Bennington

VNA & Hospice to provide training for volunteers

BENNINGTON - At the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region, volunteers play a critical role in enhancing the end-of-life experiences of people facing serious illness and their families. Volunteers represent all life experiences and are drawn to hospice for a variety of reasons but the...

Attendees at the 2019 in-person Vermont History Day competition, in Burlington.

Attendees at the 2019 in-person Vermont History Day competition, in Burlington.

Cash prize for history research competition

BENNINGTON - Vermont History Day is a research competition for all ages that encourages students to develop critical thinking skills through project-based learning and the study of history. Bennington Museum believes that learning about the region and contextualizing its people’s shared history...

Beth Wallace, the new chair of Shires Young Professionals, was named 40 Under 40 Rising Star’s class of 2021 by Vermont Business Magazine

Shires Young Professionals welcomes Beth Wallace as new chair, appoints two new board members

BENNINGTON - The Shires Young Professionals announces Beth Wallace as the new chair of the organization’s board. Wallace currently serves as the family and community partnership manager of United Counseling Service as well as the Bennington County Head Start/Early Head Start. She was recently...

Poems meet music in debut performance

BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will be a part of the weekend debut of “Unsaid Prayers - The Song Cycle,” based on poems by J.S. Lillie and composed by Nico Gutierrez, on Saturday, February 26, at 7:30 pm. As an introduction for the song cycle performance, BPAC will be hosting an...

February Break

Theater Camp BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will offer a fun, safe theater camp for kids age 5 to 11 years during the winter break from Monday, February 21, through Friday, February 25, from 10 am to noon.
Children will learn the basic techniques of...

Performers combine fun, laughter, and body-positivity

Gypsy Layne Cabaret brings extra spark to Valentine’s Day weekend

BENNINGTON - Guess who’s back? That’s right... Gypsy Layne Cabaret! It’s true, people’s favorite homegrown burlesque and cabaret troupe returns to the Bennington Performing Arts Center, totally ready and oh-so-willing to spark up Valentine’s Day weekend with a dazzling dose of body-positive...

From left to right: Ashley Andrews, AD, RN; Hannah Hill, BSN, RN; Katie Klebbe, BSN, RN; and Misty Roy, BSN, RN

Outstanding nurses recognized at SVMC

BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Health Care recently honored four nurses with DAISY Awards for extraordinary nurses. They are Ashley Andrews, AD, RN; and Hannah Hill, BSN, RN, both of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center emergency department; Katie Klebbe, BSN, RN, of the intensive care unit...

Children’s vaccination clinic hosted in Bennington

BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Health Care will host a special children’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 5- to 11-year-olds from 1 to 5 pm on Friday, January 28, at its COVID Resource Center, the gymnasium on the former Southern Vermont College campus at 982 Mansion Drive. No appointment is...

Celebration of Jewish music

BENNINGTON - Celebrate Jewish music with Pioneer Valley family and friends in a free online concert Saturday, January 29, at 6:30 pm.
The concert will feature music from Temple Beth El, Sinai Temple, Lander Grinspoon Academy, Congregation B’nai Israel, Temple Israel of Greenfield,...

“Meal Train” supports health care workers

BENNINGTON - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge the community and front line clinical teams and employees at Southwestern Vermont Health Care, the SVHC Foundation has heard many requests from members of the public regarding how they can help. In response to this outpouring of concern...