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GUILFORD — A new roadside marker at the Welcome Center on Interstate 91 recognizes the first known African American poet in the United States and her husband, who were among the earliest landowners in Vermont.
BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Museum & Art Center grants top-notch domino toppling artists the freedom each year to design a setup that tests …
ROCKINGHAM — People put on their favorite flannel as they enjoy food, craft beers and live music during the second Southern Vermont Flannel Fe…
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HINSDALE, N.H. — The world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun hop…
JAMAICA — Residents voted 55-27 to allow cannabis retailers to set up shop in town and rejec…
GUILFORD — A new roadside marker at the Welcome Center on Interstate 91 recognizes the first…
BELLOWS FALLS — The Rockingham School Board is requiring all staff to receive COVID-19 vacci…
MANCHESTER — Vermont News & Media leaders recently spoke with GNAT's Andrew McKeever to …
TOWNSHEND — Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital has received an $18,900 grant from the Vermont Buildings and General Services “Building…
BRATTLEBORO — Chroma Technology is growing Farm to School programs across the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (WNESU) this school year by …
In the hopes that we all might be reminded of the people who continue to work through a global crisis at great personal risk to keep our commu…
DUMMERSTON — Everyone is invited to join in for the Dummerston Historical Society’s quarterly meeting and program via Zoom on Thursday, Octobe…
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WILMINGTON — The Moover has extended its Wilmington-West Dover bus route service to Butterfield Commons, starting October 18.
BRATTLEBORO — At a recent Sunday service, the Rev. Mary Lindquist was honored for her first 10 years as rector of St. Michael’s Episcopal Chur…
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Shanta Lee Gander, of Brattleboro, Vt., reads a poem written by Lucy Terry Prince, considered the nation’s first African American poet(,) during an event to honor the new historic site marker of the couple at the Vermont Welcome Center, in Guilford, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.
Community members and local officials gather at the Vermont Welcome Center, in Guilford, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, to honor the new historic site marker for Lucy Terry Prince, considered the nation’s first African American poet, and her husband Abijah Prince.
As the temperatures drop, park maintenance workers with the Brattleboro Recreation Department prepare the ice at the Nelson Withington Skating Facility as they plan to have it open to the public by Saturday, Oct. 23. The first public ice skating will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Crews work on clearing land on Route 119 where the new Hinsdale-Brattleboro bridge will be constructed.
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…
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) — It will be several years before the Burlington Police Department can reach its goal of having 87 officers on the force, the acting police chief said Tuesday.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The city of Burlington is giving residents of a homeless encampment another week to stay there before it will closed, said Mayor Miro Weinberger.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday extended emergency motel housing for some of the homeless population through the end of the year and urged the Legislature to fully fund his $249 million housing recovery plan that he says includes historic funding for permanent housing for the homeless.
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.
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say a concert-goer who fell to his death from the upper level of a basketball arena is believed to have “leapt from an elevated area of the arena," causing his death.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto tested positive for COVID-19, which he said was surprising but made him grateful that he was vaccinated.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants to countersue a former “Apprentice” contestant who accused him of defaming her when he denied her sexual assault allegations.
BRATTLEBORO — GennaRose Nethercott will be leading two writing workshops at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery on Sunday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 31 from 2 to 4 p.m.
NEWFANE — Local novelist and short story writer Vincent Panella will read at the Moore Free Library in Newfane at 7 p.m. Thursday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Proudly steeped in American history and culture, Saratoga Springs today is a vibrant and exciting city of nearly 30,000 residents. The 1777 Battle of Saratoga, a crucial victory for the Patriots, is considered by many to be the turning point of the American revolution.
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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.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
WILMINGTON — Anna and Olivia Cyr each tallied twice to lead the West Rutland varsity girls soccer team to a 10-2 victory over Twin Valley.
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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