Old Bennington News

A number of local emergency personnel and civilians were honored Thursday at the State House in Montpelier for their actions at the scene of a fiery crash that saved a man's life.

Marjorie P. Kelly, 92, of North Bennington, died Nov. 26, 2009, at her daughter's home in Greenfield, Mass.

The Bennington Museum is seeking volunteer docents and educators to lead, teach and inspire visitors and young members of the community to appreciate fine art and the rich cultural heritage and history found at the museum through guided tours and educational programs.

The Select Board agreed recently to place a one-time request for $50,000 on the March ballot for a veterans memorial that's being constructed at the Vermont Veterans Home.

The Bennington Museum is hosting the third annual Southern Vermont Home Brew and Microbrew Festival on Saturday October 3, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Old Bennington Brush Company on North Street in downtown Bennington.

When I watched the news about the death of Senator Ed Kennedy I was reminded of the times I saw him as he marched in the Fall Foliage parades in North Adams.

When the crisp autumn air hits thousands of leaf peepers hit New England. October seems to be the perfect month to do some leaf peeping through New England's small towns especially the back roads and out of the way places.

Sisters Amanda, left, and Emily Ranttila, students at Mount Anthony Union High School, flock a house in Old Bennington on Tuesday.

A multitude of events will be held Friday and over the weekend in Bennington and Hoosick, N.Y., to mark Bennington Battle Day.

Police don't know what caused the accident on Route 9 that resulted in the death of a local man on Wednesday even though the Bennington Police Department's crash investigator happened to be a witness to it.

Police don't know what caused the accident on Route 9 that resulted in the death of a local man on Wednesday even though the Bennington Police Department's crash investigator happened to be a witness to it.

A New Jersey resident who planned to build a house with a 7,500-square-foot footprint in a village where no new homes have been added in about 30 years has withdrawn his application to the Old Bennington village Planning Commission.

Police say a fatal car crash in Bennington was caused by a drunk driver who was three times over the legal limit.

Themassive outpouring of fansfor Michael Jackson's funeral, so reminiscent of the way people responded to the death of Elvis Presley, made me, at first, wonder about our priorities.

There's a piano in the laundry room. There's one in the office. Several cluster at one end of the living room.

A local man who has twice been convicted of being a habitual offender was sentenced on June 25 to serve seven to 15 years in prison after he was convicted by a jury of burglary in February.

A new house with a 7,500-square-foot footprint proposed for an empty field had some neighbors extremely concerned about the future of the historic village during a Planning Commission meeting on Monday night.

Jeddah Beach Palace Garden in Saudi Arabia is the work of internationally known landscape architect Robert Truskowski of Old Bennington, whose exhibition and talk opened June Arts! 2008.

A local tavern owner who attempted to rescue a crash victim from a burning car Friday said the incident has been in his thoughts constantly since then.

A Bennington man was killed and another was trapped inside a burning car after a two-car crash on Friday evening, according to Bennington Police Sgt.