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The first day of school at Twin Valley Middle High School was pushed back by three days to give teachers and administrators more time for planning and training. The preparations were delayed by major construction and renovation at the school, which wasn’t...
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Poncho’s Wreck restaurant was a landmark on South Main Street in Wilmington for many years. Fifty years ago this week the restaurant was offering “free Mexican jumping beans” to children. File photo
ELMIRA, NY - Elmira College announced this year’s recipients of its annual Key Award.
The award is presented to outstanding students in their junior year of high school.
Meredith Lewis, of Brattleboro, VT and Jack Cady, of East Dover, VT, received the award.
Recipients...
The award is presented to outstanding students in their junior year of high school.
Meredith Lewis, of Brattleboro, VT and Jack Cady, of East Dover, VT, received the award.
Recipients...
Claudette Hollenbeck
In the children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” all the critters live in the barn: Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, the geese, etc. Only the rat, Templeton, lives outside the circle of barn friends. When he is asked to help he invariably asks, “What’s in it for me?” He is the conflict and...
Maureen Velsor, center.
BRATTLEBORO - Neighborhood Schoolhouse, a small nature-based school founded in Brattleboro in 1980, welcomes Maureen Velsor to the role of program director. Velsor has been caring for children for 15 years as a babysitter, in-home nanny, teacher, and ski instructor at Stratton Mountain. She first...
WORCESTER, MA - The following residents were named to Clark University’s spring 2024 dean’s list:
Lydia Hazzard-Leal, of Brattleboro, VT, was named to first honors.
Tori D. MacKay, of South Newfane, VT, was named to second honors.
Lydia Hazzard-Leal, of Brattleboro, VT, was named to first honors.
Tori D. MacKay, of South Newfane, VT, was named to second honors.
By Deborah J. Benoit
Extension Master Gardener
University of Vermont
VERMONT - When someone mentions wildflowers, what comes to mind? Daisies? Black-eyed Susans?
They’re as familiar as the summer days of childhood, so well-loved that they’re often picked for...
Extension Master Gardener
University of Vermont
VERMONT - When someone mentions wildflowers, what comes to mind? Daisies? Black-eyed Susans?
They’re as familiar as the summer days of childhood, so well-loved that they’re often picked for...
One-Minute Book Reviews Laura Stevenson
“Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem, and Magic”
Rob Mermin
Rootstock Publishing, 2024. Rob Mermin, known today as the charismatic founder of Circus Smirkus, grew up in a large family of successful professional people—and ran away to join a...
Katrina Menard
VERMONT - Katrina Menard has been selected as the state policy fellow for Vermont. The state policy fellowship program, sponsored by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, DC, is a research-focused fellowship dedicated to making change through careful research, thoughtful...
MEDFORD, MA - Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.
Zoee Blossom, class of 2024, of Saxtons River, VT.
Will Taggard, class of 2026, of...
Zoee Blossom, class of 2024, of Saxtons River, VT.
Will Taggard, class of 2026, of...
VERMONT - NPR is joining Vermont Public and the other members of the New England News Collaborative to establish a regional newsroom that boosts their joint ability to deliver multimedia journalism that helps people engage more meaningfully in their communities.
The move builds on...
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