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Four students awarded scholarships

NEWFANE - The Moore Free Library of Newfane announces that four graduating seniors from Leland & Gray Union High School were each recently awarded $3,000 Robert L. Crowell scholarships.
This year’s recipients were Matthew Emerson, of Newfane; Lily Dutton, of Brookline; Riley Barton, of...

Student News: July academic accomplishments

Beal makes dean’s list
WORCESTER, MA - Gabrielle Beal, of Wilmington, VT, has been named to the College of the Holy Cross spring 2021 dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify, students must pass...

Walk-in vaccination clinics this weekend

MONTPELIER - Gov. Phil Scott announced a series of new pop-up walk-in vaccination clinics across Vermont. In addition to these locations, the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Express Care will continue to offer daily vaccinations during their regular operating hours.
Three clinics will...

Community wetland mapping project underway

VERMONT - The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation invites people to take part in a new statewide community mapping project to improve state maps of where wetlands occur. People can submit observations of the wetland species they find by using the free iNaturalist website or phone app...

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.

One-Minute Book Reviews: A memoir of Vermont and a bee picture book, both for gardeners

“The Last Garden”
Liza Ketchum
Shires Press, 2021. “Begin with a Bee”
Liza Ketchum, Jaqueline Briggs Martin, Phyllis Root; Claudia McGhee, illustrator
University of Minnesota Press, 2021. When Liza Ketchum and her husband bought a...

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...

Web series drills into sugaring

BURLINGTON - A free webinar series offered through University of Vermont Extension covers a broad array of topics of interest to maple producers, from maple production and forestry practices to business management.
Seven online sessions will be held from late July to October. Presenters...

Practicing train track safety

VERMONT - The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) and Operation Lifesaver of Vermont (OLVT) report that trespassing on or near railroad tracks in Vermont has increased since the suspension of Amtrak services in March 2020. With Amtrak trains now back in Vermont, Vermonters are reminded that it...

Live music performances from the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club Garden and Live Music event. Clockwise from upper left: Trumpet Andy (Andrew Pesner), Alex Hutchinson, Logan Boyd, Kevin Parry, and Jill Sachs.

Garden, music tour a success

DEERFIELD VALLEY - The Deerfield Valley Rotary Club held its second annual Garden and Live Music event on Friday, July 17, raising roughly $10,000 to help the local community. Ticketholders saw the gardens of six area homeowners, while listening to live musicians who donated their time and...