Shaftsbury News

As a long-time Shaftsbury resident and certified public accountant, I, William Fisk, announce my candidacy for the position of treasurer of the town of Shaftsbury.

In 1982, artists Joan Furchgott and her husband, Brad Sourdiffe, opened their business doing frame and art restoration from their home in Buels Gore.

A Connecticut man was arrested in Shaftsbury Thursday morning, after state police said he drove his vehicle into a fence at the Bank Street home of his former wife, then later allegedly removed his pants at the Shaftsbury police barracks, prompting a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior.

There was a reconciliatory consensus Monday evening between the Shaftsbury Select Board and Glastenbury Town Supervisor Rickey Harrington to keep the "status quo" regarding municipal services between the two towns.

Police say a single-vehicle accident closed Route 7A for about an hour Saturday afternoon, but resulted in only minor injuries.

Some people just can't get certain things out of their heads. They see a problem and attack it from... MONTPELIER -- The two legislators whose political futures will change as a result of the redrawing of House districts nevertheless joined in the tri-partisan chorus of support for the new map Wednesday.

Proposed rules governing commercial composting inch forward at both the local and state level.

As part of the band's annual winter house calls, local favorite The Prescription, with The Side Effects horn section, will bring its "dance hits" to the Vermont Arts Exchange's Basement Music Series stage for the group's annual dance party on Saturday, Feb.

The chairman of the Select Board has announced that there will be no town tax increase in fiscal 2012-13. The Select Board completed work on the proposed budget for 2012-13 at a meeting on Saturday, according to Chairman Lon McClintock.

If the current reapportionment proposal passes through the statehouse and is signed by Governor Peter Shumlin, Stratton would be moved from the present district it shares with Winhall, Londonderry, Weston and Jamaica, and shift into a district with Arlington, Sunderland, Sandgate, Shaftsbury, Glastenbury, and part of Rupert, according to a member ... (more)

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.

This Banner file photo shows Rickey Harrington, a Glastenbury resident whose status as a member of the Southwest Vermont Career Development Center board is under question because of where he lives.

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

The Shaftsbury School District board is expected to warn a fiscal year 2013 budget next week that includes all the requests of the administration and still has a near-zero effect on the tax rate.

An employee at the state Department of Motor Vehicles office in Bennington pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he aided a New York man in processing fraudulent vehicle registrations.

Several firearms were reported to have been stolen from a residence on McCormick Lane in Sunderland, according to the state police.

With two new troopers at the local Vermont State Police barracks, the commander says the increase in manpower will allow police to be more proactive.

A local horse aficionado has taken it upon herself to help struggling dairy farmers finding it hard to feed their cows in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.

State police were again called to a Shaftsbury neighborhood Friday night where prowler activity by a suspicious male was reported on Thursday night.