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7 hrs ago | Seven Days

Counciling St. Albans

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Police Protected in Mistaken Identity Case

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

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, State Prisons, Prison, Richford, VT

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Messenger Extra

Vehicular fatality case encounters added delay

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, Franklin, VT

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Burlington Free Press

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

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Related Topix: Swanton, VT, Richford, VT, St. Albans, VT

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Messenger Extra

Vanishing bandit strikes again

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.

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Related Topix: Swanton, VT, St. Albans, VT, Hertfordshire County, England, United Kingdom, US News, ATF

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Messenger Extra

No charges in inmate's death

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.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Northwest State Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Vermont

Wed Oct 28, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Two Vermont banks robbed

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

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Related Topix: Swanton, VT, Vermont, Chittenden, VT, Brattleboro, VT

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Messenger Extra

Little-heralded testimony sheds light on farm pain

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, Agriculture, Science, Home, Mortgage

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Messenger Extra

Charge reduced in Swanton teen's death

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.

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Related Topix: Swanton, VT, St. Albans, VT, Drugs

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Girl, 2, Found Eating Wood On Side Of Road

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

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Vermont State Police Department of Pu...

Multiple Burglary Cases

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 ...

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Related Topix: Vermont, St. Albans, VT, Fairfield, VT

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Messenger Extra

Another bank hit in Vermont

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.

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Related Topix: Richford, VT

Fri Oct 16, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Hippie-meets-hipster with Drug Rug

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.

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Related Topix: Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Winooski, VT, Pop/Rock, The Velvet Underground

Wed Oct 14, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Fourth suspect caught in Franklin County burglaries

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

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, Fairfield, VT

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Messenger Extra

Few bidders for school milk contracts

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT, Sheldon, VT

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Burlington Free Press

Wedding: Blanchard-Ede

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.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Swanton, VT, St. Albans, VT

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Denton Publications

Illegal aliens not coming to Middlebury jail

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 ...

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Related Topix: US News, Illegal Immigration, Middlebury, VT, Immigration Reform, Addison County, VT

Wed Oct 07, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Highgate House Fire Ruled Arson

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

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Messenger Extra

Police gather new evidence in bank heist

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT

Mon Oct 05, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

St. Albans Bank Robbed

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.

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Related Topix: St. Albans, VT

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