Local Vermont News News from around the State
Vermont news, sports, business, environment, and more. It is not about business, it is about education.
Burlington, Vt. – January 30, 2010 – A film festival for outdoor enthusiasts and couch potatoes alike will thrill viewers with extraordinary footage celebrating mountain adventure, Saturday, January 30, 7 p.m. at Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. The entry fee is $12 and benefits the UVM Outing Club.
The showing will showcase [...]
Boston, Mass. – January 29, 2010 - Senior forward Craig Serino (Saugus, MA) netted a goal and added an assist and senior goalie Ryan Klingensmith (Morton, PA) stopped all 22 shots he faced to earn his sixth shutout of the season to lead the number two nationally-ranked Norwich University men’s ice hockey team over host University [...]
Enosburg, Vt. – January 29-2010 – Friday morning at approximately 10:07 a.m., Vermont State Police received a report of a bank robbery that had just occurred at the TD Bank on Main Street in Enosburg Village.
A lone male entered the bank and demanded cash from one of the tellers. The robber did not display a weapon. [...]
Middlebury, Vt. – January 29, 2010- A second Middlebury College alumnus has claimed the final spot on 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team. Simi Hamilton of Aspen, Colo., a former All-American at Middlebury, was announced Thursday after the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) received an 11th and final quota spot. Hamilton, who graduated [...]
Burlington, Vt. – January 28, 2010 – When Scott Hallock, of Jericho, Vt., joined Lambda Iota fraternity at the University of Vermont back in 1959, he never dreamed that his dedicated group of members who have a history of service to their community may face losing their home to drug trafficking.
Today Hallock finally reached some [...]
Washington, D.C. – January 28, 2010 – Vermont will receive $50 Million for major rail improvements along Amtrak’s Vermonter line as part $8 Billion rail awards nationwide awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The funding will help pay for construction of track, roadbed and bridge improvements along 190 miles of railroad used by Amtrak Vermonter [...]
Burlington, Vt. – January 28, 2010 -Governor Jim Douglas, R-Vt. ,spoke yesterday at the Statehouse in Montpelier withdrawing his support for Entergy’s plans for Vermont Yankee saying he had lost trust in the company’s current management team. He said, “The recent revelations at Vermont Yankee have raised many questions from my Administration, the federal government, the Legislature, [...]
Waterbury, Vt. – January 26, 2010 -Vermont State Game Wardens have arrested three Northeast Kingdom people for violating big game hunting regulations.
The three have been cited to appear in Caledonia District Court for arraignment on March 8, 2010 for the following violations: Larry Cheeseman and his wife, Maria Cheeseman, of Lyndonville for selling the [...]
Middlesex, Vt. – January 27, 2010 – Floodwaters from the recent warm weather are receding around the region. The only spot report received indicating damage was from the town of Chester where Popple Dungeon Road in Chester, Vt., received damage due to flooding. Residents of one home were evacuated says Vermont Emergency Management Duty Officer Raymond Doherty.
A large ice [...]
Mt. Washington, N.H. - January 22, 2010 – Until recently, the world record for the fastest recorded wind speed was of 231 mph (372 km/h), registered in April 1934 across the summit of Mount Washington, USA. According to a recent review of information conducted by a panel of experts in charge of global weather and climate extremes within [...]
