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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — At the request of police, a judge has thrown out a complaint against a man accused of threatening a group of girls at Lake Paran this spring. The dismissal this month of a disorderly conduct citation against David S. Jones was requested by the police officer who wrote the ticket, according to court records. The reason for the request remains unclear. The July 2 municipal citation stems from confrontations between Jones and a several teenagers of color that North Bennington village officials earlier described as “raci...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — The Select Board has turned down a request to waive a policy of requiring voter petitions if a nonprofit service organization seeks a higher annual allocation from the town. At its meeting last week, the board also placed on the March 2 town ballot a referendum forced by an earlier petition drive to gather the signatures of at least 5 percent of registered voters – or about 500. That was in favor of a proposed charter change allowing Bennington to switch to a mayoral form of government. Town Manager Stuart Hurd had p...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — For a while on Thursday, snow fell on southern Vermont at a 2- to 4-inch-an-hour clip as the Northeast’s first major storm of the season barreled through. “That’s pretty impressive,” said Tom Kines, senior meteorologist for Accuweather. Snow totals varied throughout the tri-state region, from 18 inches to more than three feet in some places, close to the nearly 40 inches that fell on Binghamton, N.Y. “The city was under a heavy band where show was accumulating two to four inches and hour for many ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — The concept of a peanut-shaped roundabout on Route 67A near the Bennington College entrance was praised by town officials Monday after they received an update from project planners. “This is a great proposal,” said Select Board Chairman Donald Campbell, adding that he liked the description from project designers of a “peanut,” rather than his first thought of a one-cell organism. The board was shown the $2.6 million state project’s conceptual design by VTrans project manager Michael LaCroix, Denni...