Neither holy writ nor cloak for white supremacy, Meg Mott proposes a Third Way to view the Constitution.
On July 17, enjoy a Good Clash over the Constitution
Ellis: Turmoil in the West Wing
In a nationally televised debate seen by 50 million-plus people, we saw an 81-year-old president struggle to string words together for 90 minutes.
Ehlers: Beware blue-green algae – check before you swim
Blue-green algae produces neurotoxins and liver toxins. The problem is growing rapidly as politicians accelerate development and fail to regulate polluters.
Shorts: Child passenger safety/ Motorboat decals/ Late-night Burke crash
Barton hosts annual 4-H Horse Clinic for northeast Vermont youth/ Vermont Master Angler Program 2023 annual report released
Sound of Freedom flyover draws praise, criticism
“You certainly know how to put a damper on celebrating the nation’s birthday,” said a comment about a criticism of spending money on the flyover.
BLOTTER: Lyndonville raid/ Alleged serial burglar caught/ 2 Sutton women apprehended
Lyndonville raid yields guns, drugs in multi-agency operation/ Alleged serial burglar nabbed in St. Albans/ Sutton pair arrested on outstanding warrants
Friday at Four today we ask: U.S.A. in one word/ Trump, Biden or RFK?/ Will the U.S.A. endure?
Bean does Beantown! He asks three questions about America, our leadership, and our future.
Bagpipers lead musical Independence Day parade in Montpelier
Stirring music in one Independence Day parade, and political cancellation in another.
Father drowns after helping child to safety
Lavalley had jumped into the water to assist one of his children who was in distress.
VT Headlines: St. Theresa Church in Orleans Village vandalized
See the annual Peacham tractor parade.
Gov. Scott announces $2.7M for rehab and reuse of brownfields
“Cleaning up contaminated properties and turning them into sites for housing and economic opportunity is key to community revitalization,” said Governor Phil Scott
Malloy: Read the 1972 article about taking over Vermont
In 1970, Blumstein and Phelan proposed political migration to a single state for the purpose of gaining political control and then establishing a living laboratory for experimentation. Pollak takes that idea and applies it to Vermont.
Killer of Wheelock man identified
Larocque killed himself after killing co-worker Watson.
Dame: VTGOP calls DNC plans to circumvent convention a true “threat to democracy”
After last week’s unsettling performance at the Presidential Debate, Democrats have been in full panic mode.
Video: The USA in a word…
Paul Bean asks people in Boston, MA to give their hot take on America in a single word.
Dawson: How to stop politics from dividing families in Vermont
With the arrival of summer, one in which families tend to spend more time together, experts are recommending avoiding political chats to keep the peace.
Klar: The First Amendment odyssey of Julian Assange
An icon of whistleblower journalism tastes freedom.
Finger-licking fugitive nabbed by sheriffs at SB Supermarket
A wanted New Jersey fugitive has learned it is never a good idea to try to chow down on food from the hot bar at a supermarket when police officers are nearby.
VT Headlines: Scott top fundraiser
Scott running virtually unopposed. Queen, capital cities gear up for fireworks of the celebratory kind. VT in health care ‘reform’ pilot.
Bufka: to revive dying America, let us “mutually pledge to each other”
Our country seems to be dying. We can help it to be reborn. But we can only do that together.
Despathy: Scott Campbell’s Astounding Delusion
This demented irony is sadly lost on many legislators with tunnel vision who choose their favored industries and agendas over the people in Vermont.
Air National Guard to perform July 4 flyover
The flyovers have been planned to coincide with some towns’ Independence Day parades.
Criminals released in Arizona by Border Patrol later arrested in New England
In three recent cases, Border Patrol agents in Arizona released violent criminals who were later arrested nearly 3,000 miles away in New England.
MacDonald: Fossil-fuel companies won’t pay for “climate change” – Vermonters will
Fuel companies should stop doing business in Vermont. The State is, after all, in a huge hurry to get to its all-electric, no-fossil-fuel paradise.
