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BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro firefighters, backed by several local fire departments, responded to a three-alarm fire inside McNeill's Brewery on Elliot Street Friday that left one person dead.
DUMMERSTON — A crew at Walker Farm's Elysian Hills prepares for a busy weekend on Thursday, unloading trees brought in from a New Hampshire tr…
NEWFANE — More than 100,000 students have been able to experience the magic of circus arts thanks to Troy Wunderle and his years of trying to …
Members of All Souls Church in Brattleboro make wreaths and other holiday decorations on Monday for the annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday. The…
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BELLOWS FALLS — The town of Rockingham will be sending a bill to a negligent homeowner for a…
BURLINGTON — A woman is suing Mount Snow for negligence after slipping on ice at the Carinth…
NEWFANE — More than 100,000 students have been able to experience the magic of circus arts t…
DUMMERSTON — It takes three years to grow lavender plants to be mature enough to harvest, bu…
WILMINGTON — A cannabis retailer cleared the last regulatory hurdle to operate in town and a…
Members of All Souls Church in Brattleboro make wreaths and other holiday decorations on Mon…
BRATTLEBORO — A strike was averted after school bus drivers for the Windham Southeast Superv…
MONTPELIER — With just weeks remaining in this year’s Medicare open enrollment season, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation reminds …
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott announced the appointment of 33 Vermonters to state boards and commissions during the month of October.
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department will still be offering S’mores with Santa from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, des…
You are invited to a “Mindful Moment” Christmas gathering on December 18 at 4 p.m. That is a Sunday afternoon at 161 Western Ave (Route 9), Tr…
MONTPELIER — The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will hold its fifth mee…
BRATTLEBORO — Renown Jazz pianist and composer, Dan DeWalt of Newfane, will offer a concert of original and beloved standard jazz pieces at 7 …
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A crew at Walker Farm's Elysian Hills in Dummerston prepares for a busy weekend on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, unloading trees brought in from a New Hampshire tree farm to help fill out its selection of trees and allow more people the opportunity to cut down their own tree from its lot.
Members of All Souls Church in Brattleboro make wreaths and other holiday decorations on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, for the annual Holiday Bazaar that will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bazaar has been going on since the late '70s and people can also buy handmade g…
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, a large group of people gathered on the Arch Bridge in Williamsville for a ceremony marking the official opening of the new bridge over the Rock River.
Dick DeGray, Greg Worden, and Matt Paakkonen help put up lights around the holiday tree in Pliny Park in Brattleboro on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022.
Jaci Reynolds, owner of Jaci's BBQ Joint in Brattleboro, prepares 140 Thanksgiving style meals for Everyone Eats on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
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…
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.
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Police say a Connecticut driver struck and killed two pedestrians believed to be in a crosswalk and was later arrested after trying to flee. Authorities say the pedestrians were crossing a street in Stamford shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday when they were hit by a 2022 Mercedes. Both were 25-year-old Stamford residents. Police say the driver, a 24-year-old Greenwich resident, got out of the car a short distance away and fled on foot, but was found hiding behind a dumpster behind a building. No charges have been filed yet against the driver. Police say they're investigating whether speed and intoxication played roles in the crash.
A Connecticut man wanted for the killing and dismemberment of his 11-month-old daughter has been arrested after a two-week search by local and federal authorities. Police say 31-year-old Christopher Francisquini was found at a bus stop in Waterbury on Friday afternoon after a person who had been following media coverage recognized him and called 911. An arrest warrant charges Francisquini with murder in the Nov. 18 killing of his daughter, Camilla, in Naugatuck. It was not immediately clear if Francisquini has a lawyer who could respond to the allegations. A reward in the case recently was increased to $25,000 from $10,000.
Police say a car crash north of New York City that killed an on-duty police sergeant was caused by a 16-year-old driver who lost control of a sports car only two weeks after getting his learner’s permit. Yonkers Sgt. Frank Gualdino, a 24-year veteran of the force, was driving an unmarked police car Thursday when it was struck by an oncoming BMW, which then hit a transit bus. Authorities say Gualdino died and the teen is in critical condition in a hospital. Some people on the bus were treated for minor injuries. Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said Friday that it appeared the teen was driving recklessly.
Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections. The unaffiliated voted for Democratic House candidates nationwide over Republicans by more than a 2-1 margin. They voted against abortion restrictions in Kentucky in Michigan by 4-1 margins. They supported Democrats in other bellwether races by similarly lopsided margins. And the religiously unaffiliated are growing. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults identified as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” in a 2021 report by the Pew Research Center. That’s up 10 percentage points in a decade.
