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VCIA Announces New Board of Directors and Leadership Appointments for 2024–2025
The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) elected its 2024–2025 Board of Directors during its 39th Annual Conference held in Burlington, Vermont, last week. The newly elected board members include Julie Bordo of PCH Mutual Insurance Company, Aaron Ciullo of Marsh Captive Solutions, and Brenda Stewart of AIG Captive Solutions. Joe Carter of United Educators and Gail Newman of Bright Horizons were re-elected for a second term.
Burlington Fire Department investigates mobile home fire
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Burlington fire marshal is investigating a mobile home fire. The two-alarm fire began just after 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Burlington Fire Department says crews responded to reports of a fire at 21 Avenue C in a manufactured home community just off North Avenue in the city’s New North End.
Small School, Big Changes: Roxbury Students Get Ready for the Move to Union Elementary
After the Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools district board voted to shutter the Roxbury Village School earlier this year, preparations have been in the works for bringing in Roxbury’s youngest students from their hometown school, with its nearly 50 children, to Montpelier’s Union Elementary School (UES), with nearly 400. All summer the school board’s Roxbury Transition Committee has been holding events designed to welcome Roxbury students, culminating in a buddy system starting this school year that incorporates entire “buddy families.”
Disc Golf and NBOSS artist celebration
BENNINGTON — DISC GOLF. All our invited to try a new sport or show off prowess and meet the artists behind the North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show (NBOSS) at Bennington Museum. There will be a disc golf tournament Sept. 21, with the first tee at 8 a.m. There will...
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...
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