The U.S. Border Patrol found Tyshan Murray, 45, with four adults and five children stuffed in his Nissan Murano in Richford during a traffic stop about 1 a.m. Sept. 8, 2024. Two young children were located in the rear cargo compartment sitting on luggage without seatbelts or safety seats, the Border Patrol reported.
The equine Rosie Ruiz wannabes led to a finish line moment nobody will forget: competition, chaos, and pure Vermont charm all in the same frame.
The vehicle left the east side of the roadway and struck a tree head-on.
“We did take testimony on the entire notion that we have 5,000 kids in home study who we have zero knowledge of,” said Sen Kesha Ram-Hinsdale (D-Chittenden Southeast).
Specifically designed to allow legal, constitutional discrimination against “white, ‘cis’ men.”
Attorney Frank Twarog has filed a motion in Vermont Superior Court seeking dismissal of felony charges for child luring and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child against Kane Smart, husband to Sally Adams, the chief deputy state’s attorney under Sarah George.
Man wanted in connection with Holyoke homicide captured in Vermont; Deaths by overdose continue to drop in Vermont; Election integrity roundtable held in Shelburne
House Republicans gear up for Act 59 challenge/ Homeschoolers fear H.930 amendment will give schools, DCF undue influence/ Diaper Drive for military families
Third reading is scheduled for today. It is unclear how the House will respond to the statewide banning of firearms in guns and restaurants.
This summer, an exhibit on chairs comes to the Glover institution.
Ben Cohen fights to win back Ben & Jerry’s from the corporate overlords
A Massachusetts man, wanted for a murder charge in his home state from last month, was arrested in North Springfield by federal, state and local law enforcement officials from two states on Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service in Vermont and Massachusetts said Daniel Medina, 22, who has a documented history of firearm-related offenses, was apprehended about 3 p.m.
Javen Sears of South Burlington also is running as a Republican for one of the district’s three seats.
First regional decrease since October 7, 2023; K-12 incidents remain a growing concern
“It’s certainly a new feeling. In all of my 18 years, I can’t remember that happening,” Rep. Mark Higley (R-Lowell) told VDC this morning.
Scott says his administration invited border czar Tom Homan following ICE operation; Two Candidates Join Democratic Primary Race for Montpelier’s State House District; Burlington ramps up tickets for street sweep scofflaws; Vermont inspectors test gas pumps statewide to protect drivers
Democrat-majority legislators continue to rail against the federal administration by advancing a proposed constitutional amendment and two bills that are suspiciously unconstitutional.
The bill is currently in House Judiciary. It is also being reviewed by House Human Services, House Corrections and Institutions, and House Health Care. None of the four committees has voted.
A $3.7 million chemical treatment completed last fall on Vermont’s only designated “Lake in Crisis” has produced an extraordinary early result.
Over a pound of crack cocaine seized
One solution is a Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
A fruitful two weeks in Bandera, Texas at ‘Confluence,’ and ‘American Regeneration Conference’ with AcresUSA
These coloring pages target the hearts and minds of children that were born less than ten years ago, indicating that PPNNE has no age limit for which it would consider its propaganda to be inappropriate. The subliminal message to these tender young minds is that life has no value, and that it is acceptable to extinguish it for any reason.
The Wellesley, Mass. mother, who is charged with strangling to death her two young children and leaving them in her bed, is expected back in the Commonwealth today to face two murder charges.
S.157, a win for Vermont recovery
Brinegar’s body was found April 24, 2001, at the Bellows Falls Dam, but Cranfield’s remains could not be located.
Investigators said security camera footage showed Laku taking the phone from the victim and smashing it on the ground.
The House bill calls for a seven percent property tax increase.
He succeeds Sky Barsch, who joined VTDigger as CEO in April 2023 and announced her departure in January. Barsch’s tenure included reducing the organization’s annual financial losses and completing a new four-year union agreement with newsroom staff. Her last day is June 1.
The House is voting today, Wednesday May 6, to repeal the Road Rule and other rural property restrictions in Act 181. You might ask, what’s the next environmental injustice we need to correct? The answer is Act 59.
Former Northfield police chief sues town, alleging racial discrimination; Champlain Parkway Project nearing completion; Rutland Habitat for Humanity says new facility has made building affordable housing more efficient
The University of Vermont has opened the first weather station in the Vermont Mesonet, a planned statewide network of automated weather stations to monitor and report real-time data to improve extreme weather preparedness, agricultural planning, and research.
On Thursday, May 7 the Vermont Senate will take up legislation that will place into effect a statewide prohibition on machine guns and create a statewide ban for bringing firearms into establishments licensed for alcohol, sponsor and Senate Pro Tem Phil Baruth (D-Chittenden Central) told VDC today.
Vermonters enrolled in 3SquaresVT, the Essential Person Program, Fuel Assistance, General Assistance, Reach Up, Summer EBT or WIC are eligible for free day-use entry to Vermont state parks from May through October.
Hartford Police received a call at 11:37 a.m. on April 28 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reporting a body in the water south of the Quechee Gorge Bridge. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remained with the body until relieved by Hartford Police.
It’s time for Vermont to step back and develop a clear, transparent, long-term strategy that looks at the full picture and puts Vermonters back at the center of these decisions.
Former Rep. Louvenia Dorsey Bright served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1989 to 1994, representing South Burlington.
Crumbling roads. Crumbling schools. Crumbling Bennington Monument. Crumbling tax base. It’s all connected.
The Vermont State Police is investigating the discovery of human remains in the town of Mt. Tabor within the Green Mountain National Forest. The identity of the deceased person and the circumstances surrounding the death are unknown at this time.
The charges follow a months-long investigation into alleged abuse of an infant.
The bust is the latest evidence of drug activity at Barre Manor. Longtime residents say the federally-subsidzed housing is a ‘trap house’ – where residents with money and or/drug problems allow out-of-state drug dealers to live there and play their deadly trade.
Car fire near Grand Isle ferry access quickly extinguished; Vermont Supreme Court agrees to step in quickly on appeal of overturned return-to-office mandate; Essex Town Manager: decision could ‘prevent any development’
Don’t look now but repeal of Act 181, the 2024 Act 250 expansion bill enacted over Gov. Phil Scott’s veto in 2024, isn’t the only ongoing citizen rebellion.
H.326 was supposed to regulate the state’s usage of pellet poison
The sold-out event featured dishes from Liberia, India, Democratic Republic of Congo and others.
What Is the Laffer Curve? And how does it spell doom for Dem tax plans?
Climate change is indeed very real; however, initiatives proposed in the GWSA were never going to have any measurable effect on the problem of carbon emissions.
Two Franklin County teens are facing court action after they were clocked driving 100 miles per hour or more on Interstate 89 in unrelated incidents on Sunday, Vermont State Police said.
The same 20-year-old transient is under arrest for stealing a truck and vandalizing and breaking into vehicles.
Does anyone seriously believe a 7% property tax increase—in a state that already carries one of the highest property tax burdens in the country—amounts to “relief” for Vermonters? Vermont’s House Majority Leader Lori Houghton (D-Essex) says it does.
A Lyndonville man faces multiple charges, including his sixth DUI, after police say he fled on foot from officers responding to a report of erratic driving Saturday night.
Strong to severe storms possible Tuesday afternoon; Bennington police search for armed robbery suspect; Colchester Police wrap up search at Malletts Creek Wildlife Management; Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark announces plan to run for reelection
Vermont’s legislative week of reckoning
Comparing Vermont’s spending before the pandemic with today shows just how dramatic the growth has been. In FY21, Vermont budgeted $6.1 billion. Seven years later, we’re at $9.1 billion—an increase of 49%. Inflation during the same period was 28%.
Everyone agrees on the need for consumer data privacy. How far should it go? Also, details on the Legislature’s loosening grip on the local option tax (LOT).
A ransomware attack last fall exposed the Social Security numbers and financial data of 1,757 Vermont residents who stayed at or worked for the Vergennes resort.
The tax-and-health care nexus, housing production, and education reform.
For some lucky volunteers, it literally pays to help clean up Vermont each May.
They both support a tax hike on the rich, defunding Israel and more. What happened?
Two bills could change the way electronics are used in schools
Charged with trying to kill Grand Isle County deputy sheriff
What Is Tianeptine and why is it showing up in U.S. stores?
Bernie Rosow grew up in Williamsville, a small village in Windham County, and his parents put him on skis at age two. He never really got off them.
Turn Vermont Red event today at Terra’s
Being interviewed by my grandson about my life was a first.
The affected road/wooded area was been temporarily closed for safety reasons.
The Senate advanced H.9 voted down a floor amendment to H.933 that would have attached a high-income earner and investments tax proposal.
Donald Trump is quickly eclipsing his record of the most assassinated Presidents of all-time. Surviving what is now an unreachable forty-seventh attempt on this life the President was as resolute as ever as he sat behind his desk of the same name casually looking over his shoulder in hopes to pad his stats.
The problem is a too-powerful teachers union and their political allies.
Pasquale willfully assaulted, unlawfully restrained, and ill-treated at least seven children — ages 12 to 24 months, CUSI said.
