Developers lay out plan for 148 units

    ST. ALBANS TOWN — The District 6 Act 250 Commission held a hearing on Tuesday morning for a proposed housing development of 148 units on the corner of Fairfax Street and Route 104, across from the Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center.

UE members begin to build local



ST. ALBANS CITY — After winning two of four union elections at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Center, workers for Northrop Grumman and Choctaw Archiving Services are building their local and prioritizing alleged problems within the local Vermont Service Center.

Skyrocketing food prices raise concerns



Note: This second installment of a two-part report looks at how local families are coping with the rising cost of groceries. Soaring food prices are also affecting people globally. Part I (Messenger, April 21) looked at how the rising cost of gas is affecting local families and individuals.



    SWANTON — Dave and Michelle Wilcox, a young Swanton couple with three children, are...

 City School principal leaving

    ST. ALBANS CITY –– With a search for one administrator freshly behind it, the St. Albans City School Board must now embark on another hunt for someone to take the school’s top job.

Half feel prepared for security threats



    HIGHGATE — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released the results of its 2007 employee satisfaction survey.

The survey, which was answered by more than 65,000 people, nearly half of the DHS workforce, reveals ongoing problems with morale, training and employment reviews. Problems were particularly acute at Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), where employees reported less...

Firefighters battle fire, wind in Swanton



SWANTON –– A five-alarm fire here Thursday destroyed another dairy barn – the second in Franklin County this week – but all of the farmer’s animals escaped safely this time.

   

Democrat seeks retiring Fitzgerald’s seat



    ST. ALBANS CITY — “I love that art of finding that common ground to make things happen,” Jeff Young said Friday in a conversation about his candidacy for the Vermont House.

"No peace with selfish and cruel objectives" ST. ALBANS CITY – Betty Finn's eyes shine with happy memories as she looks up from a collection of John R. Finn's World War II letters.

Family, friends describe loss, urge tougher laws

 

    BURLINGTON — The repeat drunken driver who killed West Swanton teenager Nick Fournier on Interstate 89 in Colchester will be incarcerated at least 10 years after pleading guilty Monday to three charges in connection to the November crash.