It was unclear why Jiron, the nephew of State Judge Justin Jiron, was never arrested when the grand jury indicted him on Sept. 12.
Federal warrant issued For Judge Jiron’s nephew in connection with NEK double murder
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VT Headlines: Williston tables F-35 motion
Faster, deadlier, and noisier than its predecessors, Vermont’s F-35’s are being asked to move by three cities near their SoBu air base.
Burlington infant drowning victim identified
The drowning happened at 278 Main Street, a family shelter for COTS (The Committee on Temporary Shelter).
Trump dodges another assassination attempt – suspect denies it all on Rumble
“Donald Trump is one of the only individuals to have the courage to stand up against the tyranny,” suspect Vem Miller says.
Bananas: Hartford proposes authentic Colombo-Indigenous Peoples Day
One lucky girl will be chosen by lottery to authenticate the Pawnee Morning Star Ceremony intended to bring good luck in the year ahead. The town has asked for the daughter of a Democrat to ensure the election will result in a Kamala Harris victory.
Video: Burlington native’s ‘They Ruined My Hometown’ passes million views in two days
Vermonters, especially those who live in Burlington or visit the fallen Queen City often, are dismayed but no longer surprised. Peter Santenello has seen squalor the world over. But he was shocked.
Sex trafficking ‘one of fastest-growing criminal enterprises in America,’ feds say
“The sex trafficking of minors, and human trafficking as a whole, is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the U.S.,” said HSI Houston Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson.
Newport heads to State House to protest hospital downsizing
DMV commissioner moves sideways. Emergency coms listening tour. Election deepfakes.
Man shot dead in trailer park
Police received a call about a domestic shooting at 12:45 AM.
VT studies auto body repair and insurance
Vermont a ‘climate haven’? Yeah, about that….
Anthropologist says Christopher Columbus critics have their history wrong
“First of all, people know nothing about Columbus, and they are blaming him for things that he did not do,” an eminent anthropologist and historian told True North.
VT Headlines: Small towns close roads to leaf-peepers
Leaf-peepers, come to Vermont! But stay off these roads….
Montpelier gets grant to elevate flood-stricken buildings
A homeowner living in her kitchen with unfinished walls since the devastating 2023 flood is first in line to get local/state funding to elevate her home.
Unbe-leaf-able!
Peak foliage – enjoy it while it lasts!
Stone-cold sober driver claims no memory of wrongway I-91 crash
Man looking under women’s bathroom stall doors at Mall. Charlotte ID theft: Who’s in YOUR wallet? Electric concrete trowel stolen.
House candidate Coester witnessed “rape tents” at southern border
“The southern border, I went there to see it myself, back in ’22. It was horrific, absolutely horrific. You could look across and see the rape tents.”
Stunning Northern Lights harmless to Helene rescue and recovery
So far – thankfully – there have been no reports of the aurora borealis hindering Hurricanes Helen and Milton rescue and recovery operations – a possibility predicted yesterday by federal authorities.
VT Headlines: Northern Lights appear, again
Fair at Wildlife Refuge in Swanton. Norwich lets Guidon fall to the ground. Lead pipe troubles. Guv candidates point fingers.
VT Headlines: Ferrisburgh plane crash info
Man charged with murdering wife in ’93 gets bail.
Chittenden County man dies of mosquito-borne virus
The victim was a man in his 70’s who had been hospitalized since August and died in September.
Both lieutenant governor candidates favor “assault weapons” ban
“I don’t think anybody needs automatic weapons,” Rodgers said.
‘I live in the Adirondacks,’ incumbent senator said. What’s the full story?
It’s expensive to live in Vermont,” Sen. Alison Clarkson said. “It is not expensive to live in the Adirondacks. I live in the Adirondacks. I know. I pay property taxes in the Adirondacks. I pay people in the Adirondacks. It’s much cheaper. The cost of living is substantially lower.”
Busted for transporting smuggled Irish
In federal court, an indictment for transporting illegal immigrants from Ireland, and a five year sentence for an assault-related gun violation.
Blowtorch, broom used in Burlington domestic assault
Dow, armed with a broom and a blowtorch, had restrained then harmed a person, police say.
Scott endorses Democrat in contested House race
Hooper has been critical of Supermajority leadership and voted to sustain some of Scott’s vetos and override others.
Deficit nears $2 trillion
Accumulated national debt totals $36 trillion – even though federal revenues were up.
