The young woman who caused a crash killing two teens admitting using drugs, court records show.
Guy Page
Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Two minors rescued after ATV plunges through ‘Magog ice / airborne snowmobiler injured
Firefighters rescued two minor when their ATV fell through the ice of Lake Memphremagog.
House of Commons OKs Emergencies Act
Biden extends the US National emergency over Covid, while our friends up North approve Canada’s Emergencies Act.
Harvey: Don’t overlook Biden border boondoggle in 2022
Biden is the gift that keeps on giving to Republicans in 2022, especially when it comes to the US border crisis.
Jewish lawmaker weighs in on Tennessee school district banning Holocaust book
A school district in Tennessee banned a Holocaust graphic novel due to age appropriateness, and a Vermont Senator has so much time on her hands, that she must weigh in.
Blittersdorf’s Barre rail study revived
A House bill sponsored by 60 lawmakers would fund a ‘feasibility study’ of commuter rail between Barre and Montpelier, require employers to reduce employee commuter mileage, and create a fuel efficiency fee on vehicle purchases.
Guv, Legislature mum on DHS ‘domestic threat actor’ bulletin
Neither Gov. Phil Scott nor the Legislature have much to say as yet about the Feb. 7 Department of Homeland Security bulletin promising action against online critics of government policies.
Race, drug bills get committee review this week
For the second straight week, race-related legislation is getting plenty of attention in House committees.
Water Cooler: 40 towns send retail pot ? to voters / free meals in schools / rape at UVM / bird flu
Next week, 40 communities will ask voters if they want to allow retail marijuana.
Scott vetos gun control bill S30 over 30-day waiting period
Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed S30 because it takes the firearms purchase waiting period out of the federal government’s hands, where it belongs.
Barre Council race heats up
One candidate for Barre City Council is calling another candidate a liar for her demonstrably inaccurate statement that he failed to file campaign finance reports.
Bananas Master Class: ‘Wicked Smaht’ or How to Intellectualize
This is New England after all, home to Boston and Burlington, connected by a super highway littered with brainiacs who still have a favorable opinion of Joe Biden, Ghislaine Maxwell, and mask mandates.
Roper: Oops! Big part of Climate Plan unconstitutional
The dormant commerce clause in the U.S. Constitution forbids the State of Vermont to make out-of-state fuel wholesalers buy clean heat credits.
Bucknam: State of Vermont ‘white supremacy’ training perpetuates Dred Scott racism
Mandatory ‘diversity’ training for state employees actually perpetuates the vicious stereotype of blacks as helpless victims.
It’s Time For A Change
Political Cartoon by VT Underground
Christina Nolan runs for U.S. Senate
42-year-old Christina Nolan, the former powerhouse U.S. Attorney for Vermont, announced today she is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Claim: American truck convoy to roll Wednesday
An online organization named The People’s Convoy claims an American Freedom Convoy will begin in Southern California this Wednesday.
Housing registry veto votes postponed
Two separate bills creating new state registries face an uphill battle overcoming vetos.
VT Underground: How many businesses did Freedom Truckers burn down?
Rutland school district, Chittenden high school go mask-free
A southern Rutland County supervisory union and a parochial school in South Burlington are going mask-free. Others are waiting for more info from the State.
Water Cooler: Shortstaffed Burlington PD do best to protect and serve / when revival fires burned in Vermont
About 200 years ago, Vermont was afire with religious revival….How short-staffed Burlington PD protects and serves….Vermont welcomes its newest seasonal resident, Alec Baldwin.
Flemming: Senate Rental Registry bill debate colored by visions of ideal government
An influential Vermont state senator explains why more government is the answer to Vermont’s housing crisis.
Thayer: Marxism a disease, Saturday learn about cure
If Marxism is a disease, what’s the cure? Hear more this Saturday in Williston.
Letters to the Editor: Parents rise up / Dem threat to public safety, free speech and elections
A former South Burlington lawmaker says parents are (finally) waking up and throwing the woke bums out of school board positions. And a Sandgate woman says the GOP needs to keep its eye on the ball of protecting public safety and Constitutional freedoms.
