Londonderry News

It may be the first full weekend of summer, but there's going to be a spring-like whitewater release this weekend on the West River, thanks to the Ball Mountain Dam.

The town of Manchester is spearheading an effort to partner with other surrounding towns in an attempt to reduce the cost of a variety of commodities.

Putnam State Forest in Grafton will be opened for sugar making, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation announced.

A neighborhood dispute over a new solar array that seemed headed toward a Vermont Public Service Board hearing might soon end with the planting of strategically placed evergreen trees.

House representatives overrode Governor James Douglas's veto of the Democrats $4.5 million budget for the 2010 fiscal year earlier this week by a vote of 100-50. State representatives Jeff Wilson and Cynthia Browning voted in favor of the overide while representatives Patti Komline and Rick Hube voted to sustain the veto.

The Dorset Farmer's Market will begin its 6th season this Sunday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. With more than 40 quality vendors, the freshest produce, breads, meats, cheeses, condiments, and sweets, to put the finishing touch on a delicious Memorial Day meal can be found at this market.

Windham County lawmakers voted with their respective parties during a special session at the Statehouse where the Vermont Legislature overrode Gov.

What started out as a "girls' weekend" has evolved into a fund-raising effort in honor of an outstanding community member who recently passed away.

Three hundred fifty people in the town of Stratton are grieving their taxes, which could severly negatively impact both the town and the State.

With spring and warm weather arriving, the South Londonderry First Baptist Church's restoration project on the parsonage is starting a final push to get finished.

The Manchester Community Garden provides a garden space for anyone who wants to grow fruits, vegetables or flowers.

Sean Young, a second grader at Flood Brook Union School in Londonderry recently won first place in the second grade category of the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.

Months after a beloved doctor's departure from the local medical clinic, some of her former patients continue to wait - apparently in vain - for her to open up her own office.

The drumbeat of criticism and controversy about Act 60, and its successor legislation, Act 68 - the state's educational finance law A may no longer match the intensity of a decade ago, but below the surface, misgivings simmer.

Leonard Derby accepted condolences Thursday afternoon in front of the scorched rubble that had been his elderly father's home.

TROOPER: Det. Lt Cruise, Det. Sgt. Nally , Det. Sgt. O'Neil, Investigator Boyd and Investigator Patterson STATION: Rockingham CONTACT#: 802-875-2112 DATE/TIME: 4-8-09 at approximately 1550 hrs LOCATION : West River Rd, South Londonderry VICTIM: Lester Derby AGE: 89 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: West River Rd, So Londonderry VT SUMMARY OF INCIDENT On 8 ...

One person is dead after a house fire in South Londonderry. The body of 89-year-old Lester Derby was found inside the small home at the end of West River Road on Wednesday afternoon.

A subsequent investigation led to Walz's arrest and police taking possession of two Daisy BB guns and a .22 caliber rifle.

The Vermont House gave final approval Friday to a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry-- setting up a veto showdown with Governor Jim Douglas.

With one eye on declining state revenue and the other on a big new pile of money coming from Washington, the House on Thursday advanced a $1.1 billion budget for fiscal 2010, which begins July 1. The budget, which got preliminary approval on a 93-53 vote, restores subsidies for medicine for elderly and low-income Vermonters and avoids a 4 percent ...