Chittenden County News

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.

Host Intro: The F-35, the Air Force's new, expensive fighter jet, has a new home: Burlington, Vermont.

"We went on vacation in April 2012 and a friend of ours was cat-sitting for us. She let him out and unfortunately we didn't see him again," Michelle Brzoza explained.

Thanksgiving Day marked the start of a season that in many ways is about celebrating our blessings.

A longtime Vermont liquor investigator will face no criminal charges regarding his time sheets, Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan says.

Both parties will go to court over the bank's claims that the city still owes more than $33 million in cash and equipment as part of a deal to expand the city-owned telecommunications company.

RUTLAND NATURAL GAS PROJECT. THE BIG PICTURE: VERMONT GAS SYSTEMS WANTS TO SERVE THOUSANDS MORE VERMONTERS WITH A PIPELINE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY RUN UNDER LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND REACH TICONDEROGA NEW YORK.

Youth and young adult drug abuse treatment programs in Chittenden and Washington counties are in line for a major boost in funding that will allow them to expand their services over the next four years.

Sales are strong, but staff morale took a hit when the team discovered dozens of pieces of brand new jewelry stolen from the safe.

More than two years after a decades-old plan to build a loop road through Burlington's suburbs was scrapped amid environmental concerns, officials gathered Tuesday to announce their unanimous agreement on a series of alternatives.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and top transportation officials say they've come up with a plan to relieve traffic congestion in Chittenden County.

Vermont officials say improvements to highway interchanges, more traffic lights and a short road around a portion of Essex Junction's five-corners intersection will be among the first projects to be constructed as part of a long-term plan to relieve traffic congestion in Chittenden County.

Frank Petrosino loved his wife's idea for Christmas, though they both knew he would probably not be there.

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Most children's finger-paintings end up on the fridge, but for a few of Chittenden County's youngest artists, their creations are taking center stage in South Burlington.

Last week Kennon E. Young, 31, , was jailed at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, accused of an assault and robbery near City Hall in Burlington.

Ps FROM ACROSS CHITTENDEN COUNTY. IT'S THE FIRST DESIGNED TO KEEP BIG STUFF -- CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS -- OUT OF THE LANDFILL.

TWO BURLINGTON COPS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE SINCE A FATAL SHOOTING EARLIER THIS MONTH WILL BE BACK ON THE BEAT TOMORROW.

The state Department of Health is preparing to launch a pilot program that will distribute an antidote for opium-based drug overdoses directly to addicts, their friends or family members.

Four -- that's the number of times Vermont's Chief Medical Examiner says Wayne Brunette, 49, was shot in the torso before he was killed.