Westminster News

It's been more than two years since members of the Goodell family first started talking about building an anaerobic digester on their farm to convert manure into electricity.

Three Democrats, two incumbents and a former longtime state representative ousted in the 2006 election are competing for the Democratic nomination to fill the two seats that represent the towns of Putney, ...

As children throughout Windham County return to school this week, some will find carrot and celery sticks on their desks along with the pencils and books.

It is going to be a quiet primary season across Windham County for the 2008 election.

Legislators are seeking to impose a two-year moratorium on building a new powerline in southern Vermont.

Toby Young, left, and Ralph Lawrence try to locate ancient roads on a map of Westminster, Friday morning at the Westminster Town Hall.

The Batten Kill Watershed Alliance got a chance to see how an older, yet similar, organization operates, at its annual meeting Tuesday.

For the second time in a month, Allen Brothers on Route 5 in Westminster was broken into.

Windham County is leading the pack this year in wild animals testing positive for rabies.

For some area farmers, the extra rain during the summer has caused business to blossom.

After serving more than 28 years with the Vermont State Police, it takes more than the theft of a few coolers of vegetables to dismay Bill Smidutz.

Like all Vermonters, I was dismayed and deeply saddened by the abduction and killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett.

While public swimming areas can be closed by Vermont health officials when they show high levels of bacteria, swimming holes on private properties often carry the same risk and are rarely posted with warning ...

State officials are quick to close down public swimming areas when they show high levels of bacteria, but they caution that swimming holes on private properties often carry the same risk and are rarely posted ...

Alongside the newest of the safety concerns emanating from the Entergy Louisiana nuclear plant in Vernon, is another elephant in our collective living room.

Alongside the newest of the safety concerns emanating from the Entergy Louisiana nuclear plant in Vernon, is another elephant in our collective living room.

A former Windham County Sheriff's captain pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of second-degree unlawful restraint of a person under the age of 18.

Taxes in the town and in the village of Bellows Falls will rise slightly next year after the Selectboard and the village trustees set the tax rates this week at a joint board meeting.

You can take the word "interim" off Sonia Alexander's door at Town Hall. Alexander signed a one-year contract with the town last week.

People who will be in the Westminster area during the weekend will have the opportunity to get an insider's look into some local gardens in the county while supporting a cause.