Pownal News

WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TODAY: For Friday's Bennington Banner, the staff is working on, among other articles, a profile of Bennington Select Board candidate and longtime activist Michael Bethel; the resignation of an administrator in the Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union; the election race for deliquent tax collector in Arlington; the firing this ... (more)

Michael George, 49, of Niles School Road, for the past two years has served as the town's emergency management coordinator.

Becky Gijanto of Pownal, Vt., emailed the Transcript: The mystery is solved! This photo was taken by Gillian Jones of our now 19-year-old son, Edward Gijanto, when we lived in Williamstown on Cold Spring Road.

In keeping with the theme of this spring's Vermont History Expo, "Vermont in the Civil War," the Pownal Historical Society's display at the Expo will focus on Pownal in the Civil War.

The Select Board voted Thursday to warn a town budget that would see the tax rate down about a penny.

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

Woman admits stealing from PAVE BENNINGTON - A Pownal woman pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling from donors to the Project Against Violent Encounters last year.

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.

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.

Berkshire Medical Center has agreed to pay a $20,000 settlement to the family of a Darien, Conn., man who escaped medical custody during a 2009 transfer to North Adams Regional Hospital's Greylock Pavilion and later committed suicide.

State Police reported a one-car crash on Route 7 in Pownal around 4:10 p.m. Friday, which resulted in a trip to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center for a woman and her 3-year-old son, both passengers in the 1993 Nissan sedan.

It's possible voters will see three articles on the annual Town Meeting ballot regarding the town-owned Bartels Lodge.

The state has sent a letter to the town saying it could find no evidence that Route 7 is the cause of the increase in wetlands around Pownal Center.

Trooper James Wright said a tan 1997 Chevy pickup was located in a stream along the northbound shoulder of the roadway.

With help from the community, Green Mountain RSVP and Volunteer Center was able to "stuff the bus" with groceries to be given to those in need.

My plan was to make coq au vin, but a couple of things got in the way. The first was my mother.

A Barber Pond Road man was charged with a felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol on Monday in Bennington criminal court.