
October 20, 2025
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...

October 16, 2025
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 ...

October 16, 2025
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...

October 9, 2025
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...

October 9, 2025
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...

October 8, 2025
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...

October 7, 2025
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...

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 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...
