Jamaica News

In a public hearing hosted by Blue Heron Hydro LLC Thursday, officials from the small company said installing hydro-electric facilities at Townshend Dam and Ball Mountain Dam in Jamaica would not alter the flow of the West River.

The public is invited to a fundraising concert from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Flood Brook Union School.

Authorities say a single-engine plane rolled over after it landed and as it taxied through a field in southern Vermont, and the pilot suffered minor injuries.

On Saturday, Nov. 21, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Jamaica Coffeehouse is hosting it's second annual "Jam for Cans" canned food drive for the Jamaica/Wardsboro Food Pantry.

Authorities say a single-engine plane rolled over after it landed and as it taxied through a field in southern Vermont, and the pilot suffered minor injuries.

HAUNTED HOUSE SATURDAY: Come to a fun and frightening Halloween Haunted House presented by the Rockingham Free Public Library on Saturday from 6-9 p.m. It will take place at the Masonic Temple, next door to the library.

WATERBURY - State officials say a Jamaica property management company has been fined $4,800 for burning debris from a demolished mobile home in Windham.

Apple picking season is winding down at Champlain Orchards in Shoreham. A group of half a dozen Jamaicans pick empire apples -- a seasonal job that many have been coming back to for decades.

COLCHESTER -- Michelle Marie Haley, daughter of Paul and Peggy Haley of Jericho, and Owen Patrick Jacobs, son of Carla and Leslie Lingmier of Hoboken, N.J., and Tim and Becky Jacobs of Raleigh, N.C., were united in marriage July 18.

Celebrating Vermont Craftsmanship the Weston Craft Show will present 10 new Vermont artisans at the 26th annual show in the Weston Playhouse on Oct.

Two teenagers from Jamaica have been charged with stealing two mountain bikes from a home on Route 100 in Wardsboro.

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A Jamaica man was sent to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center with serious head injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Vermont 30 and Ball Mountain Lane in Jamaica, Vermont State Police said.

A group of whitewater enthusiasts, outdoor organizations and recreational companies are protesting a joint decision by the Agency of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to limit next weekend's water release from the Ball Mountain flood control dam to only one day.

Bellows Falls Police charged a Bellows Falls man with impersonation of a police officer Sept.

Lou Lertola and a group of volunteers are traveling across Vermont speaking to the selectboards in dozens of municipalities with one goal -- to seek the maximum property tax exemption allowed under state law for disabled veterans.

A woman was charged with driving under the influence after trying to cross a bridge in Brattleboro that was closed for construction.

A tiny deadly bug has arrived in Vermont's hemlocks and the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation is geared up to fight it.

Four recent local robberies may be related, but at this time police are still conducting an investigation.

Russian-born New York City-based singer-pianist Regina Spektor brings her distinctive, classical-influenced piano and impressive vocals to Metropolis on Sept.