Danville News

A view of Mount Abraham from Ripton on Tuesday. By Hannah Crowley * Free Press Staff Writer * Saturday, October 10, 2009 The Columbus Day weekend in Vermont is often the weekend for fall foliage in Vermont - the peak, the pinnacle, the window when the state's trees are ablaze.

After over a decade of planning a costly upgrade to Vermont's major east-west corridor has hit a road block.

Jackie Blanchard has made it a point to be home most every afternoon at 3 o'clock for as long as she can remember, glued to WCAX and to the intrigue of Guiding Light .

With nighttime frost possible and a sunny weekend forecast -- the first real glimpses of foliage in Vermont are on the horizon.

About 600 pounds of copper was stolen from a storage facility in Danville over the weekend, Vermont State Police said.

Vermont State Police say an intoxicated 18-year-old was taken to a local hospital after he crashed the vehicle he was driving in Cabot early Tuesday morning.

I have chosen five of Vermont's best bed and breakfasts, and have tried to give you a variety to suit every one's taste and needs.

Francis and Betsy Dittman lost their jobs in February. A few months later they lost their Jeffersonville apartment after they were denied unemployment benefits.

Vermont State Trooper Charles Winn, 31, of Danville lost control of his police cruiser and hit another vehicle.

Dave Pembroke of Montpelier, VT takes home the win in the 47th Annual Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic.

Ray Letourneau, 50, of West Danville was hurt Friday morning when he swerved on his motorcycle to avoid an animal on Vermont 15 in Cabot, hit a telephone pole, breaking it in half.

Vermont police have charged three people with underage drinking and vandalism after an incident at a Vermont Boy Scout camp.

A Vermont man has been arrested in connection with several burglaries around the Northeast Kingdom.

INCIDENT: Burglary of an occupied dwelling/ burglary/ violation of conditions of release/ possession of a controlled drug CASE #:09B101438, 09B1011440 DATE/TIME:Morning hours of 05-08-09 ACCUSED: Jason Bowers AGE: 32 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: North Wolcott VT VICTIMS: Philip Gimli-Mead , Carrie Legus , Randy Hopkins On the morning of 05-08-09 State ...

One arrest this week appears to have solved three burglaries and may lead to the resolution of several other burglaries in the region, according to state police.

A Boy Scout camping area on Pumpkin Hill Road in Danville was recently vandalized, said Vermont State Police.

Climbers Daniel Zucker, left, of Danville, Vt., and Tim Finocchio of Holbrook survived an 800-foot fall down New Hampshire's Mount Washington last weekend.

The ice is officially out on Lotus Lake in Williamstown, but it will take at least a few more balmy days before the same can be said of Joe's Pond in West Danville.

ST. JOHNSBURY - A Vermont man who survived an avalanche on New Hampshire's Mount Washington says he thought he was going to die in it.

Two climbers escaped serious injury when they were carried in an avalanche in the White Mountain's Tuckerman Ravine, according to the U.S. Forest Service.