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First-time Boston marathoner breaks 25-year-old record at Vermont city marathon
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (656+ words) A Boston man and first-time-marathoner broke the Vermont City Marathon course record on Sunday in Burlington, Vt. "I'm still on cloud nine," Smith told the Globe on Monday. The Connecticut native may be new to marathoning, but he has been…...
A Vermont prosecutor refuses to charge ICE protesters. Police are livid.
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1234+ words) WILLISTON, Vt. " Early on May 14, Hank Prensky slipped into a drab office park to take up a position before the mirrored glass doors of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveillance center. For the next four hours, he and about…...
Former state representative in Vermont found dead at home under "potentially suspicious circumstances," police say
1+ week, 5+ day ago (223+ words) Police in Vermont are investigating after a former state representative was found dead at her Norwich home under "potentially suspicious circumstances." Emergency responders found the body of Noel A. Neely after police received a report of a deceased woman at a…...
Vt. to allow suits against federal agents over rights violations
3+ week, 6+ day ago (436+ words) A new Vermont law designed to combat the Trump administration's immigration crackdown will allow people to sue government officials in state court over alleged violations of their federal constitutional rights. Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, allowed the measure to become…...
Ludlow man killed in head-on collision in southern Vermont
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (108+ words) A Ludlow man was killed Wednesday morning in a head-on crash on a highway in southern Vermont, law enforcement officials said. Alan Vautrain, 53, entered an oncoming lane traffic eastbound on Route 9 in Searsburg around 10: 50 a. m. , Vermont State Police said in a…...
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1+ mon, 5+ day ago (14+ words) Vermont police told ICE to stand down. The feds didn't listen'The Boston Globe...
A $16, 000 contest signals the start of spring on this northern Vermont pond
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (852+ words) WEST DANVILLE, Vt. " Nobody heard it and nobody saw it, but with an icy swoosh, spring finally reached northern Vermont at 6: 21 a. m. on Thursday. The ice was officially out on Joe's Pond. "In the middle of winter, it gives you something…...
Mother saves 2-year-old son after car plunges into Vermont river
1+ mon, 2+ week 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
1+ mon, 3+ week 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?
1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...