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Consolidation bill would help cut costs

MONTPELIER -- A bill that would require school supervisory unions to unify their services and curriculum is a step toward cutting costs and finding efficiencies in Vermont’s public schools, Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca told lawmakers on Tuesday. Although Vilaseca supports the more dramatic step of cutting the number of school districts, currently at about 280, and supervisory

Student charged with sexually assaulting girl

BENNINGTON -- A Mount Anthony Union High School student pleaded not guilty Monday in Bennington District Court to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old. Justin Button, 17, of Bennington, was charged with sexual assault without consent, a felony. According to an affidavit by Detective Trooper Tyler Burgess, who is assigned from the Vermont State Police to the Bennington County Special Victims

Adults, minors arrested at party

WINHALL -- Police said they broke up a large drinking party Saturday on Lake Road. According to a press release from the Winhall Police Department, Winhall police, along with Vermont State Police and the Bennington County Sheriff’s Department, responded to the residence at 9:30 p.m. following the report of a concerned citizen.

Initial homestead rates released for school districts

BENNINGTON -- With local school boards having warned fiscal year 2011 budgets, preliminary adjusted homestead tax rates have been drafted for all towns in Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. Even though the majority of school budgets are down, tax rates are expected to rise in half the districts. North Bennington increase The only school district warning a budget increase is North

Hoosick Falls considers eliminating dispatch system

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. -- Village Mayor Matthew Monahan told the board that the village is considering eliminating its dispatch system and relying on the county 911 system to save roughly $150,000 in the budget. A preliminary version of the budget is due in March. He said 60 members of the public attended a meeting at the Hoosick Falls Senior Center on Thursday to discuss the matter.

Petition seeks re-vote on controversial zoning change in Manchester

Monday March 8, 2010 MANCHESTER -- A controversial zoning change amendment, narrowly passed by voters at town meeting by a 4-vote margin, may return for a re-vote at a Special Town Meeting if a petition drive is successful. The vote altered the boundary of a commercial zone that ran diagonally through a parking lot in High Ridge Plaza in front of the Panda Garden Restaurant, shifting it

Bennington man pleads not guilty to aggravated assault with weapon

Monday March 8, 2010 BENNINGTON -- A South Street man accused of cutting someone he suspected of attempting to burglarize his apartment was held without bail Monday. Roberto Diaz, 28, pleaded not guilty in Bennington District Court to aggravated assault with a weapon, obstructing justice, and disorderly conduct.

New DMV formally opens in Bennington

BENNINGTON -- Vermont Gov. James Douglas joined Department of Motor Vehicles officials and local dignitaries Monday to formally open a new DMV location in Bennington. "Welcome, everyone, to the new DMV office. I have to confess ... I didn’t really know where the old DMV office was. I guess that’s part of the point," Douglas said.

Forum tonight about environmental literacy

BENNINGTON -- A forum for Bennington County residents interested in sharing ongoing environmental efforts from their workplace or community, or existing needs to increase environmental literacy in the state, will be held tonight in Manchester. The public dialogue, hosted by Vermont’s State-Wide Environmental Education Programs alliance, is similar to those that will be held in every

Moosefest vandal captured on video

BENNINGTON --In a bid to generate leads, police are encouraging citizens to view an amateur video that shows a man vandalizing a moose sculpture in front of the Better Bennington Corp. building early Sunday morning. The incident was captured by a camera that constantly records the intersection of South Street and Elm Street and later posted on www.

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