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An ad hoc committee the Vernon Board of Education appointed to evaluate a 10-year facilities study is hosting listening sessions next week at three schools: Lake Street, Maple Stre...

Leaf collection crews have made good progress the first two weeks of leaf collection and collection has been completed in the group A streets. All crews are now working in the gr...

The Vernon Fire Department and Vernon Social Services are again working to ensure all Vernon families have a happy holiday season by assisting with gifts. Your donations can help ...

Vernon Public Schools are in session on Veterans Day so that students can learn about veterans and their service and sacrifice, and in some cases to honor veterans with special p...

It’s been more than a century since the last person was buried at the Southwest Cemetery at Dobson and Talcottville roads. Tree roots, frost heaves and other natural forces have ...

PHOTO CAPTION FOR ABOVE: Town Administrator John Kleinhans, Director of Development Services Shaun Gately and Engineering Technician Annie Geitner and Deputy Mayor John O'Connell ...

Vernon Center Middle School hosted its annual Family Heritage and International Potluck Dinner Wednesday night and families, some in traditional dress, offered up a treasure trove...

Rockville High School and the Vernon Public Schools celebrated the opening of a new Natural Resources and Aquaculture Lab for the school’s popular Agricultural Science and Technol...

Vernon’s annual leaf collection program begins Monday, Nov. 3 and will continue through December as weather permits. Residents have three options to dispose of leaves. Curbside ...

The Vernon Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Mayor Dan Champagne’s appointment of Vernon Police Lt. Robert A. Marra as the department’s next captain. Immediately afte...

PHOTO CAPTION : Commissioner Mark Boughton, left, and Town Administrator John W. Kleinhans, right, listen as Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne describes the mill redevelopment project...

Early voting for the municipal election begins today and continues every day through Nov. 2. Early voting is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. most days. On Oct. 28 and 30, there are extended e...

Rockville High School is hosting a Festival of Bands on Saturday, Oct. 18 beginning at 6 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m. at the Rockville High School football field. Marching bands from ...

The Seniorhood Resource Fair returns Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Vernon Center Middle School, 777 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon. The biennial event offers seniors, a...

Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne, members of the Town Council and residents of Vernon and surrounding communities got to visit and learn about the upgraded and modernized Water Pollutio...

Mayor Dan Champagne, members of the Town Council, Parks and Recreation Director Marty Sitler and Assistant Director Amy Watt joined with some with Vernon families to formally cele...

This week is Fire Prevention Week and Vernon firefighters are visiting the elementary schools to talk to children about smoke alarms, what to do and what not to do if there’s a fi...

For a decade, Tommy Glinski has been working with Vernon’s Cornerstone to collect socks, undergarments and other items for the community of needy and homeless people Cornerstone s...

Rockville High School students were treated Friday to the “No Hate Tour,” which features BMX stars performing breathtaking tricks while delivering messages against bullying and ov...

PHOTO CAPTION : By The Hartford Courant's Lori Riley. Eric Sanger, the special teams coach at Rockville High, presents senior kicker Molly Wilson with the game ball Friday ni...