Whatever the reasons for or impact of the Diamondstone turnout, Rodgers’ victory was spurred mostly by widespread taxpayer discontent and the opinion that Chittenden County Democrats have been ignoring the housing, transportation, and energy needs of rural Vermonters.
A powerful Senate chair got sent to the electoral Hurt Locker Tuesday by a veteran who was a bomb disposal tech in Afghanistan.
The political axiom that ‘you can’t beat an incumbent senator’ didn’t hold true.
Most of the new GOP House members won by a wide margin.
In a race pitting one farmer against another, former Democrat Rodgers hopes to topple incumbent and former Progressive David Zuckerman.
If approved, the referendum will add “a stated intent for the police commission to include representation from the diverse nature of the city’s constituents.”
“It is worth noting that the convictions stem from crimes that were (21) years apart and Mr. Ziesemer has currently been incarcerated for (23) years,” Burlington police said.
A complete list of all candidates on all Vemont ballots.
Suburban, affluent, deep-Blue Charlotte leads all cities and towns with a 58% return rate of mailed ballots.
Decision Day began at 7 AM this morning across Vermont.
The project aims to eventually provide New York City with 20% of its annual energy needs through hydropower.
“We’re on a busy corner, a lot of traffic goes by,” she explained, “and a number of signs have been stolen.”
The traditional Democrat Party is dead. It’s gone. Progressivism has absorbed it. Progressivism is a euphemism for today’s postmodern-Socialism.
The first chapter harkens back to Harris’ childhood which began with her being delivered under a coconut tree in Jamaica. She recalls fondly the days her mother and father would push her in her stroller alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the streets of Selma, AL when she spoke her first word “fweedom”.
Why would a former true Blue Democrat governor endorse a Republican challenging an incumbent Democrat for lieutenant governor?
When the wheel did come off, he heard a large screeching noise and was able to pull off the road just in time. He said just a small piece of one remaining bolt was the difference between it coming off completely while still in traffic.
By tomorrow night, we’ll know whether affordability was a compelling concern for a critical mass of Vermont voters.
Connecticut-based Avangrid Renewables submitted winning bids of $4.9 million and $6.2 million for two parcels about 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Wrenner frequently emphasizes her independence from party leadership, but her voting record suggests otherwise.
But with vote by mail, what happens at the kitchen table does not stay at the kitchen table where, if we are to take the marital dynamic portrayed in the ad as its presented, this husband would be looking over his wife’s shoulder as she made her choice.
“Unnamed Youthful Offender” from Springfield MA caught in drug dragnet.
Since 2016, the number of Vermont schools serving as polling places has decreased by more than half.
Do you know that most of the candidates in that are running in Vermont are not even addressing the health of Vermonters? Well this is a disgrace and as we are the sickest nation that spends the most on “healthcare” which is really sick care.
The victim reported he had been sleeping when he woke up to being stabbed.
Family emergency shelters open. Vance in NH. Donate elderly pumpkins to pig farm.
Detectives and the tactical team caught him on Riverside Avenue.
For these reasons, there is no excuse to not know the effect of our vote. We need only compare the policies of the Trump years to that of the Biden-Harris years.
The ad marks a rare olive branch between what has sometimes been a bitter divide between Trump’s supporters and the governor’s more mainstream positions.
A Washington County Senate candidate, stymied by Front Porch Forum censorship, now uses another neighbor-to-neighbor social media platform.
Hold your elected officials accountable for knowing the truth and protecting you from evil. From the Town Clerk to the Governor they are our public servants.
And most of what folks think of when hearing the term is the peculiar leaders of these governments and the antisemitic atrocities of the Nazis.
As frustrated as some of us were who got Kennedy on the ballot and love him for his brilliance, fearlessness, knowledge and track record of winning lawsuits among some of the most corrupt agencies in our country, we must take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
“We The People” need to stop the mess created by the Democrat-Socialist leaders in the House and Senate.
Plemmons is due to appear for arraignment today on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment.
Vermont news media outlets are trending non-profit, in part to attract grants from large, out-of-state foundations.
