By Taylor Slonaker/VTDigger In 2022, the number of people who died in car crashes in Vermont hit a 10-year high, according to preliminary data recently released from the state Agency of Transportation. Car crash fatalities have risen in Vermont since the […]
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71 new state snow plows receive names in 2022
Lord Snowdemort, Snowbe Bryant and many more newly named snow plows will join the 163 previously named plows on the roads in Vermont’s upcoming blizzards. Imaginative students once again came to the aid of the Agency of Transportation in the […]
Agency of Transportation launches Older Driver Safety Program
First of three webinars for caregivers is Wednesday, April 27 Most older drivers are very safe drivers. But the fact is, as all of us age, we may experience changes in vision, physical fitness and reflexes — changes that can […]
AOT reports on road construction for the week of Nov. 15
Vermont’s Agency of Transportation (AOT) released the following report of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways throughout Vermont for the week of Nov. 15-21. The following affect our readership in Central Vermont. I-89 Sharon – […]
Motorist alerted to road construction June 7-13
This weekly report from the state Agency of Transportation (AOT) is a list of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways throughout Vermont. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it. […]
Survey gives three-month bridge project high marks
By Curt Peterson WOODSTOCK—Replacement of Bridge No. 51 over Kedron Brook on Route 4 in Woodstock began in April and was completed on June 7, five days ahead of schedule, according to an email from Communications and Public Involvement Coordinator […]
‘The entire house was shaking’
By Katy Savage LUDLOW—It felt like an earthquake or a hurricane and sounded like dominoes falling down on top of each other. All they could see was a cloud of dust. “The entire house was shaking, the walls and ceiling […]
State announces surplus state vehicle auction, May 12
The Department of Buildings and General Services will be auctioning a large assortment of state vehicles and equipment to the public beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2018. It is expected to be very well attended.“This is an […]
Retirement incentive attracts 272 state employees
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Some 272 state employees are on track to retire under an incentive program designed to reduce the state’s labor costs, Treasurer Beth Pearce told lawmakers Tuesday, Sept. 15. As part of the budget for fiscal year […]
Agriculture takes the RAP for Lake Champlain cleanup
By Julia Purdy On Thursday, Aug. 27, a public information meeting was held at the Fox Room in the Rutland Free Library, for the purpose of bringing to Vermonters the message of Vermont’s new Clean Water Act, Act 64, also […]