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6 days ago | benningtonbanner.com | Susan Smallheer

BELLOWS FALLS — The Sacred Heart Church and its rectory, the longtime spiritual home for the area's Polish Catholics who had built their own house of worship more than 100 years ago, is for sale. The 1910 church closed a number of years ago, and parishioners joined the nearby St. Charles Catholic Church, which is located a short distance away, also on Green Street. Since losing its elderly priest to retirement, the church at 37 and 39 Green Street has been largely unused.

1 week ago | benningtonbanner.com | Michael Mawson

MANCHESTER — As the final horn sounded Wednesday and a light snow fell onto the Judy McCormick Taylor Field turf with winds whipping in excess of 30 mph, Burr and Burton improved to 3-0 on the season. The Bulldogs controlled Woodstock en route to their 13-6 victory, but the weather – along with a few miscues – served as a reminder of how far BBA still has to go in order to reach the program’s lofty goals.

1 week ago | benningtonbanner.com | Tim Wassberg

Artist Mariel Capanna works within the context of memory. Her art, whether through oil paintings or more recently frescos, reflects a perspective of memory but through different lenses. “Mariel Capanna: Giornata” marks her first solo exhibition but one that creates a balance between two worlds.

1 week ago | benningtonbanner.com | Tim Wassberg

Path and circumstance can determine an outlook and approach to life. But it depends on the person living it. For Dawn Campbell, EdS who serves as Associate Director of Student Support Services for Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union (SVSU) and was recently recognized as the ACT [Alliance for Community Transformations] Bennington Member Of The Year, it is about connection, understanding and listening.

1 week ago | benningtonbanner.com | Michael Albans

BENNINGTON — There’s a new Bennington County Deputy State Prosecutor, and she’s a Vermont native with a passion for balancing the rights of defendants, community safety, and the constitutional requirements of the law. Anna Cykon grew up the middle child of a prosecutor's father and an occupational therapist in Montpelier, the place she still calls home and the town her parents still live in. Her upbringing was “wonderful” and one of the main reasons she moved back to Vermont.