The three teens are all due in criminal court on Monday after the Orleans County State’s Attorney’s Office decided they should be treated as adults for their dangerous misconduct, state police said.
Out-of-state teens bagged in rural manhunt
Masked man robs vape store
Police and parents looking for teenager girl and boyfriend. Hardware store fire. Gunshots in Montpelier.
Act 250, housing, future of renewable power, on veto agenda Monday
Safe injection sites’, Act 250, and renewable power mandates and more were vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott. Will the Legislature override?
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When the press can be counted on to take the government’s side, the cronies, corrupters, and grifters inside the government breathe a sigh of relief.
H. Brooke Paige withdraws from treasurer race, will focus on Secretary of state
Mr. Paige’s willingness to withdraw demonstrates the opportunity that young people have in the Republican party.
In remade studio, Friday at Four covers Plattergate, veto session, and iSun bankruptcy
What did House Speaker Jill Krowinski do to kill any hope of a negotiated property tax decrease? Also, Paul and Guy dish on Plattergate.
Plattergate! Veto Session maneuvering! Friday at Four airs in 30 minutes
Hopes to avoid a ruinous tax hike and elected officials’ entitlement are front and center on today’s Friday at Four.
Letters: GET REAL in Southern VT/ Biden’s house of cards is falling/ Plattergate response
The beginning of the Biden family’s fall.
A single-digit vs. double-digit property tax increase should be a simple choice
“Let me be clear: while the responsibility for rising property taxes rests squarely upon the shoulders of the Democrat supermajority”
Scott vetoes Act 250 reform
Supporters say it will spur much-needed housing construction, but critics (including Gov. Scott) say H.687 will do the opposite.
POLICE SHORTS: Kidnapping suspects caught, St. J. smokes robber on the loose
According to investigators, Seagroves had forcibly ordered a household member into a vehicle at baseball bat-point, driving off and causing bodily injury while restraining the victim.
Pipes: Why white men should celebrate Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, we should remember not only those freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, but those who fought and died to make it happen.
Vermont High School Rodeo Association sends nine riders to nationals
This competition in Iowa will allow for thousands of dollars in scholarships to be distributed to students of all different backgrounds.
Roper: Equity Advisory committee members souring on Clean Heat Standard
“A boondoggle that really is designed to support entrenched interests.”
VT Headlines: Mendon school budget passes
Another of the schools that voted against the school budget at Town Meeting votes yes on reconsideration of a revised budget.
Guy and Paul to guest host 9-11 AM today on WDEV ‘Vermont Viewpoint’
It’s Doubleheader Day for Guy and Paul today as we guest-host Vermont Viewpoint at 9 AM today on WDEV, and then go live for Friday at Four. Listen, call, comment!
Trooper, shooting victim ID’ed
Victim died of gunshots to neck and torso.
Reddit readers dish it out over Mulvaney-Stanak’s Plattergate
Plattergate? Reddit readers are eating it up, and dishing it out.
Creemee Cast: Talk about countercultural! Blue meets Red at Braver Angels
“If someone heard you talking about them, would they feel respected and understood?” The state coordinator of Braver Angels describes how red can talk with blue, and vice-versa.
Page: Property tax relief dies in petty act of arrogance
Krowinski blamed the governor for the coming train wreck of unaffordability, because – wait for it – Gov. Scott Didn’t Attend The Meeting In Person.
Burlington Mayor doubles down on free meals
“This is about community support and making sure people like me who are women, and a mom of young kids are able to serve,” Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said.
Headlines: Suspected of ISIS ties, arrested on immigration violations
UVM seeks to double graduate school enrollment.
Wanted murderer arrested in Lunenburg
59-year-old William Hewlett and another man were found stabbed at Melrose Avenue in Brockton. Hewlett later died at the hospital.
Man drowns carrying daughter at Mad River swimming hole
Witnesses at the scene reported that Goddard was attempting to swim across the river with his young daughter on his back when he began to struggle.
Apparent drug user killed by state cop in struggle over shotgun
A struggle occurred between the man and the trooper while the trooper was attempting to secure the shotgun from within the man’s vehicle.
Bananas: Welcome to the Jungle
Hi on energy drinks, ambition and the need to save people from seclusion, the princess of fertility kindly donated multiple Starlink setups to the indigenous people of the Marubo tribe, known mostly for living off the land and minding their own business.
Sanders urges global tax on the ultrarich
Globalists want to tax the ultrawealthy.
