Franklin News

A wet snowfall of up to a foot hammered Vermont's northeast kingdom and several other areas overnight, causing widespread power failures.

Demand at the Franklin-Grand Isle Community Action food shelf is up 49 percent over last year, according to food shelf coordinator Joe Zorn.

Fire complicates life for many downtown ST. ALBANS CITY A devastating five-alarm fire in St.

Letter: Thanks for help with winter heat program On behalf of the Franklin/Grand Isle Food and Fuel Workgroup, I want to thank the community partners and the businesses who have stepped up so generously to ensure that some families in need will have warm hearths and homes as the winter season approaches.

DHS report examines Morses Line, Pinnacle ST. ALBANS - The Department of Homeland Security should consider closing small, low-traffic ports of entry located near larger ports, a committee assembled by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a report issued Friday.

Conflict of interest for Judge Rainville ST. ALBANS CITY The newest judge on the Franklin District Court bench has recused himself from a continuously delayed road fatality case because of former ties to a defense witness.

PRESS RELEASE INCIDENT: Luring a Child / Lewd and Lascivious Conduct with a Child CASE #: 09A204804 NUSI DETECTIVE: Detective Trooper Benjamin D. Katz CONTACT#: 524-7961 DATE/TIME/LOCATION: August 13, 2007 - Franklin, VT ACCUSED: Gerald Koslowski AGE: 48 Franklin, VT VICTIM: Juvenile Female SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Northwest Unit for Special ...

Police said a surveillance camera caught a mother and daughter from Franklin County stealing a donation box from the drive-through window of an Enosburg McDonald's. Police said Megan Porter, 23, of Fairfield, is seen in the Sept.

Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz will speak about "Youth in Transition" at the Rutland Regional Partnership for Family Services' 11th Annual Community Celebration on Wednesday.

A family who has owned a Franklin farm since 1946 said planned improvements to a remote border crossing into Canada could destroy their property.

Owners of an historic Franklin county dairy farm say federal stimulus spending that was supposed to save the economy could put it out of business.

Vermont State Police are looking for two men they say are involved in a series of burglaries throughout Franklin County and possibly Addison County.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss and former mayor Peter Clavelle are scheduled to welcome the group at the start of its week-long stay.

Three Vermont counties - Caledonia, Orleans and Franklin -have won economic stimulus funding for energy efficiency and conservation projects through a new block grant program.

Three Vermont counties - Franklin, Caledonia and Orleans - have been awarded federal grants to pursue energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

There's a major development in the dairy industry this weekend. It's a proposal to create a milk supply management system to prevent over-production. Its advocates say restraining the growth of milk production would prevent periodic crashes in prices like the one farmers are facing now.

The Bennington Museum is extending its satellite shop and exhibition space presence on Main Street in downtown Bennington, remaining open until Columbus Day Weekend.

"A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 drama, was a timely look at the plight of an African-American family in the ghetto.

ST. ALBANS -- Too long neglected by bicyclists, Franklin and Grand Isle counties' scenic roads play host to a leg-pumping, fundraising tour Saturday.

Via gets $750,000, village $300,000 for housing SWANTON Vermont's grim dairy and housing industries gained some color here Wednesday from more than a million dollars in grant funds.