Provides the latest RSS feeds for Vermont News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vermont State News.net http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/cat/02acb486e7fcc6c3/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:50:23 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:50:23 -0400 30 LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer's Weekly reports that the school claims in Lynchburg federal court that Hanover Insurance Co. wrongly denied coverage in the lawsuit filed by Janet Jenkins in Vermont. Jenkins contends ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305103/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:36 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305103/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. Recipients of the 2013 Jefferson Awards accepted their honors Wednesday in Washington. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy of Vermont won the award for ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305104/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:35 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305104/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont police say 33 people were taken into custody in the Springfield and Ludlow area as part of the latest in a continuing series of counter drug operations in the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305105/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:33:25 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305105/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont woman accused of giving drugs to a woman who overdosed and died and a man who overdosed and survived has been sentenced to 60 days on a work crew. Anna Clark, 29, of Burlington, was given credit for time served Wednesday. She'll spend about a month on the work crew. Clark gave cocaine to 54-year-old Cindy Goulet of Burlington, who died of the combination of ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303879/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:51:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303879/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - All three members of Vermont's congressional delegation now have written letters supporting the efforts of immigrant activist Danilo Lopez to avoid deportation and stay in the United States. The 23-year-old Lopez has been ordered to leave the country by July 5, nearly two years after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped for speeding by state police and he and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303880/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:51:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303880/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 PEACHAM, Vt. - Vermont State Police say two men were found dead in Peacham. Police were called to home there at around 7 a.m. to investigate a report of shots fired and a missing man. A woman told police a white van came to her house on Slack Road and her husband went outside to contact the occupant. She then told police she heard gunshots. She went to the basement and then called 911 from her ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303881/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:51:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303881/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215301727/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:21 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215301727/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - A big drug sweep in Springfield this morning targeted drug dealers. Vermont State Police say more than 100 officers are taking part in what they're calling "Operation Precision Valley." They expect to take multiple suspected dealers into custody for distributing and selling illegal drugs-- all part of a larger effort to combat the growing drug problem in the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300826/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:48 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300826/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. - Burlington police are investigating a hit-and-run accident. Police say Monday at 4:10 p.m., a woman was walking in the crosswalk at College St. near the Waterman Building at UVM, when she was hit by an older model white or gray sedan with Vermont plates. The woman was thrown to the ground but was not seriously hurt. Police say the car stopped for a few seconds, and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300824/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:48 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300824/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police are investigating the report of a shooting in the town of Peacham. Police say a woman reported Wednesday morning that a white van came to her home and her husband went outside. She told police that she then heard shots fired and went into her basement and then to a neighbor's to call 911. She says she has not seen her husband since. Vermont State ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300823/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300823/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 PEACHAM, Vt. - Vermont State Police are on the scene of an incident in Peacham, investigating a report of shots fired and a missing man. Police say at around 7 a.m. this morning, a woman told them a white van came to her house on Slack Road and her husband went outside to contact the occupant. She then told police she heard gunshots. She went to the basement and called 911 from her ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298573/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:19:54 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298573/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The town of Springfield, Vt., has approved an agreement with the developers of a proposed wood-burning power plant. The biomass proposal awaits approval from the state Public Service Board. The Agency of Natural Resources has issued an air quality permit. The board discussed a memorandum of understanding requiring the plant's owners to pay $3 million for a new ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298574/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:19:53 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298574/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police are planning to talk about a ‘‘large’’ drug arrest sweep in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298283/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298283/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MILFORD, N.H. (AP) - A dedication ceremony honoring a soldier from New Hampshire who died at a Virginia military base is being held Friday in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298284/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298284/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Joy Choquette tells us about her suspenseful new novel set in Vermont. "Epidemic," is set in St. Albans and Burlington, follows the storyline of Everett James, a Burlington-based reporter, trying to get to the bottom of a viral outbreak in St. Albans. The virus, a mutated form of the Avian Flu, is as communicable as a common cold. As the story