The family of a former elementary school student in Bennington, Vt., has sued the school district over a 2007 accident that has left the child with a neurological disorder. The lawsuit by Amy and Gary Thomas filed in Bennington Superior …
The Vermont State Police have paid $7,000 to settle a complaint about the use of a Taser on an uncooperative man with Down syndrome and other disabilities. The money is going to 23-year-old Timothy Bernier of Coventry. The Burlington Free …
Vermont officials are expected to update damage estimates from Tropical Storm Irene. Gov. Peter Shumlin and administration officials will hold a media briefing on Monday. Some estimates say Vermont suffered $1 billion in damage from Irene flooding, which tore up …
The initial cleanup and stabilization of Vermont’s state office complex in Waterbury that was damaged by Tropical Storm Irene will cost $20 million to $25 million, officials said Monday. They expect insurance and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover …
Vermont officials are disputing the findings of a federally sponsored study showing that fatal accidents involving big trucks tripled when weight limits were raised from 80,000 to 99,000 pounds on Vermont’s interstates, saying the figures are too small to be …
A Michigan man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he agreed to buy two tour buses from a Vermont company for $600,000, but then took them without paying for them. Fifty-four-year-old Seth Murdock of Detroit entered the pleas Tuesday …
Thirteen mobile home parks in Vermont were flooded when the remnants of Hurricane Irene turned streams and rivers into raging waterways that carried away bridges and large segments of roads. Now those homeowners – many of them with no flood …
Vermont’s governor said Tropical Storm Irene could cost the tiny state more than $1 billion. Gov. Peter Shumlin said that the state is still calculating the damage from the Aug. 28 storm. He pleaded with the federal government for help …
Grants of up to $10,000 are now available to Vermont farms damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. The Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund was formed by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Community Foundation to help farmers …
Vermont residents surveyed washed out roads, swept-away bridges and destroyed homes and businesses Monday after a weakened Hurricane Irene brought the state’s worst flooding in 80 years. Three people were killed in flooding kicked off by the storm’s heavy rains …