Putnam Block News Today

Dept of Labor sues Union Underground, Main Street Hospitality

Dept of Labor sues Union Underground, Main Street Hospitality

A mostly routine hearing on a grant that helped finance the $32 million redevelopment of three historic downtown buildings provided an update on the successes and shortfalls of the ongoing Putnam Block project.

My watch stopped. I know, I know, no one wears a watch anymore. We’re supposed to just look at our ubiquitous phones. But I like having time on my wrist

At last week’s Select Board meeting, Assistant Town Manager Dan Monks told the Bennington Select Board that the TIF District should be dissolved. TIF is tax increment financing, and creating

The Select Board’s Nov. 27 meeting turned into a long one lasting until 10 p.m. for those board members who attended the executive session. No action was taken on either

Formation of a downtown Tax Increment Financing district in 2017 was expected to provide key funding for at least two major proposed redevelopment projects in Bennington – The Putnam Block project and the Benn High redevelopment project – but things didn’t work out that way.

BENNINGTON -- A photo caption in Tuesdays Banner incorrectly identified a mound of earth on the Putnam Block site as contaminated soil. The mound is of clean soil that will

BENNINGTON — Remediation work associated with the planned $40 million Phase 2 of the Putnam Block project is underway on areas of the former H. Greenberg & Son hardware and

BENNINGTON — Tall concrete steps up to shops on the Main Street side of the former Hotel Putnam could make the businesses seem inaccessible to anyone in a wheelchair.