Arlington News

Building a shower from metal stakes and rain ponchos on a remote island off the coast of Italy during a round of international war games was one of the many lessons former Marine Corps Sgt.

Karen Gallese, a longtime principal and special educator in Massachusetts schools, was unanimously hired Wednesday as the next superintendent of Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union.

The Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union is expected to hire a new superintendent to succeed Thomas Gallagher at Wednesday's school board meeting.

Police said an Arlington woman is facing a criminal charge and multiple civil violations after she crashed her vehicle into a cemetery and failed to report the accident.

The American Lung Association will host the fourth annual "Climb the Bennington Monument," the only stairclimb event of its kind, today.

The Vermont State Police just released the names of the two men that former Vermont State Trooper Eric Howley is alleged to have assaulted on April 8. According to the VSP, Aton Pike, age 21, of Wilmington, and Mark Ellison, age 21, of West Wardsboro, were boating in a canoe on Lake Raponda when Howley arrived, looking for his own stolen canoe.

The Dorset Players will conclude their 84th season with "Oliver!" -- the award-winning musical adapted from Charles Dickens's classic novel, "Oliver Twist" -- with opening night, tonight, that features a "two for one" night -- buy one ticket and get another ticket for that night free of charge! Performances will be held Thursday to Saturday, May ... (more)

The Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union has maintained a reputation for excellence in the education of its approximately 350 students from Arlington and Sandgate in grades K-12. Preserving that standard is important, if possible, for the state's smallest supervisory union.

A 7 1/2-year veteran of the Vermont State Police resigned Tuesday after having been on paid leave pending a possible criminal investigation into on-duty conduct, according to the head of the Vermont State Police.

A Manchester man is scheduled to appear Tuesday, May 15, in Bennington Superior Court, Criminal Division, to answer charges of felony unlawful trespass, and petit larceny, over an alleged theft of an iPhone from an Arlington woman.

A State Board of Education meeting here today is coincidentally an ideal one to be held in Bennington, as two items on the agenda have significant local impacts.

The first golf tournament to benefit Bennington Project Independence Adult Day Service will be held at the Mount Anthony Country Club in Bennington on Friday, May 11.

The Towns of Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Rupert, Sandgate, and Sunderland will be holding a household hazardous waste event for their residents on Saturday, May 12, at the Arlington Memorial High School and Middle School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For details, contact Michael Batcher at 802-442-0713, ext 2 or visit http://www.bcrcvt.org/ ... (more)

Moose Lodge Bingo at the Bennington Moose Lodge every Wednesday. Doors open at 5 p.m., food available.

A regional committee studying consolidating school districts expressed frustration Monday over a lack of progress that has been made after spending one year and $13,500, but agreed it would continue trudging forward until its $25,000 budget is depleted.

The Young at Heart Seniors of North Bennington invite all area seniors to their senior luncheon at Kevin's, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. seatings.

United Counseling Service of Bennington County organized an early clean-up Thursday in advance of this Saturdays statewide Green Up Day.

Depending on where you sit, bunching Manchester, Arlington, Sandgate and part of Sunderland into a two-member district as part of the mandated reapportionment of the legislature that lawmakers came up with last week is either a creative idea to solve a vexing problem or a dodge of dealing with the root of the problem at its source.

A bill that creates a two-member House district out of Manchester and the current Arlington district has passed in both chambers of the Legislature.