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Three die in highway crashes Monday
Idling at a stop sign, a Colchester man died after another vehicle jumped a Rte. 2 median and struck his truck.
Fearing retail theft, some Burlington businesses lock doors to sidewalk traffic
With retail theft on the rise and often not investigated, some Burlington store owners are locking their doors and and scanning security video for potential thieves.
Mazur: While U.S. fiddles with solar, China builds coal plants
U.S. solar power advocates accept blackouts and wildlife habitat destruction, even as China builds a new coal-burning plant every week.
Video: Library books destroyed by flood
Flood-wrecked books bulldozed to the curb.
Cambridge man arrested for Burlington, Fairfax store robberies
A Cambridge man was arrested for store robberies a week apart this month.
Balint tries to stop RFK testimony
Some of her constituents cried foul when Rep. Becca Balint tried to prevent RFK from testifying at a House panel on government censorship.
$20 million in quick flood aid to businesses
The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program will be administered by the Department of Economic Development and provide $20 million in grants directly to impacted businesses and not-for-profits who suffered physical damage due to the severe flooding.
Opinion: Appalled at Balint censorship of RFK Jr.
Denying Mr. Kennedy the right to testify, especially based on false accusations, makes her unworthy of our U.S. Constitution in my humble opinion.
Stannard ‘Heroin Highway’ dealer sentenced
The 23-year-old Colson is seeking Youthful Offender status for a separate state case.
The flood ate your subscriber check
Herodotus said nothing about floods.
McClaughry: Vermont a magnet for the homeless
In the first year of the expanded hotel program, the number of Vermonters counted as homeless more than doubled, to 2,590 in 2021 from 1,110 in 2020. In 2022 the total jumped again, to 3,295.
Brookfield drug murder suspect jailed in Queens
Police learned that Dennis had traveled to Jamaica on May 13 from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
Emaciated Dolly Parton needs your help
Dolly weighed in at 650 lbs. – about 200 lbs. underweight.
Vermont Strong license plate #2 coming soon
Housing, school and wastewater infrastructure was damaged statewide in last week’s flooding.
‘Children not for sale’ movie receipts near $100 million
An anti-child trafficking movie shunned by the media elite and denied distribution for five years is the top grossing film in America.
Walking in traffic, shooting a gun
State troopers say a Colchester man was recklessly endangering motorists while walking along Rte. 14.
McClaughry: $32 trillion debt bi-partisan disgrace
Sometimes I think I’m the only person around who is worried about this coming catastrophe.
Shelburne Museum fires accused architect Adjaye from indigenous art project
The world-renowned architect and Knight of the British Empire based was accused by three unnamed former employees of sexual assault and harrassment.
Flamin’ hot porta-potty
Fortunately, there was no hot mess to clean up.
Statue, lamppost stolen from Beetlejuice 2 film set
First a strike, then a flood, now two thefts. Is the Beetlejuice 2 film set cursed?
What’s the ATF doing at Vermont flood response?
ATF was ‘managing force protection’ for Urban Search and Rescue Teams during rescue operations last week.
Alleged sex offenders jailed
Byuma is wanted in Utah for Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Forceable Sexual Abuse, and False Personal Information to a Peace Officer.
Woodstock coach fights back over firing for male-female athlete statements
The day after the founder of the highly successful Woodstock High snowboarding team expressed his opinion about male athletes’ physical advantages, he was called into the superintendent’s office and fired.
Amazon, Billy Graham group, ATF join flood relief effort
The State of Vermont extends driver’s license renewals. Amazon donates dehumidifiers and fans. and Billy Graham’s chaplains provide a loving, listening ear to former inhabitants of now-flooded homes.
Fatal overdose at festival held at Vermont legislator’s farm
A Boston man died of a drug overdose July 7 at the Vermont version of the Burning Man Festival hosted by Vermont legislator Kirk White (D-Bethel).
Burlington murder suspect was star student, athlete, poet
The murder suspect in the death-by-strangulation of a Burlington woman was a New American son of a college professor and Planned Parenthood employee.
