Eden News

I just got back from a restful two weeks on the shores of beautiful Lake Eden, less than 25 miles from the Canadian border, and just one mile down the road from the tiny town of Eden Mills, Vt.

A Hyde Park man faces first-degree aggravated domestic assault and an assortment of other charges stemming from a bizarre incident that allegedly involved his ex-girlfriend and their 20-month-old daughter over the weekend.

DATE/TIME: 07/25/2009 @ 2330 hours. VIOLATION: 1st Degree Aggravated Domestic Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Cruelty to Children, Grossly Negligent Operation ACCUSED: Scott Tallman AGE: 26 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Hyde Park, VT.

There is hope in the towns around Belvidere Mountain, including Eden and Lowell, that a federal settlement with the former owner of the massive asbestos mine there could mark the start of life returning to normal.

A New Jersey company agreed Thursday to pay a small portion of the possible $300 million cost of cleaning up the abandoned asbestos mine on Belvidere Mountain in Eden and Lowell.

A press release from the U.S. Justice Department late Thursday said G-1, which owned the mine from 1967 to 1975, agreed to the following payments: Up to 8.6 percent of $300 million for cleanup costs at the mine.

Patrick Standen, record-holder and two-time defending champion in the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon's wheelchair division, won't be shocked if he doesn't win again Sunday.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell returned to Vermont on Monday to celebrate the federal Forest Legacy program, created by a Vermonter and responsible for protecting nearly two million acres of working woodlands.

Police are investigating a crash that killed an Eden man. Twenty-year-old James M. Maytas Jr.

The chief of U.S. Forest Service came to Richmond on Monday to announce a $1.8 million Forest Legacy grant to conserve nearly 6,000 acres of prime hardwood forest in Eden and Johnson.

A 20-year-old Eden man was killed Friday after the car he was driving apparently left the roadway in Hyde Park.

State police are trying to find the driver involved in a single car crash on Knowles Flat Road in Eden at the intersection of Vermont 18.

A woman from Lamoille County pleaded guilty Thursday to charges she stole from her bosses.

The Vermont State Police is investigating a burglary that occurred at the Eden Mini-Mart , on VT Route 100, in Eden.