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Big Red Barn Art Show opens this weekend
The Big Red Barn Art Show returns for its annual visit in the Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm and Forest in Waitsfield, from July 26 to September 1. The 2024 show marks 26 years of showcasing the artists and artisans of the Mad River Valley. ----------------------------------- The show originated...
Vermont Earns Second Straight America East Academic Cup and Record Tenth Overall
BOSTON – The America East Conference announced Friday morning that the University of Vermont's student-athletes secured the athletic department's record 10th Walter Harrison Academic Cup. The Walter Harrison Academic Cup is presented each season by the conference to the institution with the best cumulative GPA among its student-athletes competing in league sports. Vermont earned the 2023-24 honor with a cumulative GPA of 3.50.
Here are five events coming to Colchester soon
Details: UVM Extension Gardener Volunteers will be working in the library gardens most Saturdays, May to September. Please interrupt them with your questions!. Where: Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction. Details: This three-day event features German and European cars and plenty of activities for everyone to learn more about these vehicles....
Robber Robber, burning bright: Burlington band hits next level with new album 'Wild Guess'
Burlington indie-rock band Robber Robber has been building its sound over the past couple of years with a steady stream of kinetic club shows. The preliminaries are over, however: Now it’s time for Robber Robber to really make its mark. The band that features vocalist/guitarist Nina Cates and drummer Zack James – who in their early 20s are already well known locally for their roles in acts including Dari Bay and The Snaz – is just about...
World Soccer Festival reorganizes for Aug. 17 in Montpelier
A spirited community soccer event that took a pandemic hiatus has reorganized and is returning to Central Vermont next month. World Soccer Festival is making a comeback, organizers announced, and this year will mark the 11th time the event will be held. The festival will run Saturday, Aug. 17, from...
Rec program looks to fall as Harwood summer basketball wraps up
The annual Harwood Basketball Camps run by Varsity Girls Coach Tommy Young recently wrapped up another summer season of basketball instruction with local youngsters in grades 2 through 9. Young began the camps over 20 years ago, holding them at Harwood Union High School. This year nearly 70 players participated....
Waterbury residents looked to FEMA buyouts after last year’s floods. They’ve heard nothing for months
As of mid-July, none of the property owners promised buyouts nor local officials have heard back from FEMA. A year after floods ripped through Vermont, they have been left in the lurch. Read the story on VTDigger here: Waterbury residents looked to FEMA buyouts after last year’s floods. They’ve heard nothing for months.
Milton to host National Night Out on Aug. 6
Milton's annual National Night Out is set to take place on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 5:30-8 p.m. in Bombardier Park, located at 20 Park Place. This free, family-friendly event aims to strengthen community ties and foster partnerships between law enforcement and residents. Organized by the Milton Police Department, National Night Out is part of a nationwide campaign promoting police-community partnerships.
Not your average summer camp: Civil Air Patrol cadets bunk in Waterbury
Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, on assignment for the Waterbury Roundabout. Two cadets opened their mouths like letter Os as they walked toward the helicopter cockpit. The pair, sisters Abigail and Shoshanna Coover from Maine, played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first. The younger girl won and climbed in while the other peeked her head through the doorway as the two geeked out in shy whispers.
Larner College of Medicine Receives High Marks in Primary Care and Research
The University of Vermont Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine was recently recognized for excellence in both primary care and research in the 2024 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. In its 2024-2025 edition of “Best Medical Schools,” U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of...
‘All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art’ debuts at Shelburne Museum
Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, on assignment for the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. Shelburne Museum tells the American railroad story in a deep red room where over 40 paintings from around the country hang on the walls. Landscapes show artists’ first impressions of rail in...
Vermont American Legion baseball state tournament: 2024 seeds, schedule and scores
Essex Post 91 enters this year's state tournament as the three-time reigning Vermont American Legion champion. But another team captured the top seed for the playoffs out of the Northern Division: the South Burlington Wildcats. South Burlington and Brattleboro Post 5 ran through the summer slate earning the top positions from the North and...
Audiences can escape to ‘The Prom’ at Lost Nation Theater through Aug. 4
Local theater fans have an upbeat summer musical comedy to check out at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier where “The Prom: the Musical” is running Thursdays-Sundays, through Aug. 4. Marking its 35th anniversary, Lost Nation Theater chose the show inspired by real-life events and created by Tony winners...
SVHC announces next steps for redevelopment of Southern Vermont College
Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) in Bennington has announced next steps involving the redevelopment of the former Southern Vermont College campus in Bennington. In March of 2023, SVHC, part of Dartmouth Health, entered into a purchase and sale agreement of the campus with Alfred Weissman Real Estate,...
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