Grand Isle County News

On Nov. 6, the Vermont Commission on Judicial Operation, which I am chairman, voted unanimously to endorse a plan that if adopted by the Vermont Legislature will significantly change the way our courts function.

Front Porch Forum, the online neighborhood bulletin board with thousands of followers across Chittenden County, can't make ends meet through advertising alone and has initiated an annual donation drive.

Concerns over the H1N1 flu virus have exhausted some providers' supplies of seasonal flu vaccine, health officials said Monday.

A plan to reorganize Vermont's courts, closing them in the two smallest counties, is drawing criticism from many lawyers.

A new federal grant will help a computer company expand high-tech training classes in Grand Isle County.

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.

A commission tasked with finding $1 million in cuts to the Vermont judiciary is considering consolidating state and county court management and closing courts in Grand Isle and Essex counties.

Last year Vermont lawmakers instructed the judiciary to find ways to become more efficient and cuts costs.

The crowd expected them, but they never showed. Toronto-based trio The Chameleon Project didn't perform at the Downtown Rutland Sidewalk Sales and Ethnic Festival Saturday night as planned because they were interrogated and fingerprinted at the U.S./Canada border for not having proper paperwork for entry into the United States, the band's manager ...

'Life in Grand Isle County,' which premieres at 7 p.m. tonight, July 30 at the Grand Isle Lake House in Grand Isle, blends interviews and images of local people in the first half of the 20th century.

We all know being active is great. Whether we walk, bike, run or paddle, we know it makes us feel better and keeps us fit.

FairPoint is trying to fix a service outage in northwestern Vermont. The company says a contractor broke a fiber line in Milton at around 2:30 Friday afternoon.

Guided by his Montagnais, Huron and Algonquin allies, Samuel de Champlain entered Ondakina on July 14, 1609.

A plan to have special sex-crime investigative units covering the entire state by July 1 is behind schedule, but the program is continuing and officials are working to achieve the goal.

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A Vermont judge has sentenced a Montreal woman to 15 years in prison for drowning her young son three years ago.

Twenty-three year-old Donald Shepherd was hired to take care of three kids in Grand Isle County.

Six people were screened for suspicion of driving under the influence but none was charged during a DUI checkpoint on Thursday in South Hero, said state police and Grand Isle County Sheriff's Department officials.

Another day, another alias for the nanny accused of molestation in Grand Isle County.

Donald Shepherd, 23, was hired to take care of three kids in Grand Isle County. But police say, instead, the nanny abused one of them; a 10-year-old boy.