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Vermont News
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Calais will turn over more than half of its major positions this March
ALSO: As part of a widespread plan to curb crime in Vermont, the state Department of Public Safety is poised to launch a public dashboard identifying communities with the highest volume of police calls; Signs promoting community control of police were included as part of a press conference last...
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Newly released videos show a Shelburne police officer shoving a juvenile with his arm after being spat at
ALSO: A new bill would require the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive program to report on what’s been called “proprietary” data; The Vermont Legislature is considering whether to allow continued pandemic-era flexibility in how and when the state’s 247 cities and towns decide local leaders,...
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Lead water pipes in 300 Bennington homes have been replaced in a pioneering project
ALSO: Colchester has pulled out of an effort to regionalize emergency dispatch services in Chittenden County; Democratic U.S. Rep. Becca Balint was sworn into office in the wee hours of Saturday morning, more than three days after she was expected to take her seat; Green Mountain Transit plans to...
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State reveals 86 more Vermonters than previously known died from Covid-19
ALSO: Republican Gov. Phil Scott delivered his fourth inaugural address on Thursday; Three of the Vermont Senate’s standing committees have new chairs this year; Two proposals to amend South Hero’s development regulations have renewed debate in this small island community about the density and...
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Vermont Legislature gaveled in for its first fully in-person session in nearly 3 years
ALSO: The Vermont Department of Health reported Wednesday that Covid-19 community levels rose to “medium” this week; After approving two contradictory ballot questions in November, Plymouth residents will revote later this month on the future of their town offices; Brattleboro leaders plan to ask...
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Peter Welch sworn into US Senate; Becca Balint in limbo as House Republicans spar over speakership
ALSO: The state Department of Health plans to end walk-in Covid and flu vaccine clinics by the end of the month; The opening of the adult recreational cannabis market in Vermont in October is prompting proposals of reforming the medical cannabis program; Officials estimate the second phase of an...
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State trooper accused of stealing Rolex, other valuables from barracks
ALSO: Some Vermont sugarers are watching sap production begin; It’ll be a historic week in both Montpelier and Washington, D.C.; Across the U.S., biased zoning has sited many manufactured housing communities in precarious “fringe environments."
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St. Johnsbury man serving 25 years to life dies in prison
ALSO: Winooski joins in the national art project called Welcome Blanket, which provides quilts for new immigrants; Burlington’s Cannabis Control Commission say they don’t have enough information to make decisions; Dr. Sunil “Sunny” Eappen (EE-pen) spent his first weeks on the job as the UVM…
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Vermont could surpass the record it set for resident opioid deaths in 2021
ALSO: Democracy For America will soon close its doors for good; As the avian flu continues to impact wildlife in Vermont, state officials are warning Vermonters to continue taking precautions around birds; As the upcoming legislative session approaches, lawmakers and advocates are gearing up for…
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Vermont state trooper suspended during investigation of barracks theft
ALSO: Kinder Way Farm Sanctuary was decimated during the holiday storm, but they plan to rebuild; Brattleboro Memorial Hospital staff rescued a barred owl stuck in a car grill in what they called a 'Christmas miracle'; The Brattleboro Retreat will lease a recently closed assisted living facility,...
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Vermont walloped by back-to-back winter storms
ALSO: Animal rescue organizations across Vermont say dog adoptions have slowed way down this year, while the number of dogs arriving at their shelters has been rising; Property crimes in Rutland have risen dramatically in 2022 compared to recent years; No injuries were reported from a shot fired...
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A nationwide winter storm reached Vermont on Friday, bringing extremely high winds at the start of the holiday travel
ALSO: Orange County Sheriff-elect George Contois attempted to take over the position early; The Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the Orange County state’s attorney have cleared a Ludlow police officer who fatally shot a man following a chase in August; In 2018, lawmakers required all school...
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Ex-St. Albans cop gets 3 months for punching woman in custody
ALSO: The Green Mountain Care Board trimmed OneCare Vermont's budget, with more cuts expected; A feasibility study found that a proposed Brattleboro Fire Department takeover of local EMS services may cost taxpayers more per year than they’ve paid Rescue Inc. annually; Gordon St. Hilaire has...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy bids farewell in emotional Senate floor speech
ALSO: Ariel Quiros is asking a judge to reconsider his five-year sentence after serving a little less than five months for his role in the Jay Peak EB-5 fraud case; A former teacher at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse materials…
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GlobalFoundries says it will lay off nearly 150 Vermonters
ALSO: The state’s largest health insurer announced Tuesday that it will not contract with OneCare Vermont in 2023; Attorneys for Monsanto’s parent company, Bayer, filed a motion on Monday, seeking to temporarily halt the demolition of the closed-down Burlington High School building; Vermont…
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At storm's peak, 50,000 Vermonters were without power
ALSO: The Vermont Legislature may rule on sports betting this year; As Vermont’s new attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer prepare to be sworn in come January, they have announced a slate of new deputies; Darn Tough Vermont, the Northfield sock manufacturer, is getting recognition…
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Three more sections of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail opened for public use
ALSO: In an effort to recruit and retain staff amid a national workforce shortage, the University of Vermont Health Network has broken ground on a second new apartment building for employees; Five City Council seats are up for grabs in Burlington in March, and Democrats picked their nominees…
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Affordable housing advocates estimate state will need $175 million to build housing next year
ALSO: A legislative panel has given Gov. Phil Scott’s administration the green light to wind down rental assistance and emergency housing services as federal dollars dry up; Brattleboro’s police department is testing a program in which civilians take over roles that had been occupied by police...
