Chittenden County News

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.

The proposal to raise the minimum wage is an economic stimulus plan built on the basic American principles of hard work and fair play.

The fight isn't over. Even though Burlington voters approved gun-related changes to the city's charter, they are far from becoming law.

Negotiations for a three-year contract between the Chittenden County Transportation Authority and the Teamsters Local 597 union will continue Saturday, CCTA general manager Bill Watterson told the Burlington Free Press Wednesday.

Wednesday is the registration deadline for those interested in a 10-week course offered by the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle counties.

Voters are gathering for meetings and trickling through voting booths today, Town Meeting Day.

On the eve of Town Meeting Day, Colchester voters' biggest concerns revolved around increasing town and school budgets.

Christie and Willie Mitchell came to the high school Monday night ready to ask questions of town and school officials about the budgets that voters will approve or reject Tuesday.

The tragic recent death of Philip Seymour Hoffman of a heroin overdose is a call to action.

I've also lived in other cities around the country, but have always considered Burlington home.

Charges against a Burlington woman arising from a July melee involving her, a police officer and three of her sons were dismissed Friday in a deal that requires her to move out of her home.

Officials say they found horses living in deplorable conditions at George Wilson's farm last year.

A group of companies from Vermont's food industry called on the Vt. State Senate Wednesday to pass legislation requiring food labels that will let people know if they're eating genetically-modified organisms or GMOs.

In response to Jerry Bourque's My Turn from Feb. 12 in which he encourages Colchester residents to "Say 'no' to school budget in Colchester," I would have to say that I'm shocked that you would so blatantly state that "The teachers simply are not worth it!" I think that everyone can agree that they do not want to see their taxes increase, ... (more)

When it comes to town meeting, Jericho is old-school: municipal and school budgets discussed, debated and voted on from the floor.

Enduring benefits of renewable energy outweigh the short-term boom that a natural gas pipeline offers Addison County businesses, Larry Plesant, CEO of Vermont Soap Works, said Tuesday morning.

The general manager of the Chittenden County Transportation Authority says CCTA is open to continued contract negotiations with the Teamsters Local 597, a bus drivers' union that has suggested a work action could begin March 10 without a deal.

The tragic recent death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman of a heroin overdose is a call to action.