Video: Mourning fallen Rutland police officer
Bagpipes, honor guards, and a many police officers in dress uniforms were seen ay Tuesday’s funeral for a teenaged police officer killed in the kine of duty.
International cycling union bans men identifying as women from women’s events
The move comes as women’s advocates across the globe push back against the intrusion of biological men into women’s spaces.
Wildfire smoke continues today
Haze will continue for most of New England, including all of Vermont, through at least midnight tonight.
Man dies in burning house looking for car keys
Looking for keys to move a vehicle out of harm’s way, a man re-entered a burning building.
Cops seek armed robbers caught on video
Have you seen this man who robbed a Putney gas station?
Don’t be alarmed by armed soldiers and Blackhawk helicopters at VT airport
“Please do not be alarmed by the noise or the armed men (their weapons are NOT loaded) you might see at the doors of the aircraft.” Check.
Baptists, State of Vermont pitch in with flood recovery
Religious, non-profit, and State of Vermont organizations are pitching in to help Barre recover from last week’s flooding.
Mobile home parks located on cheap, flood-plain land
Those flooded out of their homes face a particularly hard time because Vermont is already critically short of inexpensive housing. Some may join the ranks of the long-term unhoused even though they were, literally, staying above water before.
Governor digs out neighbor, thief steals ATM
Call it a Tale of Two Excavators.
Legislative pay, benefit hike bill still alive
Campaign for Vermont spells out the details and pros and cons of the controversial bill to raise legislative pay and benefits.
BREAKING: Biden admin announces plan to wipe out $39 billion in student debt
Stymied by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration announced a reduced plan to wipe out federal student debt for “only” 804,000 borrowers.
Crop losses “catastrophic,” Ag Secretary says
“it is clear the losses will be catastrophic,” Tebbetts said. “Excessive flooding and silt has destroyed a large share of our produce” and animal feed.
Video: Grim walking tour of downtown Montpelier
You’ve never seen debris like this.
Sheriff won’t serve Banyai arrest papers – but he’s complying anyway
In one short video, Second Amendment news blogger Liberty Doll has succinctly nailed the Daniel Banyai story – both the complex historical perspective, and the latest information on a judge’s warrant for his arrest.
Barre man first July flood fatality
A Barre man is the first person to die as a result of flooding in Vermont this month.
‘Vermont Is A State I Love’ speech given by Coolidge after 1927 flood
During an inspection of recovery efforts from the Flood of 1927, the normally taciturn Coolidge gushed (for him) love and appreciation for the state of his birth.
Scott gets disaster cash from Biden, authorizes expedited help
Governor Scott has asked the president for federal disaster assistance, while also directing state agencies to provide immediate, tangible help to businesses, communities and individuals.
MacDonald: Brattleboro discriminating against 13-15 year olds
I thought under-sixteens were old enough to choose live-changing pharmacological gender transition or mutilating surgery.
Bean: How did this storm happen?
“Operation Sober Popeye” was the covert military weather modification program to “make mud, not war” during the Vietnam Conflict.
Rain, hail, thunderstorm, tornado, flash flooding predicted for tonight
Vermont will experience hail, rain, thunderstorms, winds of up to 50 MPH, flash flooding, and even a tornado 4-8 pm across most of the state, Gov. Phil Scott said today at his press briefing.
Newly-created job will prepare budgets for Legislature’s staff offices
The 12 separate offices in the Vermont Legislature will soon have their very own budget development staffer.
Three-year-old who fell in Smuggs water tank dies
Tate Holtzman of Cambridge died of accidental drowning, authorities say.
High water in Lamoille County, mud in Barre
Johnson, just east of Jeffersonville, also was heavy hit by flooding. Both are Lamoille County towns with significant higher elevations on both sides.
Vermont share 25% of federal disaster funding
Vermont will be on the hook for a quarter of the federal disaster relief package coming our way due to the flood.