St. Albans clears out homeless camp after raft of complaints
Tent City, as the encampment was known, sat tucked in a patch of woods behind the downtown train station and Food City grocery store.
Roper: The Property Tax gaslighting has begun!
No, a 14% property tax increase is not a decrease.
Burlington cops cope with 301 incidents over weekend
Despite limited staff, BPD deals with massive surge in incidents this weekend.
Shorts: Flood damage assessment requested/ Disease threatens Vermont woods
Vermont is 211 back up and running
UVMMC nurses to strike July 12
The state’s largest hospital promises ‘safe, high-quality care’ during the planned five-day nursing strike.
Klar: Industry fraud brings down Boeing planes
Senate subcommittee grants whistleblowers a platform.
Suspected trespasser threatens to kill person with knife
A man who police say threatened to knife to death a person on South Union Street in Burlington was arrested and jailed, pending arraignment today. NOTE: bail status was corrected and updated from previous edition today.
VT Headlines: Burlington cop discipline plan seeks compromise
More affordable housing in Shelburne. Suicide prevention. State recreation plan.
Cabot School’s future contemplated in forum
Most attendees said the school’s small size and project-based learning style gives students an edge over those from other schools.
Angwin: Stasi come home
The rise of the Informer State.
BLOTTER: Police video shows near head-on collision/ Another collision, this one fatal
Reckless driver on the run after fleeing from EMS/ Line worker electrocuted
VT Congressional delegation glosses over Biden debate disaster
Vermont’s political pundit class – with one notable exception – also has apparently decided that if you can’t say anything nice about Biden, don’t say anything at all.
CLG: Trump has immunity from prosecution for official acts
Supreme Court says obstruction charges for January 6 rioters could be thrown out; Alert level of several US military bases in Europe raised
Gun suppressors are now legal in Vermont for hunting/recreation
Suppressors have been illegal for about 100 years. Until now.
Shorts: Wild truck chase in Burlington/ Payroll tax takes effect
Stolen F-150 leads police on dangerous chase in the Queen City/ The Vermont Child Care Contribution tax goes into effect beginning today.
Reported Turtle smuggler bagged
Chinese woman arrested in the Northeast Kingdom after authorities said she attempted to smuggle, from Vermont into Canada, 29 endangered Eastern Box Turtles
Banzhaf: Obama for Vice President?
Constitutionally OK, some legal experts say
Keelan: “Extend and pretend”
Has the Vermont Legislature lost its compass?
Jablow: Vermont’s bear hunt exposed
The data that F&W published in their report was incomplete, likely because the public would be unhappy to know hunters killed cubs, yearlings, and many females.
VT Headlines: Avoiding more close calls at Vermont dams
Wrightsville, Waterbury and East Barre flood control dams will face new scrutiny after some ‘close calls’ during the Flood last year.
Friday at Four: Callers sound off on Biden debate disaster
One caller compared the current Biden presidency to ‘Edith Wilson 2.0.’
Freak occurrences cause two accidents, seatbelt may have saved life
There was also more gun violence in Vermont, a drug bust just across the New York border, and more.
Evslin: Equal educational opportunity in Vermont requires school choice
The current educational funding formula is not constitutional, effective, or equitable.
Roper: This massive Property Tax increase may be unconstitutional
How’s that for adding insult to injury!
Officials: Vermonters should prepare to protect their lungs with Quebec fires expected again
“We’re not on the level of having gigantic fires in Vermont yet,” Dillner said. But officials believe Vermonters should prepare to protect their homes, health.
Friday at Four: The Biden debate disaster and what it means to the Democratic ticket
You, Paul and I will discuss the Trump-Biden debate and what it could mean for the Democratic ticket, and for the country.
Bean: Biden and Trump golf match?
All in all, the real winner of the debate was not Trump or Biden, but it was CNN.
Government, non-profit $$ promised to struggling Vermont media
Help is on the way to Vermont’s financially strapped local news media. Whether the shekels come with shackles remains to be seen.
