A deep voice and strong, confident delivery are being credited with propelling a Burlington High School student to 2nd place in a national poetry recitation contest.More >>
A deep voice and strong, confident delivery are being credited with propelling a Burlington High School student to 2nd place in a national poetry recitation contest.More >>
The Vermont utility building a 21-turbine wind power project on Lowell Mountain is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid.More >>
The Vermont utility building a 21-turbine wind power project on Lowell Mountain is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid.More >>
Trustees of an electrical workers union's trust fund have filed a lawsuit to recover $260,000 they say the fund's now-dead administrator embezzled. According to The Kennebec Journal, the lawsuit alleges that Donald...More >>
The Maine House has joined the Senate in giving initial approval to a state budget rewrite that makes up for an $80 million shortfall largely through cuts in social services.More >>
The Boston Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 yesterday and extended their winning streak to five. Josh Beckett redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the mound, striking out a season-high nine.More >>
The operator of New England's electric grid says the falling price of natural gas has helped push down the average price of wholesale electricity.More >>
The operator of New England's electric grid says the falling price of natural gas has helped push down the average price of wholesale electricity.More >>
Police say one man was killed and another hurt when a seasonal lakefront home collapsed during repairs in Albion, Maine. Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland says the men were jacking up the structure so they...More >>
A former salesman accused of helping to embezzle more than $500,000 from a Colchester, Vt., mobile home dealer says he got involved in the scheme to feed his opiate addiction.More >>
A former salesman accused of helping to embezzle more than $500,000 from a Colchester, Vt., mobile home dealer says he got involved in the scheme to feed his opiate addiction.More >>
Customers of Vermont's largest electric utility could see their monthly bills go up to help pay the costs of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
Customers of Vermont's largest electric utility could see their monthly bills go up to help pay the costs of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene.More >>
Vermont's top fiscal officer says the state's General Fund took in $10.6 million more than expected last month, making it possible for the state to end the fiscal year with a surplus.More >>
Vermont's top fiscal officer says the state's General Fund took in $10.6 million more than expected last month, making it possible for the state to end the fiscal year with a surplus.More >>
Supporters of a proposal to bring military fighter jets to Vermont pointed out the economic benefits of having a strong National Guard in the area.More >>
Supporters of a proposal to bring military fighter jets to Vermont pointed out the economic benefits of having a strong National Guard in the area.More >>
A former legal assistant with the U.S. Attorney's office in Burlington has been sentenced to three years of probation for sharing grand jury information with her boyfriend, who was being investigated on drug charges.More >>
A former legal assistant with the U.S. Attorney's office in Burlington has been sentenced to three years of probation for sharing grand jury information with her boyfriend, who was being investigated on drug charges.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan has announced he has the support of the Vermont Democratic Party in his campaign for attorney general but incumbent William Sorrell also expects to get the party's...More >>
Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan has announced he has the support of the Vermont Democratic Party in his campaign for attorney general but incumbent William Sorrell also expects to get the party's...More >>
A New York man has been sentenced in Vermont to more than eight years in prison for a firearms charge connected to a drug-related armed robbery in Rutland.More >>
A New York man has been sentenced in Vermont to more than eight years in prison for a firearms charge connected to a drug-related armed robbery in Rutland.More >>
The Vermont attorney general's office has reached settlements with four companies accused of bill some consumers for unauthorized or misleading services on their telephone bills.More >>
The Vermont attorney general's office has reached settlements with four companies accused of bill some consumers for unauthorized or misleading services on their telephone bills.More >>
Vermont State Police say a woman who said she was run off the road ended up being charged with leaving the scene of an accident and possessing marijuana.More >>
Vermont State Police say a woman who said she was run off the road ended up being charged with leaving the scene of an accident and possessing marijuana.More >>
The attorneys general of New Hampshire and Vermont are going to honor a 69-year-old requirement to inspect the border between the two states to ensure all markers and monuments are properly maintained.More >>
The attorneys general of New Hampshire and Vermont are going to honor a 69-year-old requirement to inspect the border between the two states to ensure all markers and monuments are properly maintained.More >>
Vermonters wishing to get their high school diploma credential by passing the battery of GED tests now will have the option of taking the tests on computer.More >>
