When police saw two men carrying brand new woodchippers on a Colchester sidewalk at 4:45, their suspicions were aroused.
Former teacher charged with lewd & lascivious with 10-year-old girl / Rutland killing about drug territory

A former teacher at Founders School in Essex has been charged with years of unlawful sexual contact with a girl who was 10 years old when it began.
In Berlin, one of Vermont’s 82 homeless hotels now must pay $70/hour for emergency services

WCAX reports that a Washington County town has negotiated a deal with a homeless hotel that is frequent user of its emergency services.
First non-Vermonter granted access to doctor-aided death law
WCAX reports that a Connecticut woman will be allowed to participate in Vermont’s ‘aid in dying’ law.
Voters in Brattleboro – Brattleboro! – reject just cause eviction, worry about growing crime

An ordinance that would make evictions tougher for landlords was rejected by Town Meeting voters of one of Vermont’s most ‘progressive’ towns.
Homeless hotel owners named their price / Highway deaths hit 10-year high / UVM wins hoop crown

The Vermont taxpayer is paying top dollar to house the homeless in hotels around the state.
‘Youthful offender’ status re-examined after teen arrest by assaulting his infant child
Violent assaults by teenagers are renewing questions about ‘youthful offender’ status that keeps some violent crimes out of the public eye – although not a recent assault of his infant child by an 18-year-old Bennington man.
DC insider PAC hosts ‘meet and greet’ for Balint

Want to meet Vermont’s new congressperson? Oh, you just missed it! She was the guest of honor at a Washington DC ‘meet and greet’ today at noon.
Town meeting review: SoBu voters go on buying spree / Colchester backs $15 mil rec center / ‘Just cause’ eviction wins in Essex, Winooski

Chittenden County communities said yes to just about everything on the Town Meeting ballot (except community police oversight in Burlington).
Police oversight, community centers, ski resort growth on Town Meeting agendas today

Vermonters will go to Town Meeting today (some went last night) to decide – by ballot or from the floor – on important municipal issues.