Swanton News

It's been in the planning for years now, a major celebration of Samuel de Champlain's discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609.

State's Atty. awaits information ST. ALBANS CITY A state prosecutor said today he must wait until he sees a final report from police before he decides whether criminal charges are warranted in the June death of a young local man.

Double dutch and even 'rump rope' were on a long list of rope jumping styles taught at the Girl Scouts summer day camp Jump In at the Robert E. and Shirley A. O'Brien Community Center in Winooski on June 22.

By Christopher Kilian, Special to the Free Press Christopher Kilian is director of the Vermont office of the Conservation Law Foundation.

Truck carrying 40K pounds of beer overturns in Vt. SWANTON, Vt. A A A' Police say a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours.

The Vermont State Police are investigating a tractor-trailer crash on Vermont 78 in West Swanton.

A tractor trailer carrying a load of beer went off the road in Swanton Monday morning, delaying traffic on Route 78, Swanton Village fire officials said.

The Vermont Army National Guard says its medevac helicopters will be busy for the next week.

The state of Vermont has reported two more cases of swine flu. They are both among high school students-- the first cases involving juveniles in Vermont.

Two more cases of swine flu in Vermont were confirmed Thursday -- both in public schools, Vermont Health Department officials said.

The Vermont Health Department says two more cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the state.

In a hearing boycotted by aides to Gov. Jim Douglas, lawmakers heard complaints Wednesday from grocers, supporters of Vermont's school funding system and others that the governor's latest budget proposal will hurt the state.

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's TEAM VSO concert for young Vermonters traveled around the state recently reaching an audience of 4,600 schoolchildren and their teachers.

Commuters traveling Interstate 89 in Swanton early this morning may have encountered delays while emergency crews mopped up a whole lot of baby food.

As Gerald Barney's age-spotted hands finger the yellowed pages of his racing log - no computer for this guy - his 12-year-old black Lab, Buck, sighs at his feet.

A new garden is aimed at honoring the legacy of Native Americans in Vermont. It's in the Intervale Center in Burlington.

Three of Castleton State College's 2009 graduates walked onto campus four years ago without anything in common.

Town officials get overview of 4-phase construction plan ST. ALBANS TOWN - On Monday evening Sam Ruggiano of Ruggiano Engineering presented his work on a potential Route 7 bypass road during a joint meeting of the St.

The strong winds that tore through the state today caused damage all over the place.

SWANTON - A group of northwestern Vermont farmers took delivery Tuesday of six machines they believe will reduce manure pollution of Lake Champlain while increasing yields of hay from farm fields.