The average premiums for the silver exchange plans are $985 for 2024. This constitutes a 108% increase in six years. It further notes a “60-80% increase in individual, small group plan premiums in the past 6 years.”
This time the robber knocked over a bank just a block from the Burlington Police Station at One North Avenue.
Burlington repeat offender talks with WCAX reporter Ike Ben-David.
Trump, speaking from the passenger window of the garbage truck — which had “TRUMP” and “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” on the side, asked the press, “How do you like my garbage truck?”
Imagine if anti-gun advocates displayed a sign in their front yard stating, “This household is against gun ownership; there are no firearms here.”
Democrat former Governor Shumlin writes: “I have worked with John Rodgers for many years. I trust John and I know that he has the best interests of Vermonters at heart.”
“At best, Bray’s actions reflect poorly on his ethical judgement as they created the appearance of a conflict of interest,” Dame said. “At worst, they are indicative of an actual conflict of interest.”
Mohammed was taken into custody for Aggravated Assault and Simple Assault – at arraignment, he was held without bail. Since 2020, Mohammed has been involved in 35 incidents; 11 of them being violent assaults/incidents, 2 of them being homicides, and multiple being firearms related.
What’s at stake is the power to support Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes and, maybe, change in the leadership of the Senate.
“They just keep heaping these taxes on us,” Martin told Vermont Public. “But they don’t understand the state’s going to go bankrupt eventually. There’s only so far you can go before you drive every single resident out of the state.”
The Governor objected to implementing a policy that could have significant financial impact on Vermonters
FoMoCo’s third-quarter losses are being made public just two months after the company announced it was killing a planned three-row, all-electric SUV.
“Some other witches have mentioned that doing spells directly against Trump are not as effective as we might hope as he seems to have some kind of protection around him,” she complains.
The towns with the highest reported voter turnout so far are Charlotte in Chittenden County, and Calais in Washington County, with 44%.
Fair or not, that is what I see in Trump. He is not perfect. He is often blunt and nasty and says things that are embarrassing. But I do not care because I want a to change and restore sanity, respect, and strength to my country.
“I am urging all hunters to wear a fluorescent orange hat and vest to help maintain Vermont’s very good hunting season safety record,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Christopher Herrick.
Foremost, with 65% of all women in support of reproductive rights, it’s no wonder why Mr. Trump is failing to gain the support of women. His creepy behavior and engineering the repeal of Roe v. Wade will be the downfall of Mr. Trump’s campaign.
Feeling secure about Blue Vermont, some Vermont Democrats travel to swing states to help elect Harris.
Fortunately, the New North End resident had locked those windows that very day.
Vermont State Police has said Lawyer, after his video arraignment from the prison, became combative when he was being led back to his cell at the Northwest State Correctional Facility.
Firebombings of ballot boxes in Oregon and the State of Washington are connected, authorities say.
Aghast, I ask, what are the odds…..
Highlights include dangerous undercover work to catch drug traffickers and getting those involved in shootings off the streets.
The mostly GOP signs violated the law regarding sign placement and highway right of way, she explained.
Despite the endless news claims that “Trump is Hitler” I saw literally thousands of Jewish people and many of them wearing “Jewish voices for Trump” merch.
But instead of delivering, they return with the same rhetoric, leaving Vermonters to bear the financial burden. The refrain is familiar: “This time it’s going to be different.” Yet, as history has shown, these promises often turn out to be empty.
It’s not business as usual in the races for the 150 seats in the Vermont House of Representatives.
“In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader. Obsessive, disciplined, and dictatorial, he was a rarely seen veteran militant who learned Hebrew over the years spent in Israeli prisons and who carefully studied his enemy
The legislature also needs to be more mindful of what Vermonters can afford, and we need to repair our economy so that our children don’t have to leave the state in order to earn a decent living.
atiently He waits as we build bombs with our tax dollars to have them dropped on innocent children around the world only to spend more tax dollars to have innocent babies murdered in our mother’s wombs.
Bennington County to pick TWO new senators. Churches fund homeless in Montpelier. Burlington studies needle exchange. Political candidates in prison!
