North Bennington News

The decision was made because the State Board of Education has yet to approve an application for the independent Village School of North Bennington, which would have operated out of the Graded School building.

A former Monument Elementary School teacher accused of possessing child pornography has had the charges against him filed by the state dropped, however he is facing a complaint from federal prosecutors.

There will be two 3-day Intensive Video Editing Class open to children ages 12-15 and instructing students in media making, the finer points of video production and digital editing.

Bennington Senior Center activities will include bone builders from 10 to 11:30 a.m.; the Help Weight Group: weigh-in will be held from 4:30 to 4:55 p.m. The meeting will start at 5 p.m. sharp.

A negotiated contract with educational support personnel was expected to be reviewed by the executive committee of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Thursday, but policy does not allow the committee to approve the contract for the supervisory union.

The NBGS Prudential Committee has placed a June 1 deadline on a decision whether to close the public school, and officials say the independent school apparently will not be approved by the state this month.

It is true that aspiring singer/songwriter Ellen Bindman-Hicks, just 17 years old, was tragically killed in an accident just as her musical career was beginning.

Plein Air VT 2012, which produces the annual Plein Air Festival locally, is looking for host homes for participating artists who come from all over the Eastern U.S. to paint outdoors in our area.

A woman who wrote bad checks to oil companies because she could not afford to pay for heat received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the charges Monday, and was ordered to pay the money back.

Bennington Senior Center activities Bone Builders 10-11:30 a.m.; Quilting 1-3 p.m.; Beginning Belly Dance, 5-7:30 p.m. BENNINGTON -- The Bennington Free Clinic is held each Thursday starting at 6 p.m. This clinic is for uninsured people 18 years of age or older.

The State Board of Education took no action Tuesday on an application to establish The Village School of North Bennington, casting serious doubt that an independent school will replace the public North Bennington Graded School this fall.

A State Board of Education meeting here today is coincidentally an ideal one to be held in Bennington, as two items on the agenda have significant local impacts.

The Prudential Committee and The Village School of North Bennington finalized a lease agreement Friday that allows the school building to be used by the proposed independent school for the next five years.

Two local hydro developers want to get the town-owned dam producing power again, and they seek a lease option agreement from the Select Board to determine the projects feasibility.

The Young at Heart Seniors of North Bennington invite all area seniors to their senior luncheon at Kevin's, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. seatings.

North Bennington school officials say the action taken by the electorate in 1999 to increase the makeup of the Prudential Committee met statutory requirements and there is no question of the legitimacy of any decisions since.

The Legislature amended the North Bennington Graded School District charter Wednesday so that it aligns with what local officials thought was in place for more than a decade.