
October 6, 2025
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...

October 6, 2025
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...

October 2, 2025
The multi-year project to upgrade the Vernon Water Pollution Control Facility on Windsorville Road is complete and an open house and tours for residents are scheduled for Wednesda...

October 2, 2025
The Town of Vernon, the America 250 Committee and the New England Civil War Museum launch the local celebration of America 250 on Saturday with a historical program in Central Par...

October 1, 2025
Lt. Robert Marra, a 19-year veteran of the Vernon Police Department, graduated Sept. 4 from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. He was among 254 law enforcement officers fro...

October 1, 2025
Photo caption: Rockville’s Molly Wilson (65) kicks an extra point during a football game against Cromwell at Rockville High School, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Jessica Hill/Special to ...

September 29, 2025
The Town of Vernon Fire Department celebrated the arrival of Engine Tank 241 with a wet down ceremony on Sept. 20. Capt. Jon Lucas welcomed a crowd of colleagues and well wishe...

September 24, 2025
Mayor Dan Champagne and the Vernon Town Council will celebrate completion of the renovation and modernization of the Citizens Block building on Park Place with an open house on Tu...

September 24, 2025
Our colleagues in the Vernon Information Technology Department have identified a new scam that is spreading via text message. If you receive a message like the one pictured on yo...

September 18, 2025
A national professional organization of adult educators has honored Mayor Dan Champagne with its Friend of Adult Learners Award. COABE, which represents 82,000 adult educators acr...

September 16, 2025
The Town of Vernon joined with ShopRite of Tri-City Plaza, Connecticut Foodshare , HVCC and Cornerstone to bring attention to hunger during ShopRite's annual Help Bag Hunger ev...

September 16, 2025
The spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that is a threat to agriculture and a variety of trees and vines, has been spotted in Vernon. Two were recently found in Vernon. There a...

September 16, 2025
The Vernon Public Schools have long focused on providing students with healthy and nutritious meals. A registered dietitian oversees school nutrition and two years ago a farm-to-s...

September 8, 2025
Virtually every household has some household hazardous wastes – oil-based pants, thinners, pool chemicals, pesticides, mercury thermometers, old smoke detectors, fluorescent light...

August 28, 2025
It was back to school Thursday for Vernon Public Schools students. (In the photo above, Vernon Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph P. Macary welcomes first grade teacher Eliza...

August 25, 2025
The first day of school is Thursday, and teachers returned on Monday morning for the annual convocation, staff meetings and to continue preparing for the upcoming year. Teachers,...

August 21, 2025
Mayor Dan Champagne and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney of Vernon joined Matt Hickey, the owner of Tri-Towne Lube and Repairs, to unveil a mural that celebrates Vernon and Rockville on his...

August 21, 2025
Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne, joined by Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and others, gathered at the New England Civil War Museum inside town hall to celebrate the approval of Vernon’s appl...

August 20, 2025
A huge crowd turned out at Henry Park Tuesday evening to honor Stephen E. “Krash” Krajewski and to see the park’s softball field named in his honor. Krajewski was a longtime a Ver...

August 14, 2025
Today's Vernon Farmers Market will be back at Henry Park from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. It will be followed by the third concert of the Mayor Dan Champagne Summer Concert Series, featuri...