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Charleston Firefighter Dies After Losing Control of Firetruck
Charleston, Vt. – Town of Charleston Volunteer Fire Department tanker/pumper truck crashed on Dane Hill Road in the Town of Charleston while returning from a fire call, Sunday, August 30. The operator of the vehicle was volunteer fire fighter Kenneth Frizzell Jr., age 55, of Charleston. Frizzell, according [...]
Vermont Soldier’s Funeral in St. Johnsbury for 2nd Lt. Joseph Fortin
St. Johnsbury, Vt. - Many family members, friends, and soldiers who knew 2nd Lt. Joseph Fortin, gathered at St. Johnsbury Academy’s Alumni Memorial Gymnasium and said a tearful goodbye Monday to a Vermonter who gave his life while serving his country in Iraq last week.
Fortin, 22, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., died August [...]
Burlington, Vt. – Jim Banicki, master luthier for Vermont Violins & The Burlington Violin Shop, works on vintage violins and shows one replica of a circa 1700’s J.B. Guadagnini violin that he built. Jim Banicki, graduated from the Chicago School of Violin Making in 1985. He went on to work in the workshops of both [...]
South Hero, Vt. – The excitement of the adrenaline-filled sport of kite sailing is captured in this image by Rob Swanson this past weekend in Vermont’s Lake Champlain Island town of South Hero, Vt.
-Vermont Daily News
Essex Junction, Vt. - Fifteen minutes before Chicago was set to perform, the sky cleared and the rain stopped. The band took the stage and the sunset lit the sky with color. Doug Murphy and Mary Lou Lorenz of Tunbridge, Vt., had travelled across Vermont to see the concert. Arriving a full hour before the concert [...]
Vergennes Day was Cooking Despite Downpour
Vergennes, Vt. - Rain and gray skies didn’t cool the enthusiasm for people attending the Vergennes Day celebration, Saturday, August 29. A line-up for the hot grilled chicken served up by the Lions Club of Vergennes stretched down the sidewalk for a block at times. L.C. Jazz band with musicians from [...]
Queens College defeats St. Michael’s Women’s Soccer in Doubletree Classic
Colchester, Vt. – In the final game of the tournament, Queens College took the lead three minutes into the game when junior Andrea Slaven (Floral Park, N.Y.) got control of a deflected ball in front of the net, edging it past Purple Knights freshman Brittany CoCozza (Cranston, [...]
Men’s Soccer Blanks Queens, 1-0, To Win DoubleTree Kickoff Classic
COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael’s College men’s soccer team scored a key late-game goal for the second straight day on Saturday to win the DoubleTree Kickoff Classic on Doc Jacobs Field. In the opener, Merrimack College and Concordia University of Montreal played to a 2-2 tie, [...]
Champlain College Picked as One of America’s “Top Up-and-Coming Schools” in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges.”
Burlington, Vt. – Students gathered outside Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., Friday, August 28, for orientation where five hundred and fifty new freshman began moving into their residence halls, meeting roommates, sorting out class schedules and discovering their new home for the [...]
UVM Falls to #14 Ranked Boston College in Field Hockey, 3-0
Burlington, Vt. – Boston College, ranked 14th, broke open a scoreless tie midway through the second half with three goals in just over a seven minute span to top the University of Vermont field hockey team, 3-0 in the season opener for both squads on [...]
