Colchester News

A judge has put liens on four church-owned rest homes and part of the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese's investments in order to cover jury awards in two priest sex abuse cases.

COLCHESTER -- The town of Colchester is certainly an American town, and with 27 miles of Lake Champlain shoreline, it's also a natural starting point to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's arrival in Vermont.

As part of the pre-Quadricentennial celebration the current mayor of Colchester, England, and two former mayors were in Colchester, Vt., Thursday morning.

Did you pay to download a song, book or movie this week? You may have to pay sales tax on it.

Milton police have cited 17 people on suspicion of dealing and possessing illegal drugs, in and around town.

I spent the last week moving - from rural Colchester to rural Hinesburg, from a house surrounded by trees to one surrounded by hay fields.

The Colchester Post Office is offering a stamp cancellation to mark the Quadricentennial of Champlain's exploration of the lake that bears his name, U.S. Postal Service officials said.

A three-vehicle crash closed part of Heineberg Drive in Colchester Thursday. Authorities say the accident at the Winooski River bridge involved two cars and a motorcycle.

The ground was still moist and spongy from the recent rain, but kids of all ages came out to play at Bayside Park in Colchester on June 16.

Colchester police are looking for a vehicle that struck and killed a yellow Labrador retriever this morning at about 9:30 on Prim Road.

Two men ran from police early Friday after they nearly caused several accidents on Route 23 by blocking part of the highway with traffic barrels, authorities said Monday.

The state of Vermont and some of its most well-known dairy brands are embarking on a "dairy drive" aimed at helping needy families and struggling dairy farmers.

A major brawl in Colchester early Saturday morning sent four people to the hospital -- two with stab wounds.

Police cruiser camera video documented what happened five years ago when Colchester Police Officer Jim Roy pulled over a motorist for speeding on Lakeshore Drive.

From the Cardiology Unit, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington.

• WHAT: The first Middlebury Art Walk with over 30 venues with art, music and food including the newly opened Art House at the Marbleworks complex with a retrospective of work by Prindle Wissler and a new photo gallery, The Photo Place on Park Street, which will exhibit nature photographs on the theme "Nature's Whispers, Nature's Shouts." Art walks will take place regularly on the second Friday of each month. • WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Friday. • WHERE: 30 venues in downtown Middlebury • INFORMATION: ArtsConnect, info@middleburyartswalk.com • WHAT: "Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont," photographs and artifacts from the 10th Cavalry Unit of Buffalo Soldiers assigned in 1909 to Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. These soldiers were part of the six black regiments authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1866 that were called Buffalo Soldiers by Native Americans who held their fighting spirit and intense courage in high regard. • WHEN: Through Sept. 13. • WHERE: Fleming Museum, 61 Colchester Ave., Burlington • INFORMATION: 656-0750, www.flemingmuseum.org • WHAT: "Pieces of Vermont" featuring 23 oversized illustrated puzzle pieces that are sampling of the Art Fits Vermont project. The statewide community arts project modeled on the earlier Palettes of Vermont project will culminate in the July 11 "Puzzlepalooza" at Battery Park in Burlington in which thousands of painted puzzle pieces will be assembled to create the world's largest puzzle as an entry to the Guinness World Record book. • WHEN: Through June 30. • WHERE: The Vermont Arts Council's Spotlight Gallery, 136 State St., Montpelier • INFORMATION: 828-5423, www.vermontartscouncil.org •WHAT: "Spirits of the Serengeti," photographs of the African veldt by member of the Artists For Conservation Chris Dei. "Out-sized sepia photographs on hand-made paper or textured canvas enable the viewer to see the grain of a lion's coat and eye lashes on an elephant at absolutely no personal risk." •WHEN: Through Aug. 23. •WHERE: Bennington Center for the Arts, Gypsy Lane •INFORMATION: 442-7158, www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org.

Every time you swipe your credit card and wait for the transaction to be approved, sensitive data including your name and account number are ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a potential opening for hackers.

Freebies are popular. Which could help explain why a steady stream of beachgoers headed to Sand Bar State Park on a day that wasn't particularly hot or sunny.

A prosecutor with the Chittenden County State's Attorney's office said Thursday the state is considering whether to charge Richard Memoli's alleged accomplice in the aggravated sexual assault of a 26-year-old Burlington woman on New Year's Day 2008.

"I'm not satisfied," President Barack Obama said. "We've got more work to do." President Obama has something in common with Vermont's top economic recovery official: Both think federal stimulus money isn't being spent fast enough.