Wine tasting... Free community dinner... Youth wrestling... Counterterrorism program... Pinewood derby... Free Spaghetti dinner... Family Festival & Book Sale... Walk for Hope & Remembrance.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Deer Hearings
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department scheduled five annual public hearings this month to discuss the state's white-tailed deer herd, the final one is in Springfield March 30th.
Chester’s traffic headache shared by Springfield
Chester's bridge construction projects means more truck traffic in downtown Springfield this summer.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
J&L cleanup to start
Cleanup of some of the worst industrial pollution at the former Jones & Lamson Machine Tool Co. will be done this summer, thanks to state and federal funding.
Big check for J&L project
In Springfield, Shumlin pushes single-payer
Gov. Peter Shumlin promoted his health care reform plan in Springfield Monday
The Economy in Southern Windsor County – 2011
In Springfield, for many years, there was a desire to find the “next thing”. After all, we were the “machine tool capital of the world”. The reality is that Springfield, like the rest of our wonderful state, is not going to be any “one” thing.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Roof leak closes gym, classrooms
School officials closed the high school gymnasium and five classrooms to repair extensive damages cause by a leaking roof
Opinion: Diabetes screening is imperative for seniors
I was a state trooper in New Hampshire and a police detective in Springfield, Vt., for a total of 26 years. One day my doctor told me I had a dangerously high blood-sugar level. If you are 65 or older, I urge you to take advantage of Medicare's free diabetes-screening test.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Beer tasting at Joe's Wine and Spirits
Census Suggests N.H. Has An Edge
In river towns along the Connecticut, population was stagnant or grew only slightly in most of the larger towns on the Vermont side while nearby New Hampshire hubs enjoyed more robust gains. Springfield is one exception.
Pair arrested with $6,000 in pills
Two Springfield men traveling on Route 5 initially stopped by police for a minor traffic violation are behind bars now on drug charges.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
SHS presents "Mattress"
Springfield school board looks at hours and busing
Could there be new elementary and high school hours in the Springfield School District? According to the superintendent, the conversations have already started.
Main Street Market is closing
Friday, March 25, 2011
Carol Cole returning as chamber executive
The former longtime executive director of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce is returning to Vermont to resume her old job.
Gunner recalls Battle of Kasserine Pass
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Get to know Springfield (upcoming events)
Stoneflies... Free hunter education course... Discussing deer... Support your local roller derby... T-shirt design contest... Free birdwalk... Grafton vernal pool exploration.
VTRANS worker victim of road rage on I-91
A Springfield man is facing charges of aggravated assault after he drove his car into a highway worker who was attempting to stop him from making an illegal u-turn.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Town Library receives grant
Vermont Public Library Foundation's Winnie Belle Learned Fund grant, to be specific.
Two SSCF inmates charged in identical incidents
Two inmates at the state prison in Springfield have been charged with assault for incidents that occured way back in November in which each were said to have thrown a cup of urine at different prison guards.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
DuBois & King opens Springfield office
A Randolph, VT engineering firm has expanded into the Springfield area.
Gene Morrison and the Kelly Stand Band
Monday, March 21, 2011
Home Energy Expo
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Energy Expo held in Springfield
Homeowners, business owners and farmers learned how to save money on their energy bills and make their homes more comfortable Saturday at the Home Energy Expo 2011 at the River Valley Technical Center.
Opinion: Long-term nuclear costs
The lesson to be drawn with respect to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant from the nuclear crisis in Japan is not that a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami might occur in Vernon, so Vermont Yankee is dangerous.
Friday, March 18, 2011
VTA Supports Broadband Grant to VTel Wireless
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Telecommunications Authority (VTA) has announced its intention to award a $2,065,000 grant to VTel Wireless, located in Springfield, Vermont, to expand broadband in unserved areas in southern Vermont through its Backroads Broadband Program.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
A Rider celebrated in memorium
Over the past year and a half, Dream On Curls Riding Center had the pleasure of working with Monte McCormick. Due to the fact he was non verbal and could not hear created a challenge.
Springfield Prevention Coalition sponsors video contest
“Got Dreams?” That’s the question that the town of Springfield, Vermont is asking its young adults this Spring, as they launch a town-wide video competition at SpringfieldDreams.org.
The sweet life
The sweetest weekend in Vermont is on tap with the 10th Annual Maple Open House Weekend. Willis and Tina Wood from Wood’s Cider Mill in Springfield have been sugaring for more than 40 years and have been part of the Maple Open House Weekend since it began. VIDEO (0:56)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Buy? Nah, Rent. Nah, Buy.
For Kelly Stettner, 41, who had rented all her adult life, buying a house brought unexpected joy. When their landlord put the duplex she and her husband were renting up for sale, they ended up purchasing a 1929 bungalow on an acre in Springfield, Vt.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Rec Center members endorse sale
Members of the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center have given their blessing to a proposed sale of the nonprofit center to the parent organization.
