Wrightsville, Waterbury and East Barre flood control dams will face new scrutiny after some ‘close calls’ during the Flood last year.
VT Headlines: Avoiding more close calls at Vermont dams
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Friday at Four: Callers sound off on Biden debate disaster
One caller compared the current Biden presidency to ‘Edith Wilson 2.0.’
Friday at Four: The Biden debate disaster and what it means to the Democratic ticket
You, Paul and I will discuss the Trump-Biden debate and what it could mean for the Democratic ticket, and for the country.
VT Headlines: Teen dies at Jericho high school
Police want to know how and why the teen died beneath a car.
All Dem senators who overrode vetoes face challenges in primary and/or general election
Democratic incumbent senators face primaries in two Chittenden County districts, and in Windsor, Grand Isle, and Addison Counties.
Freeway fatal/ Elderly man charged with child sex abuse/ M-80 injures/ Stratocaster stolen
The explosion resulted in serious injuries to both men.
Bernie Sanders’ Jewish voter problem
Paul and I discuss why Bernie Sanders never will be, and never could have been, elected president.
VT Headlines: Road salt makes Lake Champlain saltier
A native American who identifies as ‘two spirit’ has been invited to the White House.
Powerful Senate chair, lobbyist in apparent relationship
Vermont Gas Systems, Green Mountain Power, and Avangrid Renewables (three organizations Leonine represents) have significant stake in the decisions made by the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, which Bray chairs.
Thieve(s) steal town vehicles to remove ATM machine
No damage was done to either the white pickup or the front-end loader. Significant damage was done to the ATM and the exterior to the bank property.
All-electric police cruisers too costly, impractical, Montpelier PD explains
The weight of installed and loaded equipment limit the interior space of the car as well as will diminish the range, especially in the winter.
UVM Community News Service gets $7 million, will expand
Led by a $5 million grant from the Knight journalism foundation, UVM’s squad of student journalists is about to take a big step forward.
Senator suing Scott over Ed secretary received $1580 from teachers’ union PAC
Vyhovsky is involved in a primary race against fellow incumbents Martine Gulick, Philip Baruth, and newcomer Stewart Ledbetter of Winooski, a former TV anchorman.
Beemer driver arrested for Newport bank robbery has drug dealing arrest history
Driving a BMW, English allegedly passed a note to a bank teller demanding large bills and verbally threatened staff with a firearm, although no weapon was brandished.
Creemee Cast with Joe Gervais, Man on a Mission
The candidate for the Vermont Senate is no stranger to immersing himself in a foreign culture in order to bring positive change.
VT Headlines: Elle Purrier, the Richford Rocket, sets another running record
Vermont’s running phenom sets record at Olympic trials.
Veto Session Roll Call: More data, with more to come
Information on their electoral status will be added to this spreadsheet later this week.
Friday at Four: Veto session, blow by blow
The Legislature overrode six of the seven gubernatorial vetoes on the June 17 veto session agenda. What’s next for Vermont taxpayers? Paul and Guy discuss.
VT Headlines: Fire destroys Fairfield home
Fire began on the porch and consumed the entire home.
Roll Call! June 17 Veto Session
Roll call – how did YOUR legislator vote?
Wolcott woman cashed dead brother’s social security checks
Manning’s brother died in October 2015 at which time his SSA benefits should have terminated. They weren’t, as she discovered.
Grid issues warning after power failure during heat wave
ISO-New England declares a Power Caution when it is concerned it may lack enough reserve power to provide electricity due to an unforeseen power shortage.
School funding law boosts costs for short-term rental providers, guests
“It is unfortunate that this new tax law singles out short-term rental owners as the only contributors toward this increase. Hotels, Inns, restaurants, and all other Meals & Rooms Tax payers will remain at the 9% tax rate, while short-term rental owners will foot the bill for 12%.”
VT Headlines: Manhunt for suspect in fatal Brattleboro stabbing
Recalling the police raid on the Kingdom Community Church/ Vermont Declaration of Inclusion initiative reaches new milestone
SoBu preps for Juneteenth
More homeless than ever. Burlington moving bus depot to discourage tent camps there.
Breaking: House easily overrides vetoes on school tax, Act 250 reform, safe injection sites, Renewable Energy Standard
Breaking news: House overrides vetoes on Act 250 reform, property tax hike, and safe injection site. More override votes to come….
