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Get Your Car Detailed In The Upper Valley
If your spring cleaning is done, or even if you’re behind, one place you may have overlooked is your car. There are many places in the Upper Valley that offer car detailing services. Pellerin Automotive. Located in Enfield, NH, Pellerin Automotive offers detailing services in addition to repairs and...
New England auto mogul funds grants for school music programs
Gov. Phil Scott paid a visit to the West Rutland School Wednesday, and brought with him the gift of music, or at least the funding for it. The Governor was joined by Subaru of New England Ernie Boch Jr., who was a musician before making his fortune in the auto industry. He is an advocate for music education, and is awarding grants to music programs at Vermont schools through his Music Drives Us foundation.
Hartland board to propose new vendors’ ordinance
The Hartland Select Board refined a proposed new Vendors’ Ordinance to replace the original that’s been in effect since 1996. According to Town Manager John Broker-Campbell, “There are minor changes which will hopefully help to clear up any confusion or ambiguity on the applicability of the ordinance.”
Strawberry season underway at local farms
THETFORD, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s a sure sign that summer is right around the corner -- strawberries are ripe for the picking at a farm near you. Pick your own strawberries kicked off Tuesday at the Cedar Circle Farm in Thetford. Geneva Kearns and her daughters are visiting from...
New initiative aims to help LGBTQ business owners network
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A new initiative is aimed at helping LGBTQ business owners and entrepreneurs succeed. The Vermont Pride and Prosperity Network is a collaboration between several organizations including the Pride Center of Vermont, the Small Business Administration, and the Vermont Treasurer’s Office. The goal is to provide education, connection, and celebration. It is being supported by the M&T Charitable Foundation with a funding commitment of $225,000 over three years.
Killington road work extends into Saturday morning
Drilling and blasting will continue this week at the intersection of Route 4 and Killington Road in Killington. A detour remains in place via West Hill Road. As the project approaches the scheduled end date of July 8, work to haul out rock will occur on Saturdays till about noon time going forward, Markowski Excavating, Inc. explained.
A jet missing since 1971 was found submerged in Vermont's Lake Champlain
Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. (AP Video produced by Rodrique Ngowi.) Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. The corporate jet disappeared shortly after departing the Burlington airport for Providence, Rhode Island, on Jan. 27, 1971. Those aboard included two crew members and three employees of a Georgia development company Cousins...
Six Mt. Ascutney Hospital nurses and nursing assistants honored with 2024 DAISY Awards
Photo courtesy of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center: The Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center nominees and winners of the 2024 DAISY Awards. From left, Kathleen Meyer, Director of Nursing; Kimberly Rich, RN, CAPA; Amy Visser-Lynch, Chief Nursing Officer; Lily Burke, RN; Elaine Nestor, LNA; Ruth Doiron, RN; Brianna Henault, LPN; Winfield “Win” Brown, Interim CEO; missing, Katherine Flynn, LNA.
Scott vetoes tax increase proposal
(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed Vermont's annual property tax bill in response to double-digit increases proposed by the Democratic majority Legislature and is calling for relief for taxpayers. Lawmakers approved the so-called "yield" bill on Thursday that would result in an average statewide education property tax increase of nearly 14% next year. Scott sent it back to them, saying Vermonters can't afford a double-digit tax increase. He called on Democratic legislative leaders to come up with a new proposal that...
Old South Church listed on National Register of Historic Places
WINDSOR, Vt. – On March 29, Old South Church was listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places at the National Level of Significance by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The church will host an open house on Monday, June 17, beginning at...
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