Dana Gray

ST. JOHNSBURY — A man accused of attacking the owner of a downtown restaurant who was trying to defend the elderly man he refers to as his grandfather pleaded not guilty to multiple charges on Monday in Caledonia Superior Court.

LYNDON — Police Chief Jack Harris is more than a Red Village Road neighbor to Doug and Patricia Stetson; he's their hero.

ST. JOHNSBURY — Among the numerous times Shawn Rich has been prosecuted for a crime, a recent driving while under the influence of cocaine charge may not stick.

ST. JOHNSBURY — Distancing a man accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl from the location where she lives is the pathway to pre-trial freedom for the man.

Beyond Investment In 18 St. Johnsbury Apartment Units, Organization Also Announces Progress Toward Major Newport Housing Development

The incarcerated population that shows the lowest potential for recidivism are seniors and LWOPs who have “aged out” of crime and served twenty-five or more years. These facts are far from new. In 1919 it was described as a “law of nature” to “age out” of crime by the biological processes of growing older. In 1940, it was renamed “maturation reform,” describing how criminal impulse naturally declines with age. Seriously, 1919 and 1940? What has happened with prison rehabilitation in the last 105 years, and why is it lacking in the parole process? There is no reason not to make it a mandatory evaluation and to include LWOPs. There is every reason to make it the hallmark of the California Model.

An Orleans County man upset about the snowplowing of his driveway is accused of mailing a death threat to the owner of the plowing business, stating this would be the business owner's last Christmas.

ST. JOHNSBURY — It took a U-Haul moving truck to deliver $4,500 worth of items for the Santa Fund to the fire department on Tuesday, but the distribution of the gifts made possible through a St. Johnsbury School Parent-Teacher Organization initiative is only part of the benefit.

ST. JOHNSBURY — The waterline embedded in the Passumpsic River remains out of service despite efforts to repair it, and a perceived need for more water flowing to the west side of town has officials placing a temporary section of pipe on the Bay Street bridge sidewalk.

ST. JOHNSBURY — The town manager plans to recommend to the select board on Monday that they pay out on their promise of a $25,000 reward for the capture of Scott Mason.