Data privacy bill prohibits parental monitoring of minor’s data or location
The bill states that a parent shall not “monitor the online activity of a minor consumer or to track the location of the minor consumer without providing a conspicuous signal to the minor consumer when the minor consumer is being monitored or tracked.”
VT Headlines: Toll, Marcoux to lead Jenna’s Promise
The parents of Jenna Tatro, who died of a drug overdose, will hand over the reins of Jenna’s House to former Rep. Kitty Toll and county sheriff Roger Marcoux.
Out-of-state teens bagged in rural manhunt
The three teens are all due in criminal court on Monday after the Orleans County State’s Attorney’s Office decided they should be treated as adults for their dangerous misconduct, state police said.
Masked man robs vape store
Police and parents looking for teenager girl and boyfriend. Hardware store fire. Gunshots in Montpelier.
Act 250, housing, future of renewable power, on veto agenda Monday
Safe injection sites’, Act 250, and renewable power mandates and more were vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott. Will the Legislature override?
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When the press can be counted on to take the government’s side, the cronies, corrupters, and grifters inside the government breathe a sigh of relief.
In remade studio, Friday at Four covers Plattergate, veto session, and iSun bankruptcy
What did House Speaker Jill Krowinski do to kill any hope of a negotiated property tax decrease? Also, Paul and Guy dish on Plattergate.
Plattergate! Veto Session maneuvering! Friday at Four airs in 30 minutes
Hopes to avoid a ruinous tax hike and elected officials’ entitlement are front and center on today’s Friday at Four.
Scott vetoes Act 250 reform
Supporters say it will spur much-needed housing construction, but critics (including Gov. Scott) say H.687 will do the opposite.
Pipes: Why white men should celebrate Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, we should remember not only those freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, but those who fought and died to make it happen.
VT Headlines: Mendon school budget passes
Another of the schools that voted against the school budget at Town Meeting votes yes on reconsideration of a revised budget.
Guy and Paul to guest host 9-11 AM today on WDEV ‘Vermont Viewpoint’
It’s Doubleheader Day for Guy and Paul today as we guest-host Vermont Viewpoint at 9 AM today on WDEV, and then go live for Friday at Four. Listen, call, comment!
Trooper, shooting victim ID’ed
Victim died of gunshots to neck and torso.
Creemee Cast: Talk about countercultural! Blue meets Red at Braver Angels
“If someone heard you talking about them, would they feel respected and understood?” The state coordinator of Braver Angels describes how red can talk with blue, and vice-versa.
Page: Property tax relief dies in petty act of arrogance
Krowinski blamed the governor for the coming train wreck of unaffordability, because – wait for it – Gov. Scott Didn’t Attend The Meeting In Person.
Burlington Mayor doubles down on free meals
“This is about community support and making sure people like me who are women, and a mom of young kids are able to serve,” Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said.
Headlines: Suspected of ISIS ties, arrested on immigration violations
UVM seeks to double graduate school enrollment.
Wanted murderer arrested in Lunenburg
59-year-old William Hewlett and another man were found stabbed at Melrose Avenue in Brockton. Hewlett later died at the hospital.
Man drowns carrying daughter at Mad River swimming hole
Witnesses at the scene reported that Goddard was attempting to swim across the river with his young daughter on his back when he began to struggle.
Apparent drug user killed by state cop in struggle over shotgun
A struggle occurred between the man and the trooper while the trooper was attempting to secure the shotgun from within the man’s vehicle.
Dem House Speaker dismisses guv’s plan to cut 13.8% school tax hike as ‘election year politics’
Krowinski dismissed Scott’s proposed $124 million in savings as “nothing more than election year politics” because the governor didn’t deliver them in person.
Veto rally Saturday to precede Monday’s veto session
Activists and a legislator to speak at rally Saturday about veto session Monday.
Bear with milk bucket on head rescued
“While we’re unsure of how the bear got stuck in the can and why it was drawn to it, this story serves as an important reminder of how curious and food-driven bears are,” Fish & Wildlife said.
Ellis: The Old Guard has departed, political realignment looms
The Vermont Democratic Party has decided not to send established figures like Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Instead, they are sending a group of very young delegates that includes a host of next-generation political activists.
DCF, Outright Vermont defend foster parent trans policy
Vermont Law and Graduate School Professor Jared Carter said this case is a test, questioning just how far the protections of the First Amendment really go.