16-year-old voting in effect in Brattleboro
“One of the biggest selling points for me is the fact that teenagers do work and they do pay taxes,” said Daims. “And we are a country built on the foundation of ‘no taxation without representation.’”
Great Flood of 1927 most destructive of 20 major floods
Of its roughly twenty major floods in the last two hundred-plus years, the flood of November 3-4, 1927, was one of the most devastating.
Double-digit increase proposed for small business health insurance rates
A business advocacy group hopes hard-strapped health insurance consumers will contact the Green Mountain Care Board about projected double-digit rate increases.
VT Headlines: Judge orders Banyai arrested
There’s still non-flood news happening in Vermont.
Nude man in van arrested
Authorities say they were notified of a nude man in a van, exposing himself in a lewd way to people at the fishing access on Route 302.
Coester: Surf’s Up at Windham County dams
The water level at southwestern Vermont dams was high, but not record high, when seen by one eyewitness.
VT GOP raffles off seat at first Presidential Primary debate next month
The winner will be drawn July 18.
Fairlee approves cannabis sales
By a narrow vote, the Orange County town of Fairlee (population 988) has approved retail cannabis sales.
Scenes from the Flood
Transportation, agriculture, and downtowns all have taken a hit in this week’s flooding.
Barre, Montpelier underwater – expected rain could overwhelm upstream dam
The hard-hit Barre-Montpelier area could suffer worse flooding if expected rains Thursday and Friday require Wrightsville Dam operators to open the floodgates.
Swanton border sector: Apprehensions total more than past 7 years combined
More known and suspected terrorists are apprehended at northern border than at southern border by a margin of 5-1.
Habitual offender found passed out in stolen car cited and released, police say
Another release on low bail for Christopher DeGreenia. Last time it was gun and cocaine charges. This time, it’s a car theft charge. Both times he was ‘in violation of condidtions.’
Police I.D. woman found dead in Burlington
Burlington police are trying to determine how and why Kelly Cusson was found dead in a secluded part of a downtown street.
Trump on classified JFK death files: “So horrible, you wouldn’t believe it”
Roger Stone says Donald Trump won’t tell him what’s in the remaining classified files about the death of JFK – but someday, we’ll all know.
$3,750 bike stolen – have you seen it?
A high-end bike is missing from a Cambridge home. If you’ve seen it, call the state police.
Vermont lite-guv launches ‘Banned Book’ Story Hour
If a book wouldn’t make it past a parental control content blocker, it probably doesn’t belong in a school. That’s not banning, it’s making a decision about what’s appropriate for children.
Evslin: Am I helping to reelect Trump?
The two traditional parties don’t like each other but they don’t want any opposition to their duopoly either.
I-89 closed between Montpelier, Berlin – no workable detours
There won’t be any traffic on I-89 through Berlin and Montpelier until the waters recede and the freeway is inspected for safety.
Downtown Barre flooded
The first floor of some downtown Barre businesses and homes are flooded, as is this motel parking lot.
Welch to swimmer Gaines about sharing locker room with biological male: accept it
“There’s a lot of power in accepting, in acceptance,” Sen. Peter Welch said near the end of a Senate hearing in which swimmer Riley Gaines complained about having to share locker rooms with a biological male.
NW Windham County hardest hit by flooding
Evacuations in southern Vermont, but no reported fatalities from today’s flooding.
Suicide follows high-speed pursuit, police say
A 22-year-old Randolph man died after he shot himself following a high-speed chase, police say.
Fair season starts this weekend
Assuming the rain ends (big assumption, we know), we expect plenty of people to head outdoors when fair season gets underway later this week.
19-year-old Rutland cop dies in line of duty
From a family of cops, Jessica Ebbighausen wanted to be a police officer since she was nine years old.
Flood watch for all of Vermont thru Monday
Beware flooding through Monday evening.
Homeless hotel target of multi-agency drug bust
For at least the second time, a Rutland ‘homeless hotel’ has been targeted for a multi-agency drug bust.
