Poultney News

A Poultney couple pleaded innocent in Rutland District Court Tuesday on charges they worked together to commit two purse snatchings in the Walmart parking lot Monday night.

Andrew Stone said he didn't realize what a great place his hometown was. Since Stone, his wife and four children lost their home in a fire last week, he said the support has been overwhelming.

Accused murderer David Denny requested a speedy trial this week, but the earliest available date on the Rutland District Court schedule isn't until February.

Firefighters from four towns managed to prevent flames from destroying a home on Lewis Road Tuesday afternoon, but the fire forced the family living in the double-wide trailer to find shelter elsewhere, Fire Chief David Winter said.

Anyone interested in the future of agriculture in the Rutland region is invited to attend the Rutland Area Food and Farm Link's Farmers' Gathering on Thursday.

Another budget season kicks off tonight, when Mayor Christopher Louras presents his fiscal year 2011 proposal to the aldermen.

VEHICLE #1 OPERATOR: John M. Skovira AGE: 25 SEAT BELT? No CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Poultney, Vermont DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2000 Dodge Intrepid DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Total WEATHER: Clear and Cold INJURIES: Fatality ROAD COND: Dry SUMMARY OF CRASH: On 10-17-09 at 0421 hours Troopers based out of the Rutland/Castleton Barracks responded to a one ...

POULTNEY -- Vermont State Police are investigating a one-car crash in Poultney that took the life of a 25-year-old man.

A local man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash on Route 30 early Saturday.

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For Wai Phyo Myint, the education system isn't that good at home so coming to America was her option.

A historic Readsboro building is a step closer to being rehabilitated after receiving $100,000 in grant money.

It's been a dorm and a dean's house. Now Bentley Hall is $100,000 closer to being a community meeting house.

A Delaware man was sentenced to 41 months in prison for robbing a Poultney bank in February 2008, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Burlington said Thursday.

When the Putney Historical Society decided to buy the Putney General Store, the group hoped it would have access to grants that a for-profit group would not be able to obtain.

Someone in - or near - Vermont just won $200,000. The Vermont Lottery announced Thursday that the Stewart's Ice Cream shop in Poultney sold a winning ticket for the Wednesday night drawing.

Colleges are stocking up on hand sanitizer and face masks as the threat of H1N1 looms and flu season approaches.

College officials say problem no wrse than usual. By Brent Curtis Staff Writer - Published: September 16, 2009 CASTLETON - Police say they are dealing with more alcohol-related problems at the start of the college semester.

Sage College student Jakeb Kristiansen of Poultney holds an ink portrait of the late actor Bruce Lee.

In the 30 years she's been in Rutland, Caprice Hover founded a housing coalition that provided the state's first mixed-use transitional housing for the homeless, got money directly from Congress for that housing and has been a dominant figure in area social-service circles.