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Milton football's first-year head coach fuels optimism within the program
MILTON, Vt. — It's been an interesting offseason for Milton football. The Yellow Jackets former coach Mike Williams stepped down after one season as the team's head coach, which opened the door for a third coach in as many years. Dustin Rock, 26, takes over the program, which has...
Officials celebrate grand opening of Champlain Valley Parkway’s middle segment
The middle segment of Champlain Valley Parkway, a 25 mile-per-hour road between Home Avenue and Lakeside Avenue, opened to the public on Tuesday. Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was joined by federal, state, and local officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the project. The Champlain Parkway’s goal is to connect I-189 to Burlington’s south end by creating a two-lane road, as well as transform Pine Street into a more user-friendly area.
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.
North Country Union High School fails latest round of PCB testing
NEWPORT, Vt. — Students in one Vermont high school will be having some classes outdoors, under tents, this fall after testing determined that levels of dangerous chemicals were too high for classes to be held regularly. The results mean that some classes cannot be held indoors this semester without...
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.
Fire destroys garage in Charlestown, homeowner injured
CHARLESTOWN, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) A two-alarm fire broke out on Happy Acres Drive in Charlestown Saturday afternoon, completely destroying a detached garage and leaving the homeowner injured. The fire, which was first reported around 12:45 p.m., had already engulfed the structure by the time emergency crews arrived, according to Charlestown’s Assistant...
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.
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.
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