Winooski market tends to immigrants’ tastes
Immigrant entrepreneur helps New Americans access the foods of their homelands and honor their heritage.
Dem House Speaker dismisses guv’s plan to cut 13.8% school tax hike as ‘election year politics’
Krowinski dismissed Scott’s proposed $124 million in savings as “nothing more than election year politics” because the governor didn’t deliver them in person.
State recognizes local foods incentive grantees
The Local Foods Incentive Grant program established in 2021 to encourage schools’ buying of local products.
Veto rally Saturday to precede Monday’s veto session
Activists and a legislator to speak at rally Saturday about veto session Monday.
CLG: Ukraine regime declares Trump, Ron Paul, and Libertarians “enemies”
Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, U.S. cites ‘hopeful sign’; 4 Democratic leaders arrested, charged with ballot fraud in Bridgeport, CT
Bear with milk bucket on head rescued
“While we’re unsure of how the bear got stuck in the can and why it was drawn to it, this story serves as an important reminder of how curious and food-driven bears are,” Fish & Wildlife said.
Ellis: The Old Guard has departed, political realignment looms
The Vermont Democratic Party has decided not to send established figures like Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Instead, they are sending a group of very young delegates that includes a host of next-generation political activists.
DCF, Outright Vermont defend foster parent trans policy
Vermont Law and Graduate School Professor Jared Carter said this case is a test, questioning just how far the protections of the First Amendment really go.
Woman who shot firearms instructor charged with beating sleeping cellmate
The attack was made with a facility-issued tablet computing device and a lock that had been placed inside a sock, according to VSP Detective Trooper Vienna Gildea.
Creemee Cast: Rob Williams and Ian Baldwin of Our Geoengineering Age talk Green New Deal and real environmentalism
Our Geoengineering Age is a website dedicated to Geoengineering, practice that involves deliberate activities to change any of Earth’s biogeochemical systems, preeminently the climate, either through manipulation of the atmosphere’s chemical composition or through heating the upper atmosphere with electromagnetic technologies.
Newport-linked defense contractor to pay $2.5M to resolve false claims allegations
Galvion, headquartered in Montreal, manufactures protective head systems for use by law enforcement and military personnel, including the U.S. military.
SHORTS: Presidential elections & civil war/ Barre bust/ Prosecutor, policeman promoted/ Rutland rental rehab $$
We are hearing threats of civil war if our current presidential election doesn’t go a certain way. Lest we think this was unique, an Ethan Allen Homestead presentation will analyze the elections of 1800, 1824, and 1876 which threatened similar results – and the 1860 election that did.
MacDonald: Of course, Vermont has an unconstitutional religious test
The religious test is not a fluke. It is evidence that the patients are running the asylum. You can see the results. Higher taxes. Declining services. Dumber students. Increased lawlessness. Drug crimes. Drug deaths. And the only answer the inmates can think of is for you to give them more money and power.
Jury finds Hunter Biden guilty in Delaware gun case
Hunter Biden faces up to 10 years in prison on the first two counts and five years on the third count. President Joe Biden claims he won’t intervene.
Campus food pantries meet hidden needs of VT college students
These types of food pantries exist on college campuses across Vermont. And they’re fairly new — the one here didn’t exist until 2020.
Free meal train set up for Burlington mayor’s family
Free meals for the busy young couple earning $250K between them, bestowed by what the meal-train organizer refers to as the mayor’s ‘entourage.’
Roper: Who’s banning books now?
Burlington library won’t share women’s rights advocate Riley Gaines’ “Swimming Against the Current”
Dame: VTGOP chair responds to party rule prohibiting support for convicted felons
It’s worth noting that Several Vermont Democrats have committed crimes and Democrat party rules have not prevented them from serving.
Vermont tops nation in fastest-rising home prices
“The average Vermont home value is $392,682, up 4.7% over the past year and goes to pending in around 9 days,” -Zillow
Despathy: Details matter
Plain and simple, the supermajority chose REV and VPIRG, special interest groups, and their high cost, impulsive Renewable Energy Standard.
New state laws fight back against out-of-state drug gangs
Drug crime – trafficking and drug use itself, dealers’ violence, desperate customers committing property crimes – is up. Police hiring is still down.
VT Headlines: mapping wildlife routes
State keeping track of wildlife crossings.
Burlington Police dealing with “more incidents than at any point in half a decade”
KeepVermontSafe.com tracks the work of law enforcement across Vermont. A recent report focuses on Burlington’s continued struggle to staff the BPD following the 2020 defunding initiative.
