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Nate Palmer began playing football at age 6. He was never the biggest or fastest, but he played an outsized role in every game thanks to his relentless focus on doing whatever was...

The Vernon Town Council on Tuesday voted 7-4 to approve a contract to construct a 6,600 square foot building adjacent to the Vernon Senior Center to accommodate the center’s rapid...

Vernon’s Winterfest Features Fire Truck Parade, Tree Lighting, Arrival of Santa Free Community Event is this Friday in Central Park in Rockville Winterfest, Vernon’s free annual...

Vernon Public Schools Honor 18 Students and District Teacher of the Year at Special Awards Ceremony The Vernon Public Schools, the Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Jose...

Rockville High School Students Rack Up College Credits with Special Courses through UConn, State and Community Colleges When the Rockville High School Class of 2024 graduated in...

John Kleinhans Named Vernon Town Administrator The Town of Vernon has a new town administrator. The Town Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved Mayor Dan Champagne’s ap...

Vernon Public Schools Again Beat State Average in Next Generation Accountability Results Northeast, Skinner Road and Lake Street are Schools of Distinction The Vernon Public Sc...

How You Can Help Vernon Families this Holiday Season The Vernon Social Services Department and Town of Vernon Fire Department are working together to ensure all Vernon families ...

Vernon Voters Can Drop Off Items for Pet Pantry and New Socks for ‘Socktober’ at Voting Places Vernon residents who would like to make a donation to the new Vernon Pet Pantry or...

Trudy Roberts, Vernon Town Hall Fixture for Nearly Four Decades, Retires Gertrude “Trudy” Roberts, a fixture at Vernon Town Hall for the past 37 years, has retired. Trudy’s las...

Vernon’s curbside fall leaf collection begins Nov. 4 Fall curbside leaf collection begins on Monday, Nov. 4 and continues through December, weather permitting. The town is divi...

Vernon Seeks Volunteers for Walk Audit of Rockville The Town of Vernon, through its SustaintableCT initiative, is seeking volunteers for a walk audit to evaluate walkability and...

Vernon Brush Fire Contained; Will Continue to Smolder Overnight Firefighters from Vernon and several neighboring communities battled an approximately nine-acre brush fire Monday...

Vernon’s Latest Sidewalk Improvement Project Begins Next Week Work on a $400,000 project to improve pedestrian movement and safety in downtown Vernon is scheduled to begin next ...

Community Invited to Vernon Public Works Open HouseVernon Residents Can Bring up to two Boxes of Personal Records to be Shredded Vernon residents are invited to the Vernon Publi...

Vernon Public Schools students have for the third straight year outperformed the state average in the latest Connecticut Smarter Balanced Assessments. The number of Vernon stude...

UConn Cross Country Runners Labor for Hours to Improve Part of the Hop River Rail Trail in Vernon Members of the UConn Cross Country team, frequent users of the Vernon portion o...

New England Civil War Museum Hosts 4th ‘Living History Day’ in Vernon – Free Event is Open to All The New England Civil War Museum & Research Center of Vernon is hosting its 4th...

Horowitz Pool Open House Scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 12 Mayor Dan Champagne and the Vernon Town Council invite the community to the new Horowitz Pool at Henry Park for an open...

Brian Stevenson named Vernon’s Teacher of the YearVCMS Reading Interventionist Helps Students Achieve and Advance Teachers are the backbone of democracy, instilling in student...