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BRATTLEBORO — Curtiss Reed Jr. will be recognized for his many contributions toward making Vermont a more fair and inclusive state.  On Tuesday, Reed will receive the Terry Ehrich Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR). Subsidiaries of Reed’s company CRJ Consulting include the Vermont Partnership for… Source link

BENNINGTON – Even a cloudburst couldn’t dampen the fun at the Back to School Backpack Giveaway held Thursday at the Bennington Auto Mall. More than 500 people attended the event, with the outside of the auto mall turned into a sea of people, most of them children. About 325 backpacks — stuffed with back-to-school supplies — were distributed free to kids in… Source link

BENNINGTON — Bennington Battle week events kicked off in earnest Thursday evening with a Hemmings Motor News Cruise-In on Main Street and a corn hole tournament at The Dutchman’s Tavern on Depot Street. Events leading up to the annual parade on Sunday continue Friday with a lunch of hot sausage, burgers and hot dogs — available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 2… Source link

BENNINGTON — Gen. John Stark’s sword is back where it belongs, and the town is set to commemorate the 1777 Battle of Bennington with multiple events next week, culminating with the annual parade on Aug. 14. Marylou Chicote, manager for the Bennington Battle Monument historic site in Old Bennington, said contractor Robert Wright finished attaching the bronze… Source link

BENNINGTON — The annual Back to School Backpack Giveaway, one of the area’s most popular events for children, is scheduled for Aug. 18 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Bennington Auto Mall on Performance Drive. Featuring gifts of backpacks stuffed with school supplies for children soon to return to the classroom, the event – sponsored by the dealership, the… Source link

BENNINGTON — History in all its shining red and gold glory — in this case a 1924 American LaFrance firetruck — is on display at the Bennington Fire Department on River Street. “This one, it’s kind of special,” said Daniel Strohl, of Hemmings Motor News, which loaned the historic truck to the Fire Department. “It was the first motorized firetruck in… Source link

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Millions of dollars’ worth of vintage cars are competing in a cross country race called the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. They arrived in Chippewa Falls for a lunch stop on Friday. The Great Race is a time, speed and endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles. It’s based on the famous 1908 race from Paris to New York and has taken place each summer since 1983. The basic idea of the time/speed/distance rally… Source link

With engines growling and exhaust spewing, Studebakers, Hudsons, Ford Model ‘A’s and more than 160 other vintage cars rolled into the parking lot of Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie Thursday as part of a 2,300-mile cross-country rally race. This year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race began Saturday in Warwick, Rhode Island, and will finish in Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday. The race reached Sun Prairie on Thursday, with the cars enroute to Wisconsin Dells for the night after… Source link

Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Plainfield on Friday for what apparently will be an invite-only event. “We do know she’s coming,” Plainfield Mayor John Argoudelis said Thursday morning. “She’s going to be talking about maternal health.” Kamala Harris In this June 23, 2021, photo, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) Harris will be accompanied by U.S. Rep…. Source link

Downtown Plainfield on Wednesday afternoon was a piece of Americana, with people lining both sides of Lockport Street on a hot summer afternoon, drawn by their mutual love for old cars. The 2022 Hemmings Motor News-sponsored Great Race, a nine-day rally that kicked off June 18 in Rhode Island, was stopping in Plainfield on its way to North Dakota. The 1965 slapstick movie comedy “The Great Race” – based on the real 1908 automobile race from New York to Paris – inspired this event.