progresses, James teams up with Ava ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297050/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297050/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - A folk art gallery and park devoted to colorful depictions of dogs has reopened in St. Johnsbury more than two weeks after the suicide of owner Gwen Huneck. Huneck's husband, Dog Mountain founder Stephen Huneck, committed suicide in January 2010. Despite those losses, other staff members at Dog Mountain say they'll try to keep the business going. The 150-acre ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297052/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297052/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer's Weekly ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297051/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297051/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 A Vermont film festival is taking classic '80s movies and turning them on their heads. The No Film Film Festival is a competition for filmmakers to take movies and mash them up into new genres. Each team only has a week to make their re-imagined version of the film. Last year it was all about classic movies like "Psycho" and "Casablanca." This year, it's all about ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295188/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:59:43 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295188/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 DUMMERSTON, Vt. (AP) - Development of a trail near Dummerston, Vt., has come to a halt as its ownership is being questioned. The goal is have the trail follow a 36-mile former West River Railroad route from Brattleboro to Londonderry. It's attracted hikers since the railway's demise in the late 1930s. Representatives of the nonprofit Friends of the West River Trail say they want to ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295189/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:59:42 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295189/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Brattleboro Town Manager Barb Sondag (Reformer file photo) Tuesday June 18, 2013 BRATTLEBORO - Town Manager Barbara Sondag has handed in her resignation to the Brattleboro Selectboard and will be leaving at the end of July. Selectboard Chairman David Gartenstein made the surprise announcement at the beginning of Tuesday night's board meeting, saying that the board had only received ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295190/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:31:39 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215295190/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent will sell more than 150 firearms that were seized from his home during a raid by another agency in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215294911/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:26:38 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215294911/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Fifteen Vermont volunteer firefighters have been reinstated following their suspension for allegedly setting a camper on fire without proper permits during a mud-driving event. The Bennington Rural Fire Department members were reinstated Tuesday night, despite an ongoing investigation by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The camper was set on fire at ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215293618/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:53:10 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215293618/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Two Vermont community action agencies have won federal grants to help advise people on meeting their housing needs and avoiding foreclosures. The Central Vermont Community Action Council and Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council will help people find housing, make more informed housing choices or keep their current homes. The money is part of $40 million in funding being ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215291329/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:42:31 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215291329/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says a new report shows that the average student loan debt of college students in Vermont is higher than the amount in most other states. Sanders says only six other states had higher average student loan debt amounts. The independent senator says the report released from the Joint Economic Committee on Tuesday shows that 63% of college ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215290384/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:37:13 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215290384/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 The West River Trail in Dummerston. (Kayla Rice/Reformer) Wednesday June 19, 2013 BRATTLEBORO -- While they may have hit a bump in the road, West River Trail boosters remain confident that the project will proceed. That's because Friends of the West River Trail members continue to see a strong public response to sections of the pathway that already are open between Brattleboro and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289523/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:57 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289523/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Bikers ride down the West River Trail in Dummerston. (Kayla Rice/Reformer) Wednesday June 19, 2013 DUMMERSTON -- The ownership and future of the popular West River Trail is being called into question, with one Dummerston official going so far as to say that the trail organization may be "trespassing." Furthermore, some residents just north of the trail's current terminus in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289525/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:56 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289525/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Vermont Woods Studios owner Peggy Farabaugh stands outside the more than 200-year-old home that will host her expanding furniture business. (Mike Faher/Reformer file photo) Wednesday June 19, 2013 BRATTLEBORO -- Windham County's agricultural business community got a big boost Tuesday when the latest recipients of the state's Working Lands Enterprise Fund were announced. More than ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289524/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:56 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289524/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wednesday June 19, 2013 BRATTLEBORO -- The Rev. Rich O'Donnell realized his calling many years ago. Now, his vocation is calling him farther north. O'Donnell, the priest at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church on Walnut Street, recently told the Reformer he is being moved to Christ The King School (part of St. Anthony's Catholic Church) in Burlington starting Monday, July 1. