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BRATTLEBORO — Rabbi Avremy Raskin, Director of the Chabad Jewish Center, lights the torch that was used to light the candle of the menorah during the first night of Chanukah on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021.
PUTNEY — The Putney Craft Tour, the oldest craft tour in the country and now in its 43rd year, returned Friday after a one-year virtual hiatus…
BRATTLEBORO — Community Thanksgiving happened a little differently than planned but organizers say meal recipients and volunteers expressed gr…
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MANCHESTER — “He didn’t care so much about the social stuff, but he did like to square dance…
BRATTLEBORO — Rabbi Avremy Raskin, Director of the Chabad Jewish Center, lights the torch th…
BELLOWS FALLS — When members of the Bellows Falls Union High School football team returned h…
BRATTLEBORO — Earlier this month, Consolidated Communications launched a new fiber Internet …
BRATTLEBORO — Due to financial issues, Phoenix House of New England will no longer operate i…
BELLOWS FALLS — The Vermont Pharmacists Association has selected Caroline Kirkpatrick, PharmD of Bellows Falls as the 2021 recipient of the Di…
Put that turkey leg down and listen up! Today, we have to discuss your family’s upcoming holiday card.
BRATTLEBORO — The Town of Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department announced that Morningside Cemetery will close for the winter on Wednesd…
BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Town Clerk’s office will be closing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, for a staff meeting. All other …
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Rabbi Avremy Raskin, Director of the Chabad Jewish Center, in Brattleboro, Vt., hosted a menorah lighting during the first night of Chanukah, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021.
An after Thanksgiving Day tradition returns to normal after being modified in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic as people head out to see artists working on their craft during the annual Putney Craft Tour on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. The studios will be open to the public all weekend.
People hit the slopes at Mount Snow, in Dover, Vt., during the first day of operations for the 2021-2022 season on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021.
Jaci Reynolds and Kieran King, with some help from a group of volunteers, prepare 850 Thanksgiving meals in the kitchen of Brattleboro Area Middle School, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.
Local glass artists Randi Solin, Robert DuGrenier, Marta and Josh Bernbaum, Robert Dane and Zak Grace, comprised two different teams that participated in the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's Blown Away event hosted at Fire Arts Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 21. Each team designed, created and…
MONTPELIER — To relieve some of the pressure on Vermont hospitals caused by a combination of factors, including COVID-19, the state is opening 80 beds at long-term care and rehabilitation facilities, said Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith.
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 …
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DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Students in Danville will soon be deciding on the school's new nickname, after the school board voted in March to end the use of the “Indians” following hours of testimony from students, teachers, alumni and community members.
ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — Two men are dead and a third injured in a shooting in the town of Alburgh that followed an escalating dispute over access to a property for hunting, the Vermont State Police said Sunday.
ALBURGH — Two men are dead and a third injured in a shooting in the town of Alburgh that followed an escalating dispute over access to a property for hunting, the Vermont State Police said Sunday.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state lawmaker has announced that he's resigning after more than a decade in office.
Members of Native American tribes from around New England are gathering in the seaside town where the Pilgrims settled — not to give thanks, but to mourn Indigenous people worldwide who've suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Localized flooding in Washington state from another in a series of rainstorms doesn't appear to be as severe as when extreme weather hit the region earlier in the month.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the social media platform. He has been succeeded by Twitter's current chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal.
NEW YORK (AP) — Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury was selected Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s puppet or accomplice?
Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87.
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers stand at the center of the case that prosecutors will lay before jurors during the trial of Jussie Smollett this week.
Fat. The word has so many connotations and meanings and it was a main describing factor for me in fourth grade. Just ask Lucas Mahuta. Or Zac Grimes. As I was vilified in grade school, so too is fat, and it has been since the fat-free movement in the 1990s and before. Fat-free, low-fat, no-f…
BRATTLEBORO — Erin Weaver is on a quest.
PUTNEY — With an extraordinary collection of artisan talent, the Putney Craft Tour stands out among art excursions, and this year’s 43rd annual open studio tour on Thanksgiving Weekend — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — is no different. While last year’s tour was virtual due to the COVID-19 pan…
NEWFANE — Like herself growing up, local author Sarah Woodard’s title character in her latest children’s book “Batya’s Lunch” finds she’s the only Jewish kid in her class.
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus will perform the fall “HeartSong Singalong” via Zoom on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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BRATTLEBORO — That his name is Scott Sparks gives you much of what you need to know about him.
KEENE, N.H. — Hailey Derosia is averaging 11.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game for the Keene State College women's basketball team.
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 …
When I was a kid the holiday season meant extra hours at The Book Cellar, the bookstore at 120 Main St. that my family owned. We would hire an additional holiday team, we would stock countless copies of the Vermont Life calendar, and Archer Mayor’s newest book would surely be the top seller.…
As we spend this Thanksgiving holiday expressing our personal gratitude for the things big and small that have sustained us in these challenging times, Vermont News & Media reflects on the bright spots in our communities that have delighted or moved us when life didn’t seem quite so upbe…
The smell was what I noticed first. Not unlike when a neighbor is burning brush down the road. “Down the road,” though, turned out to be smoke from wildfires in Manitoba and California that were staining our skies, and burning our eyes and lungs last summer. That was the headline.
Readers: This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. on Nov 17 to clarify that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had previously supported state Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky. In its 230 years in the United States, Vermont has never sent a woman to Congress.
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