Chaotic night stretches Burlington Police resources thin
Lack of staffing led to Burlington PD almost being overwhelmed last night in a flurry of mayhem.
Letters: Brook on global war/ Ericson on pot party/ Mauti on Payne
Global war is worse for the environment than CO2 emissions; Cris Ericson for US Senate running under new VT Marijuana Party; Jan Payne of Andover for State Rep.
Fire breaks out at encampment under Blue Bridge, man injured
Crews from both the Burlington and Winooski Fire Departments worked together to evacuate the area and quickly extinguish the flames before they could spread further.
Hartford High School pushes DEI & failed pseudo-science in school
Hartford HS’s DEI survey uses leading questions to justify school policies, not seek straightforward feedback.
Federal judge sides with Okemo, rejects latest claim for paralyzed skier
The court case stems from a ski accident on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Richard Grajeda, then 21, was heading down a beginner’s trail at Okemo about 10 a.m. when he fell.
NY joins VT in its ban on ‘addictive’ social media algorithms for minors
The “New York Child Data Protection Act” was approved by the NY State Legislature on Friday.
Rising interest rates, falling rate subsidy plague SunCommon parent filing for bankruptcy
“These cuts represent the seventh reduction to net metering compensation since 2017, a period that has seen a 32% drop in net metering installations,” Peter Sterling of industry trade group Renewable Energy Vermont said June 5.
School community frazzled after anonymous social media site abused by students
The app Fizz has now been banned from use at the school. The whole scandal caught the attention of national media. “Anonymity and youth, what could go wrong?”
Despathy: Advice from a Vermont environmentalist
The RES Series, Part II: The advice of Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment (VCE).
VT Headlines: DCF too zealous in taking children from parents
In just over four years, all 30 abuse substantiations appeals were overturned or dismissed. The incentive for DCF workers to take children into custody relates back to a case in 2014 when a child was killed.
Thurston: Vermont’s largest solar company on verge of collapse. Time to rethink energy policy
With iSun filing for bankruptcy, one might wonder if legislators will think twice about overriding the Governor’s veto of H.289.
Berlin auto parts manager to plead to $600K fraud
McLane would order vehicle suspension lift kits valued at $2,300 to $2,900 each and then steal them by selling them on Facebook at substantially discounted prices, the criminal charge notes.
LaMarche: Decency in decay
Mayor Stanak is knowingly eliciting another eventual confrontation and dispersant of at least one if not many, encampments.
BSD and BPD joint statement regarding incident in YES Program
Friday, BPD and representatives met with the students impacted by this situation for a restorative circle.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Vermont
This week we celebrate the first Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) in Vermont starting work in Danby, June 5, 1933.
Sentenced in 2010 for coke, Kajuan Woods of Brooklyn busted this month for selling fentanyl
Kajuan Woods, 35, appeared briefly before Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle in federal court late Thursday afternoon
Despathy: Steamrolling Vermonters one law at a time
The RES Series Part I: The interests of renewable energy industrialists versus those of Vermont and the the environment.
Roper: Who wins “Biggest Dunce” award for the Biennium?
To celebrate BTL’s 150th post, cast your vote for who made the biggest ass of themselves in the 2023-4 legislative session.
Scott vetoes school tax bill
“Vermonters cannot afford a double-digit property tax increase. Especially while facing a historic eight-percent property tax increase last year, a 20% increase in DMV fees, a new payroll tax taking effect July 1, increased fuel costs to heat homes and businesses from the Clean Heat Standard, and increased electric costs if my veto of the Renewable Energy Standard is not sustained,” Scott said.
Stefanik, whose district borders Vermont, on VP shortlist
A faithful Trump supporter in Congress, Elise Stefanik could become the first Republican woman vice-president.
Steidler: Tech R&D dwarfs tariffs in U.S.-China competition
President Biden and former president Donald Trump have found common ground. Still, they are fiercely competing to see who can hit China harder with tariffs.
Gun goes off at post office
The gun’s owner was trying to comply with the federal no-carry policy.
Klar: Black Christian Nationalism?
Black voices about Christian America.
Lampreys, loons, and moose hunts
Loons, lampreys, and moose hunting application deadline.
Cops shock high school students with staged armed robbery, gunfire
Second-hand account had teenagers ducking beneath tables in terror following gunfire at Burlington Police Station.
