Chittenden County News

Chittenden County residents are bracing for a bus drivers' strike beginning Monday that would bring public transit service to a halt, with the exception of portions of the Montpelier and Hinesburg commuter routes.

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Investigators say Kyle Little, 26, and another man went on a burglary spree, hitting multiple homes in Essex and Colchester during a two-week period-- some of them more than once.

Last February, in what he calls a "drive of desperation," Vermont Farm Table Owner Dustin Glasscoe finally found the space here for the 10,000-square-foot wood shop he's counting on to carry his company into the future.

A 24-year-old St. Michael's College student convicted in November of assaulting two women, one a fellow student, was arraigned Thursday following allegations that he subsequently posted nude photos of the women on the Internet.

Members of the drivers' union, Teamsters Local 597, voted 54-0 on Wednesday to reject the latest offer from the Chittenden County Transit Authority.

On the morning of March 3, the Milton Police Department responded to and investigated approximately 21 cases of vehicles that had been "gone through" overnight.

The bill would allow low-level criminals with mental illness or drug addiction to be treated rather than prosecuted and put behind bars.

The racks are full, but the store is pretty empty at Sweet Lady Jane on Burlington's Church Street Marketplace.

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Chittenden County commuters can look forward to a hassle-free bus ride to work after the bus drivers' union and country transportation authorities reached a contract deal.

A Chimney fire is the likely cause of a blaze that destroyed a home in St. Albans Town.

The union that represents almost 70 Vermont bus drivers is holding a negotiating session with the Chittenden County Transportation Authority in hopes of averting a strike.

A Burlington murder suspect who was deemed incompetent to stand trial in January was recently found by a city judge to also be "a person in need of treatment."

It was another long day. Contract negotiations commenced once again Saturday morning around 9 a.m. between the Chittenden County Transportation Authority and Teamsters Local 597 union, a bus drivers' union, but as of 7 p.m. -- more than nine and a half hours later -- no agreement had been reached yet.

A 24-year-old St. Michael's College student convicted in November of assaulting two women, one a fellow student, has been cited into court on allegations he subsequently posted nude photos of the women on the Internet.

If commuter buses are halted by striking drivers next week, Burlington school kids will have to find another way to get to school.

About 9,500 people who rely on public bus service in Vermont's largest county could be without a ride Monday if the drivers and the agency they work for don't reach a contract agreement this weekend.

Authorities say surveillance video from a number of the crime scenes led them to the suspects.

Todd Shepardson, 26, of Hinesburg was cited on a charge of driving under the influence-refusal on Feb. 16, according to police reports.