As the era of abundant pandemic-era federal funding ends, the state is grappling with a $9.3 billion budget and shrinking revenues, as federal cuts and an aging tax base create immense mounting pressure.
Not coincidentally, May Day is the High Holy Day of Communists everywhere. How did public school teachers get involved with communism? It starts with the teachers’ unions.
Judge approves release plan for man accused of dragging Grand Isle Sheriff’s deputy; Prosecutors seek access to locked phone in investigation of crash that killed 20-year-old; VSP identifies individual responsible for threats to Vermont State University campus; Jason Eaton’s defense continues to argue for insanity plea ahead of trial
Brother of a Fletcher man facing an attempted murder charge this week for critically injuring a Franklin County deputy sheriff is now facing his own criminal charges including aggravated assault and leaving the scene of an accident for an unrelated incident.
We’ll discuss news in today’s Vermont Daily Chronicle – plus the Seven Days story by Colin Flanders asking why Vermont has such a low birth rate.
Green Up Day, Saturday May 2, is a statewide effort in the US state of Vermont to clean up roadside trash.
A New Hampshire casino company plans to build a new casino and entertainment venue just across the Connecticut River from Vermont in Littleton, NH.
The American Lung Association gives Vermont an “F” for tobacco prevention funding. The Legislature has received $840 million from Big Tobacco and spent 86 cents of every dollar on Medicaid instead.
Instead of disparaging our nation’s free enterprise (e.g., capitalist) system, the schools should be giving children the skills so they can earn the prosperity which only that system can provide.
Dragon Brook fire in Middlebury-Ripton area 100% contained, officials say; Vermont Green Up Day happening on Saturday; Vermont and Quebec ramp up rabies vaccination efforts with cases rising among wildlife; VDHP holds public meeting in Bennington to discuss future of Bennington Battle Monument
The USGS assessment found that a region covering the entirety of Maine, New Hampshire, and eastern Vermont is “the most prospective area for undiscovered lithium pegmatite deposits.”
Beverage redemption, voting by phone, as well as youth flying and youth fishing.
Critics say bill makes Vermont less competitive
New Canadian law offers ‘lost Canadians’ full voting, travel rights
Chittenden County candidates gear up for crowded race ahead of August primary.
The Vermont Principals’ Association and its executive director Jay Nichols have agreed to pay $566,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees to partially settle a religious discrimination civil lawsuit brought by the Mid Vermont Christian School.
Leading VT Democrats advocate for letting SNAP beneficiaries waste over $25 million a year on junk food.
This Wednesday evening, April 29, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will hold a controversial forum, “The Existential Threat of AI.” As an added draw to the doom and gloom, he has recruited two AI experts affiliated with China’s government, incurred the wrath of U.S. Treasury Scott Bessent, and received much other attention for the event.
Also scheduled to speak are Senate candidates Bruce Roy and Javen Sears.
LaClair served as a Barre Town representative in the Vermont House from 2014-2022.
According to the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, preparedness levels remain moderate, but local fire wardens are enforcing burn restrictions in many towns.
Burlington Police conclude investigation into March 11 excessive force complaints; Vermont Brewers Festival returning to Burlington waterfront; Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont Teen crowned
While property taxes go up every year, the pittance paid by renewable power projects is fixed for the life of the project. Feel free to scream or maybe cry.
The repeal of the “Road Rule” and Tier 3 was the easier decision, once the political math moved. What the Legislature builds in their place, and how it builds it, is the harder one. That work has just begun.
Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP (Purdue) was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, and ordered to pay criminal penalties of over $5 billion for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic in a case that was uncovered partially by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont more than six years ago.
In a telephone interview with VDC Monday, Coester said he hopes to improve on his first run, when he earned the most second-place votes since 2006.
Cpl. Jeffery Barriger, 42, of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department remains in critical but stable condition at the intensive care unit at the University of Vermont Medical Center. A spokesman said he sustained serious head, brain and bodily injuries when he landed on the road after being dragged. Court records also show he has a right eye fracture, blood in both ears, a fracture behind one ear, was vomiting blood and had an epidermal hematoma – a critical pooling of blood by the skull.
If Republicans continue to focus on delivering on the affordability agenda while Democrats look for new taxes and to take away land rights voters may continue to move because Democrats seem to be particularly unresponsive to the voice of the people.
New Vermont law will allow suing federal officials in state court; Colchester sewer project faces expensive delay; Woman who brought gun into Northwest Medical Center in court; Federal government demands renewal for every healthcare provider that receives Medicaid
Vermont has approximately 51,474 seasonal and vacation homes. A meaningful but unknown share of those structures sit on or near Vermont’s roughly 800 lakes and ponds.
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