While Cynthia Browning didn't win an eighth two-year term in the Legislature, she's proud of what she accomplished in Montpelier and is focusing in her role with the Arlington Select Board.

ARLINGTON — The Town of Arlington has closed the Benedict Crossing Bridge for the foreseeable future after a state inspection found major issues with the safety of the crossing.

In the hotly contested race for the Bennington-4 seat in the Vermont House of Representatives, the team of Kathleen James and Seth Bongartz have ousted incumbent Cynthia Browning.

A dairy farmer from Whitingham and a municipal planner from Newfane are among the Vermonters being asked to formulate climate change and climate resilience policy for the state.