North Bennington News Archives

Four people who attempted to steal the large chili pepper logo from the top of the Chili's Restaurant on Northside Drive in early September pleaded guilty to amended charges on Tuesday in Bennington District Court.

The Select Board on Monday took action to reschedule a special election to fill a board vacancy to Tuesday, Nov.

After delaying the formation of a committee to look at governance options earlier in the summer, the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union is now conducting research on union governance and consolidation.

After much discussion from local school boards in recent months about possibly altering the makeup of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, administration officials gave a presentation on obligations for bonds borrowed to pay for the construction of Mount Anthony Union Middle School.

A large turnout Thursday evening greeted members of the North Bennington Prudential Committee, which laid out research gathered over the past five months regarding school governance and sustainability.

Nearly 90 white doves, released Friday to honor those who died eight years ago at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, circled several times in the gray, threatening sky before fading from sight.

A North Bennington man accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl will continue to be held without bail after a weight of evidence hearing Thursday in Bennington District Court.

Soon the Bennington SchoolDistrict Board will be holding meetings with its lawyer about forming a K-12 school district.

Police say they caught four people trying to pull off an unusual heist early Sunday morning.

With approximately 470 feet of extension cord running across four lanes of traffic and through a large parking lot to an electric drill, four individuals were arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly trying to steal the green and red chili pepper logo from the top of Chili's Restaurant on Northside Drive in Bennington.

Sisters Amanda, left, and Emily Ranttila, students at Mount Anthony Union High School, flock a house in Old Bennington on Tuesday.

A local volunteer firefighter has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he had sex with a girl under 13.