Chittenden County News

Vermont's homeless population grew by 9 percent this year, according to a report released Wednesday by two anti-homelessness groups.

Law enforcement officials who are part of the the Chittenden County Stop Teen Alcohol Team program conducted a proactive patrol to try and curb underage drinking on Saturday.

The Castleton Polling Institute conducted a poll for VTDigger on education issues.

Heavy rains and melting snow and ice pushed rivers toward or above flood stage around Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Tuesday and flooded some roads in the region.

The Chittenden County Transportation Authority's Board of Commissioners held its first post-strike meeting early Tuesday morning following the end of a three-week bus drivers' strike that affected about 9,700 riders.

All of Burlington's starters return on defense and attack. "There are a lot of expectations amongst the kids and you still have to execute on the field," Arcovitch said.

ESSEX RESIDENTS - United Way's Volunteer Connection staff will be at Brownell Library on Tuesday April 22 from 4-5 pm to talk about volunteering options.

Even Vermont's most populated area is not free from the threat of rabies. The last four animals that have tested positive for rabies, all raccoons, were trapped in Burlington and South Burlington.

Daniel Whalon, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in connection with the July 2011 stabbing death of Ralph Bell, 54, near a railroad bridge between Winooski and Burlington.

According to the Vermont Health Department, there have been four rabid animal cases reported in Chittenden County in the past 10 days.

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Doctors and other health professionals would be immune from professional conduct charges if they pursued a hotly debated course of treatment for Lyme disease under a bill given preliminary approval Thursday by the Vermont Senate .

We provide emergency shelter, supportive services, prevention outreach, transitional and permanent housing.

Preventing addiction is the cheapest and most effective way to curb drug abuse in Vermont, health officials say, but they are struggling with the fact that insurance doesn't cover those costs.

The Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations is investigating the death of a 15-month-old boy they said died last Friday in Winooski.

The short films and photos were submitted by the public and then selected by a jury.

Colleges, public libraries, health care providers and schools are among more than 400 community institutions throughout rural Vermont that now have fiber-optic broadband connections.

The Chittenden County Transportation Authority buses are back up and running Friday after a tumultuous battle between drivers and management which raged on for 16 days.

Motorists honked in support and riders climbed happily aboard buses that rolled through the morning commute Friday for the first time in three weeks, returning to service after a bitter strike ended Thursday.

The buses were rolling again Friday in Vermont's largest county, ending a nearly three-week strike that forced almost 10,000 people a day to find alternative ways to get to school, jobs or appointments.