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Vermont academy receives 36 million dollars for school expansions and more
Fairfax, VT – The Bellows Free Academy received 36 million dollars for school renovations, extensions, and more. Superintendent of Schools John Tague said “the need for additional space has grown.”. The project will add over 150,000 square feet to BFA, creating more spaces for elementary, middle, and high...
Here are seven events coming to Milton in the next month
Music in the Park Series with Milton Farmers Market. Details: Come to the Farmer’s Market and listen to live music from The Dimmer Triplets, Still Kickin’, and other bands throughout the summer. Skip dinner at home and opt for a night in the park instead. Aug. 27 and Sept. 3 are rain dates for previously canceled performances that can be scheduled if needed.
First responders including VSP trooper save a life at Waterbury golf course
The quick actions and teamwork of community members and first responders from the Waterbury Ambulance Service and Vermont State Police saved the life of a woman who experienced a medical emergency at a Waterbury golf course earlier this summer. The incident occurred July 3 at the Blush Hill Country Club...
Vermont lifestyle lures biotech duo to buy lumber yard
EAST MIDDLEBURY — What do two 37-year-old friends do after successfully incubating and growing two successful biotechnology companies in the greater Boston area?. They become owner-operators of an established lumber business in East Middlebury, Vt., of course. Not exactly a script you’ll see play out in Forbes, but Andrew...
Founder and longtime director of Colchester’s Department of Public Works, Bryan Osborne, retires after 33 years
COLCHESTER — Bryan Osborne, who created Colchester’s Department of Public Works and directed it for over three decades, retired at the end of June after 33 years of service in the role. He visited Québec City with his partner last month, and hopes to do more traveling, but...
Women’s Soccer Begins 2024 Season on the Road at UConn
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont women's soccer team kicks off their 2024 campaign on Saturday night (Aug. 17) as they cross enemy lines to play UConn at 7 p.m. on UConn+ at Morrone Stadium in Storrs, Connecticut. RELATED LINKS. Saturday at UConn: Live Stats | Live Video | Tickets.
Bellows Falls man nabbed for 3 bank robberies in 2 days
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A Bellows Falls man faces federal charges after authorities say he pulled off three bank robberies in two days. According to court documents, Stephen Loewe, 42, walked into the M&T Bank in Springfield Tuesday morning and demanded cash. Later that afternoon, he went to the Claremont Savings Bank in Springfield and handed the teller a note demanding $500. He then stole a car from a gas station.
Missing a world record by a nose: Not quite enough dogs see documentary in Middlebury
More than 200 dogs attended a screening in Middlebury last weekend of the new Netflix documentary “Inside the Mind of a Dog.” That’s a lot of dogs, period, let alone dogs attending a movie. But it still wasn’t quite as many dogs as organizers of the screening had hoped for. ...
Tickets on sale for Green Mountain Aviation Field Days at KBTV
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont — Tickets are on sale for Green Mountain Aviation Field Days, slated for Sept. 14-15, 2024, at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (KBTV). Presented by the Vermont Aviators Association, Green Mountain Aviation (GMA) Field Days will celebrate the “Past, Present and Future of Aviation.”. Festivities...
Encampment closure sparks protest on Montpelier City Hall steps
After being evicted from the Country Club Road encampment, one Montpelier resident has organized a protest to call for safe camping sites for the city’s unhoused community. Read the story on VTDigger here: Encampment closure sparks protest on Montpelier City Hall steps .
Vermont’s Olympic rugby star returns home to cheering fans
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - U.S. women’s rugby star Ilona Maher returned to Burlington Thursday after her team won a first-ever medal at the Olympics in Paris. It was all smiles as bronze medal-winning Ilona Maher greeted cheering fans at the Burlington airport. “This is my hometown, this where I...
Message to the community from the Mountain Valley Health Council Board
LONDONDERRY, Vt. – For 46 years, the Mountain Valley Health Council Board of Directors has focused its efforts on first building, then operating, the Mountain Valley Health Center in Londonderry. In 2014, the board recognized that small, independent rural health centers were no longer a financially viable, sustainable model. A realignment took place when operations of the Mountain Valley Health Center were turned over to what is now North Star Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center with five health centers, two dental centers, a vision center, a community health team, and school-based services in the Springfield area.
Main Street construction causing major impacts for Winooski businesses in a short period
WINOOSKI, Vt. — The city of Winooski is still in the early phases of a three-year construction project that will improve the road along the Main Street corridor. The Main Street Revitalization Project is focusing on replacing 100-year-old sewer and water utilities. It's also improving the lanes for pedestrians...
Badger state represented at national Best Warrior Competition
The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Spc. Tevin Kenton, a member of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry Regiment, was among 14 Soldiers representing the best of the National Guard at the national Best Warrior Competition Aug. 4-8 at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont. The Best Warrior Competition...
Weston Theater Company presents “The Porch on Windy Hill”
WESTON, Vt. – Escape to the mountains of Appalachia in a new play with old music, “The Porch on Windy Hill,” playing at Walker Farm from Aug. 22 – Sept. 1. With gloriously authentic old time and Bluegrass music, this heartwarming and uplifting new play tells the contemporary tale of a family reuniting against great odds. A young, biracial Korean American violinist and her boyfriend leave the confines of New York City for the freedom of the North Carolina mountains, where the music of Appalachia offers the inspiration they’re searching for. When they come upon her old family home and the estranged grandfather she’s tried to forget, old hurts and new joy reveal themselves through the music that binds us all together.
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