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GlobalFoundries has begun laying off employees in Essex Junction
ALSO: Vermont entrepreneur and environmentalist Will Raap died Monday night; Federal prosecutors allege that Sam Bankman-Fried used stolen money to fund his political spending; A pickup truck collided with two cars and then hit the side of Babes Bar in Bethel on Saturday.
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The Vermont Department of Corrections reported the death of a Windsor man incarcerated in Rutland
ALSO: The company that operates Vermont’s electric transmission system plans to replace a key power line in Franklin County over the next several years; A new program announced this week will add more incentives for Vermonters to weatherproof their homes; The Vermont Community Broadband Board is...
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Former UVM student filed a lawsuit accusing the school of mishandling her sexual assault case against a now-NBA player
ALSO: Police have charged a Burlington man in the stabbing death of 23-year-old Abubakar Sharrif; Burlington has received three proposals for redevelopment of the shuttered Memorial Auditorium; A video showing citizens violently apprehending an alleged shoplifter at the Rutland Home Depot has...
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Chelsea residents have moved quickly to fill vacancies on the town Selectboard
ALSO: An off-duty Orange County sheriff’s deputy who fired two gunshots into an occupied Jeep in a 2019 road rage incident has been sentenced to at least 18 months in jail; According to the state Department of Health’s weekly surveillance report, Vermont’s Covid-19 levels are “low"; The…
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Gov. Phil Scott sets a voluntary paid leave program into motion
ALSO: A Green Mountain Power employee died last Thursday in Halifax while working to restore power during a windstorm; The South Burlington City Council has approved changes in the city’s land development regulations that pave the way for Tesla to open a dealership; The Chittenden County…
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Jill Krowinski set for second biennium as speaker of the Vermont House
ALSO: Bread and Puppet Theater has acquired a 23-acre property that borders its farm in Glover, enabling the Northeast Kingdom institution to expand in the coming months; The Burlington City Council approved a plan Monday night to redraw its districts; Two years after battling cancer, Rutland…
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A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in downtown Burlington
ALSO: Vermont’s Agency of Education has reached a final settlement in two lawsuits seeking to allow public money to pay tuition at religious schools; Vermont’s education fund is brimming with a surplus of nearly $64 million, but Vermonters’ property tax bills are slated to grow in the coming…
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One after another, drinking water pipes are bursting in Vermont’s capital
Plus: Lawmakers contemplate ‘third-rail’ reforms amid housing crisis; Beating the rain, a record-setting Killington World Cup reigns; Phil Scott launches new equity initiative focused on Vermont municipalities
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Cases of RSV and rhinovirus among children are surging across Vermont
ALSO: Several Franklin County state legislators say they’re weighing whether to support impeaching the county’s newly elected sheriff next year and removing him from office; According to the Federal Communications Commission, more than 95% of Vermont households have broadband internet access, but...
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Burlington voters will get a second look at whether all legal residents can vote in city elections
ALSO: A community of emergency housing “pods” on Elmwood Avenue in Burlington won’t open until early January; An off-duty Rutland County sheriff’s deputy shot early Sunday morning in upstate New York after police said he refused officers’ orders to drop his weapon has been identified as Vito...
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2022's opioid overdose deaths could top last year's record
ALSO: Essex, Essex Junction, Shelburne, South Burlington and Williston are banding together to form a new communications union district; An off-duty Rutland County sheriff’s deputy refused police officers’ commands to drop his weapon after a gunfight outside a bar in upstate New York early Sunday...
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Vermont’s first comprehensive bee assessment finds 70 new species — and 55 that need more protection
ALSO: Vermont State Police say one man is dead following a house explosion in Newfane early Friday morning; The Burlington City Council has been struggling since January to find consensus on how to redraw district lines; Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to take over as chair of one of the U.S....
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Vermont's minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1
ALSO: Voters said no to combining Addison Northwest and Mt. Abraham school districts; Hundreds of property owners in the Bennington area have already received money from a multimillion-dollar settlement in a chemical contamination case; The purple crowberry, a small alpine shrub, was last...
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Casella moves to remove PFAS from landfill leachate, but Northeast Kingdom residents say they’ve had enough
ALSO: For most of Vermont’s cold-weather months, the state will once again pay to house Vermonters experiencing homelessness in hotels and motels regardless of the daily forecast; The November election was historic for Vermont, with record turnover among office-holders, and a record turnout of...
