🌱 Where and when will Bennington County’s next DUI checkpoint pop up?
Bennington, Vermont Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Bennington! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Where and when will Bennington County’s next DUI checkpoint pop up?
- When Bennington was a key stop on a four-horse candy route
Also on today's calendar: Coffee and Convo at the Bennington Community Market and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What's black, white, and blue? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 61 and low of 41 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 60, low: 52.
- Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 60 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Shaftsbury Barracks/Sobriety and Safety Checkpoint (blogspot.com) — Expect a Vermont State Police safety and sobriety checkpoint somewhere in Bennington County in the coming weeks, as troopers respond to a rising statewide traffic death toll. Shaftsbury-based officers and other agencies will also step up patrols for impaired, distracted, and aggressive driving, speeding, and seatbelt violations as we head into the late-spring and summer travel season. 
• Eagle Archives, May 11, 1929: In the days when travel was by four-horse team; J.N. Clark's experiences (berkshireeagle.com) — A 1929 archival piece recalls a candy salesman’s four-horse wagon route that regularly ran from Springfield through the Berkshires to Bennington and back. His stories highlight how Bennington fit into a demanding New England circuit long before modern trucking and highways reshaped regional travel.
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Mayfest Arts & Crafts Festival in Bennington →
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ASD Board Meeting
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NBPC Board meeting
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New Memory Materials and Ice Cream Social
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Coffee and Convo at the Bennington Community Market →
Bennington Community Market, 239 Main St, Bennington
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Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Friday June 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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**meeting held 5/6/26 SVUESD Board Meeting
Southwest Vermont Su pervisory Union 184 North St, Bennington, VT
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ASD Board Meeting
Southwest Vermont Su Bennington, VT 05201
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NBPC Board meeting
Southwest Vermont Su pervisory Union, 184 North St Suite 1 Benning
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Weekly Playgroup in Bennington →
22 Willow Brook Dr, Bennington
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New Memory Materials and Ice Cream Social
Bennington Free Library , 101 Silver St, Bennington, VT 05201
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Adult Coloring on Fridays →
John G. McCullough Free Library, 2 Main St, North Bennington
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BIG TRUCK NIGHT
Shaftsbury Elementary Shaftsbury, VT 05262
5:30 pm
Tuesday May 12
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- redShift posted a job opening for Quality Manager in Bennington. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Shaftsbury
- Two-vehicle crash on US Route 7 in Shaftsbury (newportdispatch.com)
- One-vehicle crash knocks down telephone pole in Arlington (manchesterjournal.com)
Arlington
- Crash in Arlington shuts down road, leads to widespread power outages (cbs6albany.com)
Wilmington
- Leo A. DeLorey: From North Weymouth to Burke Mountain (northstarmonthly.com)
- Austin's Antiquarian Books finds a bricks-and-mortar home in Wilmington (reformer.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sad zebra (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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