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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...