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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — On Friday, April 2, Bennington Museum will reopen after a three-month winter hiatus. Spring hours of operation will be Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum library will be open to visitors, free of charge, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays. "I am very excited about the opening of the Bennington Museum 2021 season," interim director David Pilachowski said in a release. "We have been hard at work preparing an outstanding series of exhibits and programs that you will not want to miss." The cur...

The Mountain Times By Amanda Gokee/VTDigger A eugenics survey in Vermont sought to “breed a better Vermonter” by sterilizing and institutionalizing Indigenous people, French-Canadians, and people who were mixed-race, poor or disabled. Ninety years after the 1931 survey got underway, lawmakers are proposing an official apology for the state-supported program that tore families apart. Abenaki people in Vermont say the ripple effects of the eugenics movement are still felt today and an apology from the state is an important step in repairing the relationship. “You have to at least acknowl...