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The 150th Purinton Family Reunion was held at the Waterhouses campground in Salisbury on July 18. About 80 people attended the weekend event; most were descendants of Chase Purinton, who moved to Lincoln with his family in 1803. He built the town’s first grist...

Timothy A. Sargent of Montpelier, Vt., died unexpectedly on July 22, 2026, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vt. He was born on November 27, 1949, to Frank and Jane Sargent in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where his father was serving in the United States Army.

Tim’s early years were spent in various locales where h...

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The tension was palpable on July 28 in a former one-room schoolhouse where two dozen people gathered to talk about the future of the Washington Central Unified Union School District.

The East Montpelier meeting, held in advance of a public vote this month that would make it easier to ...

Democrats on the Burlington City Council held a press conference on July 24 to discuss a proposal that would take aim at criminal behavior downtown, including public drug use and illegal camping. The councilors’ patience with ...