Jim Therrien

POWNAL — The Select Board is looking into the state's Local Option Tax program to provide additional revenue to support the Pownal Rescue Squad and the fire departments.

BENNINGTON — Rachel Shaw is a Progressive Party candidate running in the Bennington state Senate district.

BENNINGTON — A three-hour Bennington Development Review Board hearing Tuesday on plans for a luxury resort project ended without a vote.

Ethan Beal-Brown describes his family's concerns about an aspect of the luxury resort proposed for the former Southern Vermont College campus during a hearing Tuesday.

Alan Weissman, CEO of the firm planning a luxury resort development on the former Southern Vermont College campus, speaks during a town Development Review Board hearing Tuesday.

BENNINGTON — Ralph Wright, the Bennington state representative who became a powerful Speaker of the Vermont House and remained in that role longer than anyone else in state history, has

BENNINGTON — An Arlington woman with a range of work experience in education and human service positions has been named the new executive director of the Better Bennington Corporation.

BENNINGTON — Friends and colleagues of former House Speaker Ralph Wright from around Vermont and beyond reacted to news of his death on Wednesday at his retirement home in Florida.

Leon Johnson is seeking a House seat in the Bennington-2 District.

BENNINGTON — Leon Johnson, who fell four votes short in 2024, is making another bid for a Democratic nomination for the House in the Bennington-2 District.