Chittenden County News

The Green Mountain Care Board has granted HowardCenter interested party status on an application to state regulators from Pathways Vermont to open a residential treatment facility in Burlington for individuals experiencing their first episode of mental illness.

The jury trial for a Burlington man suspected of attempting to strangle his ex-girlfriend in May was continued Thursday after his defense attorney withdrew from the case, according to court papers.

Wayne Brunette was fatally shot by a Burlington Police Department officer during a confrontation in November.

No criminal charges will be filed against two Burlington police officers involved in the shooting death of shovel-wielding man with a long history of mental health issues, Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan said Monday.

A Vermont legislative committee says in a draft report that the state should add early intervention services for parolees with mental illness, substance abuse or other problems to help them stay out of trouble.

Vermont State Police say they seized a small amount of heroin and more than $4,000 in cash following a traffic stop of a Chittenden County man on Interstate 91 in Weathersfield.

A major fire in Winooski Thursday night displaced residents of two apartment buildings on Malletts Bay Avenue, according to the Vermont and New Hampshire Upper Valley Red Cross.

As part of a plea agreement reached Friday morning, Alaiksandr Bychkou, 32, will not serve any more time for the crime, but will not fight deportation.

Voters in the Vermont city of Vergennes have approved the City Council's decision to support a natural gas pipeline project.

It's crunch time for the Christmas tree business in Vermont. "There are three weekends left," Andrea Blaisdell of Paine's Christmas Trees in Morrisville, said last week.

Get ready for Chittenden County traffic delays Wednesday. That's the warning from Vermont transportation officials ahead of lane closures on Interstate 89 southbound over the Winooski River.

Two Chittenden County residents have been linked to selling property reported missing from nearly two dozen residential burglaries in Swanton, Police Chief Leonard Stell said Tuesday.

As T.J. Donovan spoke to a roomful of Chittenden County Democrats last week, he sounded very much like a candidate for political office.

An investigation into a Vermont Liquor Control investigator's time sheet was a retaliatory act by management after it was questioned about the overtime collected by the head of the department's enforcement division, according to a new unfair labor practice charge.

The adoption event - at the Subaru Dealership in South Burlington - was put on with help from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The Wake Robin Singers, led by Director Rufus C. Patrick, helped celebrate the holiday season at the Chittenden County Retired Teachers Association's monthly event.

The Humane Society of Chittenden County & Burlington Subaru are partnering to host an adoption and microchip event "Share the Love" from 12-4 PM.

When Julie Hollenbeck wants chickens for her Shelburne dinner table, she goes straight to the source.

Discussions are underway to settle the case of a Belarus immigrant charged with setting fire to the steeple of a landmark Burlington church, lawyers familiar with the case said Thursday.

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