By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org In a letter released Tuesday, Aug. 25, Justin Johnson, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, urged commissioners and secretaries to be “extremely cautious and restrained” as they develop budgets. Typically, budget instructions are issued to […]
Category: State News
Vermont Red Cross worker deployed to Washington wildfires
On Aug. 30, the American Red Cross announced it would be deploying Vermont and New Hampshire’s chief communications officer Lloyd Ziel to work in Wenatchee, Washington in response to the raging wildfires that plague the area. Ziel will work with the […]
Composting and bears: adjusting to Vermont’s new universal recycling law
Courtesy of VF&W Bears are attracted to human-created food sources, so steps must be taken to reduce problems between bears and people. Bears are already thinking about winter and are currently in search of easy calories to fatten up. Because […]
Homicide suspect turns himself in
On Sunday, Aug. 23, at approximately 8:33 p.m., Hardwick Police Department responded to a residence on The Bend Road in Greensboro, Vt., to a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered Lou Ron Schneider, age 68, suffering from an apparent […]
Vermont NAACP receives “avalanche” of housing discrimination complaints
By Sarah Olsen, www.VTDigger.org Mary Brown-Guillory, president of the Champlain area National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), told a statewide civil rights panel Monday that her organization has received an “avalanche” of discrimination complaints. In the month […]
FairPoint will seek deregulation under “reboot”
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org The local president of FairPoint Communications says the new settlement with Vermont’s ratepayer advocates will be a win for customers and help the company “reboot.” Beth Fastiggi, the Vermont president for FairPoint, said the company’s agreement […]
EPA releases new pollution limits for Lake Champlain
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org The EPA released new pollution limits for Lake Champlain on Friday, Aug. 14. Gov. Peter Shumlin and federal officials announced Friday the new phosphorus limits at a press conference on North Beach in Burlington. Vermont is […]
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 […]
Poll: Sanders surges ahead of Clinton among N.H. voters, 44 to 37
First poll showing Bernie Sanders in the lead By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org A Boston Herald-Franklin Pierce University poll conducted on Monday puts Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton. According to that poll, 44 percent of respondents said they would […]
Gov. Shumlin says updates on Vermont Health Connect have helped to fix backlogs
On Aug. 11, Gov. Peter Shumlin and officials at Vermont Health Connect (VHC) announced that the change of circumstance functionality deployed at the end of May has allowed staff to reduce by more than half the backlog of customers waiting […]