NEK driver charged for two deaths / Grand Isle ‘rent to own’ forgery / Hosting out-of-state drug dealers
Police Roundup: charges follow crash that killed two teens. Forgery leads to Grand Isle County man’s arrest. And Johnny, Rachel and “Danger” busted for (among other things) providing a base of operations for out-of-state drug dealers.
Durham filing alleges Hillary Clinton’s team ‘mined’ White House servers to dig up dirt on Trump
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Braving brutal winds, rally for Canadian truckers gathers on I-89 overpass
Saturday, February 19 rally for freedom on the Williston Road overpass in words, video and photos.
5 Corners Freedom Wave – photos & video
A crowd of Vermonters stood at all five corners of Essex Junction’s busiest intersection during rush hour on Friday, hearing plenty of sympathetic “honks” from commuters.
Water Cooler: Burlingon police union endorses council candidate / Hospitals dispute medical care delay report
The Burlington police union is making public safety an issue in the upcoming City Council elections.
Orange County school board softens vax mandate / Rutland district lifts mask mandate
An Orange County supervisory union this morning backed off an unpopular plan to require all employees to be vaccinated. Instead they will allow religious, medical, and testing exemptions.
By 28-2 vote, Senate OKs ‘Criminal threatening’ bill
Only two senators voted against a bill allowing prison sentence of up to two years for threatening public officials.
Sununu mocks Manchester visit by ‘Infomercial Guy’ Lindell
Mike Lindell spoke about election fraud in Manchester, NH this week. The state’s Republican governor was not impressed.
Senate Finance chair eyes fed $$ to keep jails and prisons funded and safe
The chair of the Senate budget committee would earmark millions of federal Covid relief money to fund the state’s jails and prisons.
Condos’ deputy Chris Winters to run for Secretary of State
Secretary of State Jim Condos, deputy will run for Secretary of State.
Lawmaker’s store robbed by heroin user
A convenience store owned by a Northeast Kingdom legislator was the victim of an armed robbery by a man with heroin in his possession.
House Speaker postpones contractor registration veto vote until April 22
Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski appears to be at least one vote shy of overriding Gov. Scott’s veto of a contractor registration bill.
‘Endemic’
The latest political cartoon by VT Underground.
Double tractor-trailer crash
After a tractor-trailer scattered a load of lumber on icy roads in Landgrove, a second tractor carrying logs collided with a power line.
Truckers defy Emergencies Act
Canadian truckers defy Trudeau’s Emergencies Act.
Redic runs for Congress
Ericka Redic of Burlington announced today she will run for Congress.
Milton snowmobiler hits tree, thrown 40 feet
Snowmobilers, watch your speed when you’re trying to make those tight turns.
‘Criminal threatening’ bill advances to full Senate
by Guy Page The Vermont Senate today is scheduled to consider S265, the ‘criminal threatening’ bill that would impose prison sentences of up to two years for threatening public officials and others. […]
Burlington racial equity director leaves
The city’s first Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging has resigned. A friend says she sometimes didn’t feel welcome.
“We are facing a dynamic environment:” F-35s flying to Europe stop in Vermont
F-35s from Utah headed for a tense Europe stopped at the VT National Guard base in South Burlington.
VT civil union mom who fled To Nicaragua with child pleads guilty
Lisa Miller gave birth after being artificially inseminated. After her civil union broke up and she lost custody in the courts, she fled with her daughter to Nicaragua, staying there until the daughter was of age. Now she’s pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges.
Colchester rep rips 30-day gun purchase waiting period
Rep. Pat Brennan says the Legislature wouldn’t bend on the 30 day waiting period it added to S30, which he calls a “gun grab.”
Newport gets $1.5 mil from Quiros settlement
State of Vermont converts $1.5 million of the financial settlement from the fraudulent developer of Newport into grants to actually develop Newport.
Police ID two teens dead in NEK collision
Two 18-year-olds from the Northeast Kingdom are dead after a car crossed the center line and struck their car head-on.
Mom fears vax coercion with new school mask policy
A Vermont mom fears her children will be coerced to get vaxxed so that her school can go mask-free. Dr. Robert Malone responds.
Tyranny just around the corner?
Speak up for freedom, while there’s still time.
