIVER — This is a very different Hamlet: shorter, punchier, with sets and clothing from the Mad Men era of the early 1960s.
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.
BEIJING — Five athletes with Southern Vermont ties have reached the mountaintop of winter sports — the Olympic Games.
With COVID-19 cases reaching all-time highs in the state, the impact is being felt within high school athletics.
BRATTLEBORO — There is really only one emoji that you can use to describe Jenna Dolloph’s play on the pitch so far this fall.
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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A very long time ago I first got to visit Fort Ticonderoga.
Joining the thousands of others protesting the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v Wade, in Brattleboro and across the state and nation, the disappointment is still difficult to fathom. The energy was palpable out on Plaza Park last Friday. The betrayal felt by those gathered, reaffirmed for m…
The candidates in the race for the U.S. House seat represent a surprising array of choices for Vermonters to sort through.