Grand Isle News

A coalition of Vermont animal welfare groups that sprang up following disclosure of alleged abuse of days-old calves at a Grand Isle slaughterhouse is urging the state to pursue animal cruelty charges in the case.

The attorney for a Grand Isle slaughterhouse shut down late last month on allegations of abuse of days-old calves says the person who secretly filmed footage that led to the closure provoked a plant worker to engage in some of the mistreatment caught on film.

The lawyer for a Vermont slaughterhouse that was ordered shut down for allegedly mistreating baby calves says the person who secretly filmed footage that led to the closure provoked a plant worker to mistreat the animals.

A special commission on judicial operation voted Friday to recommend a sweeping reorganization of the state's court system to unify its management, eliminate duplicative staffing and produce more than $2 million in ongoing savings in state and local taxes.

Grand Isle, Essex services in jeopardy ST. ALBANS - As expected, the final draft of the Commission on Judicial Operation report to the legislature recommends the near-closure of the Grand Isle and Essex County Courthouses.

ST. ALBANS -- Federal workers in Vermont who recently won back pay from private contractors who paid them under order of the U.S Department of Labor Saturday thanked two of the government officials and Sen.

The USDA shut down a Vermont slaughterhouse Friday after an undercover investigation revealed numerous cases of alleged animal abuse.

GRANDE ISLE - Video recordings purporting to show cruelty to calves at a Grand Isle slaughterhouse prompted health officials to close it down Friday, a spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States said.

A Grand Isle slaughterhouse has been shut down and the owners may face criminal charges.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties has scheduled four public H1N1 flu vaccination clinics in Chittenden County next month.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties announced that the clinic held today in South Hero will likely be the last public seasonal flu clinic offered by the VNA.

SOUTH BURLINGTON -- This fall students in Enosburg Falls, Grand Isle, Milton and St.

Electrical boxes, parking lot walls, skate ramps: These have been some of the "canvases" for Clark Derbes , whose bold, geometric works enliven the public art landscape of downtown Burlington.

Their clients may not yet realize the enormity of the changes coming to Vermont's courts, but lawyers around the state do.

The courts are likely the least-well-known branch of government in Vermont. The judicial branch is also among the portions of state government that the greatest number of citizens interact with directly, and during the most serious times of their lives.

By a seven-vote margin, Grand Isle voters on Tuesday finally passed a school budget for the school year that began July 1. The 339-332 vote on the $4,662,213 budget came on the fifth try at approving a town school spending plan.

Voters in North Hero are scheduled to go to the polls in November to decide whether to close their lone public school, which has been plagued by declining enrollment and ballooning costs.

A commission tasked with finding $1 million in cuts to the Vermont judiciary is considering consolidating state and county court management and closing courts in Grand Isle and Essex counties.

Last year Vermont lawmakers instructed the judiciary to find ways to become more efficient and cuts costs.

The Old Testament prophet Isaiah had a vision when men shall "beat their swords into plowshares and not learn war anymore," rather weapons become farm implements to till the soil, provide grain to feed the cattle to provide milk.