By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org After hours of wrangling Monday, Feb. 22, a Senate committee narrowly approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana — paving the way for the legislation to come up before the full Senate this week. The Senate […]
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Man faces charge after shooting self in restaurant bathroom
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org A South Hero man is facing a criminal charge after he shot himself in the hip in a restaurant bathroom. It was described as an accident. Zeberiah Snow, age 31, was cited on a charge of […]
Tobacco ban at opiate treatment centers backfires
By Elizabeth Hewitt During the first two weeks of the year, fewer than half of the 41 beds at Maple Leaf Farm, a residential opiate treatment facility in Underhill, were full. For a facility that usually has a waiting list […]
Newly named Rutland Herald/Times Argus publisher charged with DUI, leaving an accident
Photo courtesy of Rutland City Police Department CATHERINE NELSON By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Rutland City Police confirmed that Catherine Nelson, who was just named publisher to lead the Rutland Herald and Times Argus, was arrested on Dec. 26 and faces […]
Keurig going private in $13.9 billion deal
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org A private equity firm will acquire Keurig Green Mountain in a $13.9 billion deal. The Vermont-headquartered company, which specializes in single-serve coffee machines, announced the deal Monday, Dec. 7, with an investor group headed by JAB […]
Lawmakers preview budget challenge in advance of session
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Lawmakers got a preview of the budget struggles ahead in an all-day meeting at the State House Tuesday, Dec. 1. When legislators return to Montpelier in January, they’ll need to put together a budget for fiscal […]
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 […]
Prisoner found dead at women’s correctional facility
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Police are investigating the death of a woman who was being detained at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, Vermont’s only women’s correctional facility. Kristine L. Brennan, 49, died at the facility Monday, Aug. 17, following her […]
Woman angered by recent loss of custody allegedly killed four
By Elizabeth Hewitt and Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org An employee of the Department for Children and Families was shot twice and killed in Barre on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7, allegedly by a mother who had recently lost custody of her 9-year-old child […]
DCF rolls out new policies for reporting suspected child abuse
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org The Department for Children and Families is reaching out to mandated reporters of child abuse across the state to inform them of policy changes related to the implementation of Act 60. The new law took effect […]