Bridgewater News

The beer coolers in Otter Creek's Middlebury headquarters may soon be stocking bottles of Long Trail, too.

The Long Trail Brewing Co. is in quiet negotiations to purchase the Otter Creek and Wolaver's brands in a deal that will be finalized by the end of the year, according to a published source.

A federal grant is helping conserve 1,000 acres along the Appalachian Trail in Barnard and Bridgewater.

A Killington family's home on East Mountain Road was heavily damaged in a fire Sunday afternoon that started in a wall in back of their woodstove.

Efforts to conserve 1,000 acres abutting the Appalachian Trail are one step closer to success, thanks to $625,000 in federal funds.

Caves in Bridgewater and Stockbridge are getting some new bats. Scientists trying to figure out how to stop white nose syndrome plan to reintroduce healthy brown bats to caves that have been decimated by the disease.

A Bridgewater, N.H., couple driving southbound on Interstate 91 Monday night were unable to avoid colliding with a black bear when it ran into traffic.

Vermont State Police say a man arrested after the beating death of a 79-year-old Woodstock woman will be charged in it.

Vermont State Police say a man arrested after the beating death of a 79-year-old Woodstock woman will be charged in it.

A murder charge has been filed in connection to the death of a Woodstock woman who was killed in her home this past July.

Vermont State Police say a man arrested after the beating death of a 79-year-old Woodstock woman will be charged in it.

Bus service between Rutland and White River Junction could resume this fall. Marble Valley Regional Transit District and Stagecoach Transportation Services of Randolph say they'd like to fill the void created when Vermont Transit abandoned the route last year.

Bus service linking Rutland and White River Junction could resume in the fall if two public transportation entities are successful in obtaining public financing.

Running north and south, the Green Mountains limit a motorist's options to travel between the eastern and western parts of the state.

Typical gold prospector of the late 1800s: Vermont's newest state historical marker, to be erected latee this year at Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, will memorialize the time when gold fever hit Vermonters between the 1850s and the 1880s.

A recent murder in Woodstock stunned the community but residents there were already on edge about crime before the killing.

The State Police Search and Rescue team joined the investigation Monday into the homicide of a Woodstock woman.

A woman was found dead Wednesday at a residence on Curtis Hollow Road in Woodstock.

Frail and visibly sad, Lawrence Woodward stared outside Friday afternoon, the front door of his quaint home wide open and welcoming.

INCIDENT: Suspicious Death Investigation STATION: Royalton Barracks DATE/TIME: July 1st, 2009 / Late afternoon LOCATION: Curtis Hollow Road - Woodstock DECEASED: Being withheld at this time SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Vermont State Police and Woodstock Police Department are currently investigating a suspicious death which was reported earlier this ...