Southern Vermont

Parts of southern Vermont could see two feet of snow by the time this week’s slow-moving storm wraps up Tuesday. The towns reporting the highest totals were through the Route 9 corridor and along the Massachusetts border, including Readsboro, Woodford, and Wilmington.

A private boarding school in New Hampshire has made a bid to buy a closed Vermont college. The Bennington Banner reports that the head of Oliverian School in Pike, New Hampshire, and the board chairman of the former Southern Vermont College, confirmed Friday that that the private school has offered $4.9 million for the 371-campus and buildings in Bennington.

Following the closure of three small Vermont colleges in 2019, a new plan is emerging to transform one of those campuses for future use. When the College of St. Joseph told its roughly 200 students it would close after its May graduation, having lost accreditation because it was so cash-strapped, many around Rutland wondered what would happen to its 117-acre campus.

Vermont saw three small colleges close this year, chiefly due to financial problems, but a new proposal would transform one of those campuses for future use.

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A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for two counties in Maine and New Hampshire on Saturday evening as storms rolled through New England. Alerts were issued for Southern York County in southwestern Maine and Central Stafford County in central New Hampshire until 6:15 p.m.

The owners of a store in Vermont were recently surprised when a naked man walked in to make a purchase.

A southern Vermont business had quite a shock this week when a naked customer walked in. A Bennington store called Bringing You Vermont provided video to necn and NBC10 Boston’s Vermont affiliate, NBC 5 News, which showed the man inside the business. In the video, the man is seen holding glasses in one hand and a wallet in the other....

State wildlife officials in Vermont are urging people to never feed bears while they’re hiking or camping this summer, after wardens put down an animal that ransacked property and charged at a hiker. A 175-pound adult black bear, a male, was put down by Vermont’s Fish & Wildlife Department wardens Friday when they say it had become too accustomed to...

Wednesday evening: Mostly cloudy. Highs around 70. Wednesday night: Mainly cloudy, patchy fog. Spot shower. Lows in the 50s and 60s. Thursday: Rain returns, especially during the afternoon. Highs around 70.

Rain continues to move into New England Sunday, especially in Southern New Hampshire and Southern Vermont as well as areas along the Massachusetts Turnpike. These on-and-off showers will interrupt your outdoor plans with dad, but it will certainly not be a washout. Rainfall totals will range between a quarter inch to three quarters of an inch, so it could lead...

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers. Breezy and muggy. Highs in the 70s. Sunday Night: Showers end, slow clearing. Lows in the 50s and 60s. Monday: A mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the 70s to around 80. Cape Cod: Sunday: Mostly cloudy, spotty shower. Breezy and muggy. Highs in the 70s. Sunday Night: A few showers, then clearing. Lows…

Saturday is the pick of the weekend across New England, with warm and windy conditions. Most of us will enjoy lots of sunshine with highs around 80 and low humidity. Even the beaches will be near 80 thanks to the strong southwest wind. Waves offshore will be 2-4 feet, in case you want to take the boat out. A few...

Saturday: Partly cloudy and windy. Highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. Saturday Night: Clouds increase, spot shower. Lows in the 50s and 60s. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, breezy. Bit humid. Scattered showers or a storm. Highs in the 70s. Cape Cod: Saturday: Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the 70s. Saturday Night: Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows around 60....

Saturday is the pick of the weekend across New England, with warm and windy conditions. Most of us will enjoy lots of sunshine with highs around 80 and low humidity. Even the beaches will be near 80 thanks to the strong southwest wind. Waves offshore will be 2-4 feet, in case you want to take the boat out. A few...

A youth baseball field in Vermont’s Windsor County, which was modeled after Fenway Park in Boston, is rebuilding following damaging flash flooding last week. Runaway water from the Black River, swollen by heavy rain and melting snow at the time, washed out the clay from the base paths, dumped silt in center field, left debris everywhere, and knocked down a...

A suspect being sought in two states for allegedly shooting and killing two people has been found dead, authorities announced Friday. New Hampshire State Police said they were looking for Derrick Shippee, 28, in connection with the murders of 29-year-old Neal Bolster and 19-year-old Aaliyah Jacobs in Hinsdale, near the Vermont border.

Police in two states are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man suspected of shooting and killing two people in New Hampshire near the Vermont border. State police said they are looking for Derrick Shippee, 28, in connection with the murders of 29-year-old Neal Bolster and 19-year-old Aaliyah Jacobs in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

College officials say Southern Vermont College in Bennington will close at the end of the spring semester because of a decline in enrollment and related debt issues facing other small schools in the Northeast. The Bennington Banner reports that college officials were holding a series of meetings Monday to announce the closure.

A Massachusetts man has died in a snowmobile crash in southern Vermont. Winhall police say 48-year-old Steven Jenks of Shelburne, Massachusetts, was traveling with a group of snowmobilers Tuesday evening when he lost control of his snowmobile, went off the trail and hit a tree.