North Bennington News

Monument Elementary School teacher John Dockum appears in Bennington Superior Court, Criminal Division, to plead not guilty Monday to five felony counts of possessing child pornography.

KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON - A local elementary school teacher pleaded not guilty Monday to allegedly having child pornography on a laptop he was issued through the school.

The North Bennington Prudential Committee met Saturday to rewarn a slightly revised ballot for district residents to consider on Town Meeting Day.

Whether they dive... Or just dip.... Each person who splashed into Lake Champlain Saturday did so in support of more than 1,000 Special Olympians across the Green Mountain state.

Police say they are investigating an armed robbery on Gage Street after a victim reported being robbed by three people Wednesday night.

The Hoosick Falls Youth & Community Center will host "Folk Fibers," an adult class focusing on recycling fibers and using them to creating stretched fabric images.

More will be requested from taxpayers as enrollment continues to plummet and enrichment programs are slashed until the building is ultimately closed.

Mount Anthony Union warned a fiscal year 2013 budget Monday that will increase the district's tax rate more than 11 cents if approved by voters in March.

In recent editions of the Bennington Banner I have read many articles dealing with doctor-prescribed suicide.

Families Together meets at Bennington Project Independence on the last Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public and intended for those caring for a loved one.

Two of the three planning leaders behind the local "Year of the Dragon" community arts and culture celebration hosted a community meeting Thursday night at the Bennington Free Library.

Voters will be asked to support one new agency on Bennington's town meeting ballot in March.

A Monument Elementary teacher has been charged with felony possession of child pornography after police allegedly found images of young girls on his school computer.

A story Friday about Bennington's town budget provided an incorrect calculation.

The NorShaft Lions will host their third annual chili tasting event on Saturday, Jan.

The Select Board completed work Wednesday on the town budget it will present to voters in March, trimming hundreds more dollars from the funding requests made by some local agencies.

The Bennington County Industrial Corp. expects to break even for the first time in at least three years after cutting expenses and raising funds from shareholders to offset state cuts.

Talk about priorities tends to get very abstract and, if politics are in the vicinity, to replace common sense with ideology.

The Park-McCullough House is hoping to gather enough signatures by Jan. 26 to appear on the ballot in March and seek $5,000 from taxpayers.

Bliss and Patrick Bernal took a circuitous route around the world when relocating from New York City to Manchester.