Jamaica News

Following months of negotiations that began in October of last year, the Manchester Select Board approved a new police contract on Tuesday.

Learn about the craft of quilting with Arline Hay. Friday, July 10. 6:30 p.m. at the Townshend Public Library.

By mid-afternoon today, the hills of Washington will be alive with music, though the delicate chords of "Edelweiss" are not likely to be heard.

Paddlers should grab their gear and head to Jamaica for some outstanding whitewater action this weekend.

Here's what's up, mon! The fourth annual Rise Up Vermont Roots and Culture Festival takes place this weekend on 1,500 acres of field and trails in Washington.

Can those of us "from away" conceivably become real Vermonters? Hop in the Diner Guy's new van, we'll soon find out.

Through his Charlotte-based record label, Cumbancha, Jacob Edgar has been bringing the world to Vermont.

A couple of West River musical acts will brighten the stage of the recently-renovated Jamaica Town Hall on Saturday, June 20.At 7 p.m. the first in a series of three performance and visual arts events at the town hall this summer will beging.

Windham County has become ground zero in the state's fight against the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect that has destroyed forests from South Carolina to New Jersey.

JoJo Music, LLC, will offer a musical theatre workshop for teens, from July 6 to 19.A The workshop will be held at the newly-renovated Jamaica Town Hall, in Jamaica.

The city of Burlington has cancelled the reggae festival scheduled for Waterfront Park later this month.

In a presentation at the Latchis Theatre Thursday, Youth Services presented the findings of the Listening Project, a research project in which local teens interviewed other youths who are growing up in difficult circumstances.

What started out as a "girls' weekend" has evolved into a fund-raising effort in honor of an outstanding community member who recently passed away.

With the help of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- otherwise known as the Obama stimulus package -- all Vermonters might soon have access to high-speed broadband.

"Almost Utopia: In Search of the Good Life in Mid-Century America," black-and-white photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff depicting daily communal life at Pikes Falls, Vt.

INCIDENT/VIOLATION: Domestic Assault, Disorderly Conduct, Interference with Access to Emergency Services CASE #: 09D201256 TROOPER: Valcourt/Lora STATION: VSP - Brattleboro CONTACT#: 802-254-2382 DATE/TIME: 05/17/09 at 1:30 AM LOCATION : Main Street, Jamaica ACCUSED: Zachary Scott AGE: 19 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Jamaica, VT VICTIM: Claire Velleca ...

The Vikramasila Foundation and the Palden Sakya Centers of America announce that on Saturday, May 16, at 1 p.m. the Ven.

Broad Brook Grange will present its 13th annual Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday, May 10, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Grange hall in Guilford Center.

The recent debacle over the spring whitewater release at Ball Mountain Dam/Jamaica State Park is all a most unfortunate mess.

For the past four decades, over a thousand visitors flocked to Jamaica, VT each spring for the drawdown of the Ball Mountain Dam Reservoir.