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Mother saves 2-year-old son after car plunges into Vermont river
14+ hour, 10+ min ago (276+ words) A 26-year-old woman saved her toddler son from drowning Monday after their car plunged into Vermont's Ottauquechee River, authorities said. The pair were traveling on Quechee Main Street in Hartford, Vt. around 12:45 p.m. Monday when their car, for reasons still under…...
As Vermont defends its climate superfund law, the state prepares to bill Big Oil
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1223+ words) When Tropical Storm Irene barreled into Vermont in 2011, Sue Minter learned a lesson that would stick with her to this day: "Nature always wins." Nearly 11 inches of rain inundated parts of the state that August, turning typically placid rivers into…...
VTDigger is losing its top editor and CEO. What’s driving the departures at a nonprofit news pioneer?
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1114+ words) Over the course of nearly two decades, VTDigger built itself into one of the scrappy success stories of nonprofit digital news " growing to fill the gap left by Vermont's vanishing local and regional outlets. But VTDigger, now 30 staffers strong and…...
Skier dies after fall at Sugarbush Resort in Vermont, police say
1+ week, 2+ day ago (149+ words) A man died Saturday after falling while skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vt., officials said. The man fell and slid into a wooded area while skiing Stein's Run, a double-black diamond trail on Lincoln Peak, Vermont State Police said…...
Vermont immigrant rights leader charged with smuggling people across the Canadian border
1+ week, 4+ day ago (576+ words) A leader of a Vermont-based immigrant rights group is facing federal charges for what prosecutors called "multi-year conspiracies" to smuggle undocumented people into the United States for money and fraudulently acquire driver's licenses for others. A federal grand jury returned…...
Experts predicted a ‘maple-pocalypse.’ But Vermont’s syrup industry is booming.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (943+ words) For Cecile Branon, 68, the innovations have made it possible to imagine passing the operation on to the next generation. "They already have plans," she said of her grandchildren. Maple production in Vermont has climbed to about 3 million gallons annually, with…...
At oversight hearing, Vermont police blame ‘agitators’ for escalating violent ICE protest
2+ week, 5+ day ago (738+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. " In the week since an immigration raid led to a violent protest in South Burlington, Vt., officials have been mostly unified in blaming federal authorities for escalating the situation. But at the first high-profile hearing over the incident…...
A bus tour and spoof in one: activists stage elaborate performance art highlighting ICE sites in Vermont
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1102+ words) BURLINGTON, Vt. " They didn't come for the fall foliage, or the skiing " not even for the freshly boiled maple syrup. Instead of the natural wonders of the Green Mountain State, the two-dozen people who gathered for a bus tour Tuesday…...
Vermont lawmakers narrowly advance bill increasing gun restrictions and crimes
3+ week, 1+ day ago (737+ words) Representatives in the House Judiciary Committee narrowly advanced a bill to increase restrictions on guns in Vermont, with members divided along party lines. Committee members passed the bill Friday just in time to meet a deadline that day, when bills…...
Vermont women beat Maine to win second straight America East Conference championship
3+ week, 4+ day ago (257+ words) BURLINGTON, Vt. " Keira Hanson scored 23 points, Malia Lenz posted a double-double, and Vermont beat Maine, 61-43, on Friday night to win a second straight America East Conference championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Hanson sank 9 of 13 shots…...