Arlington News

Despite recent approval in the House, a redistricting plan which forms a single two-seat legislative district encompassing both Arlington and Shaftsbury is far from a done deal, according to those opposed to the plan.

State police say a local man has been arrested after an investigation into a series of burglaries in Bennington County.

The Kelly Stand Road, largely destroyed in late August by Tropical Storm Irene, will not be brought back to the way it was until 2013, according to officials from the town, state, and U.S. Forest Service.

WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TODAY: For Friday's Bennington Banner, the staff is working on, among other articles, a profile of Bennington Select Board candidate and longtime activist Michael Bethel; the resignation of an administrator in the Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union; the election race for deliquent tax collector in Arlington; the firing this ... (more)

The Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union board on Wednesday accepted the surprise resignation of Special Education Director Nancy Mills during a special meeting.

After years of receiving information from adults, the tables were turned for a week at Arlington Memorial High School as computer students became teachers for a group of senior citizens.

The Select Board voted to amend the warning for Town Meeting day, asking if voters would allow two properties to be exempt from property taxes.

If the current reapportionment proposal passes through the statehouse and is signed by Governor Peter Shumlin, Stratton would be moved from the present district it shares with Winhall, Londonderry, Weston and Jamaica, and shift into a district with Arlington, Sunderland, Sandgate, Shaftsbury, Glastenbury, and part of Rupert, according to a member ... (more)

There will be no shortage of electoral excitement at Town Meeting, as town clerks in many Bennington County towns report contested races at the petition filing deadline of 5 p.m. Monday.

The Arlington School District expects to approve a fiscal year 2013 budget this week that officials say will not increase the tax rate even though expenditures are up 4.6 percent.

St. James' Episcopal Church in Arlington will host its first St. James Free Community Supper on Thursday, Jan.

St. James' Episcopal Church in Arlington will hold the first St. James Free Community Supper on Thursday, Jan.

With help from the community, Green Mountain RSVP and Volunteer Center was able to "stuff the bus" with groceries to be given to those in need.