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“After all, we had gotten plenty of wind from the State House in Montpelier for years, what had that solved? In fact at a a meeting that I attended of a House/Senate energy committee that allowed audience comments, I suggested that any/all wind turbines erected in Vermont should be on the hills around Montpelier and face the State House, because that’s where all the wind comes from. I made a lot of friends that day, but none on the committee.”
‘Free thinker?’ Guilty as charged, says Paul Bean of the accusation made against him by the executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party.
The break-in attempt did not go as planned. The owner, Gordon Richard Sr., 75, used a muzzleloader rifle to shoot one of the three men, causing the other two to flee.
Potential employers with 284 good industrial jobs never moved to Vermont because Vermont lacked space in industrial buildings.
Vermont is considering new auto theft bills.
Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen signed a form, required under Vermont law, that Lynda Bluestein of Connecticut was in a clear state of mind when she made the decision to end her life.
After the juvenile was in custody, he (or she) bit and assaulted two officers, police say.
“Are you telling me the witch-hunt of Grismore conjured up by the Speaker, led by representatives Martin Lalonde and Mike McCarthy, held in secret behind closed doors, took over a year before they realized they couldn’t impeach him?” We’ll find out, Steve.
A 2.2 megawatt wood-chip burning plant is proposed for the St. Johnsbury industrial park.
A Vermont firearms policy expert warned that this bill could be used to suppress peaceful demonstrations.
The frustrated co-chair of the House impeachment investigation panel says Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore can’t be impeached under current Vermont law and Constitution.
Due to the reporting and video, it is clear the State of Vermont is collecting my data directly from fuel companies that I privately buy from.
Good news for the big spenders in the Legislature, bad news for the austerity-minded.
Act 127 has given everyone a perverse incentive to spend with abandon.
Paul Bean reports on pushback against Burlington’s housing density plan. A taxpayer unhappy with big spending on diversity office. And a video on BPD Community Service Officers – all in today’s Burlington Daily News.
Children 12 and over could receive treatment for STDs without parental consent if a bill under Senate committee review this week becomes law.
Banning conservative books by non-selection.
The point of this true story is that no one is coming to save you. You must save yourself. We are inches away from a world where the Rule of Law is nonexistent.
Cases of a sometimes fatal lung disease normally found along the nation’s major lakes and rivers are being seen in north-central Vermont. Researchers don’t know why.
Police say the man who stole and crashed the Burlington ambulance sent to save his life in November died of an overdose in his vehicle in Colchester.
The county sheriff’s budget hole got deeper when the selectboard of Chelsea, the county seat, contracted for police coverage with nearby Windsor County.
“The Governor is asked to join on to many national-level letters, and we decided long ago to prioritize bipartisan requests that originate from the National Governors Association,” Maulucci said.
H721 also would increase DD reimbursement rates to health care providers.
Powerful legislators say ‘hold up there, friend!’ to school boards padding their budgets at the expense of other school districts.
“We need to shift our climate change strategy towards resiliency efforts – building dams, flood barriers, and other infrastructure to protect us from the impacts of climate change,” the petition urges the Legislature.
Police say he entered the home and lit the flammable device.
A Glover man was bludgeoned to death in a case of mistaken identity. Until recently the cause of death also was mistaken.
The founder of the national group invited to register Vermont college students is a former senior campaign aide to Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker.
Five Vermont Presidential Scholars from Burlington were honored at the Vermont State House January 22.
The State of Vermont paid $3300 security deposits to a homeless hotel owner. He kept some of the money. Now he has to give it back – to the former residents.
The clinic is billed as an alternative to going to hospital emergency rooms, where a crush of people in mental health crisis have overwhelmed staff and services, leading to ‘wait times’ of hours and in some cases days.
A ‘ghost gun’ and juvenile crime bill appealing to both gun controllers and law ‘n order conservatives will be reviewed in Senate Judiciary Thursday.
Hayes, 41, intended to use the bomb against the next person who angered him or disrespected him, court records allege.
“In the last year we have seen a higher prevalence of gang activity amongst our youth where they are making videos talking about killing one another, we have seen in the news kids dying, being shot either accidentally or as a result of homicide,” a DCF worker reported to the Legislature.
Everything runs on oil products – right or wrong – and no one can change the whole world.
The bottle bill reform bill has failed, thanks to the Senate this morning sustaining Gov. Phil Scott’s veto. No 5 cents back for fruit drink bottles and cans.
“The General Assembly may establish by law qualifications for the election to and holding of such office and procedures for removal from such office for failure to meet or to maintain the required qualifications.”
“I’m done. You all are snakes, bro. You’re (expletive) snakes,” the accused drug dealer and killer said during a 41-minute hearing in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon.
A woman inside with her friend described the moment when Lee, amidst a police presence outside, began crafting Molotov cocktails. Reacting to the escalating danger, she grabbed a bar stool, struck Lee, and fled with her friend.
The $2.5 million grant (plus $456K for staff) is “phase one of a two-phase funding opportunity aimed to support Vermont with climate change mitigation planning efforts.”
H.634 is the point of the tyrannical spear aimed to eliminate the statutory language that has empowered Vermont’s School Choice programs for decades.
An Island Pond man pleaded guilty to DUI-4 and other charges almost three years after his truck collided with a van.
Especially lethal drugs are suspected. Tell your drug-abusing friends and loved ones.
Vermont received $32 million of federal carrots to set carbon reduction goals.
Landlords won’t be allowed to make tenants leave just because their lease has expired, a proposed Montpelier city charter change says.
