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BRATTLEBORO — Always wanting to work for himself, Brian Blass discovered the perfect item to sell. After owning a bidet for four years, he constantly found himself pitching the idea of getting one to people.
BRATTLEBORO — Members of the Brattleboro Police Department run with a torch from the old police station at the Municipal Center to the Dummers…
BRATTLEBORO — Students from Thomas Aquinas College in Northfield, Mass., lined the sidewalks around Planned Parenthood on High Street on Tuesd…
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BRATTLEBORO — Always wanting to work for himself, Brian Blass discovered the perfect item to…
BRATTLEBORO -- Groundwork ahead of major upgrades at the Pleasant Valley Water Treatment Fac…
BRATTLEBORO — In a school year set to return fully to in-person instruction, COVID-19 cases …
WESTMINSTER — It’s final: the Vermont Board of Education has blessed the Act 46 divorce of W…
BRATTLEBORO — School officials planning to take action on reported abuse at Brattleboro Unio…
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…
There are a handful of events hosted by the Friends of Pisgah over the next few months.
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BRATTLEBORO — Due to a utility line upgrade, Living Memorial Park Drive will be closed to vehicles from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. …
GUILFORD — A caucus is being convened in the town of Guilford for the purpose of organizing a Republican Town Committee.
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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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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.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont on Tuesday became the latest state to sue some of the country's top fossil fuel companies by alleging they misled the public about the impact their products have on climate change.
RYEGATE, Vt. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating a hot-air balloon crash in the town of Ryegate.
Stocks recovered from a midday slump and were edging higher in late afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping major indexes in the green for the week.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout. The shooter only grazed him.
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts storage company that federal prosecutors said illegally auctioned the personal possessions of an Air Force sergeant while he was deployed has agreed to pay the service member $60,000 in compensation, the U.S. attorney's office in Boston announced Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) — TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in the cultlike group NXIVM, has surrendered to a California prison to serve her sentence in a New York case against the group’s spiritual leader.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of 2021.
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.
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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