MONTPELIER - The Legislature and Gov. Scott expanded a program to provide more Vermonters with a debt-free college degree. Managed by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation in partnership with Community College of Vermont, 802Opportunity increases higher education access for Vermont families...
LEWISTON, ME - Anna Davis, of Bondville, VT, has been named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester, ending in April. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher.
BOSTON- The following students have been named to the Emerson College dean’s list for the spring semester: Carly Gallivan, of West Dover, VT, majoring in communication studies; Jamie Jarvis-Stores, of Putney, VT, majoring in media arts production; and Ella Korson, of East Dummerston, VT, ...
Wilmington Historical Society
Passport challenge launches this July 4th weekend
WILMINGTON - This weekend kicks off a new season at the Historical Society of Wilmington. As part of its programming this summer, the historical society will be part of a “Historical Society Passport Challenge,” an effort...
Gov. Phil Scott signed H.454 at a Statehouse ceremony Tuesday. Facebook
H.454 comes with much fanfare, much work ahead
MONTPELIER- Surrounded by legislators and others involved in the passage of the bill, Gov. Phil Scott signed H.454 into law Tuesday, in a ceremony at the Vermont Statehouse.
The bill, which will significantly alter...
DOVER- Selectboard members approved a plan for a temporary bridge repair, and voted to sell old town equipment, and protect new town equipment.
Road Commissioner Travis Briggs presented the board with quotes from three Vermont construction companies for the repair of a bridge on Blue...
MONTPELIER - Recently the Green Mountain Care Board received the 2026 individual and small group health insurance premium rate filings from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP Health Plan. The filings will be posted on the GMCB’s rate review website at https://ratereview.vermont.gov. ...
Hermitage Club manager Bill Benneyan recalls time at the helm
WILMINGTON- The Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain recently announced that Bill Benneyan, who has led the member-owned club over the last five years, will be leaving this position as executive director and general...
DOVER - At its meeting on Monday, June 16, the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board finalized the makeup and charge for two committees that will study consequential issues in the district, including curriculum and consolidation. The board will not hold meetings in July in...
Windham-2 Rep. Laura Sibilia
DOVER- The 2025 legislative session marked Windham-2 Rep. Laura Sibilia’s 10th year representing her district in the Vermont Legislature.
As was the case during Sibilia’s first term in 2015, when the Legislature passed Act 46, education reform has taken up much of the focus of the 2025...