Son denies baseball bat murder of father, assault on mother
State’s Attorney Kranichfeld said Robin Lawyer made an excited utterance to a neighbor that her son was responsible.
Members of controversial 2022 ‘equity’ board founded local ‘Hate Watch’ website
The organization sees police as inherently corrupt and seeks to remove police from schools.
VT Headlines: ‘modest’ homes unaffordable in Rutland
Women’s prison in Essex? Stuckage solved!
High school stores cellphones in sealed, magnetic pouches
The pouches and the magnetic base stations cost $21,000. The purchase was funded with federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funding.
Escapee, car thief with 159 previous police encounters arrested, jailed
The three men arrested in Burlington had 42 convictions and hundreds of police encounters between them.
CLG: 180 MPH Milton could be Category 6
Milton is expected to be even worse than Helene. Landfall Wednesday AM.
VT Headlines: Burlington Jews hold Oct. 7 vigil
Glover native named best anchorman by newspaper readers.
Murray campaign: Liberal columnist won’t touch the third rail
Of course you won’t touch the third rail of questioning why the Vermont political sky is so blue, because it takes courage to push back against the establishment here in the Green Mountain State.
Now it’s OUR turn
Some of these Singing Mennonite Mud Mucking Ladies came from what is now a flood ravaged southern state. So did many other volunteer rescue workers. We’re up, Vermont.
Woodchip-burning power plant gets permit to recycle waste heat
The Ryegate Biomass Power Plant will use a $1 million federal energy grant to install a Waste Heat Recovery module, which will capture organic waste heat from wood biomass to generate new energy.
VT Headlines: Orvis reeling in # of workers
With the holiday season around the corner, a major Vermont retailer is cutting staff.
Accused drug dealer linked to 4 VT homicides
A man with Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA roots used juveniles to do much of his deadly, illegal work, authorities say.
Son to be arraigned today for hammer, baseball bat murder/assault on parents
Lawyer has a long history of mental health issues and was found incompetent to stand trial in Vermont Superior Court for a March 2022 charge of aggravated domestic on his parents, who survived that attack.
Naked man mounts cars on VT-NH bridge
New Hampshire police say Brandon Lackie, 36, was wearing nothing but his socks when he threw himself on top of cars and trucks on the bridge.
Not enuf FEMA $$ for hurricane relief
As Helene death toll tops 200, Homeland Security Secretary says he doesn’t have enough FEMA funding. He’s already spent $1.5 billion on illegal immigrants.
Car chase in Bethel, car crash in Charlotte
Barre man with multiple outstanding warrants caught by deputy sheriffs after car chase and struggle.
Welcome back, FYIVT, to Vermont’s question-asking media
Vermonters abhor a vacuous news media that won’t ask tough questions about Vermont’s ever-growing taxes, failing schools, housing crisis, civil rights infringement, faux environmentalism, and legislative tone-deafness to all of these problems
Infant drowns at Burlington shelter
The mother and first responders performed CPR, to no avail.
Friday at Four gone fishing!
We will see you NEXT week!
After Iran missile attack, Bernie blames Iran – and Israel
“We must not allow extremist leaders in the Middle East to draw the United States into another horrific war in the region,” Sanders says.
BREAKING: Dad dead, mom beaten, son detained
Lawyer was apprehended after a car chase that began when the suspect’s vehicle was first spotted on Vermont 105 near the Abbey Restaurant.
VT Headlines: No closing local schools
Supervisory union voters won’t be asked to close tiny Calais and Worcester elementary schools.
Parents upset with proposed Pledge of Allegiance ban
Until the reported announcement of the ban, the school had an ‘opt out’ policy for students and staff. The proposed ban would stop school-sponsored recitation of the Pledge. One parent said her daughters were marked ‘tardy’ for saying the Pledge before school started.
In North Carolina, Vermont continues to rescue
The team, with 14 personnel, four boats and five support vehicles, was initially deployed to Florida. On Sunday, they were reassigned to Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Lynx sightings continue
Reports indicate that the lynx has moved about 60 miles north of where it was first sighted in Rutland County into Addison County, traveling around a dozen miles at a time and then staying in the same general area for several days before moving on.
Wilcox: the tax disaster is real, now
I do not expect that my neighbors called Senator Westman or Representative Boyden and advised them of their support for these very large Education Tax increases. Democracy lost this time.
