Calais News

The Vermont Department of Taxes estimates property taxes will increase by an average of 7.48 percent for homeowners and 8.66 percent for nonresidential properties, including those who own second homes, ...

"Pastoral 2008" concludes Sunday with a Historic Site Tour of the Kent Tavern Museum, Kent Corners Road in Calais, at 2 p.m. followed by an exhibition tour by Glenn Suokko at 3:30 p.m. Pastoral magazine is ...

On June 8, the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its annual gastronomically themed awards.

Kaigh Thompson, 48, of Woodbury was cited earlier this month on charges of reckless endangerment after allegedly mistreating an elderly man in her care.

Police have charged a Woodbury caregiver with reckless endangerment for allegedly knocking over an elderly man she was supposed to be taking care of.

Robert Winn served in the Army during World War II as a master sergeant in the 144th AAA Operation Detachment in the Pacific.

State Education Commissioner Richard Cate attended many of the governor's cabinet meetings, participated in the discussion and saw eye-to-eye with the governor on many issues.

“I knew it was wrong right away”

Jeffrey Trumbower sat in his office one day last week leafing through a printout of graduates' names, some highlighted in yellow, some in red. via Burlington Free Press

LOCATION: Vermont Rt. 14 in the town of Calais, VT. VIOLATION: 3 counts of Reckless Endangerment, 3 counts of Unlawful Mischief, 1 count of Violation of Conditions of Release. via Vermont State Police Department of Pu...

“They're coming out in force, unfortunately”

The swirling springtime dark clouds in the Midwest are tornadoes. The swirling springtime dark clouds in Vermont are swarms of black flies. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

CALAIS -- Two Washington County men were arrested Saturday and cited with throwing bricks at moving vehicles on Vermont 14. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

Two Central Vermont men are facing charges for throwing bricks from a moving car. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“There are certain communities which have not been served at all before”

Comcast is extending its telecommunications services to Tinmouth, Brownington and Lincoln, three small rural towns that will get cable for the first time. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Rebecca Padula Band's "Fire & Water" Rebecca Padula Band You can hear the Rebecca Padula Band live on Saturday, May 24, at 9 p.m., at the Skinny Pancake at 60 Lake St. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“The students and teachers of Vermont will be well served by VAAE with Tom at the helm.”

Benefit concert for Gardner-Quinn The Burlington record label Wyld Stallions will host a benefit concert Thursday at The Monkey House in Winooski for Michelle's Earth Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed ... via Burlington Free Press

“We deal with this every day. It just gets worse month to month.”

Free pizza is the bait, but a chance to shape the goals of Vermont's affordable housing planners is the real payoff. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“Jacobsen covers oysters in exhaustive detail, but with writing so engaging and sprightly that reading about the briny darlings is almost as compulsive as eating them.”

On Monday, the James Beard Foundation released the finalist list for its prestigious 2008 book awards, and 'A Geography of Oysters' by East Calais-based author and food writer Rowan Jacobsen earned a nomination ... via BurlingtonFreePress.com

“I was thinking, 'How do I make this phone call?'”

The crowd draws near and reads the inscriptions on the black Harley-Davidson. The names of a flight crew shot down over Germany run along the front fender. via Burlington Free Press

Voters in Berlin, Calais, Worcester, East Montpelier and Middlesex passed the U-32 budget by more than 1,000 votes at Tuesday's town meeting. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“We have more roads than most towns do and I really want to support this purchase”

Voters here breezed through their town meeting on Tuesday, pausing for any length only on a $23,547 appropriation for the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, concerns about increased expenses for town highways, and the ... via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus