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Waterbury Arts Fest returns for 23rd year
WATERBURY, Vt. — Waterbury's party of the summer is back!. The 23rd annual Waterbury Arts Fest will return to Railroad Street in the historic downtown area on July 12 and 13. Gates to the celebration open at 5 p.m. on Friday. The event features a variety of cuisine, lawn...
Vermont Lawmakers Approve Safe Drug-Consumption Sites in Burlington
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Vermont Lawmakers Approve Safe Drug-Consumption Sites in Burlington. Vermont has become the third state to approve safe consumption sites, offering a safer environment for drug users. Despite opposition from Governor Phil Scott, lawmakers approved a pilot program for a safe...
Tee times, pairings for the 2024 Vermont Amateur at Burlington Country Club
Bryson Richards' bid for back-to-back crowns and a third title since 2021 begins this week as the Vermont Amateur returns to Burlington Country Club for its centennial year. The 118th edition of the Vermont Amateur will welcome a field of 123 golfers. The three-day, 72-hole tournament opens Tuesday morning. Richards,...
Seacoast completes season sweep of Vermont Green, division title chances slim
BURLINGTON, Vt. — For just the second time during the USL2 season, the Vermont Green found the loss column. Intense heat plagued the best semipro soccer players in America on Sunday, with Seacoast United outlasting Vermont Green F.C. 2-1 in Burlington, ending a four-game opponent scoreless streak for the Green.
Vermont’s largest dog show runs July 11-14 at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds
Vermont's only American Kennel Club all-breed dog show will be held at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds, organized by the Woodstock Dog Club (Thursday and Friday) and the Green Mountain Dog Club (Saturday and Sunday). The Green Mountain Dog Club is based in Central Vermont. President and show chairman is Caulder Ripley, a lifelong resident of Duxbury.
Bryant returns to sidelines as CVU’s head coach
HINESBURG, Vt. (WCAX) - Originally from Maryland, Dom Bryant has been in Vermont since 2017. That’s when she joined the staff for the UVM women’s program, reuniting with then-assistant coach Alisa Kresge, not long after the two worked together at Marist. “She was a big contributing factor, saying...
Green FC drop important game to Seacoast United
The Vermont Green FC hosted the top team in the USL League 2 Northeast division Seacoast United at Virtue Field on Sunday afternoon. This was a high-energy match throughout. The Green took a 1-0 lead, before the Phantoms capitalized on a Green miss-play to tie the game. Seacoast scored the lone goal in the second […]
Troopers arrest Barre woman after attacking family with shovel at Ferrisburgh campground
FERRISBURGH, Vt. — A woman from Barre was arrested and is facing multiple charges after she attacked her family and damaged their property at a campground in Ferrisburgh before driving away on a motorcycle, state police said. At around 9 a.m. Sunday, VSP said troopers were called to the...
Late Runs Help Mountaineers Move Past Navs Sunday
LYNN, Mass. 一 The visiting Vermont Mountaineers used a six-run top of the ninth inning to break open an eventual 8-1 win over the North Shore Navigators in Sunday night’s New England Collegiate Baseball League action at Fraser Field. North Shore fell to 9-14 on the summer following...
Tree planting aims to combat Thatcher Book erosion at Hope Davey Park
Efforts to address erosion along the Thatcher Brook at Hope Davey Park and improve habitat for wood turtles and other species got a boost recently with a project involving two nonprofit groups, students from Southeast Asia, and Waterbury town officials and volunteers. On May 20, a volunteer crew assembled by...
A Ludlow couple’s flood story became national news. A year later, it has a happy ending.
Bex Prasse and Craig Kovalsky didn’t expect the New York Times to spotlight their 2023 storm travails. Then again, not much else about their move to Vermont has gone according to plan. Read the story on VTDigger here: A Ludlow couple’s flood story became national news. A year later, it has a happy ending..
Weston Theater Company still hopes to reopen playhouse after flooding, but the future is unclear
When the rain last summer caused widespread flooding in Weston, the Weston Playhouse took on more water than it did during Tropical Storm Irene. A full year after the flooding, not only is the Weston Theater Company not yet back in their 300-seat theater, but the future is still uncertain.
'Built different': North Country star repeats as Free Press girls athlete of the year
North Country was in trouble. Down 15-6 in the second quarter of a Division II high school girls basketball semifinal at Barre Auditorium, the defending champions struggled to do much right against Harwood. Sabine Brueck changed all that. Riding Brueck's defense and long 3-pointers during a personal 13-0 run, the...
Newhall names to Waitsfield Planning Commission
At the recommendation of the Waitsfield Planning Commission, the Waitsfield Select Board named Becca Newhall to the town planning commission. The board took that action at its June 24 meeting last week. Newhall, in a June 5 email to Waitsfield planning and zoning administrator JB Weir wrote that since moving...
Flood the Streets with Art July 10 and 11
Local groups plan to flood downtown Montpelier with art to celebrate “resiliency and hope on the one-year anniversary of the Montpelier Flood,” a press release states. The flood happened last summer on July 10 and 11, and so on this July 10 and 11, the Montpelier Senior Activity Center, along with Montpelier Alive, the Center for Arts and Learning, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, and the T.W. Wood Gallery plans to welcome community members and artists to create temporary chalk art installations on city sidewalks throughout the event. It is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Montpelier.
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