Vermonters wishing to get their high school diploma credential by passing the battery of GED tests now will have the option of taking the tests on computer.More >>
The top ranked officer in the United States military is going to be speaking at the graduation from Vermont's Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college.More >>
The top ranked officer in the United States military is going to be speaking at the graduation from Vermont's Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college.More >>
Police in Maine are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who sexually assaulted a 61-year-old woman at her home. Officials say the suspect rang the doorbell at the victim's Stockton Springs home late Monday...More >>
Police in Maine are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who sexually assaulted a 61-year-old woman at her home. Officials say the suspect rang the doorbell at the victim's Stockton Springs home late Monday...More >>
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Vermont later this month to talk about their annual safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.More >>
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Vermont later this month to talk about their annual safety assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.More >>
Officials from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the town of Brattleboro are looking for ways to improve pedestrian safety after at least nine people were hit by cars in the last eight months. Three of the victims...More >>
Officials from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the town of Brattleboro are looking for ways to improve pedestrian safety after at least nine people were hit by cars in the last eight months. Three of the victims...More >>
Worries about health effects, privacy and cost are fueling growing opposition to wireless, digital "smart meters" that utilities around the country are installing on homes and businesses and touting as key energy...More >>
Worries about health effects, privacy and cost are fueling growing opposition to wireless, digital "smart meters" that utilities around the country are installing on homes and businesses and touting as key energy...More >>
A Vermont state trooper who drowned 20 years ago while trying to recover the body of a swimmer from the Huntington Gorge in Richmond is being remembered with a sign near the site.More >>
A Vermont state trooper who drowned 20 years ago while trying to recover the body of a swimmer from the Huntington Gorge in Richmond is being remembered with a sign near the site.More >>
Sen. Bernie Sanders says that 15 rural post offices slated to close in Vermont will stay open, but will have reduced hours under a U.S. Postal Service proposal.More >>
Sen. Bernie Sanders says that 15 rural post offices slated to close in Vermont will stay open, but will have reduced hours under a U.S. Postal Service proposal.More >>
Officials in Brattleboro, Vt., are working with state transportation experts to resolve road safety issues following a number of accidents in which pedestrians were struck.More >>
Officials in Brattleboro, Vt., are working with state transportation experts to resolve road safety issues following a number of accidents in which pedestrians were struck.More >>
The attorneys general in New Hampshire and Vermont are honoring a decades-old requirement Monday to inspect the state border and make sure all markers and monuments are properly maintained.More >>
The attorneys general in New Hampshire and Vermont are honoring a decades-old requirement Monday to inspect the state border and make sure all markers and monuments are properly maintained.More >>
Vermont State Police say three members of a town fire department who planned a practical joke on a juvenile ended up getting charged with simple assault.More >>
Vermont State Police say three members of a town fire department who planned a practical joke on a juvenile ended up getting charged with simple assault.More >>
A key Connecticut lawmaker says efforts to enact state legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified food died in the face of threatened lawsuits by food producers.More >>
A key Connecticut lawmaker says efforts to enact state legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified food died in the face of threatened lawsuits by food producers.More >>
New test results show that Vermont 8th graders scored above the national average in science. But just 43 percent of them are proficient or better in the topic.More >>
New test results show that Vermont 8th graders scored above the national average in science. But just 43 percent of them are proficient or better in the topic.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has asked the president to increase the state's federal reimbursement for damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene from 75 to 90 percent.More >>
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has asked the president to increase the state's federal reimbursement for damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene from 75 to 90 percent.More >>
A federal appeals court weighing a water quality permit for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wants lawyers to provide it with written arguments on another type of water quality permit.More >>
A federal appeals court weighing a water quality permit for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wants lawyers to provide it with written arguments on another type of water quality permit.More >>
Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered.More >>
Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered.More >>
A group that promotes power reliability says more generating capacity and reduced demand due to the slow economic recovery are expected to leave the northeastern United States and several Canadian provinces with sufficient...More >>
A group that promotes power reliability says more generating capacity and reduced demand due to the slow economic recovery are expected to leave the northeastern United States and several Canadian provinces with sufficient...More >>
Vermont state game wardens have seized 107 marijuana plants from a home and arrested a man on charges of growing, possessing and distributing the drug.More >>
Vermont state game wardens have seized 107 marijuana plants from a home and arrested a man on charges of growing, possessing and distributing the drug.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man charged with impersonating a police officer has a history of such behavior in the North Country and Vermont.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man charged with impersonating a police officer has a history of such behavior in the North Country and Vermont.More >>
A Vermont elementary school teacher has been selected to receive a Governor's Heritage Award this year for his devotion to his school and hometown.More >>
A Vermont elementary school teacher has been selected to receive a Governor's Heritage Award this year for his devotion to his school and hometown.More >>
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $1 million available this summer to some Vermont farmers as part of a program aimed at reducing pollution in streams.More >>
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $1 million available this summer to some Vermont farmers as part of a program aimed at reducing pollution in streams.More >>
Police say the driver who was killed along with his girlfriend and infant son on Vermont's Interstate 89 in Bolton was driving without a license and had a cast on his right foot.More >>
Police say the driver who was killed along with his girlfriend and infant son on Vermont's Interstate 89 in Bolton was driving without a license and had a cast on his right foot.More >>
The commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service is headed to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year by federal regulators to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was issued...More >>
The commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service is headed to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year by federal regulators to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was issued...More >>
A top Vermont utility regulator is heading to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was issued improperly.More >>
A top Vermont utility regulator is heading to Washington to argue in a court hearing that the license renewal given last year by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was issued improperly.More >>
Attendees at the Vermont Foodbank's annual conference are expected to hear that demand for the services of its anti-hunger programs are up by 15 to 20 percent.More >>
Attendees at the Vermont Foodbank's annual conference are expected to hear that demand for the services of its anti-hunger programs are up by 15 to 20 percent.More >>
The Vermont Attorney General's office and the Addison County state's attorney say a state police trooper who shot and wounded a man during a domestic dispute in Salisbury last fall was justified in firing his weapon.More >>
The Vermont Attorney General's office and the Addison County state's attorney say a state police trooper who shot and wounded a man during a domestic dispute in Salisbury last fall was justified in firing his weapon.More >>
The FBI is working with the Vermont State Police and the Essex Police Department to search a Coventry landfill as part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a husband and wife from Essex who have been missing...More >>
The FBI is working with the Vermont State Police and the Essex Police Department to search a Coventry landfill as part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a husband and wife from Essex who have been missing...More >>
Two Vermont hydro-electric power developers are interested in reviving a dam owned by the town of Pownal, but they want a lease agreement with the town before determining if the project is feasible.More >>
Two Vermont hydro-electric power developers are interested in reviving a dam owned by the town of Pownal, but they want a lease agreement with the town before determining if the project is feasible.More >>
Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to sign legislation that will formally begin the process of rebuilding the Vermont state office complex damaged when flooding from Tropical storm Irene inundated Waterbury.More >>
Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to sign legislation that will formally begin the process of rebuilding the Vermont state office complex damaged when flooding from Tropical storm Irene inundated Waterbury.More >>
Vermont state police say emergency workers who responded to a weekend house fire later learned that the occupant had set the home ablaze before killing himself.More >>
Vermont state police say emergency workers who responded to a weekend house fire later learned that the occupant had set the home ablaze before killing himself.More >>
Police in Newport City, Vt., have arrested three people in connection with a pipe bomb threat that shut down Route 5 for several hours over the weekend.More >>
