Bennington

Marker for Caesar, a slave from 1750. Markers are meant to serve as recognition of America’s history in new project.

Recognizing history

BENNINGTON - The Stopping Stones project is a national effort intended to engage communities with the local and broader history of slavery by memorializing the names of enslaved persons with markers in the places they were once held. The organization works toward repairing inequality in education...

Bennington College students can’t wait to welcome prospective students at their upcoming fall open house.

Fall open house at Bennington College

BENNINGTON - Bennington College will host a fall open house Saturday, October 30, from 10 am to 3 pm at Cricket Hill Barn. This event will include an informal Q&A with faculty and current students, a financial aid workshop, campus tours - including a tour of secret spots around campus - and a...

Revised House districts would change representation

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Residents of Deerfield Valley towns could see some changes in the configuration of their House districts under an apportionment map proposed by the Vermont Legislative Apportionment Board.
The proposed districts were recently released to boards of civil authority,...

College hosting poetry readings

BENNINGTON - Poetry at Bennington will continue Wednesday, October 27, with Sandra Lim and Ladan Osman, who will read from their poetry.
Lim is the author of three books of poetry, including the Louise Glück for the Barnard Women Poets Prize winner “The Wilderness.” Her poems have appeared...

College accepting young writers’ applications

BENNINGTON - Bennington College is now accepting submissions from high school students nationwide for its 2021 to 2022 Young Writers Awards.
This annual competition, which accepts entries in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, is free to enter and open to all students in ninth, 10th, 11th,...

State announces tax credits for rehab, revitalization downtown projects

SOUTHERN VERMONT - Gov. Phil Scott announced on Thursday, September 30, funding to support 28 rehabilitation and revitalization projects in 22 designated downtown and village centers, including projects in Bennington, Brattleboro, and Guilford.
In 2021, $3.6 million in tax credits will...

Craft talk

BENNINGTON - Poetry at Bennington will continue Wednesday, October 6, with Justin Phillip Reed, who will read his poetry over Zoom, from 7 to 8:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Reed will also host a virtual “craft talk” earlier that day from 3 to 4 pm. For more information on...

NYT poetry critic to visit college

BENNINGTON - The Robert Frost Stone House Museum at Bennington College, in partnership with the Bennington Museum, presents an evening with The New York Times Book Review poetry critic David Orr on Friday, September 24, from 7 to 8:30 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center at the Bennington...

Free admission to food truck festival

BENNINGTON - Saturday, September 18, from 11 am to 6 pm, is Bennington’s annual food truck festival. Food trucks and vendors from Vermont and beyond will be serving a wide variety of dishes, such as Thai, Jamaican, comfort foods, classic treats, unique sandwiches, maple items, desserts, BBQ,...

Synagogue holding donation drive for Haiti

BENNINGTON - Congregation Beth El is launching a campaign to gather medical items, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and new clothing items like T-shirts and underpants. They will be shipped to Haiti after Yom Kippur.
Bring these to the synagogue anytime between now and Yom Kippur. If...