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Richford officials answer misuse of funds allegation
Written By Michelle Monroe
Friday, May 09, 2008

Town lends escrow money to itself



    RICHFORD — Over the past few weeks, members of the Borderlands Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) have written letters to area newspapers criticizing the Richford Selectboard and calling for an outside audit of the town’s books.

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Major housing project goes to ‘250’ hearing
Written By Michelle Monroe
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

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.

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Police: Stabbing an isolated incident
Written By Leon Thompson
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Five to seven people attack city man



    ST. ALBANS CITY –– A St. Albans man who was beaten and stabbed on Monday was targeted by his alleged attackers, and police are still trying to learn why.

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CIS union putting focus on security, disruptions
Written By Michelle Monroe
Monday, May 05, 2008

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.

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Where children are wanted
Written By Michelle Monroe
Saturday, May 03, 2008

Quintins, of Georgia, earn recognition for daycare excellence


    GEORGIA — Claire Quintin has been caring for other people’s children for 35 years while raising five of her own. When her husband, Paul, retired 15 years ago, the couple moved to Georgia, opening a daycare in their Route 7 home.

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Gas & Groceries - Part II
Written By Janet Bonneau
Friday, May 02, 2008

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...

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Alburgh family sues Ag Venter for loss of farm
Written By Michelle Monroe
Thursday, May 01, 2008

 Alburgh family sues Ag Venter for loss of farm


    ST. ALBANS CITY — On Monday in Chittenden County Superior Court Randy and Donald Duhamel, Jr., of Alburgh, filed suit against Ag Venture Financial Services, a local licensed lender.

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City School principal leaving
Written By Leon Thompson
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 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.

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Iris Brown’s killer confesses to police
Written By Leon Thompson
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Family reacts to confession in 1976 disappearance


    BURLINGTON –– The family of a former Enosburg woman who was kidnapped and murdered in 1976 appreciates that there is apparent closure to the case.

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Employee morale unchanged at border
Written By Michelle Monroe
Monday, April 28, 2008

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...

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What about Megan?
Written By Leon Thompson
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Murder victim’s parents mourn their loss



    ST. ALBANS CITY –– Mike and Diana Patenaude fill their lives with reminders of their only daughter.

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Blaze levels dairy barn
Written By Leon Thompson
Friday, April 25, 2008

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.

   

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Water, the toast of Montgomery
Written By guest
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Earth Day event opens Rita B. Tatro facility


    MONTGOMERY VILLAGE – “I was 22 when I moved in here,” said Merrill (Billy) Cabana, 84. He raked leaves on his old farm here Tuesday, gazing up now and again at a 140,000-gallon concrete reservoir located on a knob where he used to see Jerseys graze.

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ANR also files motion to alter Wal-Mart plan
Written By Michelle Monroe
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Store foes papers pull objections Into sharper focus

ST. ALBANS TOWN — On Monday, Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) filed a Motion to alter the Act 250 permit issued by the District 6 Environmental Commission for the construction of a Wal-Mart in St. Albans Town.
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Wal-Mart store stalls
Written By Michelle Monroe
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Opponents ask for permit alterations



    ST. ALBANS TOWN — Northwest Citizens for Responsible Growth (NWCRG) and the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) have filed a motion to alter the Act 250 permit granted to Wal-Mart earlier this month.

 

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Young making bid for city House seat
Written By Michelle Monroe
Monday, April 21, 2008

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.

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Shaping the face of recreation
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Program and facilities’ leaders outline needs



    ST. ALBANS TOWN – The town planning commission held a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss the current and future recreational needs of the town and the wider region.

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Norwich University receives late John R. Finn's war letters
Written By guest
Friday, April 18, 2008

"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.

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Police arrest 3 in city assault
Written By Michelle Monroe
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Lincoln Ave. resident beaten with hammer



    ST. ALBANS CITY — An intense day played out for police here Wednesday in the wake of a brutal assault and robbery at a Lincoln Street address.

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DUI driver gets 10 years for teen's death
Written By guest
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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.

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Excluding Dan Lindley wrong

I am writing regarding the article pertaining to the St. Albans Town selectboard, and where they
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A story for Mother's Day

A story for Mother's Day

The following is a story I heard about 15 years ago while
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Don't like being dictated by anti-Wal-Mart crew

 Marion Lamothe, I loved what you posted on Wal-Mart. You did your homework and it shows. Yo
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We want Wal-Mart and we aim to get it

Come on St. Albans let’s fight for what we want. If we stand together we can win this battl
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Editor defending Wal-Mart opponents?

 Mr. Lynn recently wrote in his editorial quoting our founding fathers who warned us of the
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Neighborhood Watch turns attention to domestic abuse

City’s program hopes to help liberate victims

    ST. ALBANS CITY — Corporal Sean Bourgeois, of the St. Albans City Police Department, began his talk to a group at City Hall Wednesday night, but then paused for nine seconds.

Anonymous mortgage firm seeks Iraq veteran’s eviction

Franklin man in hospital for stress disorder
 
Written by NAT WORMAN

     FRANKLIN – One hundred miles away from his wife, Mikell, and his home on Middle Road here, Dennis Delisle, 44, is in the VA Hospital in White River Junction again.

A foot in each world

Franklin teenager celebrates being ‘different’
 
By NAT WORMAN

    FRANKLIN – By various vocabularies, Zoe Pierce-Dickens, 14, is biracial, a person of color, of mixed race or ethnicity.

Rocking out in Kyrgystan

Area native singer in Air Force band

    One might suggest that Franklin County native Victoria Bruyette is earning her rock ’n’ roll stripes while serving overseas in the military.

Bea & Henrietta: A motoring team

1977 Chevy Concours one spiffy vehicle

By JASON COVELY

    RICHFORD — Beatrice “Bea” Demar has owned many vehicles in her 82 years. She learned to drive in her father’s 1929 Model T Ford when she got her drivers license back in 1945.



MORTON H. GREENWOOD, SR.
Franklin
5/7/2008

    Morton H. Greenwood Sr., age 79, died peacefully at his home, Monday, May 5, 2008.
    He was born May 22, 1928, in Sheldon, the son of the late Horace and
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IAN SCOTT PAQUETTE ROBTOY
Richford
5/7/2008

    Ian Scott Paquette Robtoy, infant son of Ann Marie Paquette and Kevin Robtoy, passed away at birth on May 5, 2008, at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
 
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GISELA WILLIAMS-TATRO
COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS
5/7/2008

    Gisela Williams-Tatro, of Copperas Cove, Texas, the wife of Albert H. Tatro, formerly of Franklin, Vt., passed away on May 5, 2008, in Killeen, Texas after a short illness.   ...Click here to read full obituary.

 

LILLIE M. ‘BILLIE’ MCMAHON
Georgia/St. Albans
5/7/2008

    Lillie M. “Billie” McMahon, 84, a former resident of St. Albans, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Georgia, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and D  ...Click here to read full obituary.

 

FRANK RICHARD POTVIN
Montgomery Center
5/6/2008

    Frank Richard Potvin, 56, a resident of Rifle, Colo. and formerly of Montgomery Center, died unexpectedly on March 13, 2008, at his home in Rifle.
    Frank
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