Woman who shot firearms instructor charged with beating sleeping cellmate
The attack was made with a facility-issued tablet computing device and a lock that had been placed inside a sock, according to VSP Detective Trooper Vienna Gildea.
Creemee Cast: Rob Williams and Ian Baldwin of Our Geoengineering Age talk Green New Deal and real environmentalism
Our Geoengineering Age is a website dedicated to Geoengineering, practice that involves deliberate activities to change any of Earth’s biogeochemical systems, preeminently the climate, either through manipulation of the atmosphere’s chemical composition or through heating the upper atmosphere with electromagnetic technologies.
Free meal train set up for Burlington mayor’s family
Free meals for the busy young couple earning $250K between them, bestowed by what the meal-train organizer refers to as the mayor’s ‘entourage.’
New state laws fight back against out-of-state drug gangs
Drug crime – trafficking and drug use itself, dealers’ violence, desperate customers committing property crimes – is up. Police hiring is still down.
VT Headlines: mapping wildlife routes
State keeping track of wildlife crossings.
Rising interest rates, falling rate subsidy plague SunCommon parent filing for bankruptcy
“These cuts represent the seventh reduction to net metering compensation since 2017, a period that has seen a 32% drop in net metering installations,” Peter Sterling of industry trade group Renewable Energy Vermont said June 5.
VT Headlines: DCF too zealous in taking children from parents
In just over four years, all 30 abuse substantiations appeals were overturned or dismissed. The incentive for DCF workers to take children into custody relates back to a case in 2014 when a child was killed.
Thurston: Vermont’s largest solar company on verge of collapse. Time to rethink energy policy
With iSun filing for bankruptcy, one might wonder if legislators will think twice about overriding the Governor’s veto of H.289.
Berlin auto parts manager to plead to $600K fraud
McLane would order vehicle suspension lift kits valued at $2,300 to $2,900 each and then steal them by selling them on Facebook at substantially discounted prices, the criminal charge notes.
Scott vetoes school tax bill
“Vermonters cannot afford a double-digit property tax increase. Especially while facing a historic eight-percent property tax increase last year, a 20% increase in DMV fees, a new payroll tax taking effect July 1, increased fuel costs to heat homes and businesses from the Clean Heat Standard, and increased electric costs if my veto of the Renewable Energy Standard is not sustained,” Scott said.
Stefanik, whose district borders Vermont, on VP shortlist
A faithful Trump supporter in Congress, Elise Stefanik could become the first Republican woman vice-president.
Gun goes off at post office
The gun’s owner was trying to comply with the federal no-carry policy.
Public Meeting: WHY is the State Budget $8.6 billion?
The State of Vermont needs $8.6 billion to do the people’s business? What is it spending the money on, and what can be done?
BREAKING: Burlington Police officer fined $300 for reckless motorcycle driving
A Burlington Police officer – one of 3 off-duty city employees caught going upwards to 100 miles per hour on motorcycles in a 35-mph zone in St. Albans last fall – pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of negligent operation.
Student cheated out of UVM scholarship, lawsuit claims
A classmate of the plaintiff who is the daughter of the school co-principal had her name submitted as the top student to UVM.
VT Headlines: Sniffing out child predators
An abused child’s best friend. Mixed results on Lake Champlain cleanup. Loans for migrant farm housing.
Name of deceased senator to remain on primary ballot
The name of a state senator who died after the candidate filing deadline passed will remain on the August 13 primary ballot.
House Dem who said “the school board needs to take over” not on ballot
Part Three in a series on races for the Vermont House. List of every House candidate, thus far.
19-year-old busted in connection with Colchester shooting
The charges against Ettouzar stem from an investigation into the Malletts Bay shooting that took place on May 26.
Five school districts vote Yes on budgets
Each school district had already rejected school budgets at least twice this year in the face of estimated double-digit property tax increases.
Vermont DCF blocks Christian foster parents
“Although the Wuotis and Gantts have adopted five children between them, the Department has determined they are unfit to foster or adopt any child solely due to their religiously inspired and widely held belief that girls cannot become boys or vice versa,” the filing states.
VT Headlines: Four months later, AT&T resolves cellphone outage
Power outages, an earthquake, the Abenaki dispute, and $$ for mobile home water infrastructure.
ACLU sues NEK sheriff for records about helping feds enforce immigration law
“Local law enforcement should not be in the business of enforcing federal immigration law, and Vermont sheriffs need to be held accountable,” the ACLU says.
