Demand on food shelf up by half over last year

Messenger Extra - Fri Nov 27

Demand at the Franklin-Grand Isle Community Action food shelf is up 49 percent over last year, according to food shelf coordinator Joe Zorn.

On the border, a hard line

The Boston Globe - Fri Nov 27

The seaplane burst out of nowhere Tuesday in the skies above Lake Memphremagog, swooping low across the Canadian border and banking over a stand of bare trees.

High-Tech Tool Spies Scofflaws

WCAX-TV Burlington - Thu Nov 26

These days, Officer Paul Talley patrols the streets of St. Albans in a cruiser equipped with a pair of high-tech infrared cameras that are the eyes for a new police tool.

Swanton man cited with DUI

Burlington Free Press - Mon Nov 23

A drunk Swanton man led police on a chase through St. Albans at about 2 a.m. Sunday, crashing into several parked cars along the way and pushing one car into a sandwich shop, St.

Wild Chase in St. Albans

WCAX-TV Burlington - Sun Nov 22

A drunk driver lead police on a wild chase in Saint Albans early Sunday morning.

Immigration officials target Vermont farms

Messenger Extra - Fri Nov 20

Associated Press Writer with Messenger reports MONTPELIER, Vt. - Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal.

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Burlington Free Press - Fri Nov 20

Federal immigration officials served subpoenas on at least four Vermont dairy farms Thursday as part of a national crackdown on businesses suspected of using immigrant workers who have entered the country illegally.

Immigration Agents Raid Vt. Dairy Farms

WCAX-TV Burlington - Thu Nov 19

Gervais has 22 workers-- nine of them are Mexican. While he believes all of them are legal, he says there's no way to prove their papers are legit.

Homeless youths on the rise

Burlington Free Press - Mon Nov 16

Star Nite, 19, says she doesn't consider herself homeless, but nonetheless, is currently living at Spectrum Youth and Family Services in Burlington and is looking for work.

Franklin County robber strikes again

Burlington Free Press - Sat Nov 14

The "Skull-and-Bones Bandit" has struck again. Just after 11 a.m. Friday, a man armed with a knife and wearing a brown hooded sweat shirt with a skull design on the front, robbedthe TD Bank branch on Main Street in Enosburg Falls.