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By JOHN LIPPMAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — A Saturday morning fire rapidly engulfed and consumed a home on Broad Brook Road, displacing the residents who are now sheltering at a hotel in White River Junction.Evan Burnham said that he discovered a fire in the utility...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The medical condition of a Vermont State Police trooper who sustained serious injuries when his police vehicle crashed into a firetruck on Interstate 89 in Royalton last week was unknown on Monday, but police have identified the officer as Cpl. Eric...

By JOHN LIPPMANand JAMES M. PATTERSON

ROYALTON — A Vermont State trooper was airlifted with severe injuries to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after the police SUV he was operating struck a firetruck that was responding to another crash on Interstate 89 near Exit 3 in Royalton on...

ROYALTON — Peggy Ainsworth ran unopposed for a three-year term representing Royalton on the White River Valley Unified School District Board.Julie Hinman ran a successful write-in campaign for a three-year term representing Bethel on the Board.

ROYALTON — At the floor meeting on Tuesday, voters approved all articles.The general fund budget voters approved is $1.8 million, of which $1.6 million is to come from taxes. The highway budget voters approved is $1.3 million, of which $1.17 million...

By ALEX HANSON

BETHEL — It’s a rare annual meeting at which the controversial issues are raised in the “other business” portion just before adjournment.After passing a budget of nearly $14.4 million by a vote of 98-28 on Monday evening, voters from Bethel and...

Articles of note: One article asks voters to create Recreation Reserve Fund and another asks voters to seed it with $2,000 from taxes. One article asks voters to exempt the 2.9-acre Paine’s Beach recreation area from property taxes for five years....

Article of note: From the floor, voters will be asked whether to put part of an audited fund balance, not to exceed $998,000 into a capital improvements and maintenance of facilities fund.Contested races: Peggy Ainsworth is running unopposed for a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ROYALTON — A 37-year-old Tunbridge man died following a two-vehicle crash in which he was at the wheel of one vehicle when it crossed the center line in the road and collided with another vehicle on Route 14 in Royalton on Friday morning.David Allen...

ROYALTON — A man died following a two-car crash on Route 14 in Royalton on Friday morning, according to a police news release.Upon responding to a report of a crash at 4603 VT RT 14 at about 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Royalton Police officer Oscar Gardner...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — A group of women gathered at a table at the South Royalton Area Senior Citizens Center, waiting for lunch to be served.They talked about the weather — cold, but at least the snow was holding off — and exchanged news about the goings on in...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — A 92-year-old grandmother from Massachusetts who apparently lost her way while driving was killed when her vehicle was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in South Royalton early Wednesday, a tragic outcome for worried family...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — Mia Schultz, who relocated to Bennington, Vt., from Southern California in 2016, describes herself as a “former insurance claims adjuster turned activist.”“Vermont is like no other place I’ve ever been to before,” Schultz, who is...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who is facing multiple charges of breaking into neighbors’ homes and violating his conditions of release had his bail revoked and is being held in a Massachusetts jail.Jesse Durkee, of Avery Lane in South...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

SOUTH ROYALTON — The South Royalton Rescue Squad is about halfway to its goal of raising $865,000 for a new crew quarters and garage.The squad responds to emergency calls in Royalton, Sharon and part of Tunbridge, as well as a 12-mile stretch of...