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Support Grows For Passenger Rail

By Susan Keese | June 8, 2011

The prospect of a new passenger rail service linking Bennington and Manchester to Albany gets a warm reception at a public meeting in Mechanicville, New York, as state transportation officials in Vermont and New York consider a passenger train that would connect the towns.

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Bennington Weighs Water System Budget

By Kirk Carapezza | May 16, 2011

The Bennington Select Board is weighing a half-million-dollar plan to upgrade the underground pipes in the town’s drinking water system.

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Bennington Bridge To Close For Work

By VPR | April 13, 2010

A bridge in Bennington will be closed for a month for construction.

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Bennington Wal-Mart Returns To Act 250 Approval Process

By Susan Keese | March 25, 2010

A proposal for a new, expanded Wal-Mart store in Bennington is back in the state’s Act 250 approval process, after a year’s delay. The plans call for tearing down a smaller Wal-Mart currently operating on the site.

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Hitting Home: Bennington business expanding with military contract

By Susan Keese | September 7, 2009

In Bennington County, which has the third highest unemployment rate in Vermont, a company called Plasan North America is expanding.

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Bennington armor maker could add more jobs

By VPR | August 6, 2009

There’s some more good news for a Bennington company that makes armor for combat vehicles that will be used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

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Vt. man dies after crashing ambulance into tree

By VPR | June 16, 2009

A Bennington ambulance driver has died after crashing his rescue vehicle into a parked truck and then a tree.

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After 30 years, Bennington Battle Monument opens ‘iron steps’

By Susan Keese | June 5, 2009

The Bennington Battle Monument will open its 438 iron steps for a charity stair climbing race this Saturday. The stairway has been closed since the 1970s.

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Bennington hospital lays off 60

By VPR | May 8, 2009

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington has laid off 60 employees and slashed hours for 30 others to cope with a projected $1.3 million deficit.

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VT Edition Interview: Elizabeth Coleman on Bennington College’s new $20 million dollar project

By Jane Lindholm | February 12, 2009

VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Bennington College President Elizabeth Coleman about the college’s new $20 million building project and what it has to do with the role she believes higher education must assume in solving contemporary problems and keeping our Democracy vital.