

June 15, 2026
Mayor Dan Champagne and the Town Council will celebrate the newly resurfaced and striped tennis, pickleball and basketball courts at Henry park at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, with a ...

June 12, 2026
The sun shined on the Rockville High School Class of 2026 Thursday evening, as 221 members of the class collected their diplomas and embarked on the next stager of their lives – c...

June 11, 2026
Pictured above: Nine of the Top 10 graduates of the Rockville High School Class of 2026. Front row, left to right: Chloe Hazel, Tyler Matula, Iris Hida, Caroline Burg, Grace John...

June 8, 2026
Fifty years ago, students at Vernon’s Northeast School filled a time capsule with photographs, recordings, artwork, letters to their future selves and Bicentennial artifacts, then...

May 27, 2026
Vernon is celebrating America 250 with historical presentations in June, an added element to the July in the Sky fireworks on July 8 and concert by the 102nd Army Band to kick off...

June 5, 2026
They did not earn their high school diplomas the way most do. They faced incredible challenges that caused some detours. But the 26 men and women who collected their diplomas Tues...

June 3, 2026
Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Vernon Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph P. Macary to the Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding and Accountability. The com...

June 3, 2026
Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne and members of the Vernon Town Council urge all Eversource customers who oppose the utility’s 13 percent residential rate increase request to join them i...

May 27, 2026
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is milling and resurfacing I-84 in Vernon and Tolland. The project began May 26 and runs through Nov. 30. The project consists of mi...

May 26, 2026
Diane Wheelock, who has served as interim Senior Center Director since early 2026, has been selected as the center’s next director. Wheelock served as interim director while also...

May 25, 2026
Due to the weather, the Memorial Day parade has been canceled.

May 19, 2026
Photo caption: The students in the photo above earned creative writing awards. They are, left to right: Iris Hida, Nico Andersen, Abigail Zaushny, Sarah Gaudet, and Board of E...

May 19, 2026
There will be three Memorial Day observances in Vernon. The first is on Thursday, May 21 at Grove Hill Cemetery, off Cemetery Avenue in Rockville. The Alden Skinner Camp of the...

May 13, 2026
The Town of Vernon and a team working to bring public art to Rockville as part of a larger revitalization effort have joined together to bring a mural celebrating Rockville to a pr...

April 30, 2026
The Town of Vernon is launching an after-hours voice line that will make town services and information available to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and in dozens of l...

April 30, 2026
Jamie Fernandez only arrived at Vernon’s Maple Street School in the fall, but in that short time she has made a big impression on teachers, fellow students and her principal. She...

April 23, 2026
In a department full of hard-working pros, Vernon Police Officer Tyler Wallace stood out in 2025. In five instances, Wallace individually or working with colleagues saved a perso...

April 23, 2026
To ensure taxpayers are being treated equally, the Town of Vernon has contracted with Capital Tax Recovery to find cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and trailers that are garaged...

April 22, 2026
The Annual Town Meeting, where Vernon residents can comment and vote on the proposed town budget, will take place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 28 at the Rockville High School auditor...

April 9, 2026
Thursday was David Smith’s last day of work as Vernon’s town engineer. His 11 years in the job were productive and generations of Vernon residents will get to enjoy the results of ...