Schools begin budget process

The Bennington Banner - Wed Nov 25

With money tight in local households and at the state level, school boards are clamping down on expenses in an attempt to keep taxes from increasing in fiscal year 2011.

The fairness issue

The Bennington Banner - Wed Nov 25

The issue of town representation on the Mount Anthony Union District board has been raised as several local districts are considering their options for consolidation or partnerships with one or more other districts.

Notorious sex offender in court on drug charge

Rutland Herald - Tue Nov 24

A convicted sex offender whose sentence put Vermont's criminal justice system under the national spotlight in 2007 was arraigned on a new felony charge on Tuesday.

David R. Fenster Takes Oath of Office as Addison Counties New States Attorney

Valley Voice - Tue Nov 24

Vermont Governor James Douglas administered the oath of office and signed the official document making Bennington lawyer David R. Fenster the state's newest state's attorney for Addison County.

Numerous Solved Burglaries

Vermont State Police Department of Public Safety - Mon Nov 23

CASE #: Numerous TROOPER: Sgt. Brian Turner STATION: Shaftsbury Barracks CONTACT#: 802-442-5421 DATE/TIME: 11-20-09 / 1315 hours LOCATION : Towns of Stamford, Readsboro and Searsburg VIOLATION: Burglary ACCUSED: Stefan Veremko AGE: 28 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Pittsfield, MA VICTIM: Numerous SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The investigation into a rash of ...

Town, Equinox Village square off in assessment dispute

Manchester Journal - Mon Nov 23

Equinox Village - a 56 unit senior housing project - is appealing a proposal by the town to set the assessed value of the project somewhere between $26 million and $31 million.

Inmate sentenced for defrauding area senior

Rutland Herald - Sun Nov 22

A man who is already serving a prison sentence for drug-related crimes was sentenced to serve six months to two years after pleading no contest to charges that he collected $700 from an elderly Bennington woman for yard work that he never did.

Bethel seeks new e-mails

The Bennington Banner - Sun Nov 22

A local activist who went to court to make e-mails between school board members public is seeking new e-mails from the Mount Anthony Union district.

A Christmas story

The Bennington Banner - Fri Nov 20

The recent publicationof KarenCarmen-Reid's book, "Penn's Stocking," could not have come at a better time -- just in time for Christmas.

Is it the new N-word?

The Bennington Banner - Fri Nov 20

Where did this come from? Well, from MSNBC, of course. MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson had this little gem for listeners last Monday: "... you start to wonder whether in fact the word socialist is becoming a code word, whether or not socialist is becoming the new N-word for frankly for some angry upset birthers and others." No surprise there.