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Devin Colman in front of his favorite midcentury house in Burlington On January 24, the preservation experts of seven northeastern states, including Pennsylvania and New York, convened for a webinar on historic barns, hosted by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. One of the three invited guest speakers was Tom Visser, professor and director of the master's of science program in historic preservation at the University of Vermont. In the subsequent breakout session for Vermont, the main speakers, Vermont state architectural historian Devin Col...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — When passing residents peer into the store-level windows of the historic Putnam Block buildings, the unfinished look they sometimes see might be misleading. The $31 million first phase of the Putnam Block project — to renovate the former Hotel Putnam, the old Courthouse building and the Winslow Building for new retail and residential space — is essentially complete, according to Bill Colvin, point-person for the development group overseeing the three-phase project. “The Phase 1 contract with [project constr...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine On February 1, two community members set out to raise $500,000 in support for Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s (SVHC) project to reimagine the former Southern Vermont College campus by February 28. They called it The Grateful Bennington Fund.  “We started The Grateful Bennington Fund as a show of support and appreciation for SVHC’s good works in our community,” stated David Newell, whose idea sparked the concept. “We are in the final week of the time we have to get this done,” said Michael McKenna, the fund drive’s co-organizer. �...

BENNINGTON — Voters should have plenty of information to make their decisions, after candidates for three open seats on the Bennington Select Board provided multiple answers and comments regarding town

To the Editor: The acquisition of Southern Vermont College’s (SVC) campus by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is an important turn of events for Bennington and its residents. The fund