In downtown Saint Albans, Vermont, historic buildings rub elbows with new development projects as readily as new residents mingle with old-timers in Taylor Park. It’s a town that embraces its ...

As Papazian notes in her research, French Canadian people were likely drawn to the area due to the economic pull of Vermont ...

According to the Library of Congress, Taylor Park was established in 1870, when Colonel Holloway Taylor, who the park is named after, donated the land to the city of St. Albans for community use.

"I think it's just the meaning of family. Everybody comes together, it's the whole community, and everybody knows everybody," ...

Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. ... whose modern exterior stands out among the quaint facades of St. Albans’ historic downtown district.

Confederate soldiers pull guns on a bank teller during their bank robber spree in St. Albans in 1864. Courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont ...

As the enthusiastic applause died down, Jim Brace, a white relative from St. Albans, Vermont, stood up to speak. "Myself, I've always wondered why I was so light-skinned," he began, to laughter ...

Its namesake is a Franklin County-born former Vermont Supreme Court Justice who presided within the St. Albans walls and beyond. Shangraw, called both “Percy” and “Shang,” lived from 1897 ...