The Bennington Banner

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.

A Vermont college plans to provide free lunch to local children in the summer as the state grapples with food insecurity.

Police say someone broke a window and drew racist graffiti at a Vermont theater company building.

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.

The Bennington Select Board has unanimously voted to eliminate ordinances prohibiting panhandling.

A Vermont woman who prosecutors say ran an illegal drug operation with her husband won’t serve jail time after pleading guilty to two felony charges.