Ellis Block renovation hearing upcoming

The town has taken another step toward the rebuilding of the fire-gutted Ellis Block and returning a movie theater to downtown Springfield.

Teen injured after crash into school bus

A Springfield teen was transported to the hospital with internal injuries after crashing into a school bus Thursday afternoon.

ANNUAL TOWN REPORT

Summaries covering fiscal year 2008 of the activities and expenditures of town services, government, schools, agencies and several organizations in town.

Stimulus money for two local projects

With Vermont slated to receive approximately $131 million in transportation money from the federal economic stimulus signed into law last week, two long-awaited local projects may finally come to fruition.

Boy Injured By Falling Ice, Suffers Brain Damage

Video: A young boy was standing outside of his Springfield home when he was hit in the head by a huge block of falling ice. He suffered brain damage but survived.

Counting Obama cash

Decisions in Washington, D.C., could have a big effect on Springfield town meeting, circa 2009.

Man charged with assaulting, robbing brothers

Matthew Martin, 24, pleaded innocent to charges of assault and robbery, burglary and reckless endangerment — all involving his two brothers. State police arrested Martin hiding in the closet of an apartment in Springfield Friday night.

Ellis arsonist to serve 2 to 10

An 18-year-old Springfield teenager was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison Monday after he pleaded no contest to charges that he started the fire that burned down the Ellis Block in downtown Springfield last July.

Gassert sentenced for Ellis Block fire

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Springfield has a title date

The Cosmos will take a 17-6 record into Saturday's state basketball championship game, where they could win their first state title since 1960.

Cosmos On Their Way To Barre

The Springfield High School boys’ basketball team is on a mission; finding their way to Barre and a shot at the Division II state championship.

Ellis Block arsonist pleads guilty

The teenager who torched downtown Springfield's landmark Ellis Block during a fit of anger over being dumped by a girlfriend pled guilty Friday to first-degree arson.

Springfield heads to states

After falling to Mill River twice this regular season, the Cosmos defeated the Minutemen 62-41 in the Vermont Principals Association Division II semifinals Monday at the Auditorium. The Cosmos will play for the state championship Saturday.

District seeks Act 250 for school expansion

Despite hopes to the contrary, the Springfield School District will need an Act 250 permit for its expansion of Elm Hill and Union Street schools.

The Cookie Monster

Keith Cook looked the old-timer in the eye and formed an instant bond. Cook knew what was coming -- Springfield last won a football championship in 1947 -- and the man didn't have decades to wait for another.

Teen to change plea in Ellis Block fire

A Springfield teenager charged with setting the fire that destroyed the historic Ellis Block in downtown Springfield last summer is set to change his plea next week.

Springfield Man Piles on the Charges

A man from Springfield has found himself in even deeper trouble with the law for his alleged behavior at Windsor District Court back in December.

Some don't believe stimulus is for them

The $787 billion stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday is slated to bring $727 million and approximately 8,000 jobs to Vermont.
But not all Vermonters are excited about the program.

Digital television not all wonderful

Since the 1950s, Springfield area residents with rooftop TV antennas enjoyed viewing analog VHF TV stations as far away as Burlington, Boston and Maine. But with the switch to digital only broadcasting, all that has changed. These stations are now required to transmit their DTV signals within the UHF broadcast band, the range of which is limited by the curvature of the earth, about 70 miles. Most who rely on an antenna for TV reception can only pick up the two nearest stations now.

School Board candidates forum

Residents are invited to a forum this Thursday at 5:30 upstairs in the Municipal building at 96 Main Street. School Board candidates Scott Adnams, Sam Coleman and Earl Davis will tell why they are running, discuss the proposed school budgets and take questions in Selectman's Hall.

Town, state derail subdivision permit

A proposed subdivision at 12 School St. in North Springfield had its town permit yanked this week because of questions over how it was going to handle wastewater.

Teenage couple attacked on street, girl knifed

Police are searching for two men who attacked a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy on South Street at 6:20 p.m. Friday. One of the men reportedly cut the girl and both men fled on foot down Stanley Road.

Collapse on Fairground Road

Roof gives up ghost, caves in to pressure

When times get tough, communities get enrolled

At age 16, Andrea Johnson dropped out of high school and didn't set foot in a classroom again for nearly 20 years. It took the urging of her daughter for Johnson to return to school to earn her high school diploma and take the first steps toward a college degree.

Big clean begins at Springfield Ellis Block

Workers have started the enormous task of cleaning out and gutting the interior of the Ellis Block, which was destroyed by fire in early July.

Springfield developer plans woodchip plant

Audio: In North Springfield, a real estate developer wants to build a plant that would generate 25 megawatts of electricity by burning wood chips.

Town officials praise biomass plan

Winstanley Enterprises' proposal to build a state-of-the-art $150 million biomass generating station was met with praise and enthusiasm Monday as a boon to the local economy and the state's power portfolio.

Power plant proposed for Springfield

Winstanley Enterprises announced Monday that it wants to build a $150 million, 25-megawatt wood-fired power plant next to its building in the North Springfield Industrial Park.

Biomass plant proposed in North Springfield

The heyday of the machine tool industry may have passed, but Springfield is now positioned to become home to a new renewable energy plant on the former site of one of its machine tool plants.

Biomass Plant for Springfield?

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Man pleads innocent to assault, knife threat

A Springfield man denied charges Tuesday he assaulted a woman and threatened her with a knife.

'Menagerie of ideas'

Building a better relationship between the schools and senior citizens, increased teacher accountability and opening up the River Valley Technical Center to Springfield High School students were some of the common suggestions offered during a community forum on education Wednesday night.

Local tanning salon makes the top

PHOENIX, AZ -- Looking Fit Magazine, a national trade publication supporting the indoor tanning industry, recently named ELECTRIC SUNSHINE of Springfield Vt as one of the TOP 250 salons in the United States.

School Board, Springfield on the Move Start Budget Campaigns

As town meeting draws near, Springfield organizations want voters to know what's at stake.