Jamaica News

Legislators from around Windham County gave members of the region's business community an update on the first few weeks of the 2010 session at the annual Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast Monday.

Jacob Edgar knew he had entered another world when he found himself riding a mechanical bull in Denver for the future entertainment of a television audience.

A proposal from the Windham Central Supervisory Union Governance Committee was met with mixed feelings at a WCSU Board of Director's meeting on Wednesday.

After a third-alarm fire in Jamaica caused serious damage to two residences and two businesses Friday night, the owner of the large building is making plans to rebuild.

A three-alarm fire heavily damaged a nursery, storefront, an apartment and an attached house on Route 30 in the Rawsonville section of town Friday evening as firefighters from more than a dozen southern Vermont fire departments worked to contain the blaze.

The White House and business leaders team up to craft a program to encourage energy efficient home improvements.

Jamaica Selectboard Chairman Oliver K. Olsen has been appointed to fill one of two vacant seats in the Vermont House of Representatives.

It's official. Today Governor James Douglas appointed Oliver Olsen to fill the seat left vacant by the untimely death of State Representative Rick Hube .

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District has identified several critical problems at the Ball Mountain Dam in Jamaica after conducting extensive geotechnical testing and evaluation.

A Jamaica business owner went above and beyond the call for the 73rd annual Reformer Christmas Stocking during her Wednesday commute into Brattleboro.

Two Windham County Republicans have been nominated to replace the late Rick Hube, a state representative from Londonderry.

Rebecca A. Dion, daughter of Roland and Julie Dion of Winooski, and Aaron D. Smith, son of John and Cindy Bronner of San Jose, Calif., were united in marriage Oct.

Officials within Gov. James Douglas' office said they will appoint a replacement for South Londonderry Rep.

LVRS Seeks Event Volunteers The Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad is looking for volunteers for a one-day project on Sunday, Feb.

"I think it's important for an elected representative to have the ability to keep his eyes on the big picture in Montpelier and still have focus on personal matters at home.

Rick Hube, 62, a state representative from the Windham-Bennington-Windsor 1 District, passed away while on vacation in Florida last Monday, Dec.

Perhaps it's because it was never predictable which side of an issue he would be on, or maybe because of the constant good humor with which he approached the Statehouse, a place he seemed to simultaneously love and be baffled by.

Representative Rick Hube, 62, of South Londonderry, died unexpectedly Monday evening while visiting his sister, outside of Orlando, FL.

The Wantastiquet Rotary Club which serves the mountain communitites from Windham and Jamaica at the southern end to Weston in the north and Peru to the west and includes Landgrove, Londonderry, Stratton and Bondville has had a very busy fall.

One of the country's largest cellular phone companies announced Wednesday that it has launched its mobile broadband network in Vermont.