Swanton News

Sandra J. St. Peter, daughter of Paul and Evelyn St. Peter of Williston, Vt., and Timothy P. Donlan, son of Shirley and Scott Coope of Westerly, R.I., and Robert and Michele Donlan of Waynesboro, Va., were united in marriage April 18.

Birds grace village green since 1961 SWANTON VILLAGE Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has put out a booklet of stories from around the country about health-care coverage woes.

The state awarded more than $3 million in grants Tuesday to communities for projects that are expected to create jobs.

ST. ALBANS BAY - Bob Shea of Fairfax led a preacher-like call and response with his audience of 75 protesters at the St.

It's been in the planning for years now, a major celebration of Samuel de Champlain's discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609.

State's Atty. awaits information ST. ALBANS CITY A state prosecutor said today he must wait until he sees a final report from police before he decides whether criminal charges are warranted in the June death of a young local man.

Double dutch and even 'rump rope' were on a long list of rope jumping styles taught at the Girl Scouts summer day camp Jump In at the Robert E. and Shirley A. O'Brien Community Center in Winooski on June 22.

By Christopher Kilian, Special to the Free Press Christopher Kilian is director of the Vermont office of the Conservation Law Foundation.

Truck carrying 40K pounds of beer overturns in Vt. SWANTON, Vt. A A A' Police say a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours.

The Vermont State Police are investigating a tractor-trailer crash on Vermont 78 in West Swanton.

A tractor trailer carrying a load of beer went off the road in Swanton Monday morning, delaying traffic on Route 78, Swanton Village fire officials said.

The Vermont Army National Guard says its medevac helicopters will be busy for the next week.

The state of Vermont has reported two more cases of swine flu. They are both among high school students-- the first cases involving juveniles in Vermont.

Two more cases of swine flu in Vermont were confirmed Thursday -- both in public schools, Vermont Health Department officials said.

The Vermont Health Department says two more cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the state.

In a hearing boycotted by aides to Gov. Jim Douglas, lawmakers heard complaints Wednesday from grocers, supporters of Vermont's school funding system and others that the governor's latest budget proposal will hurt the state.

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's TEAM VSO concert for young Vermonters traveled around the state recently reaching an audience of 4,600 schoolchildren and their teachers.

Commuters traveling Interstate 89 in Swanton early this morning may have encountered delays while emergency crews mopped up a whole lot of baby food.

As Gerald Barney's age-spotted hands finger the yellowed pages of his racing log - no computer for this guy - his 12-year-old black Lab, Buck, sighs at his feet.