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As the weather warms up this weekend, with air temperatures forecasted at close to 100 degrees, many people will be seeking refuge from the heat. However, Paul Walker, a senior meteorologist for AccuWeather at State College, Pa., advises people to use caution before jumping into water that i…
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…
BRATTLEBORO — Youth Services’ newest fundraiser, Cornstock: Cornhole for a Cause, is being held at Retreat Farm this Saturday, from noon to 6 p.m.
BRATTLEBORO — It was a blustery morning as Brattleboro Union High School’s own Nobel laureate swept onto Natowich Field with her hair flying i…
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BRATTLEBORO — Emergency crews responded to a single-vehicle crash at the roundabout near the…
BRATTLEBORO — The People's United Bank on the corner of Main and Elliot streets was robbed T…
BRATTLEBORO — With the most populous town of those served by Rescue Inc. leaving, the organi…
BELLOWS FALLS — The Rockingham Select Board on Tuesday approved a plan to give new life to t…
WESTMINSTER — Ariana Wunderle comes from a circus family so it was a natural that she chose …
BRATTLEBORO — The smell of freshly brewed coffee fills the halls on the second floor at Gree…
BRATTLEBORO — After receiving no applications from students interested in being youth repres…
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NEWFANE — The 6th Annual Soup Fest and Silent Auction fundraiser will be held on Sunday, May 29, at the NewBrook Fire Station at Route 30. The…
Memorial Day can be many things. Since before recorded time people around the world have celebrated the arrival of spring. With the welcoming …
NEWFANE — Local Author Susan Mills will read from her new novel, "On the Wings of a Hummingbird," on May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Moore Free Librar…
PUTNEY — The Vermont Foodbank and the Putney Foodshelf co-sponsor a monthly food drop of free produce and some non-perishables on the fourth T…
A classmate from college read this column, recognized my name, and contacted me. Maybe we meet for coffee in beautiful downtown Brattleboro. I…
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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.
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Three Norwich University students are facing criminal charges and others are being ticketed for hazing after an investigation into allegations of branding and waterboarding involving the women's rugby team at the private military college, Northfield police said Friday.
COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maybe extra rest isn't such a bad thing for a racehorse after all.
Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. Mobile homes were destroyed. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that Gaylord doesn't have a siren system to warn people about hazardous weather.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials are investigating a potential case of monkeypox after a patient tested positive for the family of viruses associated with the rare illness, state health officials announced late Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Kravis wedding train has rolled into Italy.
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.
PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts brings New York band The Big Takeover to the Putney Inn on Sunday at 5 p.m. This concert is part of Next Stage’s Bandwagon Summer Series. Pete Muller & The Kindred Souls open.
SWANZEY, N.H. — Music lovers should get ready for plenty of sweet “jams” — and not the kind you spread on your English muffin — when the Northlands Festival rolls into town June 24 and 25.
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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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."
Each year, the end of the legislative session coincides with warmer weather, signaling peak tourism season just around the corner. For many Vermont businesses, however, this will be the third summer in a row that they are overwhelmed with uncertainty instead of anticipation. While elected of…
To the editor: Brattleboro Union High School student council is writing this letter due to our shared concern of equity and accountability held within the leadership of our school district. This is a very small town and we do not wish to create a divide within the Brattleboro community. We o…