Records show Vermont State Police troopers fired electronic stun guns 10 times in past 18 months at people threatening suicide or at others experiencing a mental health crisis. State police say the weapons were deployed a total of 50 times …
Investigators say a fire at an abandoned Air Force radar station on the top of a mountain in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom was arson. The working structure fire in the radar base in East Haven was reported about 10 a.m. Monday. …
Officials in Brattleboro, Vt., are conducting “walking audits” to help improve pedestrian safety. Brattleboro planner Sue Fillon is meeting residents on Thursday to walk around a local park and in neighborhoods to gather ideas on how the town can improve …
Vermont’s total cost of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene is estimated at $733 million, and the federal government is expected to pay about three-quarters of that amount, Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said Thursday. About $486 million is to repair roads, …
Tornadoes and storms that have swept through the South and Midwest this year have been a reminder to small business owners everywhere that disasters can wipe out a company within a matter of seconds. And rebuilding can be a long, …
The Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont says it could be put out of business, and constitutional protections of religious freedom could be violated by a priest-abuse lawsuit. The Burlington Free Press cites papers filed by the diocese in U.S. District …
The top budget official in the administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is going to give lawmakers the state’s best estimate of how much more money will be needed in the current fiscal year to help meet expenses caused by …
Two Vermont State Police troopers who went to the wrong house when asked the check on the welfare of an elderly woman can be sued over her death from hypothermia, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Troopers Travis Valcourt and …
A folk artist expanding his home business built around the words “eat more kale” says he’s ready to fight root-to-feather to protect his phrase from what he sees as an assault by the second-largest chicken restaurant chain in the country, …
Farms in parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are eligible for low-interest loans to cover losses from flooding, hail and heavy rains, including Tropical Storm, that started on May 1. The United States Department of Agriculture designated eight counties …