Shaftsbury News

The first step toward the idea of some Bennington School District Board members to form a kindergarten through12th gradeschool districtwas taken Monday when a committee chargedwith studying consolidationwas formed.

Tonight, the Bennington School District Board plans to appoint members to a committee with the intention of studying the benefits of consolidating with the Mount Anthony Union district to form one kindergarden through 12th-grade district.

After more than 30 years, Col. James Baker gave his final 10-42, police radio code for "officer off duty, at the Shaftsbury barracks of the Vermont State Police on Tuesday.

A Shaftsbury man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Bennington District Court to three counts of prohibited acts.

A Manchester developer was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Tuesday that left a Shaftsbury teenager hospitalized.

A Shaftsbury woman had her motion for relief from bail denied by a judge Tuesday in Bennington District Court.

The town has put its $425,000 water project out to bid, with an advertisement June 19 in the Banner.

A Shaftsbury man was acquitted Friday in Bennington District Court on a sexual assault charge.

A jury found a Shaftsbury man not guilty of sexual assault after a trial in Bennington District Court on Friday.

State police are seeking the public's help in identifying and locating three people allegedly involved in a string of burglaries on Pawlet Mountain Road in Rupert.

Hope was a recurring theme during Mount Anthony Union High School's 43rd commencement on Friday night and the Class of 2009 got off to a hopeful start with the release of a dozen doves into an overcast sky that held off rain during the ceremony.

A storm that dropped hail up to an inch in diameter on spots around the region caused damage to early crops, but how much damage no one is yet certain.

Plans are underway to revive the popular Mark Skinner Library Book Sale. Donations of books, audiobooks, and movies are currently being accepted on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at North Star Self Storage, Unit 1 on Richville Rd., next to the Manchester Center Post Office.

Many residents could see their property values nearly double as the result of a townwide reappraisal.

Vermont State Police say the body of a man who was reported missing Tuesday has been found in Salisbury.

Vermont State Police are looking for Donald Moffitt, 79, of Shaftsbury. Moffitt becomes disoriented easily and becomes lost, said police.

Federal charges are pending for five people arrested last week after a report of a drug overdose in Bennington led police to find thousands of prescriptions pills and almost a thousand marijuana plants, according to Bennington County State's Attorney Erica Marthage.

The Shaftsbury Select Board has chosen Margaret Becker, of Hartford, to be the new town administrator.

Members of Progress Partners Ltd., the company that owns the former Green Mountain Race Track property, are being sued over a loan issued to them to help fund the purchase of the track.

Police say prescription drugs, 'loaded' needles and about 900 marijuana plants were found at residence.