Richford News

Skeptics grill panel at luncheon Members of the Franklin and Grand Isle bar associations are skeptical about a process aimed at cutting costs in the state's judicial system.

Sanders leads Richford discussion RICHFORD - "Unless we begin to stand up at the grassroots level and demand changes, we are not going to get them," U.S. Sen.

An untested, year-old Vermont company was awarded $30 million in federal stimulus money Wednesday that will help provide tax credits to investors willing to loan funds to development projects benefiting low-income residents.

Maplewood Mountain Woodworks has zoning commission approval RICHFORD If all goes as planned, a pulpwood processing plant will be up and running here by this September, bringing 15 new jobs to this economically beleaguered town while buying 30,000 tons of logs and generating an estimated $2.3 million in economic activity.

MIDDLEBURY - Risks of swine flu posed by migrant farmworkers to other Vermonters are minimal, local health and agriculture experts said Wednesday.

Drug's value put at $55,000; two cited ST. ALBANS TOWN Add the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to the list of local law enforcement agencies that are making huge drug busts.

A late-night traffic stop in Richford led to a cocaine bust by Franklin County sheriff deputies.

Police say a traffic stop in Richford turned into a cocaine bust. Franklin County Sheriff's say they tried to pull over 21-year old Shaun Lacross early Sunday morning in Richford, but instead he took off.

A Vermont school principal is facing a criminal charge of failing to inform authorities about the physical abuse of children in his school.

MVU, City School show AYP improvement ST. ALBANS - The Vermont Department of Education this week released its annual Adequate Yearly Progress data on Vermont schools.

The awfulness of 'The Awful' must be beyond compare, as this monster is said to be the basis for many horror tales by the storytelling master, H.P. Lovecraft.

Which of the following is not true of sheep? Lambs are adorable. Lamb's wool is warm.

Bettie Curboy is Wonder Woman. While running two local businesses, Montgomery Pizza and Flick Video, she also finds the time to do a bit of good.

ENOSBURG FALLS -- Kara Lee Baillargeon, daughter of Linda Baillargeon of Milton and Richard Baillargeon of St.

RICHFORD - James Longe scored 14 points and Vince Haney added nine as Richford picked up its first high school boys basketball win of the season, 46-42 over Winooski on Friday.

Delegation's leadership profile slips MONTPELIER Franklin County members of the Vermont House were given various committee assignments Wednesday after they took their oaths of office, and there are notable ...

Some moms buy their sons toys for Christmas. Some buy sweaters. Arlene LeClair, of Richford, bought her son, Steven, a winning lottery ticket.

A Christmas Eve bonanza, delivered in the form of a winning $650,000 Megabucks lottery ticket, went out with the trash -- Steve LeClair's trash -- an inadvertent mistake the family corrected in time.

A Vermont man who threw out a lottery ticket he'd been given for Christmas pulled it out of the trash and cashed it -- winning $650,000. Steven LeClair, of Richford, got the ticket for the Dec.

New two-county services begin Jan. 2 ST. ALBANS - The Green Mountain Transit Agency on Friday, Jan.