Most railroad workers weren't surprised that Congress intervened this week to block a railroad strike, but they were disappointed because they say the deals lawmakers imposed didn't do enough to address their quality of life concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time. Railroad workers face difficult tradeoffs that sometimes force them to skip doctor's appointments or miss family events. The railroads acknowledge that more needs to be done to address workers' “work-life balance concerns," but managers believe these new contracts should help create more predictable schedules. And the five-year deals include 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses.
Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man with threatening a Boston physician who cares for transgender children. Thirty-eight-year-old Matthew Jordan Lindner of Comfort, Texas, faces a charge of transmitting interstate threats. He was arrested Friday and is expected to appear in federal court in Massachusetts at a later date. According to authorities, Lindner left a profane voice mail threatening the physician's life. It was unclear Saturday if Lindner is represented by an attorney and a message left with him wasn't immediately returned. Over the summer, doctors and other staffers at Boston Children’s Hospital also received violent threats related to its medical care for transgender youth.
HOUSTON (AP) — A 33-year-old man was arrested on a murder charge in the shooting of rapper Takeoff, who police on Friday said was an “innocent bystander” when he was struck by gunfire outside a Houston bowling alley.
A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol spread by celebrities is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence. Former President Donald Trump hosted a Holocaust-denying white supremacist at Mar-a-Lago. The rapper Ye expressed love for Adolf Hitler in an interview. Basketball star Kyrie Irving appeared to promote an antisemitic film on social media. Those are just a few recent examples of influential people abusing their platforms to amplify antisemitism in a way that has been taboo for decades in the U.S. Some people say the incidents harken back to a darker time in America when powerful people routinely spread conspiracy theories about Jews with impunity.
Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections. The unaffiliated voted for Democratic House candidates nationwide over Republicans by more than a 2-1 margin. They voted against abortion restrictions in Kentucky in Michigan by 4-1 margins. They supported Democrats in other bellwether races by similarly lopsided margins. And the religiously unaffiliated are growing. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults identified as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” in a 2021 report by the Pew Research Center. That’s up 10 percentage points in a decade.
Robert Downey Jr. set out to make an objective portrait, a tribute to his father, the underground filmmaking maverick Robert Downey Sr. His dad had other plans. The result is “Sr.," a new Netflix documentary about a father-son relationship that in some ways always existed on camera. Downey Jr. made his movie debut in his father's 1970 film “The Pound,” at the age of 5. "Sr.'' is a son’s loving reckoning with his iconoclast father, a freewheeling cult filmmaker whose experimental films gave Downey Jr. his entry into moviemaking. It debuted Friday on Netflix.
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Literary Festival invites all to join in at 5 p.m. Dec. 9, with Simi Berman and Vincent Panella to discuss the late Leo Berman’s memoir, "The Story of a Jewish Boy."
BRATTLEBORO — Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts presents a joint artist talk and poetry reading with printmaker Brian D. Cohen and poet Chard deNiord, at 5 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, 183 Main St.
BRATTLEBORO — The last Gallery Walk of 2022 will feature historical fencing demonstrations in addition to holiday family portrait opportunities.The Brattleboro arts event and street fair in which galleries are open late lasts from 5 to 9 p.m. the first Friday of each month, and the last even…
PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts presents an evening with the Boston jazz chamber ensemble The Global Trio, featuring pianist Chase Morrin, cellist Naseem Alatrash, and percussionist George Lernis, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Next Stage Arts.
We read mysteries to see that justice is done. Taking up that worthy pursuit is Harry Green, the young protagonist of Wilmington writer Laura C. Stevenson’s brilliant “All Men Glad and Wise.”
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NORTH BENNINGTON — The Golden Stick Wiffle Ball regional tournament came to town on Saturday, featuring seven teams from around New England.
BENNINGTON — Temperatures in the area are still regularly approaching 90 degrees but at least one man already has his mind on this winter, and more specifically snowshoeing.
BURLINGTON — William Clarence Matthews, who broke several color barriers in baseball in the early 20th century including playing professionally in Burlington, will be honored at historic Centennial Field prior to the Vermont Lake Monsters game on Thursday. Jeff Schulman, UVM director of athl…
MANCHESTER — The Devin Speno to Tristan Evans connection was deadly during the second annual Vermont All Star Football Camp 7v7 tournament on Saturday afternoon at Judy McCormick Taylor Field.
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.
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