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PUTNEY — The Putney Craft Tour, the oldest craft tour in the country and now in its 43rd year, returned Friday after a one-year virtual hiatus forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
Snowy, wet weather is hitting Southern Vermont, with potentially minor and major accumulations across the region, the National Weather Service…
BRATTLEBORO — Community Thanksgiving happened a little differently than planned but organizers say meal recipients and volunteers expressed gr…
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WOODFORD — “Snow.” Up Woodford way, that was the scene for miles, said Woodford General Store owner Ryan Hassett when reached at 3:50 p.m. Friday.
WOODFORD — Vermont State Police announced that Route 9 from Old Harbor Road up over Woodford…
PUTNEY — The Putney Craft Tour, the oldest craft tour in the country and now in its 43rd yea…
Snowy, wet weather is hitting Southern Vermont, with potentially minor and major accumulatio…
BENNINGTON — One by one, the dominoes of what could be a memorable 2022 election campaign ha…
BRATTLEBORO — The Town of Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department announced that Morningside Cemetery will close for the winter on Wednesd…
BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Town Clerk’s office will be closing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, for a staff meeting. All other …
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BRATTLEBORO — In 1880 Thomas Edison patented the incandescent light bulb and began to set up an electric generating and distribution system in…
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An after Thanksgiving Day tradition returns to normal after being modified in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic as people head out to see artists working on their craft during the annual Putney Craft Tour on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. The studios will be open to the public all weekend.
People hit the slopes at Mount Snow, in Dover, Vt., during the first day of operations for the 2021-2022 season on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021.
Jaci Reynolds and Kieran King, with some help from a group of volunteers, prepare 850 Thanksgiving meals in the kitchen of Brattleboro Area Middle School, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.
Local glass artists Randi Solin, Robert DuGrenier, Marta and Josh Bernbaum, Robert Dane and Zak Grace, comprised two different teams that participated in the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's Blown Away event hosted at Fire Arts Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 21. Each team designed, created and…
A crew from Renaud Construction, in Vernon, Vt., prepares River Road South, in Putney, Vt., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, to be paved on Wednesday. The hope is to have the road open by Thursday. The road has been closed after a section of the road was washed out during a storm on July 29.
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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ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — Two men are dead and a third injured in a shooting in the town of Alburgh that followed an escalating dispute over access to a property for hunting, the Vermont State Police said Sunday.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state lawmaker has announced that he's resigning after more than a decade in office.
Members of Native American tribes from around New England are gathering in the seaside town where the Pilgrims settled — not to give thanks, but to mourn Indigenous people worldwide who've suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment.
MONTPELIER — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed into law Tuesday a bill that will allow the state’s municipalities to adopt temporary indoor mask mandates.
The Vermont Legislature passed a bill in a special session Monday that would allow municipalities to adopt temporary indoor mask mandates amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and after the governor has declined to reimpose a state of emergency.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter is changing his name to “Enes Kanter Freedom” to celebrate becoming a United States citizen.
NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died of cancer. He was 41.
BOSTON (AP) — Phil Saviano, a clergy sex abuse survivor and whistleblower who played a pivotal role in exposing decades of predatory assaults by Roman Catholic priests in the United States, has died. He was 69.
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s president on Sunday visited one of the most contentious spots in the occupied West Bank to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, sparking scuffles between Israeli security forces and protesters.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Strolling his church's rooftop among 630 solar panels, Bishop Richard Howell Jr. acknowledged climate change isn't the most pressing concern for his predominantly Black congregation — even though it disproportionately harms people of color and the poor.
Fat. The word has so many connotations and meanings and it was a main describing factor for me in fourth grade. Just ask Lucas Mahuta. Or Zac Grimes. As I was vilified in grade school, so too is fat, and it has been since the fat-free movement in the 1990s and before. Fat-free, low-fat, no-f…
BRATTLEBORO — Erin Weaver is on a quest.
PUTNEY — With an extraordinary collection of artisan talent, the Putney Craft Tour stands out among art excursions, and this year’s 43rd annual open studio tour on Thanksgiving Weekend — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — is no different. While last year’s tour was virtual due to the COVID-19 pan…
NEWFANE — Like herself growing up, local author Sarah Woodard’s title character in her latest children’s book “Batya’s Lunch” finds she’s the only Jewish kid in her class.
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus will perform the fall “HeartSong Singalong” via Zoom on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michael Richard, who was an eighth-grader at Bellows Falls Middle School at the time, won the 1986 West Central New Englan…
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 …
When I was a kid the holiday season meant extra hours at The Book Cellar, the bookstore at 120 Main St. that my family owned. We would hire an additional holiday team, we would stock countless copies of the Vermont Life calendar, and Archer Mayor’s newest book would surely be the top seller.…
As we spend this Thanksgiving holiday expressing our personal gratitude for the things big and small that have sustained us in these challenging times, Vermont News & Media reflects on the bright spots in our communities that have delighted or moved us when life didn’t seem quite so upbe…
The smell was what I noticed first. Not unlike when a neighbor is burning brush down the road. “Down the road,” though, turned out to be smoke from wildfires in Manitoba and California that were staining our skies, and burning our eyes and lungs last summer. That was the headline.
Readers: This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. on Nov 17 to clarify that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had previously supported state Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky. In its 230 years in the United States, Vermont has never sent a woman to Congress.
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