By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger “Expungement Day” for those with misdemeanor marijuana convictions in Windsor and Chittenden counties will take place next month. State’s Attorneys from both counties have said they were working out the details for expunging convictions for […]
Tag: Windsor County
Local News
Mason Wade begins campaign for Windsor County Senate seat
ROCHESTER—Mason Wade filed with the Vermont Secretary of State, April 23, for Windsor County Senate seat. It was “the first date possible for independent candidates to do so,” he said in a news release that day. Wade, from Rochester, Vt. […]
State News
Vt. is ripe for digital economic development
By Alison Clarkson, Senator, Windsor County Both bodies of the Vermont Legislature have now passed three major measures to improve firearm safety in our state. These bills: S.221, H.422 and S.55, are designed to keep guns out of the hands […]
News Briefs, police
18 arrested for sale of heroin, cocaine
WINDSOR COUNTY—During the week of May 8, members of the Vermont Drug Task Force(VDTF) conducted arrest operations in Windsor County after several months of investigation. The Vermont Drug Task Force was assisted by the Springfield Police Department, the State Police […]
Local News
Rutland, Windsor County voters stick with incumbents for Senate seats
By Polly Lynn Rutland County county voters re-elected three republican incumbents for the state Senate seats: Kevin Mullin, Peg Flory and Brian Collamore will all return to Montpelier. Mullin received the highest vote totals with 14,553, followed by Flory with […]
Local News
Windsor/Rutland County primary races set
By Stephen Seitz The candidates have been set for the primary elections, this year to be held on Aug. 9. The state is scheduled to deliver the ballots to the towns by June 24. Warnings for the primary election can […]
Local News
Investigating animal cruelty
Investigating animal cruelty By Stephen Seitz BRIDGEWATER—The FBI has added cruelty to animals on its list of felonies, just as the Vermont Volunteers for Animal Services Humane Society (VVSA) has entered into a contract to investigate these crimes in Windsor […]
State News
Shumlin: inmate population at lowest point since early 2000s
Rutland and Windsor County programs recognized Between 1997 and 2008, Vermont’s prison inmate population grew by 86 percent. After years of work to create a more rational criminal justice system that locks up fewer Vermonters that trend has been reversed, […]
Sports
Local big game reporting stations
Hunters who take a bear, deer, turkey, or moose during the Vermont hunting seasons must bring the animal within 48 hours to the nearest game warden or to the nearest Vermont Fish & Wildlife reporting station. Below is a list of […]
Local News
CCV accepts 56 high school students into its Early College program, five from Windsor County
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Community College of Vermont (CCV) announced that 56 high school students from across the state were accepted into CCV’s rigorous Early College program. The program provides qualified Vermont high school seniors with the opportunity to get […]