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SVC project deserves community’s support To the Editor: As residents of the Town of Bennington, we would like to express our appreciation to Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) for their purchase of the former Southern Vermont College (SVC) campus as well as the efforts of David of Newell and Michael McKenna in setting up “The Grateful Bennington Fund.” We appreciate the challenges of the decision for SVHC and know it was made for the “greater good” of the community and its residents. We and our families are grateful that the SVHC leadership and Board of Trustees ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A community fund drive will be conducted in February with the goal of raising $500,000 to assist in planning and implementing reuse and redevelopment efforts for the former Southern Vermont College campus and its buildings. David Newell, a member of the college’s board of trustees prior to its closure in 2019, and Michael McKenna, of D.B. McKenna & Co. financial advisors, proposed the idea to Southwestern Vermont Health Care, which acquired the campus through a bankruptcy auction in December. The SVHC Foundation, whi...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — For John Staley and Patti Love, the road to the Putnam Block began 18 years ago and 1,788 miles away, and ended on Dec. 1 when they moved into their new apartment as newlyweds. The couple, originally from Texas, met in 2002 at the Unity Bookstore in Houston. Love volunteered at the bookstore on the weekends and came in one Saturday to lend a hand when a man caught her eye. “I walked into the bookstore and walked up to the counter where all these cash registers were. Then I looked over there and here sat this man, and...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   We’ve all been living through history in 2020. In our towns, our state, our nation and our world, the pandemic has disrupted just about every aspect of our lives. Yet even though COVID-19 is clearly the overarching story of this year, it wasn’t the only big news of 2020. Today and tomorrow, we’ll run down 10 of the biggest stories of the year, as chosen by our staff. The Blue Benn, considered a Bennington landmark, has been put up for sale by its owner of nearly 50 years. Banner file photo 10:...