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289526/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:56 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289526/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wednesday June 19, 2013 BRATTLEBORO -- Two men will avoid serving additional jail time for their admitted roles in four burglaries in Saxtons River, Westminster and Rockingham. Christopher A. Goldschmidt, 19, and Lance Thomas, 20, each were sentenced Tuesday to suspended prison sentences of two to four years -- meaning they won’t have to serve that time if they abide by the conditions of ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289528/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289528/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wednesday June 19, 2013 PUTNEY -- The old marble Windham College sign has had a long and mysterious life. For most of the time Windham College was open it stood at the entrance of the college on the corner of River Road and Route 5, just north of the village, on the grounds where Landmark College is now located. Then, after Windham closed in 1978 and the college’s property was about to be ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289527/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289527/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wednesday June 19, 2013 KEENE, N.H. -- A Bellows Falls man accused of illegally entering his ex-girlfriend’s apartment Thursday night and accosting her was released on bail after a court hearing Friday. Troy Thibodeau, 21, climbed into the window of the woman’s apartment on Winchester Street at 10:19 p.m., Keene Police Sgt. Mike Kopcha told the Reformer. Kopcha said Thibodeau ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289530/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:54 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289530/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wednesday June 19, 2013 WILMINGTON -- A grant that was awarded in Windham and Bennington counties, which is meant to assist businesses and help boost the economy, has brought in flood recovery officers and established downtown and village revitalization programs. It also has provided a $40,000 marketing campaign that led to a focus group at the Wilmington Town Meeting Room. "This long-term ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289529/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:54 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215289529/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. - Glen Goodall served in the South Pacific during World War II, now the Williamstown vet is in Washington D.C. for two very special honors. Tuesday marked the 94-year-old's first trip to the nation's capital -- where he met with Senator Patrick Leahy. Vermont's senior senator honored Goodall for his service and presenting him with the State of Vermont ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286942/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:22:26 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286942/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BENNINGTON, Vt. - Bennington Rural Fire Station was packed with people and support for the 15 members recently suspended over their part in an annual stunt. "Do you realize these are the real heroes of America?" asked Milo Campbell. He hosted the event in May called Mudders Day which involved firefighters dousing a camper with gasoline, lighting it with a flare, and then driving ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286055/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:31 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286055/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURILNGTON, Vt. - An award winning journalist from Vermont has died. Michael Hastings was killed early Tuesday morning in a car accident in Los Angeles.Hastings was best known for his Rolling Stones article on General Stanley McChrystal in 2010. The story revealed the military's candid criticisms of the Obama administration and ultimately forced the General to step down. The Burlington ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286054/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:30 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286054/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215285312/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:27 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215285312/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police in the Vermont city of Burlington say an officer has suffered minor injuries after a woman threw a knife at the officer after she was hit by a stun gun. Burlington police say the officer was checking on a woman who was bleeding and holding a knife to her neck and threatening to further harm herself when police used a stun gun on her. Police say during the process ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283179/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:20 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283179/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police in the Vermont city of Burlington say an officer has suffered minor injuries after a woman threw a knife at the officer after she was hit by a stun gun. Burlington police say the officer was checking on a woman who was bleeding and holding a knife to her neck and threatening to further harm herself when police used a stun gun on her. Police say during the process ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283180/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:20 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283180/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONKTON, Vt. - There is a lot Stephanie Murray loves about teaching. "I love the students, I love the family, I love the collaborative effort," she said. But the longtime Monkton Central School teacher says there is a lot she does not like about her school. "It has been one of issues of trust, communication with administration," Murray said. More than half of the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283178/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283178/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 CHAZY, N.Y. - Many college seniors take time off after graduation. Some take some time for some R & R or to do a little traveling. But not Owen Nelson. The 24-year-old music and business major from Minneapolis, who just wrapped up his senior year at McGill University in Montreal, has hit the road on a trip of a lifetime. Nelson is planning to bike more than 1,700 miles from Montreal ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283181/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:18 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283181/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 WASHINGTON, Vt. - VTrans crews wrapped up work clearing a landslide on Route 110 in the town of Washington. A backhoe was put to work reshaping the hillside that slumped off onto the shoulder of Route 110 Tuesday, after days of rainfall. And dump trucks hauled away nearly 25 loads of soil. Earlier, crews had cut excess trees from the soft ledge. Officials say they have had their eye on ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281991/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:48 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281991/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 JERICHO, Vt. - The sound of a nail gun is music to the ears of contractor Brian Gilfillan. It's the sound of money. "I've got a lot of new construction," Gilfillan said. He's building