VT Senate approves popular vote presidential election
Every Republican in the Vermont Senate voted no, but it wasn’t enough to stop a 22-7 approval of Vermont participating in a national ‘popular vote’ presidential election.
$100 mil ticketed for rural internet
The Vermont Legislature is poised to spend $100 million of federal money to spread internet service statewide.
Laroche named to Franklin House seat
The former Commissioner of Fish & Wildlife has been appointed to fill a seat vacated by a Franklin County lawmaker who resigned.
Condos won’t seek re-election
Longtime Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos will not seek re-election.
Water Cooler: Excessive force in Burlington / dogs saved from becoming dog meat / skiing parents leave child alone in car
Dogs rescued from becoming dog meat are alive and well and living in Vermont.
Sign and flag wave Friday, Saturday for Canadians
A sign and flag wave will be held Friday afternoon at the Five Corners in Essex Junction in support of Canadians now living under martial law.
Three new race-related state bureaucracies considered by lawmakers
Bills under discussion by House committees would create three separate race-related bureaucracies and fund transition to non-fossil fuel heat in state, local and private buildings.
VT, national media mis-dub Jan. 6 resolution
The GOP resolution says nothing about an attack on the Capitol. So why do state and national media insist it does?
Connecticut man with drug rap sheet busted for attempted murder / Arson arrest / Jeep plunges through ice
Police say Jan Michael Valverde of New Haven, Connecticut shot two people in a New Year’s Day drug-related dispute. He’s in custody, but alleged accessory to the crime Jessica Robishaw of Orleans County is still at large.
Four months after suspicious fire, Putney garage reopens
The owner of a Putney garage destroyed by fire in October has rebuilt and reopened the business started by his grandfather in 1967.
Governor won’t back EUA mandatory school vaccines
Phil Scott is no fan of requiring students to accept vaccines under Emergency Use Authorization.
School unmasking just for 80% vaxxed schools
The State of Vermont won’t advocate universal masking in schools after February 28 – but only in schools with 80% vaccination.
Water Cooler: free range cows, murder for profit, Sarah George & “her own brand of justice”
Free range cows, Sarah George, and murder for profit lead the Vermont media headlines.
Evslin: Without nuclear power, subsidizing electric cars might hurt environment
What greenhouse-gas-good is electric transportation if the power comes from burning fossil fuels?
Bananas: MASTER CLASS – The Art of the Cancel
If you’re ready to join the vanguard, Red Guard or just can’t stand the thought of other people thinking they get to think their own thoughts, Johnny Bananas has a Master Class for you.
West Rutland man arrested in undercover police sting
An adult male from West Rutland who self-identified as a lesbian teenager was arrested on charges of attempting to entice a minor into sexual activity.
Lobby groups push ranked-choice ‘instant runoff’ voting
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans in the Legislature appear very interested, but the Progs and two influential lobby groups are pushing hard for Ranked Choice Voting.
With pregnancy centers under fire, 40 Days for Life kicks off Feb. 27
With non-abortion pregnancy centers under fire from the Vermont Legislature, 40 Days for Life prepares its spring prayer and vigil at the Barre Planned Parenthood.
Vermont, the Beckoning Country
Vermont, the Beckoning Country. Cartoon by JB.
How Vermont was born, in three paragraphs
A retired schoolteacher explains the birthday of Vermont in three easy paragraphs.
Trudeau invokes Emergency Powers over truckers
Government overreach in Canada and in U.S. Pushback, too.
House to take up Scott veto of contractor registration
Gov. Scott says creating a state contractor registry will harm small businesses. The House will consider his veto of H157 tomorrow.
Gunfire riddles Burlington home with children inside
The first ‘gunfire incident’ in Burlington this year left holes in exterior walls and a window of an occupied Riverside Avenue home.
Atheist speaker defends Christianity against the new ‘woke’ religion
The new ‘woke’ movement is just a counterfeit religion, an atheist scholar told a White River Junction crowd Saturday night.
Water Cooler: tipping point for restaurants / Super Bowl party for homeless / SB protesters support Canadian truckers
Protesters rally in South Burlington to support Canadian truckers. And restaurant owners are looking at the tipping point of long-term affordability.
Keelan: the first black American saint, maybe
Now that MLB great Jim Kaat of Manchester is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s time to consider a candidate for sainthood, Don Keelan says.
