Colchester

Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the Vermont National Guard and state leaders paid tribute to fallen Guard members by rededicating a monument in their honor after it was recently relocated to ease access. “The more accessible the better,” said Heather Sheehan, whose husband, Kevin Sheehan, died 17 years ago. Sheehan, a staff sergeant from Milton, served with the Vermont National…

There was something of a spectacle in the air above a construction site in Colchester, Vermont, as part of a local landmark was removed to get ready for its next chapter. The cupola of Founders Hall at St. Michael’s College, the school’s very first building, is used in the logo of the college — seen on signs, banners and...

A cupola, a historic Vermont landmark, was carefully removed from Saint Michael’s College to be restored and reused.

Two Vermont residents were killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 89 in South Burlington. Police say the crash happened on Saturday morning and killed 32-year-old Theodore Bowen of Essex Junction and 45-year-old passenger Mechelle Martin of Colchester. WCAX-TV reports police say Bowen was driving north when his car struck a guardrail, veered into a median, rolled over and hit…

Two people driving in a pickup truck escaped serious injury this weekend in Colchester, Vermont, after they drove on the frozen surface of Lake Champlain’s Mallets Bay Sunday night and broke through the ice, sinking into the water below. The two people in the truck made it to shore, police said, and were brought to the hospital to be...

A pair of men escaped without serious injuries when their pickup truck fell through the ice of a Vermont bay over the weekend.

A Detroit man who led police in Vermont on a pursuit and escaped on foot Friday was found hiding in a shed in Burlington Saturday afternoon and taken into custody soon after, according to authorities. The man, 28-year-old Jason Kelsaw of Detroit, was initially stopped around 3:30 p.m. in a McDonald’s parking lot in Colchester, Vermont. A narcotics canine...

A community center promoting wellness for veterans is expected to open early next year in Colchester, Vermont, thanks to the hard work of parents who say one vet’s suicide is one too many. “I just hope it’s going to be so helpful,” said Val Pallotta, who lost her only child, Josh, to suicide in 2014. Josh Pallotta returned home...

A new community center in Colchester, Vermont, will soon help support Veterans.

A baby was taken to the hospital after suffering severe burns when the car seat he or she was in was placed near a stove in Colchester on Tuesday. Firefighters were called to a home on James Street around 7 a.m. after getting a report of a structure fire. When crews arrived, fire officials said they found a small fire…

Officials from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said 44-year-old Anthony Todt admitted to killing his 42-year-old wife, Megan; their three children, 13-year-old Alek, an 11-year-old Tyler and 4-year-old Zoe; and the family dog.

A Vermont hospital is preparing to reopen surgical facilities that had to temporarily close after a mysterious smell left some employees reporting they felt ill. “I think we’re all ready to get back to our familiar routine,” said Gwen Eckley, an operating room nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Fanny Allen campus in Colchester. Eckley became a...

A Vermont hospital is rebounding after a mysterious smell left it scrambling to reschedule surgeries for patients.

A physical therapist from Colchester who authorities said confessed to killing his wife and their three children at their home near Walt Disney World in Florida was living beyond his means and has been under investigation for health care fraud in Connecticut, according to a newly unsealed affidavit.  Anthony Todt, a 44-year-old physical therapist, was arrested after federal agents...

A Colchester man has been charged with homicide after confessing to killing wife, children and their dog in their rental home in Celebration, Florida, near Walt Disney World, according to authorities in Florida. Deputies from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detained Anthony Todt, of Colchester, Monday at the family’s home, where they went to assist in serving a warrant connected...

Three Wesleyan University students were pulled from the water by rescue crews at Amston Lake in Hebron on Saturday afternoon.

A third person has died of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut this season, officials from the Connecticut Agriculture Station said Tuesday.

Vermont State Police say a motorist was killed in a crash on I-89 in Colchester.

For the first time in decades, the New England Patriots will have male cheerleaders on the sidelines this season. Two men were selected to be on the squad for the upcoming season. “Walking (into tryouts), I knew people were going to look at me — one, because I am over 6 feet tall, and two, because I am a male,”...

Students and faculty of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, are reacting to this week’s announcement that the school will close later this year. The private 185-year-old college, known for programs in environmental and social sustainability, announced it’ll close sometime after the spring semester, saying the campus and its operations are just no longer financially viable.