Police in Newport City, Vt., have arrested three people in connection with a pipe bomb threat that shut down Route 5 for several hours over the weekend.More >>
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, who shocked Maine's political establishment when she announced in February she will not seek re-election, addresses fellow Republicans at their state convention for the final time as a senator.More >>
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, who shocked Maine's political establishment when she announced in February she will not seek re-election, addresses fellow Republicans at their state convention for the final time as a senator.More >>
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, who shocked Maine's political establishment when she announced in February she won't seek re-election, addresses fellow Republicans today at their state convention for the final time as a...More >>
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, who shocked Maine's political establishment when she announced in February she won't seek re-election, addresses fellow Republicans today at their state convention for the final time as a...More >>
Vermont towns are finding themselves in a heavier-than-usual spring cleanup as residents continue to clear away debris left from Tropical Storm Irene last summer.More >>
Vermont towns are finding themselves in a heavier-than-usual spring cleanup as residents continue to clear away debris left from Tropical Storm Irene last summer.More >>
Sen. Susan Collins praised her fellow Maine senator, Olympia Snowe, in a speech before the state Republican Convention. Collins says it's been an honor to serve alongside Snowe. Snowe is not seeking re-election after...More >>
Vermont lawmakers have dropped an effort to help tradespeople get work and kept an opt-out for parents who don't want to get their kids vaccinated while wrapping up their 2012 session.More >>
Vermont lawmakers have dropped an effort to help tradespeople get work and kept an opt-out for parents who don't want to get their kids vaccinated while wrapping up their 2012 session.More >>
Two years after tea party activists left their mark on a Maine Republican platform at the state convention, GOP delegates are taking up their latest statement of party principles in Augusta. Republican delegates meeting...More >>
Two years after tea party activists left their mark on a Maine Republican platform at the state convention, GOP delegates are taking up their latest statement of party principles in Augusta. Republican delegates meeting...More >>
Two years after tea party activists left their mark on a Maine Republican platform at the state convention, GOP delegates are taking up their latest statement of party principles in Augusta.More >>
Two years after tea party activists left their mark on a Maine Republican platform at the state convention, GOP delegates are taking up their latest statement of party principles in Augusta.More >>
A former Vermont state trooper has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting his stepdaughter and committing prohibited acts against her will.More >>
A former Vermont state trooper has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting his stepdaughter and committing prohibited acts against her will.More >>
A civilian dispatcher for the Vermont State Police is facing charges after being arrested for marijuana possession while attending classes at the Vermont Police Academy.More >>
A civilian dispatcher for the Vermont State Police is facing charges after being arrested for marijuana possession while attending classes at the Vermont Police Academy.More >>
Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill designed to boost renewable energy but are continuing to disagree over a measure that would allow police to get information without a search warrant from the state Health Department's...More >>
Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill designed to boost renewable energy but are continuing to disagree over a measure that would allow police to get information without a search warrant from the state Health Department's...More >>
A Vermont man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the stray-bullet death of a St. Michael's College professor has lost his appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court.More >>
A Vermont man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the stray-bullet death of a St. Michael's College professor has lost his appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court.More >>
Vermont appears on the verge of enacting the nation's first statewide ban of a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.More >>
Vermont appears on the verge of enacting the nation's first statewide ban of a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.More >>
Police in Vermont and New Hampshire are still looking for a 24-year-old Bellows Falls man on charges he invaded a home in Hinsdale, N.H. and stole a car in Bellows Falls.More >>
Police in Vermont and New Hampshire are still looking for a 24-year-old Bellows Falls man on charges he invaded a home in Hinsdale, N.H. and stole a car in Bellows Falls.More >>
One of the Vermont towns hardest hit by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene is looking for financial backers for a number of ambitious recovery projects.More >>
One of the Vermont towns hardest hit by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene is looking for financial backers for a number of ambitious recovery projects.More >>
Vermont State Police troopers and officials from other agencies are searching for a 65-year-old Monkton man last seen when he headed out for a hike.More >>
