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Grace Potter's revived Grand Point North. How it shone at Waterfront Park after 5 years
The name was revived after a five-year hiatus, and much about Grace Potter’s erstwhile Grand Point North festival felt the same at this weekend’s revised Grand Point North concert series. Just like the festival, the series at Waterfront Park featured two headlining nights by the Vermont rocker and her band. The July 27 set was an all-request night, so Potter dusted off old favorites from her days with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, including “Stop the Bus,”...
Bridget Higdon promoted to Publisher of the Essex Reporter
Bridget Higdon has been promoted to Publisher for O'Rourke Media Group's business in Vermont, which includes the Essex Reporter, Saint Albans Messenger, Colchester Sun and Milton Independent. As Publisher, Higdon will still manage the newsroom and serve as editor while taking on new responsibilities. She first joined the papers as...
Kurn Hattin welcomes new principal
WESTMINSTER, Vt. – Kurn Hattin Homes for Children (KHH) is pleased to announce Amanda Tyrrell as the new principal. Tyrrell brings significant experience in both teaching and leadership in the Vermont public school system. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in elementary education, and an Master of Education in school leadership. Most recently she served as acting principal at Elm Hill School in Springfield, Vt.
Grafton restaurant benefits from the American Express 'Backing Historic Small Restaurants' grant program
MKT: Grafton in the Grafton Village Store. Google Maps photo. 50 small restaurants will receive a $50,000 grant each, for a total of $2.5 million provided in 2024, up from 2023 when 25 restaurants were awarded a total of $1 million. In its fourth year, “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” has...
BMH, Copley, NMC sign on to new healthcare collaboration
Left to right, Chris Dougherty, CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; Joseph Woodin, CEO of Copley Hospital and Chair of newly formed Collaborative's Board of Directors; Peter Wright, CEO of Northwestern Medical Center. New healthcare group addressing affordability and sustainability. Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board’s consultant, Oliver Wyman,...
Winchester man arrested in connection with burglaries in Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO, VT (MyKeeneNow) — A Winchester man is facing multiple burglary charges after a series of thefts from local businesses were linked to him through video surveillance. Richard E. Lee, 40, was initially identified as a suspect following a report of a burglary on Flat Street on July 15,...
Home tour of the week: A $319,000 house in Milton on a 10 acre lot
This three bedroom, two bathroom home in Milton sits on 10 acres of land and includes a barn. This house is ready for your personal touches and new memories. Listed by Karen Bresnahan, Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty.
37th annual Antique & Classic Boat Show kicks off on Lake Champlain
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Setting sail through history. Neighbors from Vermont and Northern New York gathered in the Queen City Saturday for an annual tradition at the marina to check out boats, some more than 100 years old. This weekend's blue skies and calm conditions made for a great day...
A Passion to Do the Right Thing: Michael Monte and the Champlain Housing Trust
Who is Michael Monte, and why does everyone seem to love him?. For one thing, over the 46 years that Monte has worked in Burlington, he has dramatically changed the city for the better. For another, at a time when almost the whole of the United States is experiencing a...
Pick-your-own sunflower season begins
SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s that time of year again, many farms in Vermont are getting ready for pick-your-own sunflowers. The Guillemette Farm Stand has been around for four years now, and they say their flowers are in peak season. The farm used to just have sunflowers, but have...
Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce 52nd annual Hackers Tournament
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – The 52nd annual Hackers Tournament was held at the Crown Point Country Club on July 11, with 17 teams participating. The rain held off, the weather was wonderful, and the atmosphere was even better, making for a day of fun and humor. Congratulations to our first-place...
Department of Energy to set ‘uniform procedures’ for interconnecting energy projects to the grid
The Department of Energy has 15 months to draft regulations that would set uniform procedures for hooking up energy projects to the grid. Gov. Chris Sununu approved Senate Bill 391 on Friday, which pushes the department to “set cost effective, timely, and predictable processes for customer generators wishing to interconnect to the state’s electric grid,” […]
Fisherman illegally catches more than a dozen oversized striped bass off New Hampshire coast
NEW CASTLE, N.H. — A Massachusetts fisherman is under arrest after investigators announced that he illegally caught 14 oversized striped bass off the New Hampshire coast last week. New Hampshire Fish and Game reported that they had received reports that a boater had been fishing in the Atlantic Ocean...
Hiker suffering from unknown illness rescued from Mount Washington
NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department rescued a hiker suffering from heat-related symptoms Saturday afternoon on Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine Trail. Just before 4 p.m. on July 27, the NH Fish and Game Department received word of a hiker suffering from what appeared to...
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