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BRATTLEBORO — With Principal Steve Perrin’s unexplained leave of absence from Brattleboro Union High School continuing into the unforeseeable future, families were provided information about leadership structure before the next school year begins.
POWNAL — A Vermont firm that hopes to install small-scale, low-impact hydropower units in the state has begun approaching town officials and p…
BRATTLEBORO — Of the more than 100 Afghan refugees who landed in Brattleboro, five of them were members of the Art Lords, a 50-person collecti…
BRATTLEBORO — Earlier this week, I took a walk down Main Street with Greg Lesch, the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce.
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One of the last battles of the international legion before the retreat from the city.
Mariupol, one of the city’s cemeteries
A fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine filmed a cloud of nitric acid, which formed after the Russian Armed Forces fired at a chemical plant in Severodonetsk
An unusual sewage truck appeared in the Brovarsky district. On the barrel of the car there is a sticker with a portrait of the bunker grandfather.
WARNING: Video contains some graphic content. An incoming shell exploded a few meters away from the journalists. At least one Ukrainian soldier was also wounded.
American volunteers destroy Russian armored personnel carrier
The flag of Ukraine was installed at the peak named after Vladimir Putin in Kyrgyzstan
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
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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TOWNSHEND — Despite the heat, a large crowd of people gathered at the Townshend Common to en…
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WOODFORD — The first phase of a major upgrade project at Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center…
BENNINGTON — The 57th Bennington Battle Day parade took a giant marching step toward its pre…
BRATTLEBORO — Of the more than 100 Afghan refugees who landed in Brattleboro, five of them w…
DUMMERSTON — A Windham County Sheriff’s deputy was responding to a reported motor vehicle cr…
I have written the Mindful Moment column for five or six months now. I do not get paid for it. It is my drop in the bucket for community life.…
MARLBORO — A celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the Marlboro Town House will be held throughout the weekend of August 20 and 21 at t…
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Vermont ranks as the safest state to drive in regarding incidents involving drowsy driving.
BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Suicide Prevention Center, a public-private partnership of the Center for Health and Learning and the Vermont Agency…
I love being at home. It’s where I sleep. It’s where I write. Home is where I watch Netflix. It’s an amazing place. I would be content to stay…
STRATTON — The Stratton Community Foundation will hold a golf outing on Friday, Sept. 2. The organization will be joining Head-to-Toe to suppo…
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Food and monetary donations roll in during the 13th annual Load the Latchis, in Brattleboro, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.
A group of teachers from Windham Northeast Supervisory Union participates in the week-long Nature-Based Teacher and Learning Summer Institute to help get their students outside more during the school year.
Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint delivers a victory speech after being declared the winner in Vermont’s Congressional Democratic primary to her supporters that gathered at the Harmony Lot, in Brattleboro, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Balint will face off against a Republican challe…
People head to their local polling stations to cast their ballots in the Vermont primaries on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
A section of Newfane Road, in Wardsboro, remains closed on Tuesday as Vermont State Police investigates a suspicious death. The body of a person was discovered near a logging road Monday evening.
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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The Cincinnati Zoo has named its newest baby hippopotamus, Fritz, after an online vote by hundreds of thousands of hippo fans. The male hippo is a little brother to the zoo's already famous hippo, Fiona. After over 90,000 name suggestions came in from every state in the U.S. and over 60 countries, zoo employees narrowed it down to Fritz or Ferguson. “We would have been happy with either name, but we really think the name Fritz fits this spunky little guy’s personality,” Cincinnati Zoo’s head hippo keeper said. Only a few weeks old, Fritz spends his days bonding with his mother Bibi in a private enclosure.
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms.” The White House announced it on Tuesday. The first lady has been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina and began experiencing symptoms Monday. She has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and will isolate at the vacation home for at least five days. Joe Biden tested negative for the virus on Tuesday morning but will wear a mask indoors for 10 days in line with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. The president recovered from a rebound case of the virus Aug. 7. The Bidens have been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Federal officials on Tuesday are expected to announce water cuts that would further reduce how much Colorado River water some users in the seven U.S. states reliant on the river and Mexico receive. Cities, farms and water managers in Arizona, Nevada and Mexico are widely anticipating Tuesday’s reductions. They are based on a plan states signed in 2019 to help keep more water in one of the river's key storage reservoirs. But the cuts come as Western states grapple with another, larger looming deadline on the Colorado River about how to share the dwindling water source as it yields less and less to go around.
Last year, U.S. Jesuits announced a racial reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. A leader of those descendants is now expressing deep dissatisfaction with the lack of progress. The initiative proposed a billion-dollar trust to fund educational grants for descendants with the Jesuits committing to contribute and raise the first $100 million. Joseph Stewart, himself a descendant, has asked that the Jesuits transfer proceeds from past land sales and the sale of remaining plantation lands to the trust by Christmas. The Jesuits have said while the process is complicated, they are still committed to it.