Vermont State Police troopers and officials from other agencies are searching for a 65-year-old Monkton man last seen when he headed out for a hike.More >>
Vermont House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a budget for fiscal 2013, likely clearing the way to wrap up their business for the year by Saturday.More >>
Vermont House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a budget for fiscal 2013, likely clearing the way to wrap up their business for the year by Saturday.More >>
Vermont lawmakers appear to be at an impasse over Gov. Peter Shumlin's proposal to let police get information from the Health Department's prescription drug database without first getting a search warrant.More >>
Vermont lawmakers appear to be at an impasse over Gov. Peter Shumlin's proposal to let police get information from the Health Department's prescription drug database without first getting a search warrant.More >>
Parents in Vermont can continue using a philosophical exemption to avoid having their kids get the vaccine shots normally required to attend school or child care.More >>
Parents in Vermont can continue using a philosophical exemption to avoid having their kids get the vaccine shots normally required to attend school or child care.More >>
Vermont lawmakers say they're nearing agreement on the state budget, but a miscellaneous tax bill remains in dispute as they work toward what legislative leaders say should be a Saturday adjournment for the year.More >>
Vermont lawmakers say they're nearing agreement on the state budget, but a miscellaneous tax bill remains in dispute as they work toward what legislative leaders say should be a Saturday adjournment for the year.More >>
A Vermont teacher is facing grand larceny charges that he sold 125 pounds of copper wire that he had taken from the science department at Bellows Free Academy high school in St. Albans.More >>
A Vermont teacher is facing grand larceny charges that he sold 125 pounds of copper wire that he had taken from the science department at Bellows Free Academy high school in St. Albans.More >>
The Brattleboro police department says mistakes were made when officers shot what was believed to have been a stray dog that appeared to be dying on a playground in the Vermont town.More >>
The Brattleboro police department says mistakes were made when officers shot what was believed to have been a stray dog that appeared to be dying on a playground in the Vermont town.More >>
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant wants Vermont's utility regulator to allow it to take more than a year to file documents that could lead to it being allowed to operate for another 20 years.More >>
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant wants Vermont's utility regulator to allow it to take more than a year to file documents that could lead to it being allowed to operate for another 20 years.More >>
Milton police say a 67-year-old Vermont truck driver was seriously injured after he was run over by the rear wheels of his vehicle after it started rolling after its trailer had been unhitched.More >>
Milton police say a 67-year-old Vermont truck driver was seriously injured after he was run over by the rear wheels of his vehicle after it started rolling after its trailer had been unhitched.More >>
The public is invited to get a view of the stars and learn a little about astronomy at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington this month.More >>
The public is invited to get a view of the stars and learn a little about astronomy at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington this month.More >>
The Vermont Senate has rejected another attempt to pass a bill authorizing child care workers to set up a union to negotiate industry rules and subsidies with the state.More >>
The Vermont Senate has rejected another attempt to pass a bill authorizing child care workers to set up a union to negotiate industry rules and subsidies with the state.More >>
Debate over aspects of a proposed utility merger is continuing to occupy Vermont lawmakers as talks on both the state budget and an energy bill have bogged down.More >>
Debate over aspects of a proposed utility merger is continuing to occupy Vermont lawmakers as talks on both the state budget and an energy bill have bogged down.More >>
Vermont Senate and House conferees are continuing to disagree on whether police should be able to search a Health Department database on Vermonters' drug prescriptions without a warrant.More >>
Vermont Senate and House conferees are continuing to disagree on whether police should be able to search a Health Department database on Vermonters' drug prescriptions without a warrant.More >>
The police department in Brattleboro, Vt., is acknowledging that it should have handled a situation where an officer shot a stray dog differently.More >>
The police department in Brattleboro, Vt., is acknowledging that it should have handled a situation where an officer shot a stray dog differently.More >>
A project to help heat Vermont state offices and a number of private buildings in downtown Montpelier with a new biomass system is getting a $1.75 million boost with a federal grant and loan.More >>
Federal authorities say a New York City man who recruited people to come to Vermont and sell crack-cocaine and heroin has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.More >>
Supporters of allowing police in Vermont to search a state prescription database without a warrant often talk of an epidemic of prescription drug abuse in the stateMore >>
A Vermont woman who pleaded guilty to taking thousands of dollars in donations from a nonprofit group has been sentenced to nine months in prison.More >>
