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After decades of planning, work is slated to begin this spring on Manchester's most notorious downtown traffic section- the intersection of routes 30, 11 and 7a.

A town board in Manchester has approved the demolition of the Village Country Inn.

Manchester is debating whether the Village Country Inn should be demolished to make way for a chain hotel.

A decision on whether to restore or knock down an historic building --replacing it with a modern hotel-is drawing interest in Manchester Village, and is the focus of our Friday Regional Report.

Route 73 south of Rochester is open to foot traffic.

A man from Sandgate, trying to help a friend affected by Tropical Storm Irene flooding, took a two-day tour of back roads.

Officials in New York say WCW Inc. owes more than a million dollars in unpaid taxes on its current headquarters.

The mattress manufacturing company that plans to relocate to Manchester is in a tax dispute with its current home in Hoosick, New York. Officials there say WCW Inc. owes more than a million dollars in unpaid taxes. But Manchester sees little cause for concern.

WCW Inc. will move its mattress factory to Manchester from Hoosick, N.Y.

A New York company that makes mattresses for hotels and hospitals is moving its operations to Manchester. WCW Incorporated, which employs just over 100 people, is currently located in three buildings in Hoosick , New York. It also has a call center in Bennington.

Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Manchester, town officials are already making preparations to commemorate 9/11.

A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday in New York. A sharp decline in U.S. markets has left town officials in Vermont worried about an economic recovery.

Some Vermont towns say their confidence in an economic recovery has been undermined by the downgrading of U.S. credit.

Contractors for the Army National Guard will be in Vermont this fall, examining old military firing ranges for lead and other contaminants. Some of the sites are so old, even the Vermont Guard wasn't aware of them.

The movie theater in Springfield Vermont - the official home town of cartoon hero Bart Simpson - will open its doors to another teenage icon. Three years after a devastating fire shut it down, Springfield's only movie theater will reopen tonight at midnight for the premiere of the final Harry Potter film.

The site of the abandoned Village Country Inn has been picked by developers for a Hampton Inn and Suites

A proposal to build a chain hotel in Manchester's historic district is getting a skeptical reception from village residents. The project would include tearing down a much older inn that's currently vacant.

A study committee at the Flood Brook Union School is considering options to preserve high school choice for its students.

School leaders around Vermont are being encouraged under a new voluntary merger law to study forming larger, unified school districts that could save money and offer more opportunities for students. Your Town: Is a school in your community considering consolidation?

Officials say it's necessary to close a school because the savings could pay for much-needed renovations to the remaining two school buildings. Wilmington and Whitingham have repeatedly voted 'no' on financing the repairs through taxes.

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.

To cut costs and adjust to policing needs, the towns of Windsor, West Windsor, Weathersfield and Hartland are considering merging their forces.

A group of Southern Windsor County towns is looking into the possibility of a shared, regional police force. Officials say the policing needs of Vermont towns are changing.