Newcomer Brown challenges incumbent House chairs in Waterbury Dem primary
Elizabeth Brown of Waterbury is running as a Democrat against two Democrat incumbents, both committee chairs: Theresa Wood (Human Services) and Thomas Stevens (General).
Dems AND GOP offer contested Senate primaries in Addison, Windsor, Caledonia
Incumbents’ departures have prompted candidates from both parties to square off in primaries in August.
No firearms at the polls, Sec State reminds voters
“A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm at a polling place or on the walks leading to a building in which a polling place is located on an election day,” the new law says.
Colchester crash victims ID’d as NYC men
Two crash survivors were charged with cocaine distribution.
‘Recycled’ propane adds no extra carbon emissions when burned as fuel
We’ll have propane “as long as we have elastics in our underwear,” Anderson laughed. “So we should use it.”
Podcast: Right Side Up hosts, Paul Bean cover looming loss of farm and forest to solar panels
Building enough solar generation to meet the state’s energy goals will result in deforestation and loss of farmland, Bill Huff and Mike Tagliavia said during a co-production of two popular Vermont media.
VT Headlines: WWII vet wins French Legion of Honor
Townshend centenarian says he accepted the honor for his unit, the “Sons of Bitche.” (Named for the town they liberated.)
Octogenarian hangs from tree in glider
Swazye was uninjured but was inside the cockpit hanging from a tree approximately 20 feet from the ground.
Airplane caused rare cloud hole Sunday morning, experts say
An airplane punched and left a hole in the clouds Sunday morning, the National Weather Service explained. See photo slideshow.
Another school district changes mind and votes “No”
Two school districts have now reconsidered their school budget Yes vote.
Identities of men who died fleeing police still unknown
The incident began in Burlington when five men were involved in the theft of a 2024 Ford Expedition; at least one of the men brandished a firearm during the incident.
Arrested for trying to stab Church St. bartender
Man with outstanding warrant and criminal history arrested for trying to stab a bartender after a dispute over a mixed drink.
Scott vetoes safe injection sites
This ‘first in the nation’ bill prevents police and other authorities from enforcing drug laws at centers where drug addicts could get high.
Letters: Wheeler, Welch on Trump verdict
Wheeler: “Our judicial system has been politicized and it will take significant purging to restore its intended nature.” Welch: remember January 6.
Burlington mayor provides homeless encampments with dumpsters, bathrooms
Progressive Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak says equipping waterfront homeless encampments are ‘short-term’ and ‘strategic.’
VT Headlines: Burlington mayor names public safety advisors
Drug counseling clinic owner indicted. Don’t bother the (river) lamprey.
“Yes” town voters changed their mind, rejected school budget
About 20 school districts still have no approved school budget, including one that said yes at Town Meeting and then reconsidered.
Two distant towns united in drug-related violence and fear
“We’ve had people from New York City and Massachusetts living in there with the woman for months, gang members, all these people. So many drugs. It’s not any secret,” a neighbor of Gras said.
New uses for YMCA, Goddard College hit snags
Harder than it looks to turn Burlington YMCA into housing.
Video: Third gen VT heating business owner says over-regulation hurts Vermonters
“I think what these legislators think is they’re helping the poor, but they’re not, they’re just making it worse,” Tatro said.
Read all about it: Taxes for Thee, But not for Me
Just as the Sheriff of Nottingham could stiff the toll collector to ride his horse across a bridge, electrical vehicle drivers don’t have to pay for the upkeep of Vermont highways.
Roll Call! How YOUR rep, senator voted on vetoed Renewable Energy Standard
“Factoring in all the other taxes, fees and higher costs the Legislature has passed over the last two years, I simply cannot allow this bill to go into law,” Scott said.
Busted for serial littering
Police credit a local group of anti-litter investigators with solving the ongoing case of littering at a scenic pull-off.
Play Ball! Lake Monsters return
Baseball’s back at Centennial Field. Our honored dead remembered in parades, at cleaned-up cemeteries. Tourist town starts rental registry.
Ex-State Sen. Dick Mazza has died
Flags will be flown at half mast in Vermont this Thursday, the day of his funeral at Holy Cross Church in Colchester.
DNA test closes case of day-old baby found dead in garbage bag
Northfield, 1982. A one-day old baby is found dead in a garbage bag on the side of a road.
