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Burlington, Vt. - December 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that $5.7 million in emergency support to more than 1,000 Vermont dairy farmers has been released. The assistance, coming at a time when dairy farmers have experienced the lowest prices in 40 years, is part of a $350 million dairy assistance measure sponsored by [...]
Burlington, Vt. – December 30, 2009 - As of Friday morning another facet of Vermont’s Lead in Consumer Products Law, Act 193, goes into effect. On January 1, 2010, the legislation limits the amount of lead allowed in plumbing supplies sold or offered for sale in Vermont. The statute applies to plumbing both inside or outside a home [...]
Burlington, Vt. – December 30 – The Community Health Center of Burlington (CHCB) Board of Directors announced today that Jack Donnelly, MBA has been selected to lead Chittenden County’s only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 13,000 Vermonters. Donnelly was selected through an extensive national search of health care executives.
“We interviewed candidates from all across the country [...]
Montpelier, Vt. – December 30, 2009 – Due to a water main break in the Montpelier area, all State offices in Montpelier, including those at National Life and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), will be completely closed today. As of 7:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. State offices in Montpelier,Vt., will not be open for business announced Vermont Emergency [...]
Lyndon, Vt. – December 29 – Vermont State Police in St. Johnsbury along with Lyndonville Police department immediately began an investigation into a robbery that occurred shortly after 4 p.m. at the Passumpsic Savings Bank, located off US Route 5 in Lyndon, Vt.
The clothing worn in the robbery was located during tracking with a Vermont [...]
Lyndonville, Vt. – December 29, 2009 – At approximately 4:23 p.m. today, Vermont State Police received word that a bank robbery had just occurred at the Passumpsic Savings Bank on Broad Street in Lyndonville.
A lone male entered the bank wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and demanded cash at a teller’s window. He did not display [...]
South Burlington, Vt. – January 2-3, 2009 - Experience a purr-fect day with pet cats of all kinds at the Vermont Fancy Feline Show this coming weekend at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington. 250 Cats and many different breeds will be on site. Manx, Maine Coon, Persians, Siamese and more. The event [...]
Burlington, Vt. – December 29, 2009 – Caden Hart, 8, kept asking his mother, ‘How much longer, Mom?’ as the time grew closer for the University of Vermont sponsored youth hockey clinic today. Kevin Sneddon and players from the UVM Men’s Hockey Team taught the series of youth clinics at Gutterson Fieldhouse benefitting the Jarred Williams [...]
West Addison, Vt. - Opening of the Champlain Bridge in 1929. Footage taken by Allen Beach on August 26, 1929, courtesy of the Beach family. Then New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt was present for the festivities and dedication.
Cambridge, Mass. – December 28, 2009 – University of Vermont freshman Kendra Seto (Oshawa, Ontario) has been named the America East Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week.
Seto led Vermont to a 66-57 victory at Providence on Dec. 21 in UVM’s lone game before a break for the holidays. She came within one rebound of posting [...]
