Wallingford News

Fire destroyed a home on Cold River Road Monday night. The call came in around 8 p.m. and firefighters were still on the scene at 10 p.m. Firefighters referred questions to Shrewsbury Chief Kevin Brown, who was unavailable to comment at press time.

A former Rutland County firefighter has been sentenced for arson. 20-year-old Matthew Burnham was one of six Wallingford firefighters arrested last year for setting two dozen fires in town.

One of two former Wallingford firefighters charged with setting fire to a bus stop has pleaded guilty to fourth-degree arson, but will not serve jail time under a 1- to 2-year suspended sentence.

Law enforcement services will be level-funded in the next fiscal spending plan, as municipal officials delve into proposed budget figures to be considered by voters at town meeting in March.

Taxpayers in Shrewsbury, including some former teachers and some with children in the town's school, told Shrewsbury Mountain School teachers Monday night they wish they could afford to pay their requested salary increases but they just can't. It was the first public hearing on the town's inaugural joint teaching contract, which would outline the ...

A Rutland teenager is charged with attacking another woman, leaving her with bruises and hair falling out.

Vermont is full of natural beauty, creative people and a unique spirit that should be shared with family and friends.

Teachers from Clarendon, Shrewsbury and Wallingford are at odds with town school board members over their inaugural merged teaching contract, two years in the making.

The Rutland County Republicans have set Dec. 1 as the date they will caucus to pick their slate of recommendations to the governor for a replacement for Sen.

Pvt. Paul Regimbald was one of 15 workers at American Fork & Hoe in Wallingford who enlisted in the Army on the same day in 1917.

Exasperated Recreation Committee members want the town to define their duties when it comes to summer programs and Elfin Lake activities.

An avid biker's notion to install an historic truss bridge over Otter Creek for use as a recreation trail has finally come to fruition after more than a decade of delays.

The sidewalk spanning the Route 140 West bridge has been closed to pedestrian traffic until bridge repairs are completed next summer.

The longtime leader of Wallingford Elementary School turned Rutland South Supervisory Union Superintendent Walter Goetz will lead the four-school district for the last time this year and school leaders are seeking a new district leader to begin in 2010.

Don McGee has dedicated his life to helping addicts bridge the gap between addiction and recovery by co-founding Rutland County treatment centers.

The Wallingford Historical Society sponsored third annual art show, scheduled on Thursday, Aug.

Poultney High got science labs, Otter Valley got a new entranceway and Rutland public schools got better heating.

'Video-tapes & discs' remains a subject line in the Yellow Pages, but the number of businesses that follow is shrinking.

The town's child safety ordinance has been temporarily shelved until litigation involving similar regulations in another Vermont community has been resolved.

When Castleton firefighter Christopher Fretta was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last year, the 24-year-old said he was amazed at the level of support he received from his fellow firefighters and others in the community.