CAPTION above: Vernon Superintendent Dr. Joseph P. Macary speaks with, left to right, Connecticut Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Rockville High School seni...

The Vernon Board of Education has again been honored by the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) with two Bonnie B. Carney Award for Excellence in Educational Com...

Vernon Center Middle School hosted its annual Family Heritage and International Potluck Dinner Wednesday night and families, some in traditional dress, offered up a treasure trove...

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...

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 ...

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 nig...

The No Hate Tour visited RHS on October 3rd. The exhibition featured world-class BMX athletes, including X Games legends like Morgan Wade, Trevor Meyer, Zach Newman, and Dane Bea...

By Lori Riley Hartford Courant September 20, 2025 Molly Wilson, a Rockville football senior, is close to breaking state records set by female kickers. Wilson has 152 career p...

Students and staff at Rockville High School may have noticed a big change this year: the school store, known as “The Rock,” has moved to a more central and visible location just o...

Congratulations to our class officers! We wish you the best this year as you lead your classmates. It's going to be a great year!

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...

The Vernon Public Schools have long focused on providing students with healthy and nutritious meals. A registered dietitian oversees school nutrition and two years ago a farm-to-sc...

It was back to school Thursday for Vernon Public Schools students. (In the photo above, Vernon Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph P. Macary welcomes first grade teacher Elizab...

The first day of school is Thursday, and teachers returned on Monday morning for the annual convocation, staff meetings and to continue preparing for the upcoming year. Teachers,...

A new face will greet Northeast School students on the first day of school on Aug. 28. Holly Wrenn will be Northeast’s interim principal after the retirement this week of Dr. Bre...

(Pictured above: VCMS eighth grader Sarah Rizzo, who collected a variety of top honors at her school's Evening of Excellence, stands with her family.) Vernon Center Middle S...