UPDATE: VSP Identify Victim in Pownal Hit-and-Run

02:48PM / Friday, May 09, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Update on May 9, 2025 at 2:55 pm: The Vermont State Police identified the victim of the hit-and-run crash as Adrienne Formel, 37, of Pownal.

As of Friday morning, she was listed in critical but stable condition at Albany Medical Center in New York.

VSP’s investigation into this crash remains active and ongoing. No arrests have been made.

Troopers continue to request tips from the public by calling the Shaftsbury Barracks at 802-442-4521 or submitting information anonymously at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

POWNAL, Vt. — State Police are investigating an apparent hit-and-run on Thursday morning that left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries.

The victim, a woman, was found near the intersection of U.S. Route 7 and Vermont Route 346 shortly before 7 a.m. She was taken to Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Her current condition is unknown other than she is being treated for serious injuries. Her identity is not being disclosed pending notification of relatives and further investigation.

A crash was reported at about 6:40 a.m. and first responders found the pedestrian and began providing emergency care. State Police say the investigation points to the incident occurring between 6:30 and 6:38 a.m.

Troopers are looking for two vehicles that were discovered on video footage in the area around the time of the crash. VSP is looking for the public's assistance in identifying the vehicles and the operators, who might have information relevant to the ongoing investigation.

The vehicles are believed to be a Chevrolet Silverado and a Volkswagen sedan, either a Passat or a Jetta. Both are white with unknown license plates. They were southbound on U.S. Route 7 and are known to have crossed into Massachusetts, last seen on North Hoosac Road heading toward North Adams.

The Vermont State Police is working with the Massachusetts State Police and other law-enforcement agencies on this investigation.

Anyone with information regarding these vehicles should call the Shaftsbury Barracks at 802-442-5421 or leave an anonymous tip online at here.

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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.

Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.

Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.

"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.

"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."

One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.

That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.

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