Johnson News

In the early-morning hours of Jan. 7, a violent car crash on Route 15 in Lamoille County forever changed the course of Sarah Cardinal's life.

Married to each other for six years, Koo Kyung Sook and Ian Harvey have a bicontinental relationship.

Fire destroyed an Eden home Tuesday afternoon. The blaze, at the 5236 Route 100 property owned by Kristopher Riskin, was reported to emergency crews at about 2 p.m. Firefighters responded from the Eden-North Hyde Park department, along with crews from Cambridge, Hyde Park, Johnson and Lowell departments, according to a news release.

An Eden man at the wheel of a pickup in a fatal collision has been charged with gross negligent operation with death resulting.

The celebration was so sweet, it brought out royalty. Vermont's maple king and queen cut the ribbon of a new promotional maple trailer at the Farm Show in Barre.

Two men were arrested for allegedly robbing a store in Johnson, police said. Jonathan Massaquoi and Quentin Bowen, both 20, were cited on suspicion of burglary after items were reported stolen from the Hidden Treasure Smoke Shop on Lower Main Street.

The 73rd annual Reformer Christmas Stocking is inching its way up to this year's goal of $90,000. The employee-led Rockingham Community Action Team at The Vermont Country Store sent in a donation of $750 as part of their values statement to give back to the community in which they live.

Downtown floods again A little more than a year after downtown Rutland was hit hard by a June 2008 rainstorm that caused basement flooding and left some businesses closed for weeks or months, the community's resolve was tested again.

"Favor Johnson," Willem Lange's well-known Christmas tale of an old dairy farmer, his beloved dog, Hercules, and his flatlander doctor-neighbor is the smash hit of the Christmas book season in Vermont: Its first printing has sold out.

Vermont hasn't gotten much bigger. The Green Mountain State remained firmly ensconced in its place at number 49 in the list of states by population when the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2009 state population estimates Wednesday.

Beloved author and radio commentator, Willem Lange and illustrator Bert Dodson, will present their Christmas folktale book for children, "Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story," on Sunday, Dec.

Seven firms are competing to appraise the value of 8 hydroelectric dams on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Ed and Valerie Dolan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary as guests of honor at a party arranged by their daughters Sept.

Four of Mary Lou and Jack Labossiere's 12 grandchildren serve in the military, but grandson Kevin Penney will be the first to be deployed to a war zone.

Sibling Revelation: Brothers Chris, left, and Oliver Wood bring their lauded roots duo the Wood Brothers to the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Thursday.

Today is when most families take to the road to reach their Thanksgiving Day destination -- and police in Vermont will be on the highways in significant numbers to enforce safe travel and monitor seat belt use.

Johnson State College is shifting its academic focus. Many students are now required to complete a research project before graduation.

LOCATION : Vermont Route 15, Johnson. VIOLATION: DUI #2, Underage Consumption, Violation of Conditions of Release.

The word bistro evokes an image of a cozy eatery that takes its food seriously but leaves behind the attitude.

DATE/TIME: 10/31/2009 @ 0200 hours. LOCATION : St. Johns Street, Johnson, VT. VIOLATION: Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell ACCUSED: Timothy Moore and Brian Dow AGE: 21 and 20 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kittery, Maine and Hartford, VT SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: State Police executed a search warrant for marijuana on a residence rented by Timothy ...