Conductor Rufus Patrick remembers the bandstand at the center of town. 'The Hinesburg Town Band played across from Lantman's store for years until they faded out,' he said.

The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld an agreement between the town and the Chittenden Solid Waste District concerning a planned landfill in Williston.

The long-running legal battle about a regional landfill planned for Williston has taken another turn.

Two events having to do with "consolidation" in public education this week show that the debate boils down to what we gain versus what we give up by joining two or more schools together.

There's been another bank robbery in Franklin County-- and the suspect matches the description of the bandit in at least one previous stick-up. The robber walked into the TD Bank on Main Street in Enosburgh Village just after 11 a.m. Friday.

Want to see for yourself? " Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States ," Fireside Lounge, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington.

The Vermont Commissioner of Education is considering whether to recommend to the state Board of Education that schools in Essex and Essex Junction consolidate into one supervisory union.

A Killington family's home on East Mountain Road was heavily damaged in a fire Sunday afternoon that started in a wall in back of their woodstove.

The Montpelier City Council voted Wednesday to contact the state Auditor of Account's office, as well as private auditing firms, about reviewing the city's financial management systems and the 2004 overpayment to Scott Construction Inc.

"Matt Dunne is in the race for governor - pass it on," reads the headline over an under-construction Web site for the newest Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

SOUTH BURLINGTON - A man found running wearing no pants on a South Burlington bike path Saturday afternoon will face a Prohibited Act charge tomorrow in Chittenden District Court, police say.

U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders will likely make history this year when - for the first time ever - he brings a bill creating a national single-payer health care system to the floor of the Senate for a vote.

Police continue to investigate the robbery of two Chittenden Banks Tuesday. Police don't believe the hold-ups in Brattleboro and Swanton are connected, but both may be part of regional crime sprees.

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

DATE OF RELEASE: October 27, 2009 INCIDENT: Armed Bank Robbery CASE #: 09A204967 - Vermont State Police 09SW01126 - Swanton Police Department DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: October 27, 2009 @ approximately 1039 hours LOCATION: Chittenden Bank located at 15 Canada Street in Swanton Village ACCUSED: Unknown at this time SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: At approximately ...