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PCB contamination delays start for North Country Union High School
NEWPORT, Vt. (WCAX) - Students at North Country Union High School in Newport will start school late because of PCB contamination. Thursday, school officials said the school will open with ninth-grade orientation on Sept. 3, and classes will commence on Sept. 4 and be conducted out of tents or other repurposed spaces.
Dangerous Peruvian Gang Leader Arrested In Upstate New York
Law enforcement officials all over New York have been busy lately. Even though crime all over the nation has been dropping year to year, the work of law enforcement is never done. That hard work was shown recently as officers from the Buffalo office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection made a major arrest in Upstate New York.
FEMA tours Vt. flood damage but some worry help won’t come through
BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) - Disaster recovery teams from FEMA canvassed St. Johnsbury and Barre on Wednesday, asking people to fill out a survey about damage to their properties after flooding on July 9-11, a declaration the federal government approved on Tuesday. Despite the survey, some who need assistance after two floods worry FEMA won’t come through.
‘An institution’: Bill Doyle, Vermont’s longest-serving state senator, dies at 98
Doyle was “the most active senator, in the sense of interfacing with the public, I’ve ever seen,” recalled one longtime colleague. Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘An institution’: Bill Doyle, Vermont’s longest-serving state senator, dies at 98.
Plymouth child pronounced dead after drowning incident
PLYMOUTH — A young child was pronounced deceased after being found unresponsive in a pool on Magnolia Lane, police confirmed Tuesday evening. The Plymouth Police Department responded to a call for a possible drowning in the Terryville section of town at approximately 12:04 p.m. Emergency services, including the Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Terryville Fire Department, arrived at the scene to find the male child victim.
City of Montpelier warns the public about permit fee imposter scams
Montpelier, VT. — The City of Montpelier Department of Planning & Community Development wishes to warn the public about recent attempts to scam individuals by impersonating city staff. Currently, an individual is impersonating staff via email, requesting that recipients pay outstanding bills to complete the permit process. These emails...
VTrans: Trucker says he was forced off road into river
TYPE OF EVENT(S): Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash. INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR(S): Sgt Michael Morris, Lt Matthew Nesto. SUMMARY: On 08/20/24 at approximately 1:05 p.m., Vermont State Police in St. Albans were made aware that a tractor trailer had crashed on VT 78 in Swanton between Mac’s Bend and the U.S. Wildlife Refuge. The motor carrier operating the tractor trailer was identified as SBPS Trans, Inc., from Indianapolis, IN. DMV Inspectors and VSP responded and discovered that the tractor trailer swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle that crossed over the center line. The tractor trailer then lost control and subsequently went into the Missisquoi River.
Middlebury film festival director Lloyd Komesar steps back after 10 years
Doug Anderson is artistic director of Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, and he says for years, the local community wanted a film festival in town. "But we never had anybody with the expertise to pull it off," Anderson said. "And then one day this unique individual sticks his head into the office and he says, 'I want to start a film festival.' And we’re like, 'Yeah, right.' And so we sit him down and 15 minutes later we greenlighted the project. We said, 'We are completely in.'"
Monster trucks will roar in the Champlain Valley Fair grandstand Sunday, Aug. 25
ESSEX JUNCTION – ‘A Night of Fire and Destruction’ is coming to the Champlain Valley Fair with a show that will feature monster trucks crushing and jumping over cars. Brad Hunt, the Champlain Valley Fair’s marketing director and a fan of the show, said he and his family have enjoyed watching the show in the past, and he’s excited for others to have the same thrilling experience.
Iowa woman sentenced for cashing dead mother’s Social Security checks for nearly 30 years
Ella Mae Woods, 76, was ordered to serve a year in jail and repay $328,000 she reportedly pocketed in the scheme following the death of her mother in Brattleboro in 1994, according to federal prosecutors. Read the story on VTDigger here: Iowa woman sentenced for cashing dead mother’s Social Security checks for nearly 30 years.
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