West Fairlee News

Stephen Thomas is returning to Cedar Creek. This week a portrait of the man who led the Eighth Vermont Regiment at the Battle of Cedar Creek, in which Vermonters played perhaps their most important role of the ...

On 10/09/08 the State Police were dispatched to a report of a two vehicle collision on VT-113 in West Fairlee near the B&B Cash Market.

Residents of West Fairlee are hoping to preserve a piece of history. Bean Hall is in the heart of West Fairlee, and days before it's scheduled to close down for failing inspection from the fire marshal, a newly ...

On 08-23-08, at approximately 2314, Sgt. Amadon, VSP Bradford, attempted to stop Bacon's vehicle, a 1990 Jeep Wrangler, after it drove around in a circle with its tires squealing in the intersection of Cross ...

On 08/24/08 Troopers from the Bradford State Barracks and Deputies from the Orange County Sheriffs Department were attempting to locate a vehicle that was involved in a different motor vehicle pursuit that ...

BRADFORD -- A West Fairlee man arrested on suspicion of DUI was found to be wanted on a warrant for alleged lewd and lascivious conduct with a child.

A Vershire man died Wednesday after he fell down a mine shaft. David Ricker, 70, hiked to the West Fairlee Copper Mines with a friend, police said.

A Vershire, Vt., man was killed Wednesday after falling 60 feet down one of the mine shafts at the West Fairlee Copper Mines.

STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE INCIDENT: DUI CASE #: 08B301132 TROOPER: Dion, Gardner, Sgt.

VIOLATION: Grand Larceny, Possession of Stolen Property, Obstruction of Justice, Disorderly Conduct, Unlawful Mischief ACCUSED: Edwin Huntley AGE: 33 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: West Fairlee, VT VICTIM: Gail ... via Vermont State Police Department of Pu...

“It is a few places, it is certainly not everywhere.”

Municipalities across the state were bound together Tuesday not only by the traditions of town meeting but in a patchwork of ballot questions, initiatives and issues that made appearances in more than one town ... via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“It doesn't matter whether there's a club in their town or not. We try to spread the applications over the whole state.”

For Vermont women who have lost their means of support through separation, divorce, the death or the long-term unemployment of their spouse, there's a little good news - a scholarship designed especially for ... via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

SPORTS: Windsor Back Atop D-II Hill Barre, Vt. -- It's something intangible. NEWS: Thetford OKs Third Officer Thetford -- Taxpayers voted overwhelmingly to add a third full-time officer to Thetford's police ... via Valley News

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Upper Valley Region announced grants of $101,181 to local nonprofit organizations through its most recent competitive application grant program. via Rutland Herald

“Short of a sewer, the next best draw would be high-speed Internet”

FAIRLEE-"What will it take to bring businesses over here to Fairlee and Bradford?" Fairlee Selectboard member Ken Gulick asked state representative Sarah Copeland Hanzas during the board's Feb. 11 meeting. Commenting on the number of small businesses along Route 14 in Bethel and Royalton, he added, "we don't have any businesses here except tourism."

Hanzas replied that the lack of a sewer has turned several potential tenants away from Bradford's industrial park and curtailed the development of a bigger grocery story, pointing out that more acreage is needed for a business to install the required septic system and backup. Read more

“Until there is a resolution, we aren't going anywhere.”

WEST FAIRLEE-There will likely be some changes to the service area in 2008 between the town of West Fairlee and the Thetford FAST Squad, but no specific date has yet been determined. Negotiations are ongoing between the Thetford FAST Squad and the West Fairlee Selectboard with the hope of coming to some kind of agreement that will avoid an interruption in emergency response service to West Fairlee, while limiting the burden on the FAST Squad.

The issues stems from problems that may arise as squad members respond to emergency calls in West Fairlee-far from their base in Thetford Center. At present, Thetford's service area is stretched to capacity and they need to focus on their core area, lest they become compromised. Read more