Isle La Motte News

St. Peter's Church Choir frm Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m. Mass July 6, and Madrigal Choir from Quebec, 10:30 a.m. Mass, with organist George Schnob, St.

The Vermont Mozart Festival brings together beautiful music -- and beautiful locations.

Fare thee well, Ethel. Your hard work is appreciated, your place in history secure and the hope you offer taxpayers everywhere inspirational.

“We had expected that there would be a recovery of competence”

A psychiatrist has determined a Montreal woman accused of killing her son in Isle La Motte is incompetent to stand trial. via Burlington Free Press

“I think that probably the state hospital is better attuned to restoring her to competency than a correctional facility”

A Montreal woman accused of killing her own son may never be tried for murder. Doctors say Louise Desnoyers is not mentally fit to defend herself. via WCAX-TV Burlington

There will be a competency hearing Friday for the Montreal woman accused of drowning her son in Lake Champlain. via WCAX-TV Burlington

A competency hearing for the Montreal woman accused of drowning her son in Lake Champlain has been postponed for another week. via WCAX-TV Burlington

Tyler Weeks and Ali Wise made a Nature Valley video that has made it to the finals of the granola bar-manufacturing company's competition. via Burlington Free Press

Meeting: 10 a.m. Saturday at Isle La Motte School Voting: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall Proposed town budget: $411,962, a 7.45 percent increase Selectboard: Incumbent James Senesac and Stephen Stata ... via BurlingtonFreePress.com

“Their records are a hundred times better than they were 10 years ago, I'll tell you that”

ISLE LA MOTTE -- All went amicably enough at town meeting Saturday until islanders reached the matter of $10,000 for the Cemetery Commission. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

“It's been hard for people to put all this behind them”

Rusty Spaulding, the longtime Isle La Motte town moderator, says he doesn't know what's going to happen when the island community stages its annual town meeting Saturday morning. via Burlington Free Press

ALBURGH Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Alburgh Community Education Center Voting: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Municipal Building Proposed town budget: $453,562, a 20.3 percent increase Selectboard: Incumbent ... via Burlington Free Press

Based upon recent Vermont news articles that have described convictions and plea arrangements for those charged with embezzlement, I cannot help but wonder just how deep this illegal behavior has become? The ... via The Brattleboro Reformer

A judge has denied a plea deal for a Montreal woman charged with drowning her son in in part because it included the chance that she would serve her prison sentence in Canada. via Canoe

“I'm persuaded we really can't proceed on Monday”

Next week's trial of a Montreal woman accused of drowning her son in August 2006 in Lake Champlain was postponed indefinitely Friday amid an abandoned plea deal, a judge's wish for secrecy and, chiefly, ... via Burlington Free Press

A 33-year-old man from Isle La Motte was arrested for driving while intoxicated after state police found a car he had been driving stuck in a snow bank, said Vermont State Police. via Burlington Free Press

A home under renovation in Isle La Motte was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday night. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“If you change the belief, you'll change the behavior.”

One approach to making New Year's resolutions stick is hypnosis, says Maureen Finnerty Turner. via Burlington Free Press

Kristi Lynn Clark and Mark Stoddard Roche were married Aug. 18, 2007, in a double-ring ceremony performed by the Rev. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“We had very little notice. It was like, 'Hi, how are you? Guess what?' "In essence, I was developing a bid for our jobs”

They were given extra work and told that it might result in the loss of their jobs. via Burlington Free Press