North Hero News

The Williston Community Food Shelf is waiting to learn whether it has to move or not.

The hallways are crowded at Champlain Valley Union High School. Enrollment here is up 79 students from a year ago-- the largest one year increase the school has seen in years.

Ver mont's largest law-en forcement organizations say they can achieve bet ter coordination and communication without consolidating - contrary to the recommendation of a consultant hired by the Legislature.

Voters in North Hero are scheduled to go to the polls in November to decide whether to close their lone public school, which has been plagued by declining enrollment and ballooning costs.

Behind the lettuce, beans and zucchini that sit in bins at Amanda Gervais's farmstand was a lot of planning and paperwork.

The Free Press publishes criminal cases in Chittenden County that result in convictions.

STOWE -- Michala Christine Peabody, daughter of William and Judith Peabody of Worcester, and Benjamin Thomas Moger-Williams, son of Thomas B. Williams of North Hero and Brookhaven, N.Y., and Susan A. Moger of Edgewater, Md., were united in marriage June 27.

An ongoing effort to clean up pollution in Lake Champlain got generally good marks today -- with a warning that much more still needs to be done.

Residents of North Hero took their own initiative when it came to saving a beautiful old building.

Residents of North Hero took their own initiative when it came to saving a beautiful old building.

Residents of North Hero took their own initiative when it came to saving a beautiful old building.

Residents of North Hero took their own initiative when it came to saving a beautiful old building.

Cool weather and frequent brisk wind have combined to save northern Lake Champlain from major algae blooms this summer, a University of Vermont scientist said at a gathering of lake advocates Saturday.

Residents of North Hero took their own initiative when it came to saving a beautiful old building.

Scientists and state officials will brief northern Lake Champlain residents Saturday on progress in the campaign to prevent algae blooms, stave off invasive species and remove causeways blamed for blocking water circulation.

COLCHESTER -- Jennie-Beth Schoonejongen, daughter of George and Jane Schoonejongen of Essex, and Jeffrey Russel Kruger, son of Larry and Jane Kruger of Rochester, Minn., were united in marriage June 27.

NORTH HERO -- Barbara Michels of Grand Isle, daughter of Rosemarie Michels of Williston, and Mark Lockerby of Grand Isle, son of Phyllis Richardson of Grand Isle, were united in marriage May 30.

Audio of Mayday call can be heard here SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine The Coast Guard urges boaters to be cautious while on Lake Champlain today due to strong winds and waves that have kept the Coast Guard and state and local rescue crews busy.

Music in the Park, a series of Tuesday evening outdoor concerts in July at Knight Point State Park in North Hero, continues at 6 tonight with a performance by Jenni Johnson and the Junketeers, sponsored by Hero's Welcome.

Murder suspect Louise Desnoyers is led into Vermont District Court in St. Albans, VT., on charges concerning the 2006 drowning of her eight-year-old son Nicolas Desnoyers.