Springfield News

The last few weeks have been unbearable -- the temptation, the teasing. And it doesn't have to be that way.

A Rutland man already awaiting trial for the August stick-up of a convenience store in Ludlow is now being sought as a fugitive by New York authorities who believe he robbed a gas station in their state just days before the Vermont crime occurred.

In the early days here in New England, owners, operators and builders of grist mills were the most important people in town.

Representatives from the Disabled American Veterans were in Brattleboro on Wednesday afternoon to present Dunkin' Donuts with an appreciation award for their partnership to assist America's returning military men and women.

The Southern Windsor County Incubator has announced their 3rd annual Business Plan Competition.

Beautiful solar homes in a variety of settings will be the topic on Sunday at 4 p.m., at Misty Valley Books in Chester, with authors and solar experts Stephen Snyder and David Bonta.

Vermont State Police arrested two Augusta, Maine, residents for a burglary in Vermont.

A Vermont man threatened two women with a two-by-four, and then assaulted a man, police said.

Travel across Vermont and you won't find many communities that pass school budgets more consistently than Shelburne.

A Massachusetts couple has been fined $18,500 for violating New Hampshire's wetlands regulations and shoreland protection act.

A Springfield resident is being held without bail after he allegedly attacked a man with the jagged neck of a broken liquor bottle.

The county's top prosecutor will withdraw from two cases involving the alleged beating and fatal shooting of a man in Chester.

The Vermont Department of Health has scheduled free H1N1 vaccine clinics for today: Barre, 4-6 p.m., Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 600 Granger Road, appointment only; Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon, Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, 228 N. Winooski Ave.; St.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy helped launch the Springfield Area Parent Child Center's capital campaign with a $100,000 federal grant.

Free Community Dinner The Springfield Church of Christ will host a free community dinner on Tuesday, Feb.

A Springfield man and a Cavendish woman were allegedly caught with crack cocaine and a large amount of Ecstasy in their glove compartment Tuesday after police stopped their vehicle Monday on Interstate 91.

A new campaign called "A Shot for a Shot " aims to encourage young adults to get vaccinated.

While their flag might have been stolen and burned, two Springfield residents - one of whom is in the armed forces - received a special replacement.

A traffic stop turned into a drug bust in Windham County. At about 12:30 Monday morning Vermont State Police stopped a car on Interstate 91 in Vernon.

Springfield will contract with the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission to do some administrative work on the $750,000 grant the town received toward the rehabilitation of the old Fellows Gear Shaper complex.