Franklin County News

Jay Fleury is a private man with an aversion to cameras. Ask his age and he replies, "Over 35 and under death." He could be St.

"On the way to the jail I kept saying to myself, you know this is a really bad dream.

Conflict of interest for Judge Rainville ST. ALBANS CITY The newest judge on the Franklin District Court bench has recused himself from a continuously delayed road fatality case because of former ties to a defense witness.

The Chittenden Bank branch in Swanton was robbed this morning, and police are looking for a male suspect.

Trail goes cold in Swanton bank robbery ST. ALBANS CITY Police Chief Gary Taylor was in a meeting at city hall Tuesday morning when he heard the news: a masked, hooded robber with a knife had just hit the Chittenden Bank in Swanton, in broad daylight, and then disappeared, on foot.

By LEON THOMPSON & MICHELLE MONROE Messenger Staff Writers ST. ALBANS The Franklin County State's Attorney told the Messenger this morning that he will not bring criminal charges in the death of Northwest State Correctional Facility inmate Ashley Ellis.

SWANTON - Two Chittenden Bank branches in opposite corners of the state were robbed Tuesday morning.

St. Albans dairy hearing attracts written comments ST. ALBANS - "We went from bring able to pay all our bill to losing about $5,000 each month.

Evidence fails to support manslaughter charge ST. ALBANS CITY One of two men charged in the fatal alcohol and drug overdose of a young Swanton man changed his plea in court here Wednesday because the state could not meet its burden of proof on the original manslaughter charge.

Franklin County police said a young girl was found wandering near a busy road eating wood , WSMV-TV reported.

PRESS RELEASE Incident: Multiple Burglary Cases VSP Cases: 09A203765. 09A204167, 09A204199, 09A204200, 09A204235, 09A204236, 09A204291, 09A204353, 09A204368, 09A204192, 09A204349, 09A204377 Franklin County Sheriff's Department Cases: 09FRC3256, 09FRC3355, 09FRC3302 Date of Incidents: Starting as early as August 16, 2009 thru September 18, 2009 ...

Police unable to say if it ties to local cases By LEON THOMPSON Messenger Staff Writer ROCHESTER Following two bank robberies in Franklin County, police are now on the lookout for a pair of men they believe committed another robbery at the Randolph National Bank here early Thursday morning.

There's an organic Vermont flair in the music of Drug Rug. The hippie-meets-hipster sound of the Boston-based indie-pop group comes from a country mouse - Sarah Cronin, a Franklin County native - and a city mouse - her boyfriend Thomas Allen, who grew up in Boston.

Police have arrested all four people they suspect of being involved in 15 burglaries throughout Franklin County in September.

Processers appear to avoid direct competition ST. ALBANS - While Dean Foods receives a competitive credit from financially strapped area farmers to help it compete against smaller processors, there is one area where Dean and others do not appear to be interested in competing school milk contracts in northern Vermont.

Kasey Rose-Marie Blanchard, daughter of Charles M. III and Deborah L. Blanchard of Swanton, and Aaron Chandler Ede, son of Chandler L. and Patricia A. Ede of Swanton, were united in marriage July 11.

One of today's euphemistic, politically correct terms used to describe foreigners in the U.S. without a legal passport is "undocumented immigrants", but to average folks they are, simply, "illegal aliens". A report that appeared in the Burlington Free Press as well as on several Vermont radio stations last week incorrectly reported that several ...

Vermont State Police say a house fire in Franklin County this weekend was intentionally set.

ST. ALBANS CITY Police here are receiving productive tips regarding an early morning robbery Monday at the Chittenden Bank on North Main Street the second Franklin County bank robbery in about 10 days.

For the second time in less than two weeks an armed robber has held-up a bank in Franklin County, and police have not ruled out the possibility that the robberies are connected.