🌱 What police say they found in a Union Street drug raid
Bennington, Vermont Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Bennington! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What police say they found in a Union Street drug raid
- When and where you can give blood in Bennington this month
Also on today's calendar: Grand Opening: Mill Store 1865 and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 85, low: 57.
- Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Four arrested in Bennington narcotics investigation (cbs6albany.com) — Bennington police say four local residents were arrested after a Wednesday morning search warrant at 221 Union Street, where officers report seizing cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana. Multiple agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations and county partners, assisted in the operation. Charges include conspiracy to manufacture and sell regulated drugs, possession of cocaine, and, for one suspect, violation of probation. 
• Rutland Herald Community News for June 12, 2026 (rutlandherald.com) — Bennington residents can donate blood at Moose Lodge on Main Street June 24, as the Red Cross faces an urgent need for donors. The roundup also highlights new state wetland map updates affecting Bennington County, plus regional festivals, scholarships, and statewide grants and housing programs that local towns and schools can tap into.
📸 Around Bennington
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Thunderstruck: A Classic Rock Tribute (Bennington VT) →
Bennington Theater, 331 Main St, Bennington
7:30 pm
Wednesday June 17
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Other local events
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Museum ABCs: Trail Tale - If You Plant a Seed
Bennington Free Library Bennington Museum, 75 Main St, Bennington, VT 05201, USA
10:30 am -
ASD Special Board Meeting
Southwest Vermont Su Bennington, VT 05201
5:30 pm -
MAU Board Meeting
Southwest Vermont Su pervisory Union, 184 North St Suite 1, Benni
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Closed Juneteenth
Bennington Free Library 101 Silver Street Bennington VT 05201 -
Grand Opening: Mill Store 1865 →
Mill Store 1865, 121 Benmont Ave, Bennington
11:00 am -
Good Dirt Discussion
Bennington Free Library , 101 Silver St, Bennington, VT 05201
10:30 am -
Father's Day Baby & Toddler Story Time
Bennington Free Library , 101 Silver St, Bennington, VT 05201
11:00 am
Saturday June 13
Wednesday June 17
Friday June 19
Saturday June 20
📣 Bennington Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Adult Coloring on Fridays →
John G. McCullough Free Library, 2 Main St, North Bennington
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Concerts in the Courtyard: Eric Kufs & River Man →
Bennington Museum, 75 Main St, Bennington
5:00 pm -
Museum ABCs: If You Plant a Seed →
Bennington Museum, 75 Main St, Bennington
10:30 am -
Museum ABCs: Trail Tale - If You Plant a Seed →
Bennington Museum, 75 Main St, Bennington
10:30 am
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hello hope everyone is having a great day.
I do house cleaning organizing as well gardening and weeding. I do have references.. if anyone needs any help I have availability. Thank you. (Nextdoor Bennington)
- Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Pizza Makers All Shifts! (03108) in Bennington. Apply here.
- Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc. posted a job opening for Temp Weld Operator in Bennington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bennington here.
🗞 Nearby News
Shaftsbury
- Shaftsbury / Request for Information (blogspot.com)
- Vermont's shrinking forests: A threat to wildlife (vnews.com)
Arlington
- Arlington Common Community Theater gets ‘Wrong' so right (manchesterjournal.com)
- Arlington Energy Committee: Renewables and the future (manchesterjournal.com)
- Indoors and out for free: Shelburne Museum and Shelburne Farms (charlottenewsvt.org)
Wilmington
- Town plan should address short-term rentals, planners say (deerfieldvalleynews.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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