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Race results: Duel at the Dog 250 at Monadnock Speedway
1 56 Trevor Catalano* Catalano Motorsports 250 — 2 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine/Future Homes 250 0.254. 5 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 250 3.106. 6 82 Woody Pitkat Horton Avenue Materials/Gunsmoke Stables Racing 250 5.771. 7 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications, Inc. 250 7.25. 8 43 Matthew...
Lebanon paving project temporarily halted as wrong material used
LEBANON, N.H. — A paving project on Miracle Mile has been underway for months, but the wrong asphalt was applied and will have to be replaced. The roughly milelong stretch in Lebanon has been under construction for various projects. “They did all the water main work last year, and...
75-year-old Vt. man facing charges for road rage incident
A 75-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old during a road rage incident in South Hero, Vermont, on Saturday evening. State police say they received a report around 5:25 p.m. about a possible assault that had occurred at Route 2 by Ferry Road. Their investigation revealed that during a road rage...
Police say probable remains of missing Enosburgh woman found
ENOSBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) - Police say they have found the probable remains of Roberta Martin, 82, of Enosburgh, who went missing last week. Vermont State Police say they found what are believed to be Martin’s remains in a wooded area off Sand Hill Road around 11 a.m. Sunday, not far from her home.
3-day tattoo convention leaves its mark in Burlington
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Tattoo artists from all over gathered in Burlington over the weekend to show off their skills at one of Vermont’s new tattoo conventions. Artists fired up their tattoo guns and got their ink ready. “That energy in a building with all these artists that may...
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu signs bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity, adding the state to nearly half in the nation that adopted similar measures. The bill passed by the...
Local Police Respond to Saturday-Morning Injury Crash in Rochester
Traffic is flowing again along Tebbetts and Old Dover roads in Rochester following Saturday’s late-morning vehicle crash that left some motorists injured. Local police say officers were called to the scene around 10 a.m. Department sources declined to say how many motorists were injured or how many people were...
Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Emily C. Merz, Colorado State University and Melissa Hansen, Colorado State University. Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of the brain important for coping with stress and controlling negative emotions, our recently published research found. And children in families with low economic resources are particularly at risk.
Chittenden County farms join forces to ensure their future
Through a new nonprofit known as the Agrihood Collective, a group of farmers are exploring solutions to the ever-growing challenges of working in agriculture and are collaborating on an innovative land-ownership model in partnership with the Vermont Land Trust. Read the story on VTDigger here: Chittenden County farms join forces to ensure their future.
Waterbury’s food & beverage scene evolves, innovates & rolls with nature’s punches
Waterbury’s ever-evolving restaurant and pub scene has added some new players in recent months and some longstanding establishments have added new twists. And like the rest of the community, some have had to react quickly less than two weeks ago to their third flood in 12 months. We checked...
New Yorkers warned of texting scam imitating E-ZPass & Tolls by Mail
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The New York State Thruway Authority is warning residents about a texting scam imitating E-ZPass and Tolls by Mail via text message. Residents are told that E-ZPass and Tolls by Mail will never send anyone an email or text requesting sensitive, personal information such as social security, credit card number, usernames, […]
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