Michael Frett

ST. ALBANS CITY — A local public defender’s office is suing Vermont’s court system over the rollout of a new electronic filing system and the court system’s pandemic protocols.

As legislators prepare for another strange session defined by an ongoing pandemic, here are where your Franklin County representatives will help leave their mark.

Swanton village officials say they will likely have the former Riviere Hotel demolished next year to prepare the site for future redevelopment.

ST. ALBANS TOWN — An officer at the Northwest State Correctional Facility (NWSCF) was fired after sharing a profanity-laced Facebook post about having to guard a transgender inmate during a

ST. ALBANS CITY — Maurice “Moe” Lamothe was recently appointed by St. Albans’ city council to serve permanently as the St. Albans Police Department’s (SAPD) chief.

“They need them": Enosburgh's Dairy Center provides warm meals, familiar face amid surging hunger, isolation  St. Albans Messenger

ST. ALBANS CITY – The St. Albans City Council approved Monday evening appointing St. Albans’s interim police chief Maurice Lamothe as the department’s permanent chief.

ST. ALBANS CITY – St. Albans City officials are hoping to once again float a municipal pool before voters this coming March.

ST. ALBANS – While Vermont’s labor department forecasts statewide losses in manufacturing, Franklin County, according to a local development specialist, seems poised to buck the trend.

ST. ALBANS TOWN – State officials reported Friday more than a dozen staff members at the Vermont State Police’s (VSP) St. Albans Barracks had been exposed to someone with COVID-19.

Residents, staff test positive for COVID-19 at St. Albans Health and Rehab  St. Albans Messenger

ST. ALBANS CITY – Two schools in St. Albans have each announced this week having a “member” of their school test positive for COVID-19.

ST. ALBANS TOWN/FAIRFAX – New cases of COVID-19 have been found in two Franklin County schools, according to reporting from both school officials and Vermont’s health department.

Despite a pandemic, the show goes on at Bellows Free Academy  St. Albans Messenger

ST. ALBANS – As new cases of COVID-19 continue a new surge in Vermont, state health officials are continuing to track additional cases more locally in Franklin and Grand Isle

FAIRFAX/ST. ALBANS – A team of soccer players from Fairfax, Fletcher and Westford netted more than enough food to fill two pick-up trucks during a “Fill the Trucks” food drive

ST. ALBANS TOWN – At eight weeks old, the newest recruit for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) is maybe a little more bark than bite.

Fairfield neighbors Shanna Ratner and Dan Pipes will be the first to tell you they agree on almost nothing when it comes to politics.

ST. ALBANS CITY – A Meals on Wheels driver in St. Albans had company Wednesday as Vermont’s sole representative to the U.S. House of Representatives joined for a few deliveries.

FAIRFAX/FLETCHER – Players from a Fairfax and Fletcher soccer league are coming together next week to score a different kind of goal – trucks-worth of food for the Fairfax food