Bennington News

Residents may have to get used to the sound of the hail cannon firing from Southern Vermont Orchard again.

A big shot of positive economic news for southwestern Vermont: A Bennington manufacturer is expected to bring up to 300 new jobs to the area as it fills a Pentagon contract to make armor for vehicles going to Afghanistan.

The Bennington School District Board has unanimously approved the construction of a 3,600-square-foot addition to Bennington Elementary School that could cost up to $435,000. The majority of the funding for the addition, which will consist of three 1,200-square-foot classrooms, will come from a reserve fund for capital improvements, renovations and ...

As the name implies, a meditation garden contains a sense of seclusion and personal space where one can reflect, relax, unwind, ponder new ideas and contemplate in peace and quiet.

Politicians often promise change, but today they actually deliver. That's because July 1 marks the date that all new statutes that don't have other specified effective dates go into law.

Officials say Vermont's historic sites are the place to be next weekend to appreciate the history of the Fourth of July holiday.

A Bennington man pleaded not guilty Monday in Bennington District Court to one count of domestic assault and one felony count of unlawful restraint.

The Select Board this week declined a request to pass an ordinance that would ban smoking in public parks in favor of public notices that would discourage people from smoking in areas near playground and athletic equipment.

A just-completed audit of the finances at the Southern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington is showing a deficit of $22.1 million.

A North Bennington, Vt. woman, who was collaborating on the music for the upcoming production of "Twelfth Night" at Main Street Stage prior to her death in an motor vehicle accident last Thursday , was remembered as having a "killer voice" and as a "force to be reckoned with" by cast mates on Monday.

Federal investigators are now looking into last week's fatal ambulance crash in Bennington.

A New York man is being held on $50,000 bail after his arraignment last week on charges that he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl earlier this year at a local home and in New York.

A Bennington paramedic killed last week in an ambulance crash got a stirring send-off from about 500 family members and friends.

A teenager and recent high school graduate who died in a car crash Thursday afternoon was remembered Friday as a promising singer and actress.

Vermont State Police say a car accident in Pawlet has claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl.

The head of the Bennington County Meals on Wheels says a man going around town to sell raffle tickets under the name of the not-for-profit group is scamming people.

Emergency responders across the Northeast expressed sorrow Tuesday over the tragic death of a local EMT killed Monday afternoon when the ambulance he was driving struck a tree.

Longtime Bennington Rescue Squad member Dale R. Long responded to emergency calls and saved numerous lives over 25 years.

A Bennington woman is one of three people charged with the "most violent" kidnapping and torture case the prosecutor in the case has ever seen.

A Bennington Rescue Squad member is dead following an accident that occurred on Route 9 in the Town of Bennington, according to the Bennington Police Department.