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BENNINGTON — A 15-year-old Shaftsbury girl is sitting in an adult prison cell at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility without contact with another human except the 24-hour guard watching over her every move. Her meals are brought to her, and she is not allowed any contact within ear…
HINSDALE, N.H. — “If you raise the bar, our students rise to it,” said Karen Thompson, the director of curriculum, instruction and assessment …
BRATTLEBORO — State Sen. Kesha Ram-Hinsdale announced her withdrawal from the U.S. House race and endorsement of Senate President Pro Tem Becc…
WILMINGTON — Finishing touches are being made to the new public safety facility on Beaver Street.
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In the Zaporozhye region, Russian army do not let people through at the checkpoint: there are more than 1000 cars in the queue.
Animals take to the destroyed streets of Kharkiv
A nurse from Lysychansk, who lost both legs due to an enemy mine explosion, got married in Lvov.
Ukrainian army Buk missile takes down an aircraft.
High passion lady from Ukrainian self-propelled artillery mount
The 77 years old man miraculously survived, but his puppy was covered with debris. For Ukrainian rescuers, every life is precious, so they did everything to get the puppy out of the rubble.
A sad story from the Kiev region: the local Hachiko has been waiting for his mistress on the threshold of the house for a month, but she still has not returned.
Rescuers dismantle the rubble of a building destroyed by shelling.
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Kramatorsk rocket attack to the railway station
Burnt military equipment near Gostomel
The moment of the explosion in the residential district of Severodonetsk was captured on video.
Ukrainian forces destroy KA-52 helicopter
American volunteers from Ukrainian foreign legion battling near Kiev.
Russian army carried out a salvo launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Sevastopol region.
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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KEENE, N.H. — The Showroom at the Colonial Theatre was packed full of sports radio fans Frid…
BRATTLEBORO — State Sen. Kesha Ram-Hinsdale announced her withdrawal from the U.S. House rac…
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at the in…
WILMINGTON — Finishing touches are being made to the new public safety facility on Beaver Street.
TOWNSHEND — A threat to Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School was deemed not to be …
In response to our press release regarding my deputy’s reported discharge of their weapon, I…
BRATTLEBORO — Officials from the firm that made the steel and concrete casks that hold radio…
BRATTLEBORO — The Picnic on the Playground fundraiser and meet and greet event at the Neighborhood Schoolhouse, originally planned for Saturda…
VERNON — The town's annual Memorial Day Service, hosted by the Vernon Historians, will be held on Monday, May 30, at 4 p.m. The outdoor event …
The article was titled “Growing Old Gracefully.” I did not read it all. It was probably some kind of click bait. But who wants to grow old gra…
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BRATTLEBORO — St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 16 Bradley Ave., will host a Service of Lament on Sunday, from 5:30 to 6 p.m., to “lift up our b…
BRATTLEBORO — When thinking of Charles Alvah Smith words that quickly come to mind are craftsmanship, curiosity and creativity. From 1931 to 1…
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Constance Wallin, of Brattleboro, Vt., celebrates her 107th birthday with friends and family members at Holton Home on Friday, May 27, 2022.
The Greg Hill Road Show brought in local figures from around Cheshire County, in N.H., and Windham County, Vt., during a visit to the Showroom, in Keene, N.H., on Friday, May 27, 2022.
Students from the St. Michael’s Catholic School participated in the Health Fair that was happening on campus on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Practical nursing students from Vermont Tech and members of the Brattleboro Fire Department helped educate the students in various medical areas.
Hinsdale Middle High School hosted its annual Extended Learning Opportunities Exhibition Day on Thursday, May 26, 2022. This was the first in-person exhibition since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kindergartners from Academy School, in Brattleboro, Vt., visit Lilac Ridge Farm on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The field trip overlaps with the school’s garden and outdoor curriculum.
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.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Parked a few feet from the iconic pagoda at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a reimagined E-Z-Go golf cart that’s essentially filled with garbage. Plastic bottles tossed into recycling bins months ago are now neatly stacked in rows — and they’re for sale.
The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggested that a huge quantity of gold could be below the surface, according to newly released government documents and photos that deepen the mystery of the 2018 excavation in remote western…
If you’ve ever seen Hayley Jane in concert, you were likely impressed by her infectious energy and powerful vocal range, her vibrant dance choreography and dramatic flourishes that reflect a background in musical theater. She is a whirling dervish of sunny charisma, humor and passion.
MANCHESTER — To turn a former jewelry store into an art gallery and business that reflected their shared vision and interests, artists Carolina and Michael Ellenbogen had to put in a lot of sweat equity. A year and a half of it, to be exact, from the day after the real estate closing — Jan. …
BENNINGTON — The 35th annual Mayfest Arts and Crafts Festival, Downtown Bennington’s signature event, returns after a pandemic-driven, two-year hiatus.
BELLOWS FALLS — Stage 33 Live is hoping to hold an open mic Sunday night — but first it needs performers to sign up.
BENNINGTON — Greetings from Bennington Performing Arts Center — the home of Oldcastle Theatre Company. Thank you to everyone who helped make our Fundraising Gala a huge success!
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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…
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