Public Meeting: WHY is the State Budget $8.6 billion?
The State of Vermont needs $8.6 billion to do the people’s business? What is it spending the money on, and what can be done?
Washington joins Vermont in denying foster parents for their religion
Vermont isn’t the only deep blue state to reject Christian foster parents for not accepting pro-trans guidelines.
Essex School Board gets parents’ rights petition with more than 500 signatures
The organization Speak Vermont presented a petition to the Essex High School Board on Tuesday evening asserting parental rights in education policy.
BREAKING: Burlington Police officer fined $300 for reckless motorcycle driving
A Burlington Police officer – one of 3 off-duty city employees caught going upwards to 100 miles per hour on motorcycles in a 35-mph zone in St. Albans last fall – pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of negligent operation.
Student cheated out of UVM scholarship, lawsuit claims
A classmate of the plaintiff who is the daughter of the school co-principal had her name submitted as the top student to UVM.
VT Headlines: Sniffing out child predators
An abused child’s best friend. Mixed results on Lake Champlain cleanup. Loans for migrant farm housing.
Hillary-backing California mogul just donated $300k to Trump
There’s a real chance President Trump is convicted of felony charges and sentenced to prison. Bluntly, that’s part of why I’m supporting him. I believe our justice system is being weaponized against him.
PUC increases installed solar power payout, cuts rate for new projects
Net-metering is the costliest of the State’s renewable energy programs, and that the pace of net-metering installations far exceeds the pace of other less costly renewable energy projects.
Vermont sees pet-friendly housing revolution
Pet-friendly activities, lodging, hotels, restaurants, and cafes, -Vermont has all it all.
D-Day: A Vermont soldier’s unforgettable journey
As his plane flew over the English Channel, Spendley pictured his sister, blissfully unaware, perhaps baking a cake or opening her birthday presents, while he was about to leap into the jaws of hell.
Name of deceased senator to remain on primary ballot
The name of a state senator who died after the candidate filing deadline passed will remain on the August 13 primary ballot.
House Dem who said “the school board needs to take over” not on ballot
Part Three in a series on races for the Vermont House. List of every House candidate, thus far.
Candidate Brown: “So concerned about our state that I could no longer sit on the sidelines”
How is it that our legislature is passing bills that will double your home heating and electric bills when so many Vermonters are struggling to make ends meet?
Roper: How does New Hampshire spend half the money for better results?
Unlike Vermont, their legislators spend taxpayer money wisely.
19-year-old busted in connection with Colchester shooting
The charges against Ettouzar stem from an investigation into the Malletts Bay shooting that took place on May 26.
Five school districts vote Yes on budgets
Each school district had already rejected school budgets at least twice this year in the face of estimated double-digit property tax increases.
Vermont DCF blocks Christian foster parents
“Although the Wuotis and Gantts have adopted five children between them, the Department has determined they are unfit to foster or adopt any child solely due to their religiously inspired and widely held belief that girls cannot become boys or vice versa,” the filing states.
VT Headlines: Four months later, AT&T resolves cellphone outage
Power outages, an earthquake, the Abenaki dispute, and $$ for mobile home water infrastructure.
ACLU sues NEK sheriff for records about helping feds enforce immigration law
“Local law enforcement should not be in the business of enforcing federal immigration law, and Vermont sheriffs need to be held accountable,” the ACLU says.
Guma: Cyber War, largely unnoticed, has already begun
Chinese government-linked hackers have gained access to numerous companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, including dozens of pipelines, a veteran Burlington journalist writes.
Letters: Corbo on military/industrial complex, McGuinness on House run, Hall on school budgets, Bruner on Sanders
If you are not familiar with the often published Thomas Sowell, that is understandable, since he is a conservative black man.
Newcomer Brown challenges incumbent House chairs in Waterbury Dem primary
Elizabeth Brown of Waterbury is running as a Democrat against two Democrat incumbents, both committee chairs: Theresa Wood (Human Services) and Thomas Stevens (General).
VT’s Summer Free Fishing Day is this Saturday, June 8
Grand Isle Family Fishing Festival, Bass Opener both on Free Fishing Day
Dems AND GOP offer contested Senate primaries in Addison, Windsor, Caledonia
Incumbents’ departures have prompted candidates from both parties to square off in primaries in August.
No firearms at the polls, Sec State reminds voters
“A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm at a polling place or on the walks leading to a building in which a polling place is located on an election day,” the new law says.
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