Grand Isle News

GRAND ISLE - Phosphorus pollution levels in Lake Champlain have not decreased since 1990, despite tens of millions of dollars of public investment in sewer plants, farm manure pits and stormwater controls.

Parts of Grand Isle County are looking forward to faster internet service next year.

Vermont's largest cable television provider is going to be adding 300 miles of lines next year to improve its offerings of high-speed cable internet, television and phone service.

A motorist driving on U.S. 2 in South Hero Tuesday alleges that another driver waved a gun at him, said Colchester police.

Governor Jim Douglas and Comcast officials Monday will announce Comcast's proposal to extend its network by another 300 miles in 2009 in communities not already served by wire line providers offering high-speed ...

GRAND ISLE - Richard and Kim Surprenant announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Leah Surprenant, to Tyler James Dunigan of Grand Isle, son of James and Becky Dunigan of Milton.

By Candace Page, Free Press Staff Writer * June 15, 2008 ISLAND D, FOUR BROTHERS ISLANDS, N.Y. - Ornithologist David Capen peered with satisfaction at a dozen double-crested cormorant nests on a guano-splashed ...

Almost 500 people came out Saturday for the Grand Isle Fishing Festival, an annual event organized by Vermont Fish and Wildlife staff.

By John Briggs, Free Press Staff Writer * June 12, 2008 More than 125 people crowded into the Hauke Conference Room at Champlain College on Wednesday night to urge Burlington Telecom's two citizen advisory ...

NORTH HERO - Rev. Donald R. and Mrs. Anne Stewart announce the engagement of their son, Aaron Harris Stewart, to Rebecca Dorothea Savage of San Jose, Calif., daughter of Rev.

GRAND ISLE -- The Douglas administration's rhetorical attacks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over pollution prevention on Lake Champlain heated up another notch Thursday.

With turkey season behind us and the warm, lazy and hazy days of summer still ahead, June becomes a perfect month for fishing.

Lake Champlain is the host to many summer bird cities. These nesting colonies may consist of just a few birds nesting together to over 10,000 raucous birds, ranging in size from Popasquash Island, at less than ...

Tonight at dinner my husband looked down at his plate and said to our 4-year-old, "Kid, you better learn to like asparagus cause your Mom really likes asparagus." It's true.

MONTPELIER -- A special fiscal oversight committee of the Legislature gave its blessing Wednesday to a list detailing $14 million in supplementary road and bridge maintenance that would be scheduled this ...

WATERBURY -- Vermont Days, 2008 will be held June 14-15. This is the weekend to celebrate the arrival of summer and enjoy a free sample of Vermont's fishing, state parks and historic and cultural resources.

Medical caregivers and advocates ushered in what they hope will be a new era of elder health care in central Vermont.

Andrew and Suzanne LaRocque of Swanton announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica LaRocque, to Walter Ochs, son of Peter Ochs and Carla Ochs, both of Orwell. via Rutland Herald

“It is her advocacy over the years that keeps these issues before us and keeps us moving forward.”

TONY KLEIN From the energy-efficiency bill early in the session to the housing bill that was settled on the next-to-last day, Klein had a hand in crafting complicated, high-profile legislation. via Burlington Free Press

“I have a perennial interest in growing food in an urban setting”

Organizers, including Ashley Lidman of Burlington, work with volunteers and future gardeners to cut and assemble 15 raised beds at the Archibald Neighborhood Garden in Burlington's Old North End on Friday. via Burlington Free Press