Ben & Jerry’s ‘stolen land’ demand stirs calls for returning Waterbury land to native Americans
“Your original location in Waterbury used to be territory between the Mohicans and Pennacook people. You starting the land return or you just gonna tell everyone how good you are, Unilever?”
Despathy: Behind closed doors, wealthy buy a Vermont climate change ‘network’
Money can buy a lot these days, even a detailed, step by step, blueprint for the formation of a “Network” designed specifically to break down regulatory barriers and create policy to achieve the goals you desire.
Update: State police identify 7-year-old ATV crash victim
A Pepperell, MA boy died in a July 1 ATV crash in Newfane.
EB-5 investors accept four cents on the dollar
The settlement “removes the State’s exposure to financial risk,” Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark said.
Nightly news anchor shares struggle with COVID-related depression
“Rock bottom is such a lonely place,” the WCAX co-anchor said. A mental health advocate, she decided that “if I’m going to talk the talk, I’ve got to walk the walk.”
Rutland police shoot twin brothers from Springfield
Two twin brothers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after their altercation with Rutland police Monday.
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Have you seen this armed robber?
The masked man walked into the Fairfax Dollar General, showed a gun, demanded cash, then fled.
John Klar book #1 on Amazon book sale list
One of Vermont’s progressive media hall monitors told a reader to ‘get back to me when Klar’s at the top of any list.’
Swimmer dies July 4 at Bolton Potholes
Paprin was caught in the rapids while swimming. His was the second drowning at Bolton Falls in just over a year.
Dirty secret of Quebec wildfires: smoke weakens New England solar power
Natural gas power has picked up the slack left by New England solar panels unable to generate max power due to wildfire smoke.
Cited and released after found with 1,100 bags of fentanyl
Police say the pair from Colchester had 1,100 glassine bags containing suspected fentanyl, crack/cocaine base, and multiple firearms on them when stopped in Brattleboro.
Truck stuck in Smugglers Notch
The winner in the Smugglers Notch Stuckage contest has not yet been announced. The biggest loser ($3544 fine) Sunday night was the truck driver from Florida.
Hope, Arkansas man enticed Essex 15-year-old, feds say
Shelton traveled to Vermont in early April and met with the minor victim, who hid him in the garage of her family’s home.
Scott bemoans one-party rule, but says answer isn’t necessarily more Republicans in Legislature
After hearing Scott explain what a governor couldn’t do, WCAX reporter Calvin Cutler asked the popular incumbent Republican governor what he could do.
Roper: Scott vetoes bottle bill expansion
Scott noted in his weekly press conference hours before he issued his official veto that the current redemption process is a “Rube Goldberg” contraption that actually puts barriers in the way of recycling
Vermont lawmakers target AI sexual abuse
Lawmakers say photo-generative software can be used to blackmail victims by threatening to leak nude or sexual images of them.
Big changes coming for Vermont Daily Chronicle
Vermont Daily Chronicle is preparing to offer an important new news feature by mid-July.
Baker: make July American Pride Month
Congressman Hunt proposes that in July, we remember all the things that make America unique and exceptional on the national/international stage.
McDermott to run diocese as Vermont awaits new bishop
Msgr. McDermott, who has been Bishop Coyne’s primary assistant, will take over as the temporary head of the diocese.
Starting July 1, homeless hotel recipients down to 1214 households @ $153/night
Total for 30 days: $5,572,260, to be paid out of existing state revenue.
IT outages, performance issues challenge state agency charged with expanded cybersecurity role
Yesterday, key state websites were down for 10 hours due to a vendor mistakenly cutting a fiber-optic cable in Washington D.C.. Tomorrow, the Chief Information Officer retires. Today, Gov. Scott answered questions about the state IT agency’s performance.
Gas main strike forces evac of six UVM main campus classroom, research buildings
Six buildings were evacuated: Jeffords Hall, Stafford Hall, Health Science Research Facility, Main Campus Greenhouse, Given, and Rowell.
