Vermont News

Vermont Flooded After Irene’s Torrential Rains

Vermont residents battled epic flooding Monday after the remnants of Hurricane Irene set off the state’s worst flooding in nearly 40 years, washing out roads and knocking out power. At least one person was killed after being swept into a …

Irene Floods Northeast; Manhattan Spared Worst

Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States, where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to millions. On its march …

Dish TV to Pay Vermont $125K to Settle Letter Wording

The state of Vermont says DISH Network is going to pay $125,000 to resolve a complaint about a letter to some subscribers that including wording the state considered unfair and deceptive. The state says that in July 2010, the satellite …

Crane Topples Falling into Vermont Market

Fire officials in Georgia, Vt., say a crane tipped over and its boom went right through the roof of a market next door. Elwin Sweeney, of the Georgia Volunteer Fire Department, tells WCAX-TV the crane fell into Georgia Market on …

Vermont Hospital Says Errors Made in Pedestrian Death

Vermont’s largest hospital has acknowledged errors were made in the treatment of a 20-year-old Burlington man who had been hit by a car in his wheelchair, but was released from the hospital and died hours later. An autopsy determined Zachary …

Lawyer Questions Proof in Vermont Accident

A lawyer for a Vermont teenager accused of hitting a pedestrian with her car while texting says it’ll be tough to prove. Eighteen-year-old Emma Vieira, of Colchester, pleaded not guilty Thursday to grossly negligent operation of a motor vehicle with …

Vermont Finds Contaminated Fish Near Nuclear Plant

A fish containing radioactive material turned up in the Connecticut River near Entergy Corp’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, state health regulators said Tuesday, another potential setback to Entergy’s effort to keep it running. The state said it needs to …

Vermont Man Dies in Construction Accident

State police say a 46-year-old Vermont man has died of injuries caused by heavy machinery in a construction accident in northern New York. Troopers said Wednesday that Michael Loyer of South Burlington was working for Trenchless Technologies of New England, …

Vermont Man Pleads Guilty to Home Improvement Fraud

The Vermont attorney general’s office says a Fair Haven man has pleaded guilty to home improvement fraud for taking a deposit to replace a roof but never doing the work. Court documents say John Burgart of Burgart Roofing, Inc., entered …

Vermont Contractor Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Case

Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City Roofing and Around the Clock Property Maintenance, operated without …