We have moved for well over two decades towards a “militarized” policing structure. That trend needs to be reversed and quickly. The general public should never be viewed by police as an “enemy”, which I believe at this point occurs far, far too often.
Police say former Brighton PD Chief Jeff Noyes in 2017 drove the underage victim to a remote area and had sexual contact with her.
Hunting and trapping offer so much good that it’s not enough just to say, “I don’t approve.”
The Affordable Heat Act is a fairy tale being sold to “folks who cannot afford to convert to expensive heat pumps or put up solar panels—the folks who live paycheck to paycheck or on fixed incomes.”
Immigrant dies of exposure before crossing into Swanton Sector. Gov. Scott selects permanent State’s Attorney for Orleans County. And a supervisory district does an apparent work-around a Supreme Court decision on flag waving.
New bills in the Vermont Legislature would eliminate life without parole, provide free health insurance for all legislators, and remove the state tax exemption for churches engaged in lobbying and political activity.
The Takeawayers have already been in my toolshed, where I store my lawnowers, chainsaw, leaf-blower and weed-whackers.
“It’s just a reminder to them that, well, you’ve already been born,” the young Barre resident said.
Fentanyl, crack and other drugs were seized by police from a Barre City home Saturday.
Vermont taxpayers are on the hook to pay both the defense and (likely) the prosecution legal bills for the inevitable lawsuit for not meeting carbon reduction goals. Yet at least one state senator has given that potential lawsuit a big thumb’s up.
