Jamaica News

It's not just the hills that are alive with music, it's the valleys, too - in this case, the Mad River valley.

The 11th anniversary of the Mad River Music Festival is coming back to the Mad River Valley this summer on Saturday, July 5. For the first time ever it is being held on the Fourth of July weekend to provide ...

Canadian chanteuse Leslie Feist returns to Vermont 10 months after her stellar Flynn Center performance for a July 6 show at Shelburne Museum.

A friend recently asked, "Don't you get lonely?" She was curious because I live and work in a small house so deep in the woods that this week we lost our satellite television service because the trees have ...

Severe thunderstorms broke northern New England's heat wave during the night, but also dropped trees and knocked out power to thousands.

Vermont State Police said they are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a Windham home last week and caused more than $150,000 in damages.

About eight years ago, Laura Molinelli Clark was walking past the Jamaica Town Hall and wondering what it would take to bring the then-150-year-old building back to life.

“This is a band that plays like a single, flowing unit, where nuance, dynamic and intuition are the order of the evening.”

These days, it can be downright difficult to choose from the plethora of outdoor offerings, most of which are being presented by South Burlington-based music hall Higher Ground. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

A 15-year-old West Dover resident will face criminal charges in juvenile court following a crash on Route 100 in Jamaica early Sunday morning. via Rutland Herald

“I knew there were some opportunities here to make it more efficient”

With oil prices skyrocketing, more and more people are turning to alternative sources of energy as a means of heating their home. via Manchester Journal

“I know that there were a number of family and friends in the area trying to search and do what they could”

More than 80 people resumed the search for David Holcomb, 24, on Friday morning at the Jamaica State Park. via WCAX-TV Burlington

Ground and aerial searches are underway in the West River in Jamaica. Crews are looking for a missing kayaker. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“For a moment I felt maybe it'd have been better if I'd stayed in France”

Roger Longtoe Sheehan of Jamaica, an Elnu Abenaki, talks about early American customs and history at a workshop Tuesday at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Ferrisburgh for teachers in preparation for Lake ... via Burlington Free Press

“The bank building is one of Jamaica's most significant historic landmarks”

JAMAICA - A town that gambled on a 19th-century bank building in hopes of finding a new tenant for it has succeeded. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

INCIDENT:Death Investigation CASE #: 08D201145 TROOPER: Vermont State Police STATION: Brattleboro CONTACT#: 875-2112 DATE/TIME: 4/12/08 approximately 0650 hours LOCATION : Wardsboro, Vermont MOTHER: Nicole ... via Vermont State Police Department of Pu...

“Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. is your one stop shop for wooden sheds, garden sheds, shed kits, shed plans and storage shed kits. Please visit us for more information about all of our wood sheds, cottages and utility enclosures.”

Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc., builders of fine post and beam wooden garden buildings for the last 10 years, has announced the launch of its new range of cottage designs featured as the 'New Design Showcase' on ... via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

“It goes from picnic tables to garden tools, regular tools, stuff for the kids like school supplies”

A penny saved can be much more than a penny earned for the Jamaica Village School. via The Brattleboro Reformer

The Stratton Foundation considers applications for the McCarty Grant and the Focus Grant programs in the spring and fall of each year. via Manchester Journal

Jamaicans agree with Kelley Murray that funding the arts is important, but would have to disagree that "The arts are sorely neglected in the Town of Jamaica." Jamaica taxpayers voted altogether $47,548 toward ... via The Brattleboro Reformer

A Jamaica man has been arrested and cited for domestic assualt after police were called to a West Jamaica Road residence late Thursday night. via BurlingtonFreePress.com