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Essex, Vt. – December 4 – Twelve hundred students travelled to the Vermont International Festival in Essex, Vermont, today to participate in the event’s student-only program during it’s opening day. World cultures from Africa to Poland were on display with music, sports, food, clothing, crafts, and more as students from around the state packed the venue.
Emma [...]
Putney, Vt. – A $15,000 reward was been offered recently for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the arson of the 200-year old Putney General Store in Putney, Vt. , November 1, 2009.
In an effort to generate or reach more potential witnesses, the Vermont State Police have announced an informational roadside [...]
Vergennes, Vt. - Vergennes new police chief took the helm this week as the state’s smallest city faces a tough challenge ahead following the arrest and firing of the city’s former chief of police.
New police chief George Merkel comes from Middlebury Police Department where he worked as a canine handler with 10 years full-time service and one year part-time [...]
Special to Vermont Daily News by Mariana Lamaison Sears
- Burlington, Vt. – 10 years ago today, thousands of social justice groups hit a big score toward meeting their agendas when they successfully protested and shut down a World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. To commemorate that event, and to build momentum for the Copenhagen international climate [...]
College Sports Roundup for Nov. 27-28
Men’s Hockey
Northfield, Vt. – 11/28 – Norwich Over Plattsburgh 4-3 Wins 12th annual PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout.
Junior F Chad Anderson scored the game winner in the10th round of a shootout, and senior G Ryan Klingensmith made someclutch saves down the stretch to help the 10th-ranked Norwich Universitymen’s ice hockey team [...]
Stowe, Vt. - The 7th Annual Stowe Mountain Film Festival is a celebration of mountain sports and culture. Large format digital films showing the latest from the ski/snowboard industry’s top production companies. Eight days of adrenaline-flowing, action-filled, adventure films by Teton Gravity Research, Dub Brothers Films, Telemark Skier Magazine, and more, run from November 28-December [...]
Williston, Vt. - Shortly before 5 a.m. at stores around the Taft Corners area in Williston, Vt. thousands of shoppers stood in line in the darkness, some having been in place since yesterday afternoon. At Walmart one couple had set up at 3:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Margot Cousino of Monkton stood in Best Buy in [...]
Burlington, Vt. – A dozen turkeys roamed City Hall Park in Burlington, Wednesday, after an apparent prankster released the birds in the downtown park. Several city employees helped round up the birds as Burlington Police Department Animal Control Officer Jodi Harvey removed them in dog crates.
-Vermont Daily News staff report and video
Burlington, Vt. – Thanksgiving Dinner at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf is a tradition and one which helps give to the homeless and hungry in Burlington, above and beyond the average day. The Community Kitchen program works alongside the mission of the food shelf and is part of the Vermont Foodbank network, training people to [...]
Barre, Vt. – A local granite firm and economic development officials are seeking to engage state and local officials and the general public in discussions on how best to educate the public on changes that will be needed in current uses in and along the railroad rights of way when an increase in rail traffic [...]
