Springfield News

RUTLAND -- A multimillion dollar factory in Barre Town that will produce components for electric and hybrid cars, and a blighted public housing project in Rutland were among the winners of $3.6 million in grants awarded by the state last week.

Window and door manufacturer Harvey Building Products has announced plans to close its Springfield facility and move about 100 jobs to other locations in New England.

One recommendation being considered by a commission created by the Legislature to review the state's judicial system is to reduce the number of probate judges in southern Vermont from five to one.

A New Hampshire motorcyclist denied charges Tuesday that his reckless riding sent a woman to the hospital with serious injuries.

The redevelopment of Forest Park is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Wednesday, the Rutland Housing Authority was awarded a $750,000 Vermont Community Development Program grant, one of 10 totaling $4.3 million that Lt.

A Windsor man denied his third drunken driving charge Tuesday, as well as a charge of resisting arrest after police said the man didn't want to go peacefully.

Cancer survivor Dorothy Anderson-Galloway said she feels blessed to still be alive.

A North Springfield woman denied charges on Tuesday that she was under the influence of alcohol and drugs when she crashed her car while transporting her 2-year-old child.

A Bellows Falls man with a lengthy criminal record will serve a 45-day sentence at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield after pleading guilty in Windham District Court Monday to petit larceny and retail theft.

Submitted by the Green Mountain Festival Series The Green Mountain Festival Series is thrilled to begin its 25th Season on Saturday, October 24 when we present A Haunted Night at 7:30 p.m. at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester.

On the windowsill of a classroom inside the Vermont Wood Pellet Company lies business card after business card.

An Upper Valley couple denied charges of burglarizing a Hartford household and stealing $3,000 in firearms.

Vermont's students are at the top of the class in math, but a gap remains between those living in poverty and those who are not.

VICTIM: Female Juvenile AGE:6 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Londonderry, VT SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On October 05, 2009 the Vermont State Police and the Dept.

A group tied to President Barack Obama's campaign last year is planning a "listening tour stop" in Montpelier on Sunday.

Come on down Saturday night for a foot-stompin' and finger-lickin' good ol' time during the Throwdown at the Charity Hoedown, featuring auction items, square dancing and some of the best barbecue in Vermont.

Twenty years after it was first proposed, Vermont could be close to launching a statewide program to reduce electrical bills for its poorest residents.

Sending Vermont State Hospital patients to a new facility in Rutland could save the state money, but financing the ambitious project in this economy will be difficult, states an economic analysis of the plan.

Ted Foster knows a lot about the history of the old Fellows Gear Shaper complex.

Some of the town's neediest residents will have to wait for help or seek it elsewhere after a leaky roof left a local thrift store temporarily closed.