Bennington County News

Despite recent approval in the House, a redistricting plan which forms a single two-seat legislative district encompassing both Arlington and Shaftsbury is far from a done deal, according to those opposed to the plan.

A Pownal man who was arraigned Feb. 2 on a felony charge of domestic assault is being held without bail after being arraigned one week later on a felony charge of sexually assaulting the same woman.

State police say a local man has been arrested after an investigation into a series of burglaries in Bennington County.

The question of whether zoning for the former Johnson Controls site in Bennington should be changed from industrial use to commercial to allow a retail facility has been batted back and forth among Select Board members, town planners and area development officials for years, and the basic arguments from both sides have changed little.

The Kelly Stand Road, largely destroyed in late August by Tropical Storm Irene, will not be brought back to the way it was until 2013, according to officials from the town, state, and U.S. Forest Service.

A developer is seeking an Act 250 permit for a 23-lot subdivision to be built off Sunderland Hill Road at what is now a dormant gravel pit.

United Counseling Service's program for children and families is sponsoring a photo exhibit of the HighLow Project, which explores the experience of homeless youth in Vermont.

Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon -- Start with Art session on theme of "faces," for ages 3-6 with parents.

There was a reconciliatory consensus Monday evening between the Shaftsbury Select Board and Glastenbury Town Supervisor Rickey Harrington to keep the "status quo" regarding municipal services between the two towns.

A Bennington man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 88 felony charges of violating an abuse prevention order.

Week 5 was a very productive week in Montpelier, with a number of bills making their way through the House.

State officials are planning to meet with the public and local municipal government leaders throughout the county next month to help assess and plan long-term recovery efforts needed because of Tropical Storm Irene.

Monument Elementary School teacher John Dockum appears in Bennington Superior Court, Criminal Division, to plead not guilty Monday to five felony counts of possessing child pornography.

Standardized test results released Tuesday are harder for local school administrators to decipher this year given obstructions caused by Tropical Storm Irene and a teachers strike last fall.

KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON - A local elementary school teacher pleaded not guilty Monday to allegedly having child pornography on a laptop he was issued through the school.

A number of men pleaded not guilty this week to an unusually high number of charges alleging they violated conditions of their release by contacting alleged victims from prison.

Dear Dr. Wallack: I would like to congratulate you on your appointment this past year as chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, and thank you for the hard work you're putting into Vermont's latest attempt at health care reform.

"He was a model that I knew I would never match, but it was worth trying," Mallory said with a laugh.

Feb. 3 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. -- Family-frendly community Contra Dance with Peter Stix will be calling to the music of Wintergreen.

Proposed rules governing commercial composting inch forward at both the local and state level.