Winooski News

The Colchester Selectboard is contemplating improvements to the Severance Corners intersection that could include a roundabout.

WILLISTON - Heads might turn when the words "urban" and "conservation" appear in the same sentence.

If the local message-tote company Flashbags' slogan is "Carry a Conversation," this month's conversation is a generous one.

The Winooski School Board's decision to "largely try to stay out of the way as student grapple with conflicting opinions and facts under the guidance of teachers," as the Free Press reported, is one that upholds the basis of education based on the free flow of ideas and our democratic principle of free speech.

The Winooski School Board vowed Wednesday to try to avoid clashes like two recent disputes that raised questions about how much control parents and teachers should have over controversial issues in the schools.

Is it a coincidence that Winooski public schools have been dragged into two political controversies within months of each other? Some say both episodes were instigated by school board member Doug Isham , a news junkie who describes himself as "leaning conservative." Isham says he was just responding to parents when he voted to ban Winooski students ...

Score one for internet serendipity, and another for news organisations republishing archive articles.

A national survey ranks the Burlington area among the safest metro areas in the country for pedestrians.

Htun Sein and the 20 families in his village took to the jungle when the soldiers started shooting.

Following a guilty plea to wire fraud, a Winooski man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 27 months imprisonment, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Burlington announced Tuesday.

The Winooski City Council is expected to decide this evening whether to buy a used fire truck to replace an old pumper truck that no longer works, Mayor Michael O'Brien said.

The special Winooski City Council meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

When families gathered recently at the Robert E. and Shirley A. O'Brien Community Center in Winooski, the event served two functions: bring people together for a meal and celebrate the city's youth soccer program.

The Winooski City Council is expected to decide this evening whether to buy a used fire truck to replace an old pumper truck that no longer works, Mayor Michael O'Brien said.

Advocates for the homeless celebrated the development of a new veterans' complex Monday in Winooski.

Ryan Kennedy lost his humanity just by walking out a door. He wasn't the only one dehumanized, but his fallen colleagues at least had a chance to put up a fight.

Police in Colchester say they've arrested two men believed responsible for a string of thefts from cars.

Scott Kastner, 26, of Winooski has been convicted of aggravated domestic assault and sentenced to a prison term of four to 15 years.

American Legion Post 91, burned out of its headquarters in a Sept. 14 blaze, has found a temporary home in a former restaurant near the Winooski city line.

A 37-year-old Winooski man has been charged with first-degree arson in connection with a fire early Friday morning at a detatched residential garage in Colchester.