Your Letters: Stop China / Pass ranked choice voting
A former lawmakers wonders why Congress won’t do more to stop the existential threat of the Chinese government. And the Vermont League of Women Voters wants Ranked Choice Voting.
Out-of-staters busted for mischief in Addison County
A jilted lover from Maine and a Connecticut couple are cited for crimes committed in Addison County.
Ram demands ban on police ‘no knock’ warrant
A state senator running for Congress wants to take away the court-approved ability of Vermont police to execute ‘no knock’ arrest warrants.
Legislature gives non-taxpaying Brattleboro teens power to tax adults
The Legislature is poised to give Brattleboro teens the right to vote, run for office and levy taxes. The voting margins appear veto-proof.
Biden’s Inflation Problem is everyone’s problem
Joe Biden may be blowing up the cost of living. But it’s more than just his party’s problem. It’s affecting everyone.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Feb 11
South Burlington abandons municipal mask mandate. Vermonters are planning a freedom convoy. More federal dough for electric cars. These headlines and more from VT media.
Threats over mask mandate carry three-year prison sentence
The Senate is considering a law giving three years in prison for threats made during mask arguments in stores – among other situations.
Petition: End required masking in schools
A mask freedom advocacy group is asking other Vermonters to petition the Agency of Education to end its ‘guidance’ requiring masks in schools.
Marxism vs. Americanism subject of symposium Saturday
A symposium on Americanism & Marxism will meet Saturday morning in Rutland.
Meg Hansen podcast ‘drops’ Feb. 21
A free-market think tank has launched a new podcast featuring host Meg Hansen interviewing informed guests about vital Vermont policy issues.
American truck convoy coming?
The Department of Homeland Security, ever-vigilant for domestic ‘threats,’ is tracking reports of a Canada-style truck convoy through these not-so-United States.
Bald eagle removed from VT endangered species list, bumblebee added
Bald eagle sightings are no longer uncommon in Vermont. They’ve been taken off the endangered species list, but the American Bumblebee has been added.
Smuggs ski patrol member dies in car crash
Two men died in separate highway accidents this week. And a starving dog has been rescued from her owner, who is charged with animal cruelty.
Richardson: Allow early, off-label Covid-19 treatment
Let doctors prescribe the medicine they think their patients need.
Bananas: Church shopping in Vermont
Fake news reporter Johnny Bananas goes church-shopping in Vermont.
Fernandez: President Lincoln’s great sense of humor
While Lincoln had his critics, his sense of humor disarmed even the most serious of antagonists.
Vermont’s Lincoln legacy
He never visited Vermont, but Lincoln did visit compassion on her soldiers. Vermont gave Lincoln votes, elections, stone for many monuments, and – finally – a home for three generations of descendants.
House honors Tuskegee Airman, 95
The Vermont House of Representatives today honored Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Woody Woodhouse.
Senate presses pause on police lawsuit bill
It’s not about systemic racism, Sen. Joe Benning told fellow senators during discussion of a bill to allow the public to sue police officers.
Water Cooler: what if PCBs are found in Vermont schools? / Miro on suing cops / Burlington man gets Super Bowl ad spot
The State of Vermont will look for PCBs in its schools. What happens if they find them? And, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger weighs in on a controversial issue: should the public be allowed to sue police?
Flag wave for truckers today, new show debuts tomorrow
Vermonters supporting Canadian and American truckers will hold a flag and sign wave this afternoon in Stowe 3-5 pm. Tomorrow morning, Barre flag raiser Brian Judd will debut a new radio show on Facebook.
McCoy: Tax break for $203,000 earners, but not military retirees? No way
The Legislature has a choice: help military retirees, debt-loaded college grads, and the poor – or give a tax break to people earning $203,000.
Judiciary bill downplays drug-dealer amount of cocaine, heroin as ‘personal use’
30 grams is a lot of coke. But the Vermont House Judiciary Committee wants to treat it as a ‘personal use’ misdemeanor. Not so fast, law enforcement officials say.
Yvan Plouffe, a friend to everybody
His intelligence and curiosity was unmatched, even though he never finished middle school. He was famous for his greenhouse full of richly colored roses, yet he was color blind.