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Ugandan asylum-seeker living in Colchester has been granted a yearlong delay in his deportation
ALSO: U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint is donating to charity a $2,900 campaign contribution she received from FTX cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman-Fried; GlobalFoundries sent a memo last week to employees around the world warning that it intends to reduce its workforce; A historic mill complex…
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Vermont Senate Democrats unanimously choose Sen. Phil Baruth as the next president pro tempore
ALSO: Now that Burlington voters have overwhelmingly approved a $165 million bond to help build a new high school, the school district will move toward completing design work and demolishing the old high school; Residents are furious that the town of Chelsea has lost its road crew just as winter…
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GlobalFoundries says it’s cutting costs by $100 million in 2023
ALSO: U.S. Senator-elect Peter Welch and U.S. Representative-elect Becca Balint couched their excitement with deep concern over some Republicans’ continued denial of election results and the future of American democracy; A former Springfield police officer’s law enforcement certification was...
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Voters in nearly every Vermont town on Tuesday supported Proposal 5
ALSO: Vermonters split their tickets in a big way Tuesday night, reelecting Republican Gov. Phil Scott by his widest margin yet and handing Democrats commanding, veto-proof super-majorities in the Vermont House and Senate; The 2022 deer archery season is on pace to match the state record, and…
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Reproductive rights are set to be enshrined in the Vermont Constitution
ALSO: Becca Balint made history Tuesday night, becoming Vermont’s first woman and first openly gay person elected to Congress; Congressman Peter Welch is set to become U.S. Senator Peter Welch; Vermont Gov. Phil Scott again cruised to an easy reelection on Tuesday to win a fourth two-year term in...
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Nearly 170,000 Vermonters voted before Election Day
ALSO: The Chittenden Solid Waste District's drive to win voter approval of a $22 million bond to finance a recycling center in Williston has been complicated by state election laws; One man is dead after a shooting and a car crash in Rutland on Monday; Xylazine has become a growing factor in…
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Vermonters set to vote on Tuesday, with two potential historic milestones in play
ALSO: Daniel Banyai told a judge that he has not removed most of the 20 or so unpermitted structures located on his property despite court orders to do so; State officials are looking for ideas for keeping large trucks out of Smugglers Notch; Jonathan Farrell, who has worked at the Committee on...
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Kimberly Carson named Burlington’s next director of racial equity, inclusion and belonging
ALSO: Cities and towns across Vermont have either adopted or are considering resolutions requesting the power to regulate guns; Interstate 89 in Richmond south of Exit 11 is back to its regular traffic pattern in both directions; A Burlington man accused of killing his wife and seriously injuring...
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For secretary of state, Vermonters’ options are a top-hatted conspiracy theorist and a veteran lawmaker
ALSO: A bear attacked a person in Winhall on Wednesday evening; Liam Madden’s former GOP rival has called for his withdrawal over campaign donation scheme; Emergency preparedness, assessing threats and responding to active threats were all up for discussion at Wednesday’s daylong Governor’s…
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Construction on CityPlace in Burlington may begin as soon as next week
ALSO: The Vermont Supreme Court decided last week that Caledonia County Probate Judge William Cobb will lose his salary beginning this week; The University of Vermont has been included in a $79,000 federal grant to study the impact of climate change on manufactured-home communities; The new chair...
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Rental application fees are rampant statewide despite Vermont’s prohibition
ALSO: Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete is leaving for Kansas after just over two years of heading the police force in the capital city; A jury deliberated for about six hours Monday without reaching a verdict in the case of a Burlington man accused of killing his wife and seriously injuring…
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Advocates push to enact "just cause" eviction standard statewide
ALSO: In a competitive Franklin County House race, a Statehouse advocate is challenging a two-term incumbent; For the third time in five years, the Franklin West Supervisory Union is asking Fairfax voters to fund major renovations at the district’s largest school; Liam Madden, the Republican...
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Ludlow man found not guilty in the death of an infant
ALSO: More than 100,000 Vermonters have already voted in this year’s general election; Vermont students’ reading and math scores dropped between 2019 and 2022; The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has filed permits to demolish the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington.
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Burlington leaders are clear: 'We need a high school'
ALSO: Democrat David Potter and Republican state Rep. Art Peterson are political opponents, but they’re also neighbors; Department of Corrections data shows that nine juveniles have spent more than 100 cumulative days in Vermont’s adult prisons since 2020; A 19-year-old Burlington man has been...
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Mental health experts battle in the murder trial of a Burlington man accused of killing his wife with a meat cleaver
ALSO: The Peace and Justice Center’s waterfront store in Burlington is slated to close this December; State Sen. Joe Benning insists he doesn’t want to run for governor; Paul Rumley's obituary triggered many memories of a bygone era.
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Former Franklin County Sheriff's Dept. Capt. pleads not guilty to assault
ALSO: State regulators have cleared the way for GlobalFoundries to set up its own electric utility; State lawmakers voted Monday to release $2.5 million in emergency funds to help schools deal with PCBs; John Klar has used his battles with Randolph schools over critical race theory, Black Lives...
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David Zuckerman tested positive for Covid-19 minutes before participating in an in-person debate
ALSO: A fired Franklin County Sheriff’s Department captain, caught on video in August kicking a person in custody, has been cited into court on a charge of simple assault; A Brandon man accused of threatening to shoot his neighbors was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison; The Burlington…
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