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BENNINGTON â Kailynn Crossâ resolution for the New Year is to read half the contents of her bookshelf. This is equivalent to about a hundred books â almost twice what she read last year.
The 13-year-old Benningtonian is off to a great start. Within the first week of this year, she finished reading five books. She wasnât able to accomplish that resolution in 2020, so sheâs trying again. She plans to reread her favorites as well as newer books.
âIâve never not liked reading,â she said. âI read all the time.â
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BENNINGTON â The town and the Berkshire Family YMCA, which operates the town Recreation Center, are considering a plan to lease space at the former Bennington High School â including the gymnasium and nearby rooms.
Negotiations are underway with the owner, Christopher Gilbert of Red Hook, N.Y., and Dorset, who purchased the vacant and deteriorating former high school on Main Street in March, officials said, while providing the Select Board with a presentation Monday on prospects for use of the gym and other indoor space for recreation.
After purchasing the vacant school building at 650 Main St. for $146,000 through his Benn High, LLC, Gilbert, a developer of homes in the Hudson Valley, N.Y., area, said he also has renovated a former mill and other structures for mixed reuse. He said he planned something similar with the former high school and later middle school, which dates to 1913 and includes additions constructed
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BENNINGTON â In a darkened room at the Mount Anthony Union Middle School a week before Christmas, math teacher James Caswell was trying to teach his seventh-grade students how to figure out the slope of a line.
It was 9 a.m., first block, and with the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Unionâs hybrid learning plan, only seven students were in the classroom in person. It was the Blue teamâs day in person, and they were completely spread out, at least 6 feet apart, with each student wearing a mask.
Caswell also wore a mask, but he has a booming voice, easily understood through the cloth covering. It was very quiet â partially because it was the first class of the day â but also because school in the time of coronavirus is difficult for everyone: students, staff and especially teachers.