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Thank you, fans and community, for an unforgettable season!. We enjoyed every stop along this Express Train journey with you. There are so many amazing moments that occurred during this season, that if we wrote them all down we would be going on forever. Some highlights include the rebrand of...

REGION – With warmer temperatures comes the joy of jumping in the river, and the annual “Adopt-A-Swimminghole” campaign with the Black River Action Team (B.R.A.T.). Thanks to the ongoing generosity of local businesses, regular weekly sampling will be conducted on several popular swimming and recreation areas. Volunteers with the B.R.A.T. are trained to collect water samples every Wednesday morning between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which will be tested for E. coli bacteria at Endyne Labs in Hanover, N.H. Results are generated into simple charts by B.R.A.T., and are posted either on site or in the local town office. Results may also be viewed at www.connecticutriver.us/it-clean, so anyone can check the trend at their favorite cooling-off spot before visiting.

Twin Valley’s Lucky Lucchesi competed in the Southern Vermont League track and field championships Tuesday at Windsor High School. He finished ninth in the 1,500-meter run, 11th in the 800, and 18th in the javelin. Lucchesi will move on to the state championships in Manchester on Friday, June 2.

CHESTER, Vt. – After years of contentious debate over the use of “Chieftains” as the moniker of the Green Mountain Unified School District (GMUSD) sports teams, the school board’s most recent vote, at the May 18 meeting, ended in a tiebreaker. The board was split 5-5, which left it to recently appointed Board Chair Deb Brown to cast the deciding vote.