Local media funds tied to partisan and non-local interests
VCF has ties to out-of-state interests, and both historically and currently favors far-Left media.
Shorts: VTGOP approves Trump as candidate/ Mobile Mexican Consulate/ VNG’s AFFF cleanup continues
VTGOP exempts Donald J. Trump from Rule 16-1/ June 22nd Mexican Mobile Consulate event at Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier/ Cleaning sewers of AFFF
CLG: Supreme allows government to pressure Big Tech to suppress free speech
‘Spies Who Lie’ leader, cosigners were CIA contractors when they falsely implied Hunter Biden laptop was Russian fake; Julian Assange returns home after ple.
Klar: Fake meats for US troops
Corporations to use American soldiers as guinea pigs for cell-grown meats.
Vermont in top 5 most “independent” states, says WalletHub
The study measured each state based on 39 stats that determined scores in five categories. The most independent state was UT, followed by CO, FL, WI, and VT.
What’s good for the goose…
Here’s a great opportunity to go on a wild goose chase that can make a difference: Fish & Wildlife seeks volunteers for goose banding.
VT Headlines: Teen dies at Jericho high school
Police want to know how and why the teen died beneath a car.
Northern Border Regional Commission grants announced
The NBRC is a Federal-State partnership designed to stimulate economic growth and collaboration to improve rural economies across the four-state NBRC region.
EXCLUSIVE: Police solve cold case and continue investigating police-shooting of civilian
A human skull discovered four years ago may have helped at least partially solve a decade-plus old mystery.
All Dem senators who overrode vetoes face challenges in primary and/or general election
Democratic incumbent senators face primaries in two Chittenden County districts, and in Windsor, Grand Isle, and Addison Counties.
Former Essex County man sentenced to 14 months for fentanyl, crack distribution
Jeremy “O.G.” Allin, 54, now of Lancaster, N.H., will also be on federal supervised release for 3 years once he is discharged from prison.
Bossange: Montpelier needs transparency
When lawmakers are trusted with their own ethical oversight, corruption and self-interest take over.
Freeway fatal/ Elderly man charged with child sex abuse/ M-80 injures/ Stratocaster stolen
The explosion resulted in serious injuries to both men.
Fried chicken comment to black co-worker smells like harassment to Supreme Court
State Supreme Court says harassment – even without racial undertones – occurred with “fried chicken” comments.
Bread and Puppet Theater kicks off 2024 summer season
The Bread and Puppet Theater hosted its traditional museum opening on Sunday, marking the start of the theater’s 2024 summer season.
United Way of Northwest Vermont announces $748,000 in partner funding
The funds will assist 30 local organizations meeting an array of interconnected needs in our community.
Bernie Sanders’ Jewish voter problem
Paul and I discuss why Bernie Sanders never will be, and never could have been, elected president.
VT Headlines: Road salt makes Lake Champlain saltier
A native American who identifies as ‘two spirit’ has been invited to the White House.
Vermont pays $175,000 to alleged police harassment victim
Gregory Bombard flipped off a State Trooper in 2018, was arrested, and claims to have suffered from retaliation since. VSP declines to confirm or deny.
Revolutionary weekend at Hubbardton Battlefield
Scores of reenactors from around the northeast will set up camps and participate in the largest Revolutionary War living history weekend in northern New England.
Blue city slapped with lawsuit over non-citizens voting in elections
The lawsuit alleges that in doing so, the city violated “voter’s qualifications” enshrined in the Vermont State Constitution.
Powerful Senate chair, lobbyist in apparent relationship
Vermont Gas Systems, Green Mountain Power, and Avangrid Renewables (three organizations Leonine represents) have significant stake in the decisions made by the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, which Bray chairs.
SHORTS: VNG cleaning up spill/ Fish with a warden/ Boating safety
VNG involved in cleanup of AFFF incident. Meanwhile, Vermont authorities engage with the public, and urge caution during the summer, holidays.
