Sunday, January 13, 2019

Hunger Free Vermont: Government shutdown info

Because of the government shutdown, Vermont’s Department for Children and Families (DCF) will be issuing February 3SquaresVT benefits early, on January 20th. These benefits will be for the entire month of February, so it is important that participants budget accordingly.

Video: Obama's Border Patrol Chief hits back at 'absurd' wall arguments

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Profile: Mary Jasinski blazes trails

The June 12, 1977 issue of Sports Illustrated was a hot commodity in Springfield, and it wasn’t the cover shot of the Portland Trail Blazers’ Bill Walton that was causing the stir.

Cosmos making their case

That weekend of March 9 could become a crowded one on the Springfield High School athletic calendar. That is the date of the inaugural Springfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame banquet and it is not out of the question that the school’s girls basketball team could be playing at the Barre Auditorium on that day.

Springfield Hospital Board assures Scott

As Springfield Medical Care Systems has been reeling with shaky finances and high-level staff departures, its board sought to assure the governor this week that it’s doing what it can to put the health care provider in stable condition.

Afghanistan in 2019: Fewer US Troops, More CIA Torture and Killings

Article written by and submitted to us by retired Windsor County Judge William Boardman.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Man gets new lung for Christmas

Just looking at Robert Redfield, you would never know he's recovering from an eight-hour lung transplant that took place just a few weeks earlier.

This & That: Springfield Athletics Hall of Fame inductees

The Springfield Cosmos. They were not just the archrivals when I was young, they were the guys you would never think of inviting to even play in the sand box.

Taking stock at the Eagle Times, a regional daily newspaper

In the newspaper industry over the last three decades or so, it is the small-town daily newspaper that is having the hardest time staying solvent.

GMP partners with Vermont businesses to cut carbon output

Green Mountain Power’s Business Innovation Team is helping Vermont businesses offset 200 million pounds of carbon emissions.

Restoring justice: coming home to Springfield

At the Springfield Restorative Justice Center, offenders can participate in a restorative panel where they and the victim work out what they must do to make things whole.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Op-Ed: VSAC Study of College Completion Rates Points to Opportunities for Educational Improvement

From Scott Giles, president and CEO of Vermont Student Assistance Corp.

Police investigating shooting at Springfield Holiday Inn

Police said a 36-year-old man was injured with a gunshot wound to his leg and a stab wound on his neck caused by an unknown sharp object. Police were not yet releasing the name of the man, who was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. No suspects have been identified.

Chuck Gregory: The death spiral of Springfield School funding

Comments delivered by a concerned citizen at the Union Street School board meeting Monday, January 7, 2018.

Vt. Packinghouse donates $6300 to youth programs

Vermont Packinghouse donated $6,300 to support local Springfield School and Youth Programs as part of its year end giving. Employees recently celebrated the holiday season and were given the opportunity to allocate $100 each to a Springfield project of their choice.

Monday, January 7, 2019

Ex-Claremont Police Sgt. sentenced to jail

Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that Ian Kibbe, age 31, of Springfield, Vermont, was sentenced today in the Sullivan County Superior Court on one class A misdemeanor charge of unsworn falsification and one class A misdemeanor charge of obstructing government administration.

Springfield shooting suspect still at large

A 36-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in an assault at a local hotel that led to the lockdown of Springfield Hospital Sunday, police said.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

A&M Industrial grows through acquisition of Springfield-based Industrial Tool Specialist

Man shot tonight in Springfield

Springfield Hospital and the Holiday Inn were were both in lockdown tonight following the shooting of a 30 year old man.

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