BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
Eyebrows were raised around the country in January when Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted the bulk of his State of the State address to what he called a “heroin epidemic” that affected people in every corner of Vermont. National press attention soon followed - not all of it positive. In a New York Times article on March 5, Vermont State Police Senior Trooper Wayne Godfrey described rampant drug use at Bennington's Mount Anthony Union High School, prompting outrage at the characterization...
Join the celebration of the longest day of the year, the first day of summer, and Simba's 25th anniversary at the Simba Silver Summer Solstice Dance Party Extravaganza on Saturday, June 21. The event starts at 8 p.m. at Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center. In 1989, the band started by playing a benefit on the Brattleboro Common to shut down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. They called themselves the No Nukes Band, and that group became Simba. Twenty-five years...
As defined in state statutes, “'Emergency medical services' means an integrated system of personnel, equipment, communication, and services to provide emergency medical treatment” (emphasis added). Rescue Inc. is an integrated system of personnel, equipment, communication, and services to provide emergency medical treatment. Rescue Inc. delivers basic and advanced emergency life support, basic and critical-care transport, stand-by services at public events, a technical rescue team, child safety seat installations and inspections, and Covid-19 vaccinations throughout Vermont EMS District 13, plus Stratton...
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