Vermont News

NY man died from exposure after crashing car in Vermont 25 Jan 2020 17:06 Greenwich Time Published 10:54 am EST, Saturday, January 25, 2020 GRAFTON, Vt. (AP) — A retired truck driver and Korean War veteran froze to death after crashing his car into a tree in Vermont, officials say. Anthony Spinelli, 83, of Salem, New York, died as a result of …
Vermont guard personnel doing F-35 training in Florida 25 Jan 2020 15:25 Greenwich Time Published 9:33 am EST, Saturday, January 25, 2020 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 100 members of the Vermont Air National Guard are in Florida where they are learning more about how to maintain F-35 fighter jets. The guard says its members left this …
Vermont hopes to complete 93-mile rail trail by mid-decade 25 Jan 2020 14:17 Washington Times MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The completion of a 93-mile rail trail across northern Vermont would help link an ever-expanding network of recreation trails across New England and beyond, advocates say. The effort got a big boost this week when Vermont Republican …
Vermont could give thumbs-up to emojis on license plates, would be first state to permit such foolishness 25 Jan 2020 11:14 New York Daily News State Rep. Rebecca White introduced the bill to the state’s house committee on transportation Wednesday, WPTZ reported. While Queensland, Australia, the first place in the world to allow emoji plates, charges $336 for the goofy upgrades, this bill makes no …
Vermont considers emoji license plates 25 Jan 2020 03:38 WWLP (WPTZ) A bill seeking to create a new vanity license plate featuring emojis was introduced to Vermont’s state House Committee on Transportation Wednesday. State Representative Rebecca White introduced the bill, which would allow drivers to add one of six …
Incredible moment a 700-pound moose stuck on railroad tracks in Vermont is rescued by a crane 25 Jan 2020 00:12 Charleston Daily Mail Incredible moment a 700-pound moose stuck on railroad tracks in Vermont is rescued by a crane A 700-pound moose got stuck on a railroad bridge near Cavendish, Vermont Rescue crews sedated the moose and were forced to lift it with a large crane The moose …
Legislators to Fast-Track Vermont Prison Release Reforms 25 Jan 2020 00:06 Seven Days Updated at 12:44 p.m. The Vermont Senate is poised to pursue an ambitious overhaul of the state's system for returning prisoners to the community. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington) said Wednesday that he'll seek to enact a …
Stuck in Vermont: Monica Kaigle Remembers a Lifetime Spent in Burlington 25 Jan 2020 00:06 Seven Days Monica Kaigle, also known as "Spin" to many of her friends, knows Burlington. And at almost 89 years old, she is still difficult to keep up with. We talked to Monica about her parents, who both worked in mills in Winooski; her family of eight; …
Vermont Senate Seeks to Revive Vetoed Gun Waiting Period Bill 25 Jan 2020 00:05 Seven Days Two committees of the Vermont Senate summoned a pair of Harvard Business School professors to the Statehouse on Thursday in an attempt to breathe life into vetoed gun legislation. The bill in question, S.169, would mandate a 24-hour waiting period before …
House Backs Modest Increase to Vermont's Minimum Wage 25 Jan 2020 00:04 Seven Days Updated at 4:52 p.m. The Vermont House on Friday voted to increase the state's minimum wage twice in the next two years. The compromise measure, reached in negotiations this week with the Senate, falls far short of Democratic and Progressive goals to …