Westford News

The Vermont Commissioner of Education is considering whether to recommend to the state Board of Education that schools in Essex and Essex Junction consolidate into one supervisory union.

Lukas LaRiviere Age: 17 School: BFA Fairfax Parents: Neal LaRiviere and Dolores Eckert Hometown: Fairfax Top 5 accomplishments: Selected for National Honor Society, on honor roll for four years, 3.8 GPA, traveled to England with school group, member of Ultimate Frisbee Club.

Girls on the Run Vermont is in the process of expanding its roster to 115 sites statewide, and volunteer coaches are needed in the areas of Westford, Essex, Hinesburg and Charlotte.

The two roosters prowling off South Williams Street on Friday were not the first ones seen -- or heard -- in this settled neighborhood at the west edge of the University of Vermont campus.

It might qualify as a symbol: Frank Ammirato Jr.'s Westford barn emerged last week as Vermont's first site for a new incentive program for photovoltaic power.

Several schools in Essex school districts, including schools in Essex Junction and Westford, have postponed H1N1 flu clinics due to a shortage of the vaccine.

ESSEX -- The superintendent of the Essex Town School District will resign at the end of the school year.

There are hours upon hours of homework and some courses are a total nightmare. But not all students are stressed.

More than two years after critics first voiced concerns that tiny FairPoint lacked the resources to take over Verizon's Northern New England land-line business, some of their predictions are proving true.

Deep budget cuts at the Department of Corrections could force officials to slash the number of frontline officers overseeing nearly 8,000 people on either probation or parole in Vermont.

About 30 years ago, Essex Rescue began responding to emergency calls in Underhill.

INCIDENT: Attempting to Elude, Negligent Operation, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol- Refusal, motor vehicle crash with injuries.

Police say a suspected drunk driver escaped a fiery crash in Westford, Vt. Essex Police and Vermont State Troopers arrested 40-year-old Steven Bergman of Essex Tuesday night.

Police say a suspected drunk driver escaped a fiery crash in Westford Tuesday night.

Everybody admires the long stone wall in front of Robert Jackson's house. Joggers passing by gaze at it.

Vermont has as many ways to admire the foliage as there are colors of the leaves.

Age: 18 School: Essex High School Parents: Laura and Randy Darden Hometown: Essex Top 5 accomplishments: Essex High School Science Award, GPA of 97.1, Rensselaer Leadership Scholarship, Honor Roll, National Honors Society In the community: Girl Scouts, varsity/JV basketball, AAU basketball, tutoring with National Honor Society Favorite spare time ...

Rutland still has highest rate in the state at 9 percent, down from 10 percent in month of June.

A hailstone that hit Westford, Vt., north of Burlington, during a severe thunderstorm on July 16, 2009, has been declared the largest hailstone ever recovered in the state of Vermont.

Monday and Wednesday evenings a group of hardcore enthusiasts meet at Bayside Park in Colchester for three hours of sand volleyball.