Pittsford News

VICTIM: Ellen Hodges SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On 7/6/09 at approximately 6:48 am a residential fire was reported at 2433 Wheeler Road in Brandon.

State and local police are calling a fire that destroyed a home on Wheeler Road Monday a "suspicious" blaze.

Selectman David Markowski has resigned in order to bid on an upcoming water project.

Peter and Carrie Becker of Pittsford announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley A. Becker, to D. Robert Dieringer, son of Donald and Patricia Dieringer of New York City.

A police raid in Rutland and Addison Counties netted nine arrests Tuesday. 230 state and federal officers were involved in the sting.

Emergency responders across the Northeast expressed sorrow Tuesday over the tragic death of a local EMT killed Monday afternoon when the ambulance he was driving struck a tree.

Several Rutland County rail advocates were upset last week by the governor's Rail Advisory Council's endorsement of a proposal from Essex Junction Village to repurpose federal earmark dollars already dedicated to a Pittsford bridge project to their own rail upgrades.

On Sunday, June 7, 2009 at approximately 0100 hours, the Vermont State Police responded to a field located at the intersection of VT Route 3 and Stevens Road in Pittsford to investigate the report of an ongoing noise disturbance.

The Vermont Agency of transportation's rail director says the governor's Rail Advisory Council was wrong when it recommended redirecting money from a Rutland County project to one in Essex Junction.

Michele Miller and John T. Cierech Jr., formerly of East Pittsford, Vt., are pleased to announce their marriage on June 5, 2009, in Crawfordville, Fla.

Charles Nichols Jr. found more ways than most to serve his community during his long lifetime.

The Vermont Department of Health will be taking part in a three-day, large scale exercise designed to test emergency response to the detonation of a "dirty bomb" in Albany, N.Y. The exercise will include multiple local, state and federal participants.

By Gordon Dritschilo Staff Writer - Published: May 27, 2009 PITTSFORD - A local nonprofit organization plans to give the town a green and wants to know what to put around it.

Pittsford voters approved $4.75 million worth of bonding for water improvements on Tuesday while voters in Proctor split over two bond articles worth $1.67 million.

A Rutland man denied charges of menacing another man with a knife, saying he was trying to tell a sex offender to keep away from a mentally challenged teenage girl.

Joan Rost was a senior in high school when her father's barn became the Rutland County Humane Society's first shelter.

Voters will decide a $4.75 million water bond next month. The water commissioners for Pittsford and Florence held an informational meeting Tuesday on the project, which would connect the Pittsford and Florence systems, make a variety of improvements to the distribution system and install new meters.

A Pittsford pellet stove company that had hoped to create hundreds of jobs has declared bankruptcy.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will spend $1 million on three Vermont fish-related projects this year as part of the federal government's economic recovery plan, the Interior Department announced Monday.

Vermont State Police say drugs and a dispute seem to be the motive behind an attempted kidnapping.