Danville News

Francis and Betsy Dittman lost their jobs in February. A few months later they lost their Jeffersonville apartment after they were denied unemployment benefits.

Vermont State Trooper Charles Winn, 31, of Danville lost control of his police cruiser and hit another vehicle.

Dave Pembroke of Montpelier, VT takes home the win in the 47th Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic.

Ray Letourneau, 50, of West Danville was hurt Friday morning when he swerved on his motorcycle to avoid an animal on Vermont 15 in Cabot, hit a telephone pole, breaking it in half.

Vermont police have charged three people with underage drinking and vandalism after an incident at a Vermont Boy Scout camp.

A Vermont man has been arrested in connection with several burglaries around the Northeast Kingdom.

INCIDENT: Burglary of an occupied dwelling/ burglary/ violation of conditions of release/ possession of a controlled drug CASE #:09B101438, 09B1011440 DATE/TIME:Morning hours of 05-08-09 ACCUSED: Jason Bowers AGE: 32 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: North Wolcott VT VICTIMS: Philip Gimli-Mead , Carrie Legus , Randy Hopkins On the morning of 05-08-09 State ...

One arrest this week appears to have solved three burglaries and may lead to the resolution of several other burglaries in the region, according to state police.

A Boy Scout camping area on Pumpkin Hill Road in Danville was recently vandalized, said Vermont State Police.

Climbers Daniel Zucker, left, of Danville, Vt., and Tim Finocchio of Holbrook survived an 800-foot fall down New Hampshire's Mount Washington last weekend.

The ice is officially out on Lotus Lake in Williamstown, but it will take at least a few more balmy days before the same can be said of Joe's Pond in West Danville.

ST. JOHNSBURY - A Vermont man who survived an avalanche on New Hampshire's Mount Washington says he thought he was going to die in it.

Two climbers escaped serious injury when they were carried in an avalanche in the White Mountain's Tuckerman Ravine, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

A climb in a New Hampshire ravine turned treacherous for two hikers who were swept down the mountain by an avalanche, Manchester television station WMUR reported.

A Vermont native may be out of a job thanks to an announcement that CBS is canceling her soap opera.

The Vermont State Board of Education has appointed three new members to its organization.

Geocaching doesn't attract the rogue and huckster gold-diggers of yore. And despite the early participation of some culty tech people, after nearly a decade geocaching is now a pleasant avocation largely for good kids, moms and retirees, with associations found around the world.

Americans have a history of believing in oracles that tell them to dig. Where I grew up, not far from the American Society of Dowsers in Danville, Vt., even skeptical farmers consulted dowsers to help them decide where wells should go.

No one was injured when a tractor trailer lost control on Interstate 89 Monday and slid into a Vermont State Police cruiser that was stopped for unrelated motor vehicle mishaps.

Alternatives for the development of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail will be discussed during three public meetings next week in Danville, Swanton and Morrisville.