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Local news for Springfield, VT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

7 hrs ago | Seven Days

Bennett Case Raises Questions About Vermont's Sex-Offender Treatment

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

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, Southeast State Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Vermont, Vermont Government

Mon Jul 21, 2008

WNNE

Welch Surveys Alleged Arson Scene

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.

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Related Topix: Springfield (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System

Burlington Free Press

Prison superintendent exits post

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

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

State cleaning up after storms; 20,000 were without power

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 ...

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Rutland Herald

Town walk project begins

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

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Related Topix: Windsor, VT, Barton, VT

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Rutland Herald

Windsor Ag Fair fetes 35 years

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

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Related Topix: Breakfast, Life, Food, Springfield College, University of Illinois System, Springfield (University of Illinois System), Agriculture, Science

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Rutland Herald

Shock, loss in fire's wake

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

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Related Topix: White River Junction, VT, Bellows Falls, VT, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Vt. Tubbs' demise

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 ...

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Related Topix: Brandon, VT, Vermont, Vermont Government, Opinion

Sun Jul 13, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Teen Pleads Innocent to Springfield Arson

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.

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Related Topix: University of Illinois System, Springfield (University of Illinois System), Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Windsor County, VT

Rutland Herald

Official: Building unsafe after 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 ...

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Related Topix: Springfield College, University of Illinois System, Springfield (University of Illinois System), Chester, VT

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Vermont State Police Department of Pu...

Fire/Arson Investigation - Information Requested

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 ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Vermont

Rutland Herald

Teen charged in Springfield Ellis Block fire

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 ...

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Related Topix: White River Junction, VT, Chester, VT

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Rutland Herald

Chamber appeals for helping hand from Hollywood: Fire devastates Springfield heart

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.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Theater, Arts, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat

WHIOTV

Springfield Unveils Upgrades To Southern Gateway

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

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Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Police: Teen started Springfield fire after dispute

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 ...

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Related Topix: Windsor County, VT, White River Junction, VT, North Springfield, VT, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Thu Jul 10, 2008

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Springfield Fire Deemed Arson; 18-Year-Old Arrested

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

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Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Springfield blaze guts Ellis Block

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.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Bellows Falls Town Crier

Fire guts building in downtown Springfield, Vt.

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.

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Rutland Herald

Dowling-Davis

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.

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Related Topix: Fair Haven, VT

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Rutland Herald

City's Fourth a family occasion

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

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Related Topix: West Rutland, VT, Life, Holidays, 4th of July, Montpelier, VT

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