Starksboro News

Vermont State Police found two girls Saturday after they were reported missing from a home on Grassano Road in Starksboro.

In Starksboro, Vermont, planners are using storytelling and community art projects to get at the heart of what matters to residents.

Many Vermont towns plan for the long term, but that can involve sometimes tedious meetings that always seem to attract the same few people.

After spending time and sharing memories with many different people past the age of ninety, you begin to notice qualities that define the generation that was born during World War I. They are a solid people, both in their convictions and their work habits.

Gentle hands nabbed a warm ball of feathers out of a cloth sack and proficiently placed an aluminum tag on the songbird's leg.

Williston's quest for commuter parking has stalled again, with the state rejecting funding for a lot at Town Hall and choosing instead less expensive projects in rural areas.

Citizens Bank and City Market partnered with The Burlington Free Press for the fourth consecutive year in a food drive at participating schools known as Kids CAN Help.

Foliage around much of the state has passed its fiery peak, but some areas are still showing color, especially in the Champlain Valley.

The Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department celebrated its fiftieth anniversary Sunday -- honoring two older firefighters who have served the entire fifty years.

Gov. Jim Douglas started the shift in the tectonic plates of Vermont politics last month by saying he won't seek re-election in 2010.

A few weeks back, Starksboro farmer Eric Rozendaal issued me a challenge. He smugly proclaimed that he doubted I could hang with his cultivating crew while they harvested their cash crop, butternut squash, and invited me to his Rockville Market Farm to prove him wrong.

Mark Snelling, the son of former Gov. Richard Snelling and former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling, may run for one of the offices once held by his parents.

A Starksboro businessman is considering a run for one of Vermont's top political offices and his last name is one most Vermonters know very well.

Could there be another Snelling entering Vermont politics? Mark Snelling, son of the late Gov.

I want to thank all of you for coming this morning. I especially want to thank the members of my Administration for being here, as well as my staff.

MONTPELIER - Vermont's dairy farmers are grateful for a coming boost in federal price supports, but it won't be enough to reverse the downward economic spiral gripping Vermont's farmers.

MONTPELIER - Vermont's dairy farmers are grateful for a coming boost in federal price supports, but it won't be enough to reverse the downward economic spiral gripping Vermont's farmers.

Donald and Pauline Prim recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and their children are inviting friends and family to celebrate by sending a card of congratulations to the couple at 123 Tyler Way, Williston, VT 05495.

Fresh Green Pea Soup ALISON REDLICH, Free Press Never has it been clearer to me that old people have vital wisdom to share with the young than during this recent exchange at the Burlington Farmers Market: Me: "Hank, are you growing shelling peas - 'English' peas?" Hank Bissell : "No, no we're not.

"Champlain: The Lake Between" is a unique collaboration that received top honors at the nnual Boston and New England Regional Emmy Awards Ceremony held recently.