WILLIAMSVILLE-The passing of Rt. Rev. Thomas Clark Ely on Aug. 30 at age 73 has...
WINDHAM-The recent acquisition of several properties throughout town has led to a call for more...
BRATTLEBORO-After a week of contract negotiations, Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school bus drivers and...
BRATTLEBORO-Kerry Secrest has been a successful business person, a civic leader, and someone who never...
Forty years after they perished in the Star Hotel fire, firefighters Terry Brown and Dana Fuller are being remembered and honored as an ongoing drive seeks to finish the Brown-Fuller Memorial Park. Currently, two benches donated by the Lions' Club mark the site of the tragedy. “The two benches are a great start to a wonderful memorial; however, they do not tell the full story of that tragic night,” reads a fire department Facebook post. In early 2019, Chuck Wise...
On Aug. 19, the governor announced more money for an initial tranche of grants, announced at the start of July, which gave small businesses 10 percent of their revenue from 2019, up to $50,000. This is the collection of grants administered by the state Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) and the Vermont Department of Taxes. “Governor Phil Scott, ACCD, and the Department of Taxes today announced an increase to the maximum grant award for Economic Recovery Grants for...
Master piper, Dick Hensold, will be doing a solo performance at Wendy's on Tater Lane in Guilford on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The concert with multi-bagpiper Hensold features different types of quieter, indoor bagpipes. He is the leading Northumbrian smallpiper in North America, and for the past 20 years has performed and taught in England, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and across the United States. Northumbria was the kingdom that formerly encompassed northern England and southeastern Scotland. Hensold has released...
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