Westminster News

PUTNEY - When a fire destroyed the beloved, centuries-old Putney General Store 18 months ago, some people here cried.

Less than 48 hours after a four-alarm blaze destroyed the 1796 Putney General Store, the Putney Historical Society voted Tuesday to continue its rebuilding efforts.

Christopher M. King, 20, of Brattleboro, pleaded not guilty in Windham District Court on Oct.

HAUNTED HOUSE SATURDAY: Come to a fun and frightening Halloween Haunted House presented by the Rockingham Free Public Library on Saturday from 6-9 p.m. It will take place at the Masonic Temple, next door to the library.

The Selectboard on Tuesday gave its approval to a group of residents who want to ask the village of Bellows Falls to take over the sewer line that runs through their neighborhood.

Crews across Windham County were busy Monday filling in holes, emptying out catch basins and scraping mud from the roads after torrential rain Saturday caused washouts in many towns.

The Westminster West Library will be hosting a family movie night once a month which will be free and open to the public.

Clifford Sprague, 29, of Putney, was arraigned for domestic assault and interfering with emergency services in Windham District Court, Monday.

If you're an apple pie fancier, this Columbus Day weekend could push you over the edge into ecstasy.

A Windham Regional Career Center student was killed this weekend when an automobile he was working with tipped over onto him.

A Vermont teenager died over the weekend while repairing his car. State police say 17-year-old Luke Alderman was working under his 1988 Volkswagen Jetta at his home on Route 5 in Westminster, when the car fell off the jack, pinning him underneath.

The Vermont State Police says a 17-year-old Westminster youth is dead after a jack collapsed while he was working under a vehicle.

After citing four local men for drug-related crimes over the past three weeks, Bellows Falls Police are continuing to investigate an alleged drug trafficking operation in the Rockingham area.

For over 10 years the communities that comprise Chittenden East Supervisory Union have been working to improve and expand our physical education and athletic fields.

Paul Guido has raised his beefalo in Westminster for local consumption at co-ops and restaurants for 15 years.

LOCATION : Newcomb Road, Westminster VICTIM: Paul Guido CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Putney, Vermont The Vermont State Police are investigating an incident which occurred sometime during the night between PM 09/24/09 and 8 am 09/25/09. The perpetrator or perpetrators had driven a stolen vehicle through a gated entrance into a pasture in Westminster ...

The Selectboard unanimously named Sheldon Beebe to replace Rick Cowan to the board at a special meeting Monday morning.

Residents will vote this week on the proposed purchase by the town of the post office building and land across from Town Hall in the center of town.

STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE INCIDENT: Attempted Abduction CASE #: 09D102484 INVESTIGATOR: Detective Sergeant Richard Holden STATION: Bureau of Criminal Investigation - Troop D - Rockingham Barracks CONTACT#: 875-2112 DATE/TIME: September 13, 2009 at 20:01 hours LOCATION : Kurn Hattin Road, ...

With one attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl Sunday evening in Westminster followed by a similar incident involving a 29-year-old woman in Brattleboro, Wednesday afternoon, area police are considering the possibility that it may have been the same man targeting the two.