Montpelier News

When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around.

H. Allen Gilbert, head of the American Civil Liberties Union in Vermont, has been selected to receive the Matthew Lyon Award for his lifetime commitment to the First Amendment and the public's right to know the truth in Vermont.

It was clear from the first Jupiter reference that the Sultana Creative Spirit Awards would be a thoroughly Hinda Miller affair: part politics, part business and totally bizarre.

The Cut & Paste exhibit and World's Largest Collage are on display at S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace... In the book of your life, this week will begin Chapter One.

Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union is on the cusp of filling the assistant superintendent position that has been vacant for nearly two years, as well as the principal position at Pownal Elementary School.

Jeremy Hansen of Montpelier will kickoff a run for the state senate 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

When they mobilized following Irene, they didn't intend to still be around nine months later, but the group Restoring Rutland has found they are still needed.

Twenty-five-year-old Tasha Maring was a passenger in a car that crashed into an utility pole then burst into flames late Friday night.

Vermont has decided to drop its request to the U.S. Department of Education for flexibility in enacting key provisions of the No Child Left Behind law.

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A new set of national rankings finds New England to be a relatively bike-friendly region, with five of the region's six states scoring in the top half among states nationwide.

Rain is lending a hand to crew members who are battling a wildfire that has consumed 31.6 square miles of forest in the eastern port of Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula.

The threats facing bats will be one theme of the show, along with the more traditional runway where 76 models will show off the work of six Vermont designers.

Arnie Malina will retire this year after bringing everything from the Afro Cuban All-Stars to story teller Mike Daisey to the stage over his 15-years serving as Artistic Director at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.

MONTPELIER, Vt. &#8212 The owners of northern Vermont's Jay Peak resort announced Thursday they have closed on the purchase of another northern Vermont ski hill, Burke Mountain, a move Jay Peak's president said would strengthen both businesses.

As recently reported in the Journal, I have decided to seek re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives in November.

Williston Central School's Voyager House and the Williston Historical Society will host "The Williston History Roadshow" at the Old Brick Church on May 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will follow a format similar to the PBS program "Antiques Roadshow," in which attendees are asked to bring a maximum of three antiques from their home for ... (more)

The Cut & Paste exhibit and World's Largest Collage are on display at S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace... In the book of your life, this week will begin Chapter One.

A jury Wednesday found Zak Winston not guilty. The 35-year-old had been accused of breaking into a neighbor's home in Montpelier back in March of 2011 and of stealing a television.

The Cut & Paste exhibit and World's Largest Collage are on display at S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace... Essex standout David Ro is heavily favored to tie a boys record and the girls will compete at new sites as the Vermont high school individual tennis tournaments are contested this weekend.

He was supposed to make a day trip to the Burlington area Thursday and hold a press event with Gov.