Worcester News

Deer and teenagers were two common elements in completely separate motor vehicle accidents in Washington County on Friday that totaled two vehicles and sent a 16-year-old to the hospital.

Several educators' positions could be in jeopardy at the U-32 middle and high schools as district officials look to hold the line on school spending next year.

It's a good time to be a sugarmaker. That was the consensus of those in attendance at the Windham County Sugarmakers annual meeting on Thursday.

The Montpelier City Council will hold a public hearing on Nov. 4 to discuss the issue of executive sessions, following public concern about the city's use of the closed-door format from 2006 to 2009 to discuss an accounting error that cost the city's water fund $400,000. Among those invited to speak is Worcester resident Allen Gilbert, executive ...

Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca applauded the Montpelier School Board and Washington Central Supervisory Union for their early discussions about consolidation between the two districts - a topic that even a decade ago was almost impossible to broach.

The community of Worcester is holding a celebration today to mark the reopening of the upstairs of the Town Hall.

These are some of the calls for service the Vermont State Police Barracks in Middlesex received between Aug.

By now, most people have heard of the Asian Longhorned Beetle and its threat to the area's maple trees.

There's an eco-friendly celebration going on in Montpelier and across central Vermont, a weeklong educational forum and festival to bring the sustainable living community together to envision, build and maintain a better future.

STOWE -- Michala Christine Peabody, daughter of William and Judith Peabody of Worcester, and Benjamin Thomas Moger-Williams, son of Thomas B. Williams of North Hero and Brookhaven, N.Y., and Susan A. Moger of Edgewater, Md., were united in marriage June 27.

Dressed to the nines, the Asian longhorned beetle wants to make a very expensive meal of Vermont's maple forests.

WORCESTER, Vt. a ' To prepare for a trip to Tuscany, Paul Boffa visited a local Verizon store to learn about options for taking his mobile phone with him.

It didn't just rain in July. It poured. As the sun's rare appearance Monday sent Vermonters flocking to pools and golf courses to take advantage of the dry day, Worcester meteorologist Roger Hill said the July rainfall might have set records statewide.

Just before Christmas, Lissa Haynes' scale hit the highest number ever in their decade-long faceoff.

Our thoughts on the news of the week: H appy Fourth of July! The Montpelier celebration, traditionally held July 3, might have been a little soggy this year, but still brought together the central Vermont community for some good music, games for children, a parade that marched down State and Main streets, and other festivities.

Sorry, but you're going to need a few more witty quips about arks, ducks and web-feet in your arsenal to get through the next few days.

A son, Jacob Andrew Bloom Haveson, was born May 4, 2009, to Michael Haveson and Mary Tirpok of Hardwick.