Homicide-suicide leads to lawsuit in Woodstock
In an effort to calm Jay Wilson, his mother offered him $50,000. The two of them went to the People’s United Bank, where “Jay behaved in a way that was threatening and frightening.”
Tally of US wind and solar rejections hits 735
These rejections don’t fit the narrative that’s promoted by climate activists, academics at elite universities, and their myriad allies in the media about “clean,” “green,” and “renewable” energy.
Alleged child predator arrested in Richford
The specific charges include 2 counts of Luring a Child, and 2 counts of Lewd or Lascivious Conduct with a Child.
State foresees fraud in carbon credit scheme
The Legislature may need to return to the bitter political pill of a straight-up carbon tax on home heating fuel.
Diocese files for bankruptcy
“The diocese has spent tens of millions of dollars in settlement and legal fees to meet the obligations to survivors of this past abuse,” Bishop John McDermott said in a video statement.
VT Headlines: Volunteers clean up Lamoille
Non-profit wants to sell Norwich farm. Housing in Manchester, election vibe in Rutland.
Swanton Border Patrol agent won’t cease and desist from criticizing fed immigration failures
“Imagine being a Border Patrol Agent, dedicated to serving the nation. But as Hurricane Helene strikes, your family back in NC/TN is left stranded,” Apotheker said on X Thursday morning. “Meanwhile DHS/FEMA claims insufficient funds for natural disaster relief, post a hefty $1 billion spend on illegal migrant aid.”
State expands weatherization
Up to $15,000 is available to repair roofs, foundations, ventilation, mold remediation, and plumbing if the work is required before weatherization can begin.
Auditor: State of Vermont took Covid grantees’ word they needed the money
When the State of Vermont handed out federal Covid-19 recovery money, it “largely relied on awardees’ assertions about need for the grants”
Future of Public Education reviews school revenue sources, mulls spending cuts
Non-homestead (second home, business/commercial, apartment house) property taxpayers pay more than homestead taxpayers.
Burlington’s first racial equity director seeks $7.5 million in damages
The City of Burlington is open to a ‘restorative process’ but won’t give its first racial equity director any cash.
VT Headlines: Too many pot shops
A few days after some Burlington elementary school kids are sickened by eating gummies from a colorful package, a local pot shop says there are just too many stores to make a buck.
Flood grant portal open
Businesses that suffered harm from 2024 floods may apply for help through a state portal.
Burlington School Board member busted for fentanyl trafficking
A Burlington High School graduate and school board member was arrested Sept. 16 in Holyoke, MA with thousands of glassine envelopes filled with heroin and fentanyl in his car.
Klar: ‘1st in nation’ Vermont lags behind in necessities
The shoe of elitism just doesn’t fit John Rodgers: it is time for Dave Zuckerman to pick up his glass slipper and put it back on his own foot where it belongs.
Soulia: Legislating by lawsuit
From the passage of Act 60 (school funding) and the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) to a recent data privacy bill, the Vermont legislature seems increasingly comfortable crafting laws that require court action to enforce.
Double murder witness suspect jailed
Douglass was present when Theo Bland fatally shot two ‘plugs’ from Massachusetts, then did not report it, police say.
CLG: Kerry says First Amendment a ‘barrier’ to stopping disinformation
U.S. to Send Thousands of Extra Troops, Fighter Jets to Middle East.
VT Headlines: Progress on meeting EV goals
How safe are Vermont schools?
McGuinness: Clean Heat Standard fuel cost increase is a fact
If you do the math, the $4.04/gallon increase estimate for reaching the state’s mandated carbon goals is accurate.
Math and reading performance continues decline
For each of grades 3-8, math scores dropped from last year. Fewer students are considered proficient.
Gervais: Local paper went “Full ABC Moderator” on me
Without my knowledge or consent the editors at the paper substantially re-wrote my piece and published it under my name, which is, I believe, highly unethical. It is certainly dishonest.
Roper: Understanding the Clean Heat Standard and its impact on heating fuel prices
To raise the estimated billions off the sale of 200 million gallons of fossil heating fuel sold annually comes out to just over $4 per gallon.
Congress investigates fed fast-track of Soros buy of 200 radio stations
Deals of this size require FCC approval, but in this case the FCC expedited the approval process.Critics of the deal say it gives too much power to a heavily political, and liberal, billionaire just before the election.
Vermont high schools hooked on bass fishing
Part of the sport is “being a steward of the environment and taking care of the water,” Goodrich said, hence the partnership with the fish and wildlife department, which doesn’t exist in adult tournament leagues.
