Saturday May 18, 2013 MANCHESTER -- Manchester Assessor and Economic Development Officer Pauline Moore, and Zoning Administrator Lee Krohn, believe that creating a business in Manchester is about much more than simply running said business and making a profit -- it is also about the quality of life in the town where the business is built.   Full Story

Saturday May 18, 2013 BENNINGTON -- Mace Security International has reached an administrative agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency that will allow the company to again secure federal contracts. The company said in a release that it worked with a Cleveland-based law firm and the EPA in recent months to satisfy the agency's "concerns over Mace's prior actions and   Full Story

Friday May 17, 2013 MIKE FAHER Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO -- More than eight months after he walked out of prison due to new DNA evidence, John Grega pleaded not guilty to the latest charges alleging that he murdered his wife in 1994. The New York man appeared in Windham Superior Court Criminal Division on Thursday as his defense attorneys and Windham County   Full Story

Friday May 17, 2013 Police: Shrubs stolen from porch EAST DORSET -- Police are investigating the theft of potted, flowering shrubs from a man’s porch on Mad Tom Road. State Police said Robert Yakaitis, 58, reported the theft on May 13. An eyewitness told authorities that the shrubs had been taken at approximatley 2:30 p.   Full Story

Friday May 17, 2013 BAILEY T. O’NEILL Special to The Banner When Bennington native Steve J. Rallis passed away on April 17, 2012, at the age of 69, the distinguished mathematician left behind the legacy of a pioneer in the math community. His extensive research and work as a professor at Universities such as Texas, Notre Dame, Princeton, and Ohio State had led to him   Full Story

Friday May 17, 2013 EAST DORSET -- Police are investigating the theft of potted, flowering shrubs from a man’s porch on Mad Tom Road. State Police said Robert Yakaitis, 58, reported the theft on May 13. An eyewitness told authorities that the shrubs had been taken at approximatley 2:30 p.   Full Story

Friday May 17, 2013 POWNAL -- State police have charged three people with theft after they were allegedly found removing items from a vacant property on Washing Brook Road where they did not have permission to be. Police said they were informed of the incident by a caller who saw the trio on the property owned by Donald Mylott, of Bennington.   Full Story

Thursday May 16, 2013 KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- Police said a man created a traffic hazard in order to summon police so they would respond to his complaint of a stolen cell phone. According to Bennington Police Corporal Andy Hunt, on Sunday at 9:04 p.m. police received calls saying a man was walking in the middle of the road around Main Street and North   Full Story

Thursday May 16, 2013 KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- A South Street woman is felony charges from two separate incidents in which she allegedly dug her fingernails into a nurse’s hand, and entered a woman’s apartment and would not leave when told. Marcia L.   Full Story

Thursday May 16, 2013 KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- A School Street man was found to be a habitual offender after a jury convicted him Wednesday on two counts of violating a restraining order by knocking on a woman’s door and asking someone he knew to contact her.   Full Story

Thursday May 16, 2013 DAVE GRAM Associated Press RICHMOND (AP) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin announced new efforts Wednesday to reduce the number of commuters making daily trips into parking-space starved Montpelier, including expanded outlying park-and-ride lots and discounted bus fares. "The cheapest parking space is the one we don’t have to build," Shumlin told reporters at   Full Story

Wednesday May 15, 2013 CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) -- The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found.   Full Story

Wednesday May 15, 2013 DAVE GRAM Associated Press MONTPELIER -- The Vermont House approved a measure Monday night that would allow doctors to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. If Gov. Peter Shumlin -- a strong supporter of the bill -- signs on, Vermont will join Oregon, Washington and Montana as states allowing physicians to   Full Story

Wednesday May 15, 2013 KEITH WHITCOMB JR. Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- The state dismissed lewdness charges against a man accused of touching a woman inappropriately and holding her down on the floor, however the man did plead guilty to domestic assault and was sentenced Tuesday to serve between 16 and 17 months in jail.   Full Story

Wednesday May 15, 2013 MONTPELIER (AP) -- A 2013 legislative session marked by fiscal caution and an adventurous approach to social issues appeared ready to close late Tuesday night as lawmakers neared a final vote on a nearly $1.4 million general fund budget and put off a bid to put new limits on political campaign contributions.   Full Story