Westminster News

Rosiane and Marcos De Freitas of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of their daughter, Maria Rita S. De Freitas Pinto, on July 8 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital.

Convicted sex offender Richard Barrows, 72, of Westminster, appeared in Windham District Court Thursday morning in an effort to persuade the court to discharge the probationary sentence he was given after he entered into a plea agreement six years ago.

The state awarded more than $3 million in grants Tuesday to communities for projects that are expected to create jobs.

With the presentation of a $648,000 federal grant Tuesday, a proposed slaughterhouse in Westminster got one step closer to opening.

Nine communities are sharing over $3 million in state grants to help create jobs in Vermont.

Asah Cramer of Guilford, Vt., has been named to the dean's list for the first, second and third quarter at Rochester Institute of Technology.

The Westminster Cares, Inc. board of directors met on June 3. The group creates opportunities for seniors and disabled adults to live with independence and dignity in the community.

Yellow Barn Music Festival will open its 40th anniversary season this summer with a bang, as its Big Barn concert hall in Putney rocks with the sounds of the Brooklyn-based percussion ensemble, So Percussion, a well known quartet of young men who enjoy hitting things - drums, glockenspiels, toy pianos, coffee cups, metal pipes and more.

The Bellows Falls Middle School needs at least $2.8 million in renovations, and the Rockingham School Board will have to decide soon how to approach the looming project.

For those of us who are now adults, our memories of our summer camp experiences many years ago are mostly of the fun we had and the friends we made.

School garden programs have been blooming all over Windham County during the past few years.

The Vermont Public Service Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday regarding the G-33 Transmission Line Reconstruction Project.

About 18 members of the Brattleboro Police Department will take turns carrying the Special Olympics Torch Wednesday as the southeast leg of the Special Olympics Vermont Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run wends through Windham County.

On Tuesday, April 28 tragedy struck the hearts of David and Delores Smith and their 7-year -old boy, as fire destroyed their Westminster home.

A man from Athens is facing charges for allegedly stealing a Ford pickup truck from a farm in Westminster, said Vermont State Police.

Enjoy chicken, macaroni salad and cole slaw, all for $7. Takes place Saturday, May 23 all day, at the North Charlestown Methodist Church, River Road Route 12A, North Charlestown, NH.

The South Acworth Village Store is hosting a music festival on 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16 on the property next to the Village Store on Route 123-A in South Acworth.

On Friday, during the Art Walk in Bellows Falls 5 to 7 p.m. The Chapel Gallery is opening its last show of the season.

The town of Grafton plans to weigh the educational and financial impacts of withdrawing from the Bellows Falls Union High School district.

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