Monday, March 14, 2011
No injuries in route 131 crash
A two car accident occured in Weathersfield Saturday afternoon but no one in either vehicle was hurt.
Bringing a Vermont family back home
A Bennington Museum exhibit includes portraits recently discovered in Texas of two members of a prominent 19th century Springfield family.
Also see: this family's history.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Green Horn - Volume 31, Edition 4
The March 2011 issue of Springfield High School's award winning student publication is now online.
Route 5 flooding
A low lying section of route 5 about one mile south of the Charlestown Road intersection was underwater for a time on Friday.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Springfield rescue looking for beagle bucks
An 8-year-old beagle was rescued from a garbage dump and the Springfield Humane Society is looking for help in caring for the dog.
Recount affirms school budget vote
The Springfield school district budget passed by a larger margin as a result of a recount Thursday night.
Get to Know Springfield (upcoming events)
Spring springing... Rainbarrel workshop... Turn clocks ahead... Free spaghetti dinner... Spring auction fun... Church ham supper... Springfield Almond Bakery grand opening... Raising poultry night.
On Senior Night, Bellows Falls Can't Run With Cosmos
The Bellows Falls Union High School boys' basketball team was looking to close out the season with a win on senior night, but the rival Springfield Cosmos had other ideas, building a 13-point lead in the first quarter, then cruising to a 76-46 win over the Terriers at Holland Gym in Westminster.
Windsor Defeats Springfield
Windsor was behind in the first quarter 5-10 but that was the only quarter they trailed as they beat Springfield 52-37.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Vermont Cartoonist Laureate appointed
SHS Art Festival
The annual Springfield High School Art Festival is coming up next Tuesday, March 15 from 5 to 7 p.m.
H2-Oh! Springfield arts fest celebrates water
Springfield High School is holding its annual arts festival Tuesday. For the show, students from grades nine through 12 create artwork on a particular theme, which this year is water.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Power returns to those who wait in the dark
If You Don't Like Worms, Keep Your Mouth Shut
A new book coming out this month recounts childhood memories of two sisters growing up in Springfield during the 1940s.
Mounties wear down Cosmos
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Free Gardening seminar March 9th
What Snowstorm?
TV weathermen are calling the March 6 - 7 weather event the third biggest Vermont snowstorm on record but you'd never know it from just looking around Springfield.
Springfield rec center sale bid called ‘win-win'
The financially troubled Edgar May Health and Recreation Center may be sold to the parent organization of Springfield Hospital.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Rite Aid pharmacy robbed at gunpoint
The Rite Aid pharmacy in the Springfield Shopping Plaza was the scene of an armed robbery Sunday morning.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
HCRS Welcomes New Staff
Energy legislation could hamper biomass projects
Three proposed biomass projects in the state (including one in Springfield) face legislative and economic hurdles, in addition to standard permitting requirements, according to the Chairman of the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Barn fire on Massey Road
Firefighters responded shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday to a call reporting a barn fire at 141 Massey Road in Springfield.
Forum on health care March 7
On Monday, at the Howard Dean Technical Center in Springfield, there will be an interactive TV forum on Vermont’s need to do better for all its residents.
Jacks explode past Springfield
In Springfield, Windsor got off to a slow start in Friday night’s Marble Valley League boys basketball game in Dressel Gym, but once the Yellow Jackets got it in gear, they rolled to a 52-37 victory.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Kathan honored by hoops conference
Springfield High School graduate Tyler Kathan was selected to the Little East 25th Anniversary Men’s Basketball Team announced Thursday by the conference office. Kathan had an outstanding career at Keene State College from 2005 through 2009. He is now playing professionally in Germany.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Get to Know Springfield (Upcoming Events)
Bug hunters... Gorgeous quilt... Architectural styles... Four-season gardening... Energy expo... More...
Video: Sprucing up Springfield
Official tally now is nine votes
The official margin of victory for the $26.1 million Springfield school budget shrunk by one vote to nine votes, Town Clerk Meredith Dexter Kelley said Wednesday.
Man-Child vs. World
The righteously awesome adventures of James Kochalka, Vermont’s first cartoonist laureate who was born and raised in Springfield.
Mock to lead Ayer-Shirley schools
Carl Mock, former superintendent of the River Valley Technical Center School District in Springfield, will take over the reins of the school district in Ayer, Mass. on July1, pending contract negotiations.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Springfield passes both town and school budgets
Voters approved both the $10.4 million town and $26.1 million school budgets Tuesday, but nixed a proposed tax break for net-metering power projects.
Cosmos clobber Terriers
With 2.1 seconds remaining in Tuesday's Senior Night game, two members of the Bellows Falls boys basketball team swarmed around the Springfield player possessing the ball and forced a foul. All while down 76-46.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Few questions for town officials
More than 100 Springfield residents braved icy, slushy roads Monday night to hear presentations on the proposed $10.4 million town budget and the proposed $26.1 million school budget.
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