Bennington

Harold I. Rice

Harold I. Rice

BENNINGTON - Harold I. Rice, 88, a longtime resident of Wilmington, died peacefully at the Vermont Veterans Home on Thursday, July 22. The son of Merton and Marjorie (Williams) Rice, he was born in Wilmington on September 17, 1932. He grew up in Searsburg where he attended elementary school. He...

Oldcastle one-woman production

BENNINGTON - Oldcastle Theatre Company’s 49th season continues with “Shakespeare’s Will,” Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen’s one-woman show about the wife of William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway.
The production will run from August 6 to 15. Immediately following the 2 pm show on August 7...

Plan now for theater auditions

BENNINGTON - Auditions for Bennington Community Theater’s production of “The Haunting of Hill House” will be held on Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29, from 1 to 4 pm at the Second Congregational Church, 115 Hillside Street. For more information visit bpacvt.org.

Bennington Union soldier memorial, featuring a plaque by a local sculptor.

Museum will use grant to restore Civil War monument

BENNINGTON - Bennington Museum has been awarded a grant of $3,000 from the Robert Fleming & Jane Howe Patrick Foundation to aid in the onsite restoration of an important Civil War memorial.
This historic marker stands on a rise in the ground directly in front of the museum. It features...

“Standoff” celebrated

NORTH BENNINGTON - Fun fact: six years before the Battle of Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys bravely made history there and, at the same time, the entity that became “Vermont” was born in Bennington. The history that happened in July 1771 will be celebrated in the same location on the 250th...

Congregation Beth El to reopen for in-person services

BENNINGTON - After 15 months, Congregation Beth El is opening its doors for the first Shabbat service on Saturday, June 26, at 10 am. A kiddush to celebrate the reopening will follow immediately after the service in the social hall. They are hoping to see some new faces to share the joy of once...

Gov. Phil Scott

Virus rates still high in state’s southwest corner

MONTPELIER- COVID-19 cases in Bennington County, and now Rutland County, continue to outpace the rest of the state, according to officials at Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing.
Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak said the number of new cases and hospitalizations is...

Dr. Mark Levine at a recent briefing

Bennington County now seeing high COVID count

MONTPELIER- According to state officials, Bennington County continues to see elevated COVID-19 case counts, even as national, regional, and statewide trends continue to show improvement.
Although the number of COVID-19 cases and positivity rates around the state and region have fallen...

Bennington County Senate candidate Meg Hansen, of Manchester

Bennington County Senate candidate Meg Hansen, of Manchester

Decision 2020: Bennington County Senate candidate Meg Hansen

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley News asked candidates in the Bennington Senate district race to respond to seven questions on local and statewide issues. Here are our questions, and their answers.
Note: This Q&A was compiled by DVN intern Rory Sweeting, a first-year student at...

Sen. Brian Campion, of Bennington

Decision 2020: Bennington County Senate candidate Brian Campion

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The Deerfield Valley News asked candidates in the Bennington Senate district race to respond to seven questions on local and statewide issues. Here are our questions, and their answers.
Note: This Q&A was compiled by DVN intern Rory Sweeting, a first-year student at...