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WILMINGTON — Finishing touches are being made to the new public safety facility on Beaver Street.
BRATTLEBORO — Even when he wasn’t delivering fresh fish to his dozens of customers around the region, Adam Smith was thinking about fish.
BRATTLEBORO — Yoshi Manale will receive $60,000 in a lump sum as part of a severance payment as he leaves the post of town manager.
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In the Zaporozhye region, Russian army do not let people through at the checkpoint: there are more than 1000 cars in the queue.
Animals take to the destroyed streets of Kharkiv
A nurse from Lysychansk, who lost both legs due to an enemy mine explosion, got married in Lvov.
Ukrainian army Buk missile takes down an aircraft.
High passion lady from Ukrainian self-propelled artillery mount
The 77 years old man miraculously survived, but his puppy was covered with debris. For Ukrainian rescuers, every life is precious, so they did everything to get the puppy out of the rubble.
A sad story from the Kiev region: the local Hachiko has been waiting for his mistress on the threshold of the house for a month, but she still has not returned.
Rescuers dismantle the rubble of a building destroyed by shelling.
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Burnt military equipment near Gostomel
The moment of the explosion in the residential district of Severodonetsk was captured on video.
Ukrainian forces destroy KA-52 helicopter
American volunteers from Ukrainian foreign legion battling near Kiev.
Russian army carried out a salvo launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Sevastopol region.
Vermont News & Media's three newspapers have a direct connection to people there who continue to work in Ukraine while under siege: Owner Paul Belogour has information technology teams based in Dnepr and Kyiv, Ukraine, which support the online operations of his other businesses, such as Vermont Innovation Box, Vermont Beer Makers and Vermont Real Estate and Development. Send your photos, videos and English-language reports from Ukraine to news@reformer.com to share them with Vermonters and other American readers.
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Across Bennington and Windham counties, the most recent mass school shooting, leading to the…
WESTMORELAND, N.H. — His district has changed a lot, but Rep. Paul Berch is asking his const…
HALIFAX — Tristan Roberts is running for the state representative seat opening up in his dis…
BELLOWS FALLS — A new, 18-year-old deputy in the Windham County Sheriff’s Department is the …
BRATTLEBORO — Before resigning and securing a severance package, outgoing Town Manager Yoshi…
GUILFORD — In March, voters in Guilford approved a $1.2 million expansion of the town librar…
BRATTLEBORO — Golden Cross Ambulance Service received approval from Vermont EMS District 13 …
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LONDONDERRY — West River Farmers Market will open for its first day of the season over Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 28.
WARDSBORO — Wardsboro history group is hosting a tag sale May 27-29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the history house on Route 100.
BRATTLEBORO — The 2022 Marlboro Morris Ale will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29.
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My mother-in-law, now in heaven, used to be into matching. The handbag matches the scarf which matches the shoes and belt – that kind of thing…
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Students from the St. Michael’s Catholic School participated in the Health Fair that was happening on campus on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Practical nursing students from Vermont Tech and members of the Brattleboro Fire Department helped educate the students in various medical areas.
Hinsdale Middle High School hosted its annual Extended Learning Opportunities Exhibition Day on Thursday, May 26, 2022. This was the first in-person exhibition since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kindergartners from Academy School, in Brattleboro, Vt., visit Lilac Ridge Farm on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The field trip overlaps with the school’s garden and outdoor curriculum.
Fourth-grade students from NewBrook Elementary School, in Newfane, Vt., released 28 brook trout into the Grassy Brook, in Brookline, Vt., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Since January the students have raised the brook trout from eggs. Over the course of five months the students monitored the aq…
Darlene Smith looks over photos of her husband, Adam Smith, founder of Adam's Seafood Market, on Putney Road, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Adam died on May 9, 2022. There will be a celebration of life ceremony for him on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at the Brattleboro Eagle’s Club.
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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WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) — A bobcat burst into a home in Vermont on Friday morning and attacked a man before he was able to trap the animal in the bathroom, police said.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Legislature has adjourned after passing a more than $8 billion budget in a session marked by remote legislating and hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds.
The University of Maine System held in-person commencement exercises on Saturday, marking a return to normalcy despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill Monday that had given unanimous preliminary approval last week by both the House and Senate to reform the state’s pension system.
The arid mountains outside of Beijing do not normally receive snow.
Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — It was 11:28 a.m. when the Ford pickup slammed into a ditch behind the low-slung Texas school and the driver jumped out carrying an AR-15-style rifle.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Personal Jesus,” has died at age 60.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with the West on Thursday to send multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine as soon as possible to give it a chance against the Russian offensive in the eastern Donbas.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Jacklyn Cazares hadn’t yet reached her 10th birthday, but she was already a tough-minded “firecracker” always looking to help people in need, her father said. Jacklyn and her second cousin, Annabelle Rodriguez, were especially tight with three other classmates at Robb El…
If you’ve ever seen Hayley Jane in concert, you were likely impressed by her infectious energy and powerful vocal range, her vibrant dance choreography and dramatic flourishes that reflect a background in musical theater. She is a whirling dervish of sunny charisma, humor and passion.
MANCHESTER — To turn a former jewelry store into an art gallery and business that reflected their shared vision and interests, artists Carolina and Michael Ellenbogen had to put in a lot of sweat equity. A year and a half of it, to be exact, from the day after the real estate closing — Jan. …
BENNINGTON — The 35th annual Mayfest Arts and Crafts Festival, Downtown Bennington’s signature event, returns after a pandemic-driven, two-year hiatus.
BELLOWS FALLS — Stage 33 Live is hoping to hold an open mic Sunday night — but first it needs performers to sign up.
BENNINGTON — Greetings from Bennington Performing Arts Center — the home of Oldcastle Theatre Company. Thank you to everyone who helped make our Fundraising Gala a huge success!
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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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