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HINSDALE N.H. — Organizers of the upcoming RiverFest Weekend headed out from Norm’s Marina on the Connecticut River Monday to establish a 1-mile, single lap of the Brattleboro-to-Hinsdale Island in their plans for the Aug. 6 event. Norm’s Marina is owned by Paul Belogour, owner of Vermont Ne…
BRATTLEBORO — With Yoshi Manale leaving less than six months into the job of town manager, community members are saying they'll miss his fresh…
As the weather warms up this weekend, with air temperatures forecasted at close to 100 degrees, many people will be seeking refuge from the he…
BRATTLEBORO — The smell of freshly brewed coffee fills the halls on the second floor at Green Street School as some of the students run a smal…
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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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BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls police are conducting an investigation into possible criminal …
BRATTLEBORO — This year’s Unsung Hero Award, presented by Compassionate Brattleboro, recogni…
BRATTLEBORO — Natural elements complement the play structures at Oak Grove School’s “living …
BRATTLEBORO — Representative Mollie S. Burke is seeking reelection to the House of Represent…
WILMINGTON — A controversial project to allow lodging again at 34 Look Road was approved by …
BRATTLEBORO — With Yoshi Manale leaving less than six months into the job of town manager, c…
BRATTLEBORO — A local man agreed to a deal that resolves all his outstanding court dockets.
Will and Jessica (Osborn) Wise, of Dummerston, announce the birth of a daughter, Aubrey Ann Wise, born Jan. 28, 2022 at Brattleboro Memorial H…
I insisted to my wife that we set the bulbs in the pots and put them out for the summer. She said, “No, wait.” I said, “Yes, now.” The bulbs h…
BRATTLEBORO — The town of Brattleboro is looking for citizens to serve on the following committees and boards:
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Union High School music department will present its annual Pops Concert at 7 p.m. tonight in the Robert Kramsky …
For a few years we have had a circus of red wing black birds stake out our yard. They are with us until around late August. We are a kind of v…
BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls Union High School senior Shelby Stoodley had two needs: to come up with a senior project and to foster her love …
BRATTLEBORO — The town’s Recreation and Parks department still has openings for some of its summer camp programs.
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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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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.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in afternooon trading Tuesday, weighed down by a pullback in big technology companies, amid mounting worries that persistently high inflation will dim corporate profits.
NEW YORK (AP) — They are mothers, they are daughters, they are comrades.
Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, weighed down by a big decline in tech heavyweights over concerns about persistently rising inflation's impact to their bottom lines.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births bumped up last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic.
TOWNSHEND — T. Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger — Bard Owl — perform Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. to open the 2022 West Townshend Farmers' Market, Route 30, West Townshend.
WILLIAMSVILLE — Rock River Players present an Evening of One Acts June 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 5 at 3 p.m. at the Williamsville Hall, Main Street, Williamsville.
BRATTLEBORO — "Print Town: Brattleboro’s Legacy of Words," a locally produced book about the Brattleboro area's literary history, has won an award in Best Overall Design-Nonfiction from the Independent Book Publishers Association, and has been named a finalist in the Historical Nonfiction Aw…
PUTNEY — Pianist Boris Berman believes that in the face of the crisis in Ukraine, one cannot stay indifferent.
BRATTLEBORO — Area musicians will be showcasing their talents throughout the day at Cornstock this Saturday, May 21 from noon to 6 p.m. at Retreat Farm on Route 30 to benefit Youth Services.
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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“Get ready, get set, and go” is the usual refrain as river users are off at the start of river season on Memorial Day!
This legislative session impacted Vermonters’ civil liberties in significant ways, both good and bad. Specifically, while Vermont continued to adopt smarter criminal justice policies this year, we have also seen a shockingly inadequate response to the opioid crisis, and a failure to enact an…
In the United States, Emergency Medical Services really began in 1966 through a groundbreaking report on the need for an organized medical system — outside the hospital — to reduce the number of fatalities on U.S. highways. Since that time, EMS has developed into a complex, highly organized,…
To the editor: There isn't a time when I go outside Vermont, that something doesn't spark me to think of it as a "Vermont Appreciation trip."