Letters: Ehlers on waste in rivers/ Broughton on faith
Effluent is being released into VT rivers, but there are rays of hope.
VT HEADLINES: UVM Med. Center says nurses union has authorized potential strike
Vt. police investigating after person found dead in car; Colchester man accused of murder, assault takes plea deal on minor offenses
Wells: A Vermont we can afford
Urgent reform is needed, and it’s time to get to work.
Thieve(s) steal town vehicles to remove ATM machine
No damage was done to either the white pickup or the front-end loader. Significant damage was done to the ATM and the exterior to the bank property.
All-electric police cruisers too costly, impractical, Montpelier PD explains
The weight of installed and loaded equipment limit the interior space of the car as well as will diminish the range, especially in the winter.
UVM Community News Service gets $7 million, will expand
Led by a $5 million grant from the Knight journalism foundation, UVM’s squad of student journalists is about to take a big step forward.
Vermonters for a Clean Environment Regulatory Affairs Director, John Brabant
John has decades experience working in VT Government, protecting the environment and Vermonters, and then watching it fall into greed and “Green” corruption.
Homeless thief sets up innocent woman, VSP says
Troy woman passed out driving, charged with DUI, cocaine, and fentanyl/ Aggravated and Domestic Assault in Concord
Senator suing Scott over Ed secretary received $1580 from teachers’ union PAC
Vyhovsky is involved in a primary race against fellow incumbents Martine Gulick, Philip Baruth, and newcomer Stewart Ledbetter of Winooski, a former TV anchorman.
Stolen guns traded for drugs in Orleans County
Jeremy Starr, 46, of Newport is charged with both illegal possession of a firearm while being a felon and for knowingly possessing a firearm while using drugs.
Burlington Telecom continues affordable broadband
As government-funded internet ends, Burlington company fills gap
CLG: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene condemns attack on Crimea
Kremlin issues warning over US involvement in ‘barbaric’ Crimea attack; Senate Democrats put ‘Draft Women’ clause in National Defense Authorization Act
Klar: Trump owns his own name
Supreme Court rules critics cannot trademark others’ names.
Beemer driver arrested for Newport bank robbery has drug dealing arrest history
Driving a BMW, English allegedly passed a note to a bank teller demanding large bills and verbally threatened staff with a firearm, although no weapon was brandished.
Creemee Cast with Joe Gervais, Man on a Mission
The candidate for the Vermont Senate is no stranger to immersing himself in a foreign culture in order to bring positive change.
VT Headlines: Elle Purrier, the Richford Rocket, sets another running record
Vermont’s running phenom sets record at Olympic trials.
PFA spill at National Guard aviation building
Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a fire suppressant used to put out flammable liquid fires.
Dawson: Volunteer litter pickers clean up local towns
Green Up Day — an annual litter pick-up event held in over 250 towns in Vermont since 1970 — has so far eradicated over 24 million pounds of litter and 450,000 tires from the streets.
Roper: Whither goes the Office of Racial Equity?
According to the Racial Equity Office’s state website, the last public meeting it held took place July 26, 2023. Since then: NOTHING.
Veto Session Roll Call: More data, with more to come
Information on their electoral status will be added to this spreadsheet later this week.
Simpson sentenced
A St. J. man, convicted for kidnapping a 23-year-old mother and her son, stealing two cars, and taking them across state lines, has been sentenced to 25 years.
Sturgess: Big Pharma courting Trump?
Susie Wiles is a lobbyist for Big Pharma. She’s also a key advisor to President Trump. That’s a problem.
Friday at Four: Veto session, blow by blow
The Legislature overrode six of the seven gubernatorial vetoes on the June 17 veto session agenda. What’s next for Vermont taxpayers? Paul and Guy discuss.
Higley: A perspective on the session
Talk in Montpelier is about how we don’t have nearly enough time to consider all the bills we should, and how we need a doubling of our pay.
Harrison: Overridden!
Clearly the Democratic supermajority in the legislature and Governor Scott are not on the same page and see such issues as affordability differently.
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