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ROCKINGHAM — People put on their favorite flannel as they enjoy food, craft beers and live music during the second Southern Vermont Flannel Festival that was held at the Rockingham Hill Farm on Saturday.
BRATTLEBORO — Late Friday morning, a procession of walkers clad in bright white and neon green made its way toward High Street.
MONTPELIER — Brenda Siegel and a coalition of advocates for the homeless are planning to camp out on the statehouse steps until Gov. Phil Scot…
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More than two months after Berkshire Health Systems announced that it would mandate COVID-19…
ROCKINGHAM — People put on their favorite flannel as they enjoy food, craft beers and live m…
MARLBORO — Authorities are investigating a suspicious building fire near the intersection of…
BRATTLEBORO — Tools for food cultivation, preservation and processing will soon be kept insi…
BRATTLEBORO — The nomination process for Remarkable Women begins this week.
WESTMINSTER -- New England Kurn Hattin Homes for Children has once again earned the highest possible 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, Ame…
Have you seen a Sheriff’s Department cruiser with solid blue lights in your neighborhood?
BRATTLEBORO -- In order to help folks learn more about refugee resettlement and asylum-seeking, and how one can get involved in Vermont’s effo…
GUILFORD -- Do you want to become more familiar with the U.S. Constitution, the founding document of the United States? A group of interested …
All persons named in the Police Log are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If you’ve appeared in the Police Log, and the charges …
I wouldn’t say I have a book problem. It’s more like I have a time problem. You see, the pile of books on my bedside table keeps growing.
BRATTLEBORO — The town has scheduled October 22 and November 5, both Fridays, as the official leaf pick-up days for Brattleboro.
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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center held its 14th Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Veteran domino toppler and YouTube superstar Lily Hevesh returned with her team to assemble over 23,000 dominos in two and half days that covered the museum’s Wolf Kahn & Emily…
People put on their favorite flannel as they enjoy food and music during the second Southern Vermont Flannel festival that was held at the Rockingham Hill Farm, in Rockingham, Vt., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.
On Senior Night, Bellows Falls hosted Springfield during a football game on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.
People assemble at the Brooks Memorial Library, in Brattleboro, Vt., as they listen to speakers before walking down Main Street during White Cane Awareness Day on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. The Vermont Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired in partnership with the Vermont State Divisi…
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 …
BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Army National Guard held a vaccination clinic at the Brattleboro Area Middle School on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The incoming class of 2025 at the University of Vermont is the largest and academically best-prepared undergraduate group in the school’s 230-year history, the school says.
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup — and a big crowd in rainbow colors to cheer them on.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Mental health advocates are praising the state’s decision to expand services for children by purchasing a private 111-bed psychiatric hospital.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man is facing up to life in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to federal charges that he commissioned a Venezuelan woman to make videos of the torture of a boy and the torture and killing of a man, prosecutors say.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A family has filed a lawsuit against Disney Cruise Lines, saying their 3-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by an older child inside a ship's day care center due to understaffing and poor training of employees.
Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as the market’s momentum slows following its best week since July.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dualtone Records is marking the birthday of Chuck Berry by announcing the release of a live album from the late rock ’n roll legend.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA. Greece (AP) — Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was being held Monday and ran toward the newly lit torch holding a Tibetan flag and a banner that…
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their neighborhood.
US, Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries snatched by gang
Each year, Write Action partners with the Brattleboro Literary Festival, to liaison with the local writing community and organize events that spotlight the many talented writers we have in southeast Vermont and the tri-state region.
BENNINGTON — An annual Halloween Show at The Left Bank Gallery in North Bennington is now on display through Nov. 8.
BRATTLEBORO — If you like the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and The Band then you’re sure to get your groove on with Dead Man’s Waltz at the Stone Church in Brattleboro Saturday at 8 p.m.
BENNINGTON — Anthony Marro has lived something of charmed life in the world of letters.
BRATTLEBORO — Dominoes will dominate downtown Brattleboro this weekend with two events celebrating the art and science of domino toppling: a film screening at the Latchis Theatre Saturday and the 14th Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center Sunday.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
BRATTLEBORO — It’s just one more reason for Sadie Scott to do the Cabbage Patch move.
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 …
“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…
I’d like to apologize because I’ve been keeping a secret. Sitting in a Guilford, Vermont farmhouse, I’ve known for several months about the Pandora Papers. But like 600 journalists in 117 countries around the world, I was sworn to secrecy.
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