There’s no law (yet) against driving your car with a foot of snow on the roof. But Montpelier police warn what can happen if you do.
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The new chair of the state’s energy and telecommunications court most recently served as chief lawyer for the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).
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“There’s needles everywhere. There’s an ATM on Church Street right over there and it often has needles in it or burned up aluminum foil. And then there’s the camping. So there’s just a general, I would say, lawlessness in Burlington right now.”
Gunfire, car chase and crash in the South End of Burlington. Drug bust on St. Paul Street.
S.300 would decriminalize ‘personal use’ sale of methamphetimines, depressants, LSD, ecstasy, and narcotics other than fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
The people are being relocated this week. Property and debris will be removed next week, the mayor’s office says.
A bill introduced into the House would require Big Oil to pay into a climate change Superfund.
Gov. Scott’s voluntary program provides partial income replacement for workers who need to take care of a family member. A mandatory PFL bill didn’t pass last year but could return this session.
“The substance use disorder population has boomed since safe injection sites were started.”
People who donate one kidney can continue to live healthy lives with their remaining kidney.
Castro charges that Trump gave direction, “aid and comfort” to ‘insurrectionist’ Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol January 6.
Ahead of Scott (#94) is a “who’s that?” roster of UVM deans, administrators and professors.
Charest allegedly sent notes expressing romantic interest and was previously warned by police to stop.
The bill’s sponsor says it’s up to the Health Department to establish any age-limit guidelines.
An appointed state committee with influence on the reparations debate wants to meet without press and public physically present.
“This…this sucks,” Progressive Councilor Joe Magee said before storming out of City Hall.
The State may need to forfeit the $9M in a budget year when every dollar counts.
Malletts Bay – proclaimed the Jewel of Lake Champlain – is degrading faster than any other section of lake, and it is because of development.
“Can you imagine being called names daily because of the color of your skin? I can’t. I can not place myself in these children’s shoes,” a Milton mother says.
Video shows an attempted murder victim being flipped into the air by a car police say was driven by an 18-year-old South Burlington man.
“The notion that Hamas is evil for defending their state from occupation is absurd,” wrote the man charged with shooting three Palestinian men in Burlington in November.
The estimated cost of upgrading buildings statewide is $6.3 billion over 20 years – and that number may be too optimistic, officials say.
A 75-year-old Concord woman was victimized by a drunk driver who tailgated and repeatedly struck her vehicle, police say.
This all seems like we are paying for our own destruction.
Cancer patient Lynda Bluestein became the first person from out of state to die via “assisted suicide” in Vermont.
The man who said “I’m Tom Bodett, and we’ll leave the light on for you” is renovating a Brattleboro arts building with a state grant.
Several committee members have expressed outrage that McGovern made donations to national Democratic candidates.
The thin ice gave way, and two children fell into the water. The 80-year-old homeowner was able to reach and pull to safety a 6-year-old girl who was close to shore.
The post gained a lot of attention from parents, players, and community members in Northfield and Milton.
The House approved a bill that would give judges wider perameters for granting a relief from abuse order.
In return for a waiver of the 72-hour waiting period, voluntary gun license applicants would be required to provide detailed information about themselves and their family members.
Shoplifters know cops and courts will do little or nothing to stop misdemeanor thefts of under $900. “The current laws are telling these offenders that they are above the law,” a store owner told lawmakers.
“Evidence shows that community enforcement strategies change behavior more effectively than the threat of punishment by the criminal justice system,” Mulvaney-Stanak says.
In a recent interview, Representative Anne Donahue’s wisdom and moral compass shines through. So does her love of ice cream.
Former Senate candidate and EAI prez buys community radio station chain.
Supporters say the bill will reduce overdoses. “Passage of H.72 will make Vermont drug dealers very happy,” opponent and Rep. Art Peterson said.
Our daily views started jumping off the charts within just 24 hours of Paul’s first efforts to create more robust social media.
The fire was contained to a single room, but not before its occupant died.
Burlington’s mayoral candidates share differing ideas on solving the city’s housing shortage.
Burlington schools are in a tight spot financially, and the state’s property valuation formula called the Common Level of Appraisal (CLA) is a big reason why, the superintendent claims.
Climate-change minded lawmakers need to be ready to provide more housing to ‘climate refugees,’ an influential state senator argues.
The investigation stems from police pursuit of a fleeing domestic abuse suspect.
The repaired, post-flood, NY-to-New Hampshire Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is open for winter use.
Semper Fi applied to U.S. Marine Jesse Strong’s dad, too.
It’s becoming more clear to me that Vermont is not the main target at all, but rather high leverage, political, collateral damage.
Butler excels in marksmanship and represented Vermont at 4-H National Shooting Sports competitions in Nebraska.
Wind + wet snow = power outages expected in eastern Vermont blizzard tonight and tomorrow And another one may arrive Friday.
Being the most popular governor in the nation cuts no ice when it comes to setting legislative priorities.
Stores selling cats, dogs and ‘wolf-hybrids’ would be required to operate a shelter or adoption service for those animals, under a bill proposed last week.
The supervisory union budget is reviewed and approved by the School Board, not the voters.
The story about Thierry’s hardscrabble life will be performed by local actors. A discussion on homelessness and poverty in our state will follow the play.
Tax policy, transhumanism, and crime will be the subject of upcoming public meetings this month.
Jan. 6 saw bomb threat hoaxes to a Vermont Planned Parenthood and a West Lebanon, NH store, plus a quick and strong police response to an armed man seen walking in Derby.
