Benson News

Power will go out in Benson, Hubbardton, Sudbury, Brandon, Orwell, Leicester, Whiting, Shoreham, Bridport and Cornwall Saturday morning.

The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, along with the Dorset Nursing Association and the Coalition for Adult Immunization in the Rutland Region, will hold 18 public seasonal flu shot clinics through Nov.

A Rutland grandmother who served 2-1/2 years in prison for her role in a 2003 murder in Benson is back in jail for allegedly stealing clothes.

Benson says group was never 'anti-gay' By Nancy Remsen * Free Press Staff Writer * August 30, 2009 The Rev.

A dozen years ago, Stan Baker lent his name and the story of his love and commitment to partner Peter Harrigan to a cause and a lawsuit: the fight for marriage equality for same-sex couples.

Robert Barral can provide just about everything you need for a perfect Vermont picnic: a bottle of rose made in Provence specially for his Brandon business; pate and saucisson; local and imported cheeses, green salad and a baguette.

When Castleton firefighter Christopher Fretta was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last year, the 24-year-old said he was amazed at the level of support he received from his fellow firefighters and others in the community.

On 07/23/09 at about 1918 hours, VSP Rutland investigated a reported theft of gas from the Benson Village Store in Benson.

A man who allegedly stole a vehicle from his Middlebury residence and a tank of gas from a Benson station before leading police on a seven-minute, four-mile chase through Benson and Fair Haven pleaded innocent to all charges Friday.

West Rutland will receive more than $700,000 in federal stimulus money to fund the repaving of two well-trafficked town roads.

INCIDENT: Runaway Juveniles CASE #:09C103248 TROOPER: Doug Norton STATION: Rutland CONTACT#:802-773-9101 DATE/TIME:07/08/2009 @ approximately 0115hours LOCATION :Camp E Wen Akee Missing Person 1: Jeffrey Tanner AGE:14 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Benson, Vermont Missing Person 2: Damian Gratton AGE:16 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Benson, Vermont SUMMARY ...

BENSON - Vermont State Police are asking for the public's help finding a pair of runaways from Camp E-Wen-Akee in Benson.

McKinley Avenue Bridge near the Vermont State Police Troop C barracks is due to have its deck replaced this summer.

Thunderstorms felled trees around Rutland County Tuesday, knocking three of them into houses.

College News The following area students received academic honors for the spring semester at Castleton State College in Castleton: Named to the president's list were: David Altobell, Jessica Balcom, Matthew Bersaw, Kalyn Burns, Brittany Colburn, Floribeth Jimenez, Ashley Manley, Laura Parker, Molly Rhodes, Elizabeth Root, Jonathan Wallett, all of ...

Wreaths adorn memorials while flags flutter in the breeze at St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery in West Rutland.

Sweet, er, Sixteen In the past few years, 39-year-old American playwright David Lindsey-Abaire has quickly notched both critical and commercial successes, winning the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The defense attorney for accused murderer Trevor P. Herrick said Friday that his client acted in self-defense when he stabbed 52-year-old Kerry Munger in the Diamond Run Mall parking lot last week.

For the second time in less than two weeks, fire investigators have determined that a blaze destroying a Castleton mobile home and killing a family dog ignited accidentally.