Ripton
Ripton, VT · Education
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Johnson's five TD passes power PHS to 49-28 win
SARANAC | Colden Johnson threw for 270 yards and five touchdowns in his return to the lineup as Plattsburgh High defeated Saranac 49-28 Oct. 3 in CVAC football. Johnson, who sustained a game-ending lower-body injury against Peru in Week 3 and missed the Hornets’ loss to Beekmantown the following week, completed 14 of 24 passes.
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Boquet Valley CSD launches outdoor Story Walk
Boquet Valley CSD-Lake View Campus recently launched its new Story Walk. WESTPORT | We all know the question, but debate the answer: “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” In this case, the story begins with a chicken — three, in fact. The story is “Sonya’s...
miltonindependent.com
School district merger committee, including Colchester, Milton and Champlain Islands, meets for first time
COLCHESTER — The Group 19 merger committee discussed fair representation at its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Colchester High School. Representatives from the school districts in Colchester, Milton, Champlain Islands Unified School District, South Hero and Alburgh convened in accordance with Act 170, which requires all school districts to send a school board member to participate in regional merger studies with neighboring districts.
adirondackexplorer.org
North Country Community College launches second health worker training
North Country Community College is launching a second session of its Community Health Worker Training Program following the successful completion of the program’s inaugural cohort this summer. The next 10-week session begins Oct. 12 and will be offered fully online, with classes meeting Mondays from 6 to 8:40 p.m....
colchestersun.com
School district merger committee, including Colchester, Milton and Champlain Islands, meets for first time
COLCHESTER — The Group 19 merger committee discussed fair representation at its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Colchester High School. Representatives from the school districts in Colchester, Milton, Champlain Islands Unified School District, South Hero and Alburgh convened in accordance with Act 170, which requires all school districts to send a school board member to participate in regional merger studies with neighboring districts.
suncommunitynews.com
CV-TEC unveils new Career and Technical Education Center
CV-TEC Welding young professionals Lauren St. Pierre and Rowan Brunet cut a steel band to officially open their new Career and Technical Education Center. PLATTSBURGH | Facing the entire CV-TEC morning student body of about 350 young professionals, two Welding program peers lit their cutting torch and sliced through a steel ribbon.
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CVAC volleyball: PHS milestones shine; Saranac Lake outlasts Peru
PLATTSBURGH | Plattsburgh High survived a five-set battle with Saranac on a milestone night for Marlie Walker and Olivia Lathrop, while Saranac Lake outlasted Peru in five sets and Lake Placid swept Northern Adirondack in CVAC volleyball Thursday. PLATTSBURGH HIGH 3. SARANAC 2. PLATTSBURGH | Plattsburgh High won the first...
WCAX
Champlain College introduces new tuition commitment to cap costs
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Beginning with students enrolling in fall 2027, Champlain College will match first-year tuition and fees for Vermont students to UVM’s in-state rate. That’s through the Champlain Flagship Award. Students enrolling at the University of Vermont in 2027 who hail from any New England states...
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Notice to Bidders Capital Outlay
The Boquet Valley Central School District invites the submission of Sealed Bid Proposals to furnish materials and labor to complete the. all in accordance with the plans and specifications. This work is to be bid under SINGLE PRIME CONTRACT system, in accordance with the Wicks Law Reform, covering the work...
Middlebury Campus
Hegseth severs ties with Middlebury College
Beginning in September 2026, the Department of Defense banned members of the U.S. military from pursuing Senior Service College (SSC) Fellowships at Middlebury College. The move came amid growing concern among Pentagon officials about “indoctrination” of service members and “wokeness” in certain higher education institutions — Middlebury included.
vermontbiz.com
Champlain College introduces tuition commitment for Fall 2027, capping costs
Champlain will match UVM’s in-state rate for first-year Vermont students and cap tuition and fees at $30,000 for out-of-state students. Vermont Business Magazine Champlain College today announced a new tuition commitment for incoming first-year and transfer on-campus students enrolling in Fall 2027, providing families with greater certainty about the cost of a Champlain education and reinforcing the College's commitment to accessibility, affordability, and student success.
The Valley Reporter
Cut staff, programs or close a school
In the first full preview of the budget needed to run schools for the 2027-28 school year, Harwood Unified Union School District board members have gotten the bad news – and more bad news. District finance director Lisa Estler’s sweeping 50-slide presentation to the school board Sept. 24, uses...
adirondackexplorer.org
Students join effort to restore Follensby Clear Pond
Marley Tracy-Deuss, a senior at Northwood School, tucked the plants into their pots of stone, soil and silty lake sediment from Follensby Clear Pond—a healthy stock of around 200 native Vallisneria americana, or wild celery, ready for a long winter. If all goes to plan, those plants, destined to...
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UVM students call for accountability following drink spiking warning
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - University of Vermont students are expressing alarm and demanding greater accountability following a campus police alert warning of multiple drink-spiking incidents at off-campus locations. UVM Police issued a security alert Wednesday, and sources say officers are investigating three or four incidents of spiked drinks. Authorities are...
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Jones Architecture Joins Norwich University’s Cyber Fusion Center Ribbon Cutting
Northfield, VT — Jones Architecture joined Norwich University in celebrating the opening of the new Cyber Fusion Research and Development Center, a 13,000sf facility designed to bring cybersecurity, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, research and multidisciplinary collaboration together under one roof. The center was funded through $16.4 million in congressional-directed...