Pownal News

A Pleasant Street man pleaded not guilty in Bennington District Court to stealing two dirt bikes from a locked shed.

A local activist who went to court to make e-mails between school board members public is seeking new e-mails from the Mount Anthony Union district.

A Pownal woman pleaded not guilty to assault charges Wednesday in Bennington District Court.

Down in nearby Pownal, Vermont, some members of the Pownal Historical Society are putting together an Arcadia book on the town and are looking for some help in identifying the cars in a few photos they uncovered.

A nationally challenging credit card landscape has delivered an unforgiving "damned if you do, damned if you don't" dynamic, according to Frank and Ericca Burdick of Pownal, Vt.

Young children huddled in the classroom, eyes gazing forward, as Zia wrote the name Bryce in Persian from the right side of the white board to the left.

The Mount Anthony Union School Board voted to maintain and defend its current structure despite a letter from Vermont Commissioner of Education Armando Vilaseca that recommended the board submit a new structure to voters in time for Town Meeting Day.

Students at Mount Anthony Union Middle School had a chance to talk with local farmers and food producers Wednesday to get a better understanding of how food is produced locally and the effect local agriculture has on the community.

The trial of a Pownal woman accused of causing an accident that killed another driver's twin, 6-month-old fetuses will not begin until March and her attorney may attempt to suppress her alleged confession.

The chairman of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee said he's drafting a bill that would criminalize the untimely deaths of fetuses.

A Bennington County woman pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against her stemming from a car accident that killed unborn twins.

A former Pownal resident who was convicted in 2000 for aggravated sexual assault is facing new charges after investigators said they believed he was trying to pressure the victim into not testifying against him again.

While investigating a single vehicle rollover crash in Pownal, police ended up charging a New York man with driving while under the influence of alcohol.

In a letter sent this week, the Vermont Department of Education states that the composition of the Mount Anthony Union District Board apparently "fails to pass constitutional muster," and suggests that the board be "reapportioned to meet constitutional requirements." Commissioner Armando Vilaseca suggests in the letter addressed to MAU Chairwoman ...

You can take the girl away from her viewbooks, but you can't take her away from beautiful liberal arts colleges.

If all goes as planned, the town may boast two green power production sites within the next few years -- a solar generation facility at the former Green Mountain Race Track and a hydro-electric plant on the Hoosic River.

A trend of increasing student and faculty absences began last week at Burr and Burton Academy, peaking at 160 students earlier this week, and forced Headmaster Mark Tashjian to make the decision to close the school for the first time in recent memory.

The Wil-liamstown Local House of History and The Trustees of Reservations announce an upcoming illustrated talk about the life and work of botanist and author Grace Greylock Niles.

The new pastor of the Pownal Community Church brings a background in town government, law enforcement and faith-based counseling to the small congregation.

The following cases were heard Friday in Bennington District Court. Zachary Dessert, 16, of Main Street, Bennington pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of first degree aggravated domestic assault and one count of reckless endangerment.