a new, three-bedroom home in Jericho. And like many Vermont builders, he has plenty of housing projects lined up to keep busy this summer, so busy he's turning some work ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281993/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281993/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MARSHFIELD, Vt. - A big financial boost for agriculture and forestry products. Vermont state officials awarded more than $750,000 to 16 organizations and businesses. The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative was approved by lawmakers last year. Funding will be used for everything from a microbiology lab for cheesemakers at Jasper Hill Farm to upgrades at a Rutland wood pellet ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281992/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281992/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. - Carly McAndrews says there's a stigma around it. "Make it more accessible so it's less intimidating for women to buy," she said. Everything from picking them out to checking out can be embarrassing. "I bought condoms recently and I did feel very awkward," McAndrews said. But soon there will be another option. "They're about ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281995/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:46 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281995/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Officials are asking for your help to track blue-green algae in Lake Champlain. Algae blooms can produce toxins that cause nausea, skin irritation and in severe circumstances death in dogs. The Lake Champlain Committee uses visual monitoring with the help of volunteers. Dozens of locations are observed and reported around the lake on a weekly basis for 12 weeks. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281994/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:46 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281994/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Health Co-op is realigning its board of directors in hopes of winning state approval to sell health insurance as part of the federal health care reform process that is getting ready to begin selling insurance later this year. Last week founding board member Mitchell Fleischer stepped down. Co-op CEO Christine Oliver says the changes are one part of a series of ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280835/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:23 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280835/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) - The owner of a spa in Williston, Vt., has pleaded not guilty to a charge of allowing prostitution at the business. Sixty-8-year-old Thomas Booska was arraigned on Tuesday. His defense attorney Kurt Hughes told Burlington Free Press ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279658/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:06 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279658/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 WASHINGTON - Vermont officials say new funding from the USDA will help attract snowmobilers to the state. Vermont's congressional delegation announced Tuesday the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) has been awarded a $27,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. VAST will use the funding to produce promotional videos, showcasing the towns of St. Johnsbury and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279659/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:06 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279659/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) - The longtime owners of Pats Peak Ski Area are being recognized for their contributions to New Hampshire's skiing and snowboarding industry. Wayne and Sally Patenaude started Pats Peak 50 years ago - making it the longest continuously operated ski area run by the same owners. The Henniker ski area was the first in the state to have snowmaking in the early 1960s and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279660/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279660/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 The state of Vermont wants to say bonjour to more Canadian tourists by posting signs in French in one of its busiest border towns. After the city council in Burlington, Vt., passed a "resolution of French friendliness," the Alliance Francaise put about 700 stickers on parking meters in the downtown area over the weekend displaying instructions in both French and English, reports WCAX. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279177/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:21:21 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279177/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized. Iowa Republican Rep. Tom Latham is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's transportation ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278382/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278382/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sen. Patrick Leahy is expressing frustration at the slow pace of debate on the comprehensive immigration reform bill now before the U.S. Senate. The Vermont Democrat, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, says more than 130 amendments have been filed to the bill. But he says that since debate began last week, the Senate has finished work on just one, with another ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278381/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278381/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 DOVER- Twenty-three Twin Valley High School seniors were handed their diplomas Friday evening, encouraged by their teachers, principal, and peers to be proud of the education they earned, but to never stop learning. "I look forward to hearing about the wonderful things this class will accomplish as they move into the next phase of their life," said TVHS principal Robert Morse. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278383/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:10 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278383/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 DEERFIELD VALLEY- On May 15, Deerfield Valley Rescue (DVR) took over the coverage area formerly served by Whitingham Ambulance Service Inc. in the towns of Halifax and Whitingham, as part of an agreement between the two entities and the towns. According to Heidi Taylor, Deerfield Valley Rescue business manager, merging the territories has been a smooth process, with DVR gaining seven new members, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278384/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:09 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278384/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER- Gov. Peter Shumlin adjourned the 2013 legislative session on May 14, hailing a Legislature that had been able to reach consensus, and achieve mutual goals. "The opportunity this session was to keep the focus on the kitchen table issues facing Vermonters after a painful recession. I'm proud we met the challenge and continue to work to grow jobs and to grow prosperity," ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278385/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:08 