Retirements mean loss of legislative veterans



    ST. ALBANS –– A staggeringly high number of Franklin County residents are running for legislative offices this year, but the county delegation is also losing a third of its current incumbents, and they are legislative veterans.

Being ‘outside’ lands Winn inside prison

    ST. ALBANS CITY –– The suspect in a West Swanton double-homicide that occurred last summer is being held without bail after one of the victim’s parents caught him violating his conditions of release.

Exit 20 hotel project in works



ST. ALBANS TOWN – The possibility of further cooperation between the town and St. Albans City was raised Monday night at the selectboard meeting here.

Karib will open in city next month



    ST. ALBANS CITY –– The daughter of Shawn Mesick, former owner of The Rave nightclub, will open a business on the same city block that her father ran his troubled establishment.

Additive can loosen ‘crud’ in filters, engines



ST. ALBANS — Maurice Lamothe knows engines. Since 1974, he has operated Lamothe’s Repair Shop on Lower Newton Road, and while he’s seen many changes in the past three decades, nothing has been as alarming as recently introduced gasoline additives, which he says are causing problems in the engines and fuel systems of his customer’s cars and boats.

Town rec’ paths, sidewalks high on list

    ST. ALBANS TOWN — Tuesday night the St. Albans Town Planning Commission discussed the results of a survey conducted during the period surrounding a May 20 revote on the town’s municipal budget.

Joint municipal water-sewer operation cut adrift



    ST. ALBANS CITY –– Citing potential hang-ups with a buy-in arrangement, the Joint Water/Wastewater Committee will not recommend a unified district to city and town leaders.

Vote for reconsideration in works



    RICHFORD — “Eventually this is going to cost us money,” Bill Samuelson, the business manager for Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union, said of a school funding situation here that will soon result in a fourth vote on a school district budget.

Friday night show of force proves fruitful

 

    ST. ALBANS CITY –– One minute, police were stopping a motorist on Main Street in a zebra-striped car, because he was missing a front license plate. Less than an hour later, they were chasing a man on foot after a busted drug deal at a local quick stop.

    HIGHGATE — Opponents of the Vermont Egg Farm’s previous expansion efforts are not pleased with VEF’s current expansion proposal. Opponents contend that conditions have not changed since 2002 when VEF’s request for a permit for a second barn was denied.