Hyde Park News

When Beth and Mark Peloquin of St. Albans hosted Jinsu Kim of South Korea through The World Heritage High School Student Exchange Program, they were quick to learn that in Korea, kimchi gets its own refrigerator.

Police arrested an 18-year-old Johnson man Tuesday in connection with an alleged assault on a Johnson State College student Monday night.

Toward the end of his relatively short life, Vermonter John M. Bissell was largely homebound due to illness.

Want to share Bissell's legacy? Austrian Roma artist Ceija Stojka's exhibit will open with a reception on November 21 at the West Branch Gallery in Stowe and remain on view through January 1. The films associated with the exhibit are still to be determined.

The Columbus Day weekend in Vermont is often the weekend for fall foliage in Vermont - the peak, the pinnacle, the window when the state's trees are ablaze.

A dispute involving a scorned lover and a case of head lice led to a shooting late Tuesday in Morrisville and the filing of attempted-murder charges Wednesday, law-enforcement authorities said.

A Vermont man was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly fired a rifle toward another man Tuesday evening.

A daughter, Jasmine Grace Ormiston, was born Sept. 16, 2009, to Leo Ormiston and Jessica Longe of Middlesex.

HYDE PARK - The Lions Club will accept donations around town Thursday through Saturday to help the vision- and hearing-impaired. During the Lions White Cane fundraising drive members will also be accepting eyeglasses, hearing aids and cell phones to help those in need.

Vermont tourism officials say they're expecting a good fall foliage season, with colors ranging from burnt orange to gold to bright red already showing on many trees.

A school investigation into the Morristown teacher accused of molesting two young male students focused on relationships "of a personal nature" between the teacher and his students, a Morristown School District attorney confirmed Thursday.

A judge has ordered the case of an Essex police officer suspected of fatally shooting his neighbor's dog to go to trial.

A Lamoille County man admitted he robbed a bank. Brian Comiskey, 25, of Johnson, pleaded guilty to charges he held up the Union Bank on Main Street in Hyde Park back in February.

UPDATE: 2:45 P.M. HYDE PARK - A Vermont teacher charged with molesting two boys says he's not guilty, but a judge ordered him held on $250,000 bail today.

On the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, 91 people at the Vermont Statehouse honored those who died by becoming United States citizens Friday.

HYDE PARK - The school board will receive an update on the district's facilities and programs at 7 p.m. Thursday at the district offices.

A daughter, Mariah Lynn Wells, was born July 30, 2009, to Bradley Wells and Angelina LaFave of Hyde Park.

A woman is dead and a man is in police custody today after a pickup struck a pedestrian Tuesday evening on North Jay Road.

A Johnson man was arrested Tuesday and charged with the Feb. 27 robbery of the Hyde Park branch of the Union Bank.

A daughter, Eva May Small, was born July 4, 2009, to Devin and Tracy Small of Craftsbury.