Springfield News

The VTPSA is composed of three prison-based programs and a network of 13 community-based treatment providers.

Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont visited the site of a July 9 fire at the Ellis Block in downtown Springfield, as estimators surveyed the damage to determine what it will cost to repair the building.

The superintendent of Vermont's newest prison has left his job there after three years.

State emergency, transportation and utility officials met Saturday to determine the extent of the damage and the remaining cleanup needs after a series of powerful storms roared across Vermont late Friday ...

The long-awaited $1.1 million downtown sidewalk reconstruction project on Main Street has finally begun.

The Windsor Agricultural Fair celebrates its 35th year in Springfield today and Sunday in Barlow's Field on Eureka Road.

Most lost everything but the clothes they were wearing when they ran out of the burning Ellis Block.

It is a particularly tough blow to the 90 employees who will lose their jobs. Officials tried to work with the new owners of the plant, Brown Street Furniture Co., but Brown Street decided a month after buying ...

In Springfield, dozens of downtown residents left homeless by a five-alarm blaze are now trying to understand why their neighbor may have started the fire.

Residents of the Lincoln Block in downtown Springfield won't be able to return to their homes until early next week at the earliest, assuming the building passes electrical and structural evaluations, the ...

TROOPER: Det. Sgt. Matt Nally, Det. Sgt. Thomas Williams, Det. Sgt James Cruise - VSP Fire Investigation Unit, Investigator Stan Baranowski - Division of Fire Safety Detective Jody Small - Springfield Police ...

An 18-year-old Springfield teenager who lived at the Ellis Block was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with setting the fire that gutted the historic downtown block Tuesday night, leaving 40 people ...

A year ago, Patti Chaffee was helping to plan the town's biggest-ever party to welcome Hollywood to Springfield, the new home of the Simpsons, America's favorite dysfunctional cartoon family.

The next time you drive into Springfield from the city's south side, you will see some big changes.

A disagreement over an air conditioner and an eviction notice allegedly led a Springfield teenager to start a fire that gutted the historic Ellis Block in downtown Springfield, according to documents filed in ...

A fire in Springfield displacing 22 families was intentionally set, officials determined.

More than 40 people were left homeless Wednesday after a five-alarm blaze gutted the historic Ellis Block, which is also home to the town's once-celebrated movie theater.

Fire officials in Springfield say a five-alarm fire gutted a downtown building, injuring a firefighter and forcing the closure of part of Main Street.

Tammy Lynn Davis and Donald Arthur Dowling were married June 21, 2008, in a double-ring ceremony performed by Justice of the Peace Richard Frazier in Fair Haven.

There are many ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, but having a good time with family and friends is what's important.