Whiting News

School merger talks have been ignited by a study committee in Salisbury and Leicester and according to one Vermont representative with knowledge of the idea, the state will support towns that want to merge their low-attendance, high-cost schools with others, but legislators will not mandate it anytime soon.

On June 7, at approximately 1:30 a.m., the Vermont State Police, New Haven Barracks, responded to a single vehicle crash on the Shoreham-Whiting Road, in Whiting.

The closing of the Hancock Village School shows what is at stake in the debate about school consolidation.

There's a transition happening at schools in Sudbury and Leicester - teachers are taking on new administrative roles.

A local man was listed in critical condition Monday following a motor vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on the Shoreham-Whiting Road, according to Vermont State Police.

VEHICLE #1 OPERATOR: John Burt AGE: 21 SEAT BELT? N CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Whiting, VT DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2000 Chevrolet Sliverado 2500 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Total INJURIES V #1, John Burt: Multiple contusions and lacerations as well as internal injuries including, broken ribs, cervical fracture, abdominal and spleen.

Search for Ichabod Foster may lead future generations to dig deeper If X marks the spot, they may have found him DIG FOR ANSWERS-Members of the Concord Historical Society assisted editor Julie Foster Van Camp in her search for Ichabod Foster.

I don't normally do reviews in this column, but I have to comment on the Fela Kuti Tribute Ensemble's surprise show last Tuesday night in Montpelier.

Six Addison County men have pleaded guilty in Vermont District Court to multiple deer-poaching charges stemming from a deer-jacking complaint on Aug.

Ann Whiting and Friends - Susannah Blachly, George White and Patti Casey - present an evening of song and dance, Saturday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., at Noble Hall Lounge at Vermont College of Fine Art, 39 College St.

He's traveled the length of the state educating Vermont's children, but for at least the next two years John Castle will have a new destination - the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon.

New legislation introduced last week in the Vermont Senate would ban the controversial practice of coyote-killing tournaments, or "derbies," that offer awards or cash prizes based on the "size, quality or ...

With school spending on the rise and student populations diving in some towns, local voters are faced with deciding how those factors will affect their students and pockets this Town Meeting Day.

For the second time in two months, Sudbury voters opted out of a plan Saturday to join Leicester and Whiting in fronting the cost of building a new $5 million to $7 million school for 120 of their children in ...

January 2, 2009 Vermont College of Fine Arts invites area residents to two upcoming readings by visiting writers, tonight and Saturday.

William Mathis, the longest-serving school superintendent in Vermont, announced his resignation Monday.