Rare comic book collection goes to auction
Farrell, who succumbed to a long illness at age 73, owned Earth Prime Comics and Quarterstaff Games, both located on Church Street in Burlington, Seven Days. She’s believed to have at one time owned the entire run of DC, starting with comics published in 1938.
Poll claims Vermonters want legalized prostitution, despite warnings about human trafficking
Democrats/Progressives “strongly support legalization” by 62%, with 14% opposed, and two-thirds of Republicans are against.
Danville murder-for-hire trial may start in March
In 2017, the victim was threatening Gumrukcu and his older brother Murat about going to the FBI with evidence the two Turkish brothers “were defrauding him in a multimillion-dollar oil deal,” court records maintain.
Property tax, carbon and DMV tax/fee hikes unacceptable, Rogers, Scott, Douglass say
Boston Globe loves Owl’s Head, Mad River Valley foliage. Leahy leads Vietnam discussion. Campaign deepfake earns $6 million fine.
Nov. 5 election ballots to be mailed to homes by mid-October
Allowing time for postal delivery, Vermonters can expect their ballots to arrive via the United States Postal Service (USPS) by the first half of October.
Dog Mountain robber arrested after ‘overwhelming response’ from outraged citizens
In the video, the female suspect with braided blonde hair, wearing a large Champion sweatshirt and flip-flops, can be seen counting the cash in hand.
Political, church sign vandalized
An unknown person drove off the roadway and struck a posted political campaign sign in the front yard of the residence.
Burlington Police want “Overhaul or Wrecking Ball” for 30-year-old station
Burlington police want a new HQ to replace the one that’s been running 24/7 for 30 years.
Video shows state trooper detaining reporter outside Border Patrol chief’s house
Why was O’Keefe prevented by a state trooper from approaching Robert Garcia’s home? Should Vermont’s status as a Sanctuary State affect VSP intervening on behalf of the Border Patrol?
Changing hospital into mental health clinic bad for Newport’s future, mayor says
GMCB study would use NCH for mental health treatment only.
Bennington drug boss pleads innocent
Rowell would take trips to New York City to refresh the drug supply for the Bennington-based organization, authorities say.
Cross Vermont Trail annual meeting, foliage ride tomorrow AM
The 2024 Cross Vermont Trail Annual Meeting and Foliage Ride is tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the new trailhead parking in Groton Village off of Little Italy Road, the Journal-Opinion reports. This […]
Efficiency Vermont memo implies Clean Heat Standard is unworkable
The Rube Goldberg Carbon Tax unworkably complicated? Pshaw! sneered its sponsors. Misinformation! cried the media propagandists.
VT Headlines: Judge promises quick action on Zoie Saunders lawsuit
No new cannabis operations need apply.
Victims of the ‘Five Finger Discount’
Montpelier’s hands keep returning to our pockets.
VT Headlines: Digger, 7D win NE journalism awards
Are invasive species making our tick problem worse? And more on the seizure of the Townshend horse farm.
Vermont Phone Free Schools backs social media warning labels
Vermont doctor Rima Carlson explains, “in my 21 years in family medicine, I have not seen this level of anxiety and depression in adolescent patients. It corresponds with the increasing hours teens spend on social media platforms.”
Grants offered for climate change mitigation
In a statewide effort, there are small eco-friendly modular homes called Vermods being distributed to address housing.
Pedophile activists state V.E.R.Y. public agenda to normalize harmful, criminal behavior
If their aim is visibility by combating stigma, creating value neutral language and holding public education campaigns, then Vermonters should unabashedly continue to rightfully stigmatize pedophilia for the criminal, harmful behavior it is.
Guv’s office debunks legislators’ defense of 14% property tax bill
Facts matter. There was a path to lower property taxes this year and next year. The Legislature chose not to take it.
North Koreans ticked off after Big Sugar sails into South Korean port
The USS Vermont’s visit to a South Korean port was met with fearful threats by the North Korean communist regime.
Burlington approves downtown public safety hub/kiosk
The City Council acknowledges that Burlington faces an urgent public safety emergency and substance misuse crisis and that the establishment of a public safety kiosk or hub downtown will allow us to directly deploy necessary resources to our downtown.
VT Headlines: Welch goes after Trump immunity
Queen City pitches tents for homeless. Package of pot gummies eaten by schoolchildren.
