Manchester News

A forum for Bennington County residents interested in sharing ongoing environmental efforts from their workplace or community, or existing needs to increase environmental literacy in the state, will be held tonight in Manchester.

Rail service via North Bennington to Albany-Rensselaer in the west and Manchester/Rutland to the north is a hot topic and a significant economic opportunity for the Shires of Vermont.

United Counseling Service and the Southshire Substance Abuse Coalition are sponsoring another free skate at Riley Rink.

Manchester police are looking for a man who's wanted in two city bank robberies in two days.

Manchester police are seeking a suspect who robbed a Citizen's Bank branch on Elm Street.

We are spending a week in Manchester and would like recommendations for the best casual places to go with teenagers and one or two nice places with great food to go without kids.

February is Library Lover's Month at Mark Skinner Library. Library Lovers' Month is a month-long celebration of libraries.

Races for local elections are starting to take shape and the area will see more than one contested race for both the Select- and School Boards in Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Sunderland, and Winhall.

On two Saturdays, Dec. 5 and 12, a Holiday Open House Tour at local bed and breakfasts and inns was held with all the proceeds to benefit the Komen Foundation, raising more than $2,800, thanks to all who passed through the doors, including survivors.

Yankee Magazine's readers have named their favorite establishments and attractions as "Best of New England - Readers' Choice" winners for 2010.

It's not every day that the Manchester Police Department gets to assist the New York City Police Department in apprehending a murder suspect, but that's what unfolded here last Friday.

Police have arrested a man who confessed to fatally stabbing his roommate, and fleeing to Vermont.

"It looks to me like the classic case of big business pushing their way into our community," said Mike Klopchin of Clarendon.

A former Manchester resident, who police were able to track and arrest based on the through his cell phone, waived extradition Monday and is expected to be back in New York City by the end of the week.

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning is offering the following classes in February: Candy Making with Rachel Bowlen on Saturday, Feb.

A New York City man is being held on $500,000 bail following his arrest in Vermont for allegedly stabbing his partner to death in their Manhattan apartment.

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.

A man wanted for murder by New York City Police is behind bars in Vermont. Thirty-one year old Justin Waller allegedly stabbed and killed his partner Jonathan Lea in their Manhattan apartment on Thursday.

Add five more names to the Tree Steward Hall of Fame. The 2009 Tree Stewards were crowned tonight at a special Centennial celebration of urban forestry in Vermont.

The second installment of the 2009-10 fiscal year taxes is due for Manchester property tax payers and payable on or before Feb.