Springfield News

For Nancy Goodrich, her business is a dream come true. The sign out front says it all: "Pleasant Valley Foods - A Vermont Family Business." For Goodrich, the seafood and produce store she operates on Route 103 just south of Ludlow with her daughter Hannah Epler is more than just an expansion of her home-based catering business.

The Springfield School District had the right to build a parking lot on its property, according to a Supreme Court decision issued Friday.

The Springfield Hospital is suing the heads of two Vermont agencies to recover $1.2 million in Medicaid funds it says were cut from the hospital's budget.

A hunter accused of shooting and injuring another hunter last month in Bradford has been cited to appear in Vermont District Court in Chelsea to face an aggravated assault charge.

Springfield Hospital is suing the heads of two state agencies in federal court to recover $1.2 million in special Medicaid funds cut from the hospital's budget this year.

Thursday afternoon, students in Alyson Bull's fourth-grade class stood in tightly knit clusters, laughing as they leaned on each other and pulled on each other's hands and feet.

A plan by the Turning Point Center to build a halfway house for men and women recovering from addictions, including former inmates, has run into local opposition.

A Windsor man is behind bars on charges he viewed child pornography. Carleton G. Murphy III, 22, pleaded innocent Tuesday in White River Junction District Court to misdemeanor charges of possession of child pornography and resisting arrest, which carry a combined maximum penalty of three years in prison and $5,500 in fines.

Vermont dairy farmers are losing an average of $120 a month per cow, and the state has lost 53 dairy farms since January, Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee said Monday.

Two Springfield men think they might be on the brink of a great historical discovery - at least to Springfield.

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.