The director of the Windham Orchestra has been placed on unpaid leave after being cited on charges of child pornography and trying to lure a minor by electronic means.

A joint investigation is currently being conducted by the Brattleboro Police Department and the United States Postal Inspection Service, Boston office.

The conductor of the Windham Orchestra took a leave of absence Friday after he was cited by Brattleboro police on felony charges of possession of child pornography.

When: Saturdays, Nov. 7, 14 and 21, and Dec. 5 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: A relaxed country setting in Westminster West.

HALLOWEEN PARADE FRIDAY: Central Elementary School will host its annual Halloween Parade on Friday at 1:30 p.m. Students and adults, most in costumes, will start their parade on George Street, walk down Atkinson Street, to Oak Street, Church Place and back to the Central School.

Those empty storefronts in downtown Bellows Falls may be filling up with murals soon.

Landen T. Elliott-Knaggs of Dummerston, Vt., and Emma L. Gaskill of Brattleboro, Vt., are attending St.

An idea that has been studied and debated and written about for almost 30 years will get one more report.

Motivated and concerned about the trash that gathers along the Connecticut River and its tributaries, volunteers formed teams to remove garbage from the river in locations all through Windham County on Saturday and Sunday during the 13th annual Source to the Sea cleanup.

Lily Joseph, 25, of Saxtons River, had her attorney enter an appearance for her in Windham District Court Tuesday.

Robert McBride believes artists and farmers have a lot in common. So much so that McBride, the executive director of the Rockingham Arts and Museum Project, is hosting a town meeting Thursday evening at the Bellows Falls Visitors Center.

Results from this year's standardized science test scores showed a wide discrepancy in how students were learning basic science skills in Windham County's public schools, according to data released this week by the Vermont Department of Education.

Christ's Church, the combination American Baptist and United Church of Christ in Saxtons River, will herald the change of seasons with the ringing of bells on Sunday, Sept.

After more than a year of on-and-off discussion, Saxtons River is looking for answers from the Bellows Falls Trustees on a proposed connection between the two villages' sewer plants.

Four recent local robberies may be related, but at this time police are still conducting an investigation.

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The results from an experiment that started in Windham County might help the state meet its goal of providing universal broadband coverage by 2010.

The Rockingham Historical Commission is seeking nominations for its 12th annual Old House Awards.

When: Thursdays, Aug. 13 and 20, from noon to 5 p.m. Where: Great River Arts Institute, 33 Bridge St., Bellows Falls.

A man well known in the Brattleboro area for his efforts to bring locally produced food to the dinner table will be in the region over the next two months to discuss his new book "Lifting the Yoke; Local Solutions to America's Farm and Food Crisis." More than 30 years ago, Ron Krupp was instrumental in setting up the Brattleboro Area Farmer's ...