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The family that owns the Ellis Block in downtown Springfield said Monday they were waiting for their insurance company before they could hire someone to stabilize and clean up the burned-out building.

If Jairo Blanco has his way, Vermont might one day become the international home of the people's cow.

Former Asheville Civic Center Director David Pisha who brought big-city performers to the city venue but struggled with the aging facility and pressure to clamp down on drugs at concerts has gotten a job in ...

About 1,100 Central Vermont Power Service customers lost power early Monday after a Vermont Telephone Co.

Ray Mongeau/For The Citizen Jay Seaton pilots Isaiah's Ark into the docks at the Naswa.

Residents of the Lincoln Block in downtown Springfield won't be able to return to their homes until early next week at the earliest, assuming the building passes electrical and structural evaluations, the ...

An 18-year-old Springfield teenager who lived at the Ellis Block was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with setting the fire that gutted the historic downtown block Tuesday night, leaving 40 people ...

Michael LeClair has announced his candidacy for the state House of Representatives.

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 8 at 8 p.m. at the Whiting Library, Chester to discuss the findings of the Phoenix Probe on Mars, and the implications of its ...

Two National Guard soldiers, one from North Springfield and the other from Forest Dale, received Purple Hearts on Sunday morning for injuries they received last July while searching for unexploded roadside ...

A Springfield woman was injured Tuesday afternoon in a chain-reaction accident on the Chester Road that involved four vehicles.

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Sixteen members of a special training unit will help the rest of the Mountain Brigade prepare for a possible 2010 mission to train Afghani police and National Army.

Candace Cameron Bure, an actress in "Moonlight and Mistletoe," a movie being shot in Chester, and a former star of the television series Full House encourages local schoolchildren to run during the shooting of ...

Crew members rolled out the fake snow mats and sprinkled powdered flakes to turn Chester into a winter wonderland.

A Chester man pleaded guilty Monday to federal fraud charges after he took money from investors who thought they were purchasing car dealerships and used it to buy a car, electronics and expensive artwork.

Trying to make movies like they used to When the romantic drama The Christmas Card premiered on the Hallmark Channel December 2nd, 2006, it became the network's highest rated telecast ever.

With summer quickly approaching and the mercury in thermometers on the rise around the state there is a prediction for three weeks of snow in Chester starting the last week of May.

The Cavendish Community Fund announced it has awarded $3,000 in grants to support community theater, preschool education and archeological excavation in the area. via Rutland Herald

“Most of the activity is up north, but we've been finding it more often in Windsor and Windham counties lately”

Fish and Wildlife officials are warning southern Vermont residents to be on the lookout for animals exhibiting unusual behavior after a 12-year-old girl was bitten by a rabid fox late last week. via Rutland Herald