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Groundbreaking celebrates Reid Commons in St Albans
Affordable Housing Community Will Add 33 New Apartments for Older Adults. Vermont Business Magazine Cathedral Square has announced that construction is underway on Reid Commons, bringing 33 new energy-efficient, affordable apartments for adults 55 and older to St. Albans. Located at 17 Lower Newton Street, Reid Commons will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments with a range of rents to serve a mixed-income community.
Aerial dance meets outdoor adventure at tree dancing workshop
BRATTLEBORO-p>Award winning trapeze dancers Serenity Smith Forchion, an internationally known circus aerialist, and Mark Przekurat, an arborist intent on educating the world about the future of our forests, are offering their workshop in two levels on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday...
Music spanning four centuries featured this week at Yellow Barn
PUTNEY-Yellow Barn enters the second half of its summer festival this week with performances on Thursday through Saturday (July 25–27), and a Saturday morning masterclass with Laurence Lesser (July 27). Returning to the Big Barn stage this summer are violinist Anthony Marwood, clarinetist Alan Kay, cellist John Myerscough, and...
CVU students open farmstand with sustainability in mind
Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, on assignment for the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. Concerned about climate change and quality of life in Vermont, a group of Champlain Valley Union High School student volunteers have opened a farmstand to sell food grown at the school. “We’re...
Nurses’ union agrees to new contract with UVM Medical Center
Burlington, VT – The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals has voted to ratify a new three-year contract with UVM Medical Center. The contract includes a 23% wage increase for nurses over the next three years. “The changes in this new contract will further improve our already strong...
Brattleboro 10-U All-Stars a win away from a state title
-The Brattleboro Little League 10-U All-Stars are just one win away from a state championship after sweeping through the opening weekend of tournament play at South Main Street Field. Things were set up perfectly for Brattleboro, the District 2 champs. As the host of the state tournament, they have no...
Worcester woman arrested, illegal machine gun and drugs seized by police
WORCESTER — Worcester Police Vice Squad officers arrested 53-year-old Natasha Perry after a search warrant led to the discovery of an illegal machine gun and suspected crack cocaine on July 22. At approximately 8 a.m., officers observed Perry leaving her Florence St residence and entering her black BMW. The...
UM 'leans in' to gender stereotypes to attract male students
Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Big Sky Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration. Hopeful young entrepreneurs in business schools routinely pitch ideas for startup companies as part of their classroom assignments. But the ones who were doing it at the University of Vermont were still in high school.
Art, ale and AR: The Alchemist Brewery launches augmented reality app
Craft beer, technology and art are all colliding at The Alchemist Brewery in Vermont. Via a collaboration with the Burlington-based game wizards at Game Theory, The Alchemist just announced a new craft beer experience that caught our collective attention — an augmented reality app based around art and beer. It’s a journey that brings the art of beer to life right before our eyes — whether you’re lounging at home or wandering the halls of The Alchemist’s Stowe brewery.
Proctor Maple Research Center names new science director
The University of Vermont has named a new scientific director for its maple research center. The Proctor Maple Research Center is one of the oldest and most prominent maple research centers in the world, studying maple production since 1947. Tim Rademacher has been named its new science director. He has...
Trial kicks off in assault case against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore
A jury is slated to determine this week whether Grismore should be convicted of a crime for kicking a shackled man in the groin in August 2022. Read the story on VTDigger here: Trial kicks off in assault case against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore.
3-day tattoo convention leaves its mark in Burlington
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Tattoo artists from all over gathered in Burlington over the weekend to show off their skills at one of Vermont’s new tattoo conventions. Artists fired up their tattoo guns and got their ink ready. “That energy in a building with all these artists that may...
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta celebrates 40 years of providing care and connection for children with cancer
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta first opened its cabin doors in the summer of 1984, welcoming children who were fighting cancer and their families — at no cost. Forty years later, the camp now offers free year-round programming exclusively for kids who have or have had cancer, while continuing to bring 100 campers from Vermont and northern New York to their property in South Hero every August.
Mountaineers even Governor’s Cup series with big comeback
On a beautiful baseball evening across the state, the Upper Valley Nighthawks hosted the Vermont Mountaineers in the sixth installment of this season’s Governor’s Cup series. Despite trailing 5-0 early, the Mountaineer scored 10 unanswered runs to win the game 10-5 and even the series at three games each.
Timothy Ropas of Malone, NY found guilty of kidnapping
MALONE, N.Y. — A Malone man could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted of kidnapping. A Franklin County jury found 29-year-old Timothy Ropas guilty of several charges including kidnapping, burglary and criminal possession of a weapon in a trial held earlier this month.
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