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278385/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 WHITINGHAM- Selectboard members debated a controversial zoning proposal and answered questions about their criteria for appointing new board members at their regular meeting Wednesday evening. School board chair Dwight Williams questioned the board about the process they followed when they selected Robin Kingsley to a seat vacated by longtime selectboard chair Blanche Mills, who resigned last ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278386/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:07 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278386/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 HALIFAX- After clearing up its last re-organization chores, selecting John Brimmer as vice chair and Phyllis Evanuk as secretary, the planning commission settled on the last revisions to the draft of the new town plan. Evanuk expects to email the final tweaks to Chris Campany of the Windham Regional Commission by Thursday or Friday of this week."Campany will be going over the (revised) town ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278387/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:06 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278387/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 The ordinance in question, the "Church Street Marketplace District Trespass Authority," passed the City Council unanimously in February 2013. The council vote followed seven public hearings at which some concerns were raised and addressed, but no controversy arose. The ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277084/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:21:49 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277084/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The state of Vermont is planning to help communities in Chittenden, Lamoille and Essex counties hit by severe storms apply for federal assistance to help pay for ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276743/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:53:53 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276743/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to be touring a new seven-bed psychiatric unit in Middlesex built after Tropical Storm Irene disrupted the state's mental health system. The Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence will house people who are no longer considered the most acutely mentally ill, but who still need to live in a locked environment. The Middlesex ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275705/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:00 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275705/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. - Court documents indicate New York's Chinese mafia may be involved in prostitution at a Chittenden County spa. Tuesday morning, landlord Thomas Booska pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge. A tenant of Booska's operated the Harmony Spa in Williston, where police say they found evidence of prostitution. Chittenden County Prosecutor T.J. Donovan says the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274195/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:12:53 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274195/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 BURLINGTON, Vt. - Plans to begin building on the Burlington College campus are in the works. The college hopes to turn the 32 acres of land purchased in 2010 into a place where students and the community can interact. The building plan will take 10 to 20 years to complete. The plan includes a community center, temporary faculty housing and student housing. The total cost of the project ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274196/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:12:52 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274196/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- House and Senate negotiators reached a deal on a medical marijuana bill Tuesday, positioning New Hampshire to join more than a dozen other states in legalizing the drug for seriously ill ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274149/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:35 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274149/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Two of Vermont’s most rural counties are getting more than $930,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help create ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273888/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273888/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's largest electric utility and a Rutland radio station are hoping to gather 20,000-food items as part of the "2013 Pack the Paramount Food Drive." Green Mountain Power Vice President Steve Costello says that while unemployment is down, demand for food at local food shelves remains high with many still struggling, especially families with small children, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272624/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272624/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Authorities believe a medical condition may have played a role in the death of a Vermont man who drowned while fishing a trout stream in eastern Idaho. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office said 70-year-old Robert Pressley Evans of Killington, Vt., died Sunday morning. Investigators say he was alone at the time, fishing a section of the Henry's Fork of the Snake ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272623/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272623/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) - Crews are back dredging the upper Hudson River after high water forced a temporary suspension last week. General Electric Co. says work on the multi-year Superfund project resumed Monday on two areas north of Albany contaminated by PCBs. Heavy rains and high water forced crews off the river late Wednesday. Crews began a fourth season of the project April 29. They are ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272625/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272625/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois say they're implementing an electric vehicle charging corridor across the international boundary between the state and province. The two announced the agreement to install the stations Monday in Montreal. The corridor will initially link Burlington and Montreal with more than 20 charging stations along the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271189/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271189/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 HOPKINTON, N.Y. - A Hopkinton, New York man is behind bars, accused of promoting prostitution. Police say Monday, they searched 60-year-old Dean Lamphere's house and business -- Lamphere's General Trucking and Repair. He's facing one count of promoting prostitution and another count of tampering with physical evidence. Police say an investigation is ongoing and no other details ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271188/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271188/scat/02acb486e7fcc6c3