With the continued dry weather outlook and the abundance of dry leaves and dry fuels in Vermont’s forests, wildfires have the potential to spread rapidly, officials said.
Trustees set a 4.5% increase for out-of-state students and a 2% increase for Vermonters, as well as a 3.5-percent increase for room and board.
On October 28, Key Bank on Bank Street was robbed by a male suspect. Investigation has identified James Plunkett, 39, of Burlington, as the suspect for both this robbery and the robbery of the M&T Bank on Pine Street on October 26.
Although AI may improve short-term productivity and accessibility, it risks reducing the human element in care, UVM College of Medicine researchers say.
“As a devoted couple of more than 70 years, who had recently experienced precipitously declining health, they chose to die together as they’d lived together,” the family said.
Fire suppression and smoke will continue for days. Also: fatal Rte. 7 crash; teen survives crash on wet, icy roads; stolen vehicles.
“It was not a good year for monarchs (in Vermont),” McFarland said. “Monarch productivity was terrible.” He believes the bad heat waves and heavy rain the state faced in July put a strain on the population migrating north.
“It’s probably the best Vermont collection to come on the auction market in 20 years,” said Graffagnino, who started dealing Vermontiana at 17 and has worked with it ever since.
Former Gov. Jim Douglas mentioned that he was elected to the legislature at 21-years-old and there were three other legislators younger than him when he got there.
The national spotlight is focused on the City That Gave Bernie His Start.
The Burlington Police Department’s new recruitment coordinator resigned.
Rob Roper tells the Public Utilities Commission why supporters’ claims about the Clean Heat Standard “are observably, demonstrably, and obviously false.” So can you.
Hot election stories reported and discussed in our new studio space at 802 Scoop in Barre.
Burlington seeks higher electricity rate.
Before noon today (Saturday), a man walked into a Burlington bank, said he had a bomb, and walked out with stolen cash.
The expansion of the state sales and use tax to include software is one of two new taxes created by the Vermont Legislature this spring to reduce the 20% school spending property tax increase down to 14%.
Chris Keyser, son of former Governor Ray Keyser, is taking on a powerful leader of the House Democrat supermajority.
Russ was sentenced to 2 ½ to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to a Guilford burglary that involved the theft of several firearms. The former Brattleboro man was captured on security video during the break-in
Because of a lack of a “culture of safety,” bystander professionals fail to speak up.
“You would have been shocked at the positive response in this supposed left leaning section of Vermont,” organizer Rebecca Pitre said of a recent sign wave in Chittenden County.
“This is an everyday thing,” LeBlanc said, expressing concern for his family’s safety on their farm.
At some point during the dragnet, Reynolds fired upon the marshals, and they returned fire, officials said.
Supreme Court meets at high school. Perennial candidate runs against incumbent Secretary of State.
Globe-trotting podcaster Peter Santonello is a truth-teller about Burlington. He draws the direct line between the decline of San Francisco, where he used to live, and Burlington, where he was born.
270 police encounters. Released in September. Made it a whole month before his next arrest (this time for burglary).
“The individual who was recently released was spotted on cameras once again trying to break into vehicles. But the Vermont Freedom Fund [VFF] we can thank for their bailing folks out and impacting what we are trying to do as a community,” Smith said.
By contrast, GOP incumbent Paul Clifford co-sponsored two bills to repeal the Global Warming Solutions Act.
Both the cab and trailer were crushed on the right side and the trailer broke open, disgorging a load of furniture into a nearby brook.
The new indictment against Bland includes a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and a charge of using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and discharging that firearm during the offense last October.
Colchester wants $115 million to modernize schools. And the How and the Who of fixing state’s broken health care system.
The only candidates on the ballot that will not destroy the home heat industry, which my coworkers and I rely upon to support our families in Vermont, are Republicans.
Despite her past embrace of policies progressive prosecutors have been known to advocate for, Harris has pegged herself as a tough on crime criminal prosecutor on the campaign trail.
Sibilia is no doubt one of the ten privileged people Jay Hooper referred to. Why risk giving that up? Because if Sibilia fails, Krowinski will — most definitely
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