Warren News

• The U.S. Army recently awarded MicroStrain Inc. a Phase I SBIR contract to develop an active radio frequency identification embedded usage tracking system for helicopter rotating components. The objective of the SBIR is to develop a comprehensive and networked health management capability that can be embedded directly into rotorcraft components. The new nodes to be developed will be compatible with MicroStrain's new wireless sensor data aggregators, which synch wireless sensor networks and provide a remote portal to a secure server. • Applewood Manor Bed & Breakfast of Castleton has been selected as a Best in New England in the annual Best of BedandBreakfast.com awards. Applewood Manor is the sole Vermont recipient of the award for 2009-2010. The Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards are based on a qualitative and quantitative review of the nearly 100,000 independent reviews submitted to BedandBreakfast.com. • Lawson's Finest Liquids, a Warren nanobrewery, has expanded its reach to include Montpelier and Burlington with limited releases of beer. With a one-barrel system, Lawson's is Vermont's smallest brewery with local distribution in just the Mad River Valley area until now. The Three Penny Taproom in the capital city hosted Lawson's recently for a special release of a double-dry hopped keg of Hopzilla Double IPA. Also Sean Lawson has teamed up with a Burlington brewpub for a second collaboration. Owner Paul Sayler and brewer Destiny Saxon at the Zero Gravity-Flatbread Hearth hosted Lawson for a guest-brew in June as a special offering for the Vermont Brewers Festival. • Chris McGee, owner of Maxo Marketing LLC in Charlotte, announced the acquisition of TRAVELHOST of Vermont Magazine, part of the TRAVELHOST network. As the only traveler resource distributed in hotel rooms, TRAVELHOST of Vermont serves the Vermont visitor, helping local businesses connect with the tourist and business traveler, with a presence in over 8,000 hotel rooms and 100 hotels throughout the state. • The AAA Four-Diamond Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in Stowe has been ranked 37th among the 75 'Best in the World' in the mainland U.S. by Conde Nast Traveler readers. Stoweflake was the only resort in Vermont included in the annual poll, which appears in the November issue.

Voters from the six towns that send their students to Harwood Union Middle and High School will be asked to approve a $1.1 million bond on Tuesday.

Sometime during the night of 02NOV09 into 03NOV09, The Warren Store and The Bradley House, both on Main St in Warren, were burglarized.

By Kara Herlihy Engineers representing the Department of Environmental Conservation heard public comment Monday evening, October 26, at an information meeting that addressed a maintenance project at the Blueberry Lake dam.

By Lisa Loomis The Vermont Agency of Transportation has delayed a repaving/reconstruction project for Route 100 from Waitsfield to Warren from 2010 to 2012.

The Vermont State Police received a theft complaint on Sunday on the Lincoln Gap Road in Warren.

LOCATION: United States Post Office 354 Main Street, Warren, VT SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On 10/02/09 The Vermont State Police responded to the Warren Post Office located on Main St.

The brisk September nights are working their chilly magic on the trees of Vermont.

Wild imaginations aren't always accompanied by troubled personalities, but those attributes seem inseparable for the human beings profiled in both "My Architect" and "Sketches of Frank Gehry." Among some 30 documentaries screening at the upcoming Architecture and Design Film Festival in Waitsfield, these two portraits depict renowned men -- Louis ...

If Kyle Bergman wasn't an architect, he'd be a filmmaker. That's why the 47-year-old New York resident combined his profession with his passion to create the Architecture and Design Film Festival , a new four-day event taking place at Waitsfield's Big Picture Theater .

Several central Vermont towns and projects are among 14 statewide chosen to receive energy efficiency funding, Gov.

A daughter, Julia Ann French, was born July 22, 2009, to Nicholas French and Jessica Parker of Brookfield.

Thieves stole several thousand dollars from nine businesses in burglaries around the Mad River Valley on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, Vermont State Police said.

Vermont state police are investigating a string of weekend burglaries. Owners at nine businesses in Washington County over the weekend got some bad news when they came in for work Sunday and Monday.

The Vermont Festival of the Arts brings a heat wave of art happenings through the end of the month.

The 12th annual Vermont Festival of the Arts is underway in the Mad River Valley.

While the number of rainy days may have dampened summer vacations, there's a silver lining in those dark clouds: The rain may have contributed to the lack of "rock snot" in Vermont waters this summer.

While the number of rainy days may have dampened summer vacations, there's a silver lining in those dark clouds: The rain may have contributed to the lack of "rock snot" in Vermont waters this summer.

A 64-year-old Warren woman suffered a leg injury Saturday morning after she was struck by a vehicle while depositing a bag of trash into a dumpster at the Valley Transfer Station in Waitsfield.

The other day when I was getting the mail at the end of my driveway in Lincoln, a nice couple in a car with Tennessee license plates asked me if there was a Wal-Mart or a Costco in town.