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BELLOWS FALLS — Almost 40 years ago, two young Bellows Falls firefighters lost their lives trying to rescue elderly people trapped inside the derelict Star Hotel during a fire.
BRATTLEBORO — People searched for names of others they knew that died in the Vietnam War as The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Washin…
BRATTLEBORO — Always wanting to work for himself, Brian Blass discovered the perfect item to sell. After owning a bidet for four years, he con…
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BRATTLEBORO — It’s been 15 years since the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation first …
BELLOWS FALLS — Almost 40 years ago, two young Bellows Falls firefighters lost their lives t…
MONTPELIER — In an announcement that Vermont is approved to welcome as many as 100 Afghans i…
BENNINGTON — While the Vermont Department of Health is reporting 217 new cases of COVID-19 in Bennington County in the past 14 days, the chief medical officer for Southwestern Vermont Medical Center said the hospital has not seen a marked increase in patients needing hospitalization.
BRATTLEBORO — People searched for names of others they knew that died in the Vietnam War as …
MONTPELIER — On Sunday at 3 p.m. Vermont Interfaith Action will host a COVID-19 Memorial Service, to bring people together as a community and …
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Seventy years ago, 756 students in grades 7 through 12 arrived for their first day of classes in the new million dollar school building on the…
MONTPELIER — Vermont State Game Wardens are asking Vermonters with information about fish and wildlife crimes to submit them through the Opera…
While vacationing recently on the Maine coast, I admired many nice gardens. Many of them had hedges or fences, more than I am used to seeing i…
September is Healthy Aging Month, and Grace Cottage Family Health’s primary care clinic and Grace Cottage Hospital have each individually been…
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People searched for names of others they knew that died in the Vietnam War as The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Washington, D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, travels through Brattleboro, Vt., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. People can see the wall on Putney Road until Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.
Volunteers set up The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Washington, D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on Putney Road in Brattleboro, Vt., near Village Pizza, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.
Members of The Honor Bear project place 660 American flags on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, to symbolize the 22 veterans that die each day in a month from suicide at the I-91Welcome Center, in Guilford, Vt., as part of the “Flag for Forgotten Heroes” installation that will viewable for 30 days.
Members of the Brattleboro Police Department run with a torch from the old police station, at the Municipal Center in Brattleboro, Vt., to the Dummerston, Vt., town line for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Vermont on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. The run was canceled l…
Migrant farmworkers from the island nation of Jamaica pick McIntosh apples for Green Mountain Orchard, in Putney, Vt., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
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.
BRATTLEBORO — An inn on Putney Road being used to house those without shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic was closed so residents could quarantine after two tested positive for the virus.
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 …
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SHELDON, Vt. (AP) — A 71-year-old man died of injuries suffered in a head-on collision in the town of Sheldon, state police said.
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police troopers are investigating a six-vehicle crash that killed a 67-year-old man from South Carolina.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Health said Thursday the new, single-day record of new COVID-19 cases reported by the state, 314, may be the result of an information technology glitch.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont is planning to freeze tuition for the fourth straight year, University President Suresh Garimella said Wednesday.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott asked the federal government Tuesday to help Bennington and Windham counties recover from summer flooding.
COVID-19 vaccine refusal rates may be high among white evangelical Christians, but the International Mission Board — which deploys thousands of missionaries — is not hesitant about the shot.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that prosecutors can't argue that a man who shot three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin is affiliated with the Proud Boys or that he attacked a woman months before the shootings, bolstering his position as he prepares for…
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Odette formed off the mid-Atlantic coast Friday and is expected to weaken Saturday night as it approaches eastern Canada.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law on Friday, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through rules tainted by racial bias as a way to remain in power.
Wall Street capped an up-and-down week of trading Friday with a broad sell-off that wiped out the major indexes' gains for the week.
BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Jazz Center is launching its fall educational programs.
BRATTLEBORO — On Saturday at 8 p.m., the Vermont Jazz Center kicks off its 2021-2022 concert season with a bang by presenting the vibrant organ trio of Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, called “the best organ trio of the last decade” by the New York Times.
DOVER — On Monday at 5:30 p.m., the Dover Free Library presents the feature film “Resistance.”
BRATTLEBORO — Open Mic hosted by Kevin Parry, a longtime tradition in town, is making a comeback in a new space.
This week’s Spotlight Film Series at the Latchis Theater, under the theme of magical realism is “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” a 2014 film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton, Ed Norton and Emma Stone. It won Best Picture. That will always be its…
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
LUDLOW – Springfield Hospital hosted its 21st annual Golf Challenge on Sept. 14 at the Fox Run Golf Club. Proceeds from this year’s fundraisin…
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 …
WILMINGTON — The defending Division 4 champion Twin Valley varsity boys soccer team was upset by Rivendell, 2-1.Garrett Stever and Josiah Welch each scored for the winners, with the goal by …
WESTMINSTER — The Bellows Falls varsity field hockey team, which has made five consecutive state finals appearances, opened the 2020 season with a 3-0 win over Rutland on Wednesday.Sadie Scott, …
BRATTLEBORO — At their recent fall meeting, members of the Brattleboro Country Club Women's Golf Association celebrated an enjoyable, safe and successful 2020 season."In this time of natural …
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more than 18,000 people and triggering one of the worst industrial accidents in history: the crippling breakdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of the plant’s six…
September is Healthy Aging Month, and Grace Cottage Family Health’s primary care clinic and Grace Cottage Hospital have each individually been recognized as “Age-Friendly” health care facilities by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement.
If the Scott administration is serious about supporting Vermont’s organic farmers, the governor should convene a working group, including entrepreneurs and forward-thinking individuals, including organic farmers, outside the influence of big dairy, to take a hard look at a locally-controlled…
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