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $38.8 million to Junior Achievement USA and 26 local operations — the largest single gift in its 103-year history — the national education nonprofit announced Tuesday. Jack E. Kosakowski, Junior Achievement USA’s president and CEO, said he is thrilled by Scott’s unrestricted gift because it can be used to modernize the group’s technology infrastructure, something that is never very high on most donors’ lists. The donation will also expand programs that prepare young people for adulthood by teaching them financial literacy, career skills and business ownership training. Scott has provided nearly $12 billion in unrestricted donations since 2019.
The Lost Mural hangs in the entryway of Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, in Burlington. The mural painted in 1910 by a Lithuanian immigrant, that was later hidden behind a wall for years, has been rehabilitated and moved and is what experts say is a rare piece of art.
The Cincinnati Zoo has named its newest baby hippopotamus, Fritz, after an online vote by hundreds of thousands of hippo fans. The male hippo is a little brother to the zoo's already famous hippo, Fiona. After over 90,000 name suggestions came in from every state in the U.S. and over 60 countries, zoo employees narrowed it down to Fritz or Ferguson. “We would have been happy with either name, but we really think the name Fritz fits this spunky little guy’s personality,” Cincinnati Zoo’s head hippo keeper said. Only a few weeks old, Fritz spends his days bonding with his mother Bibi in a private enclosure.
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms.” The White House announced it on Tuesday. The first lady has been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina and began experiencing symptoms Monday. She has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and will isolate at the vacation home for at least five days. Joe Biden tested negative for the virus on Tuesday morning but will wear a mask indoors for 10 days in line with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. The president recovered from a rebound case of the virus Aug. 7. The Bidens have been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra Miller said they have begun treatment for “complex mental health issues.” The 29-year-old Miller, who identifies as non-binary, issued a statement late Monday. On Sept. 26, Miller is due to appear for arraignment in Vermont Superior Court after being cited for felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont. Authorities last week said Miller had taken several bottles of alcohol from a residence while the homeowners weren’t present. Miller was also arrested twice earlier this year in Hawaii, including for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar. The second incident was for second-degree assault.
Federal officials on Tuesday are expected to announce water cuts that would further reduce how much Colorado River water some users in the seven U.S. states reliant on the river and Mexico receive. Cities, farms and water managers in Arizona, Nevada and Mexico are widely anticipating Tuesday’s reductions. They are based on a plan states signed in 2019 to help keep more water in one of the river's key storage reservoirs. But the cuts come as Western states grapple with another, larger looming deadline on the Colorado River about how to share the dwindling water source as it yields less and less to go around.
MONTPELIER — Eugene Uman, director of the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro, is one of the recipients of the 2022 Vermont Arts Awards.
BRATTLEBORO — A nine-piece brass band from New York City blending an American aesthetic with Balkan tradition is coming to Brattleboro this weekend at what organizers say is one of the most exciting shows in the Bandwagon Summer Series.
BRATTLEBORO — Stephan Brandstatter is presenting an afternoon concert of what he calls soundscapes and new music, closing with a “sound bath” at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro on Sunday.
WILLIAMSVILLE — The Manitou Project’s summer concert series continues on Sunday, 4 to 5:30 p.m., at its forest theater, nestled in pine and hardwoods.
BRATTLEBORO — Though the members of the Southern California band Mrs. Henry are in their early 30s, they are all well versed in the music of The Band, whose most popular hits date back to the late 1960s.
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BENNINGTON — Temperatures in the area are still regularly approaching 90 degrees but at least one man already has his mind on this winter, and more specifically snowshoeing.
BURLINGTON — William Clarence Matthews, who broke several color barriers in baseball in the early 20th century including playing professionally in Burlington, will be honored at historic Centennial Field prior to the Vermont Lake Monsters game on Thursday. Jeff Schulman, UVM director of athl…
MANCHESTER — The Devin Speno to Tristan Evans connection was deadly during the second annual Vermont All Star Football Camp 7v7 tournament on Saturday afternoon at Judy McCormick Taylor Field.
MANCHESTER — On what was just about a perfect night to be outside at Judy McCormick Taylor Field, the Burr and Burton Bulldogs were nearly perfect, as well. The BBA girls raced out to an early lead and never looked back, overwhelming Brattleboro for a 20-4 victory at home.
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.
In making her closing argument to voters, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray told New England Cable News that “the choice Vermonters have is: do they want to send the next member of “The Squad’ or the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Washington? The next Bernie Sanders?
One way you can judge a person is by those they adore. Here are four women I adore and why.
To the editor: I had the pleasure of participating in the Connecticut River Conservancy’s Riverfest over the weekend and want to express my gratitude for the stewards who care for the great river that defines the valley. It was a festive affair, of course, with fun and games, exhibits, frien…
In June of 2022, the EPA issued new drinking water health advisories for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). PFOA and PFOS are members of a group of over 9,000 man-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or “forever chemicals.” The…
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