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Local News for Burlington Vermont from Burlingtonfreepress.com

Vt. Blue Cross and Blue Shield President Milnes to retire

Sep 30, 2008 6:34 pm

BERLIN ? William R. Milnes, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, has announced he will retire later this year after 10 years with the plan and nearly 34...

Vt. NEA recommends Statehouse candidates

Sep 30, 2008 5:04 pm

The Association's board of directors made recommendations for 27 Senate candidates and 124 House hopefuls based on a range of factors

Coast Guard receives multiple hoax calls, seeks assistance

Sep 30, 2008 4:27 pm

Coast Guard official: Boy called four times within a 10-day period.

Bridge could open by July

Sep 30, 2008 2:24 pm

State works on fast track

Candidates, Bush urge reviving financial bailout

Sep 30, 2008 1:58 pm

Bush warned that, "if our nation continues on this course, the economic damage will be painful and lasting."

Symington seeks to tag Douglas on bailout

Sep 30, 2008 12:42 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington says calls for a $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial system show that Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas has put too much faith in the private sector.

White House, lawmakers to seek new bailout deal

Sep 30, 2008 11:44 am

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Top congressional and White House officials, stunned when the House rejected a massive rescue plan for the nation's economy, scrambled to structure a new bailout proposal that would ...

Handverger hearing scheduled for today

Sep 30, 2008 11:23 am

Winooski Mayor Michael O'Brien said the city manager's appeal of the City Council's decision to fire him will start today, but critics said the city is not ready to hold the hearings.

Police seek information on suspect

Sep 30, 2008 11:17 am

WILLISTON -- Police are looking for more victims of a man suspected of grand larceny. Jon Maxwell, 39, of Richmond was cited with grand larceny and petty larceny. Maxwell was an employee of S.T. Grisw...

Carbon gas auction nets $38.5 million

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

The nation's first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction raised nearly $40 million that will be spent by Northeast states on renewable and energy efficient technologies.

Southern Vermont News from RutlandHerald.com

VSO kicks off library centennial event

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

BELLOWS FALLS -- The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will kick off the Rockingham Free Public Library's centennial celebration at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bellows Falls Opera House. ...

Lost hiker found wet, hungry in hills of Bennington

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

WOODFORD -- Police found a lost hiker safe and sound Monday morning after he spent the night on Glastenbury Mountain. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN Herald Staff

Toddler's relatives firm on sentence

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

SPRINGFIELD -- Relatives of murdered Springfield toddler Melissa Stevens said Monday they believe her convicted killer should remain behind bars, despite a tentative agreement that could see him leave...

Body found in Quechee Gorge

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

QUECHEE -- Police are investigating the death of a man found Saturday at the bottom of Quechee Gorge. ... - Staff Reports

Black River tour

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

LUDLOW -- The Black River Academy Museum is hosting a walking tour highlighting historic buildings in the village at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. ... - Staff Reports

Group cautions on draining pools

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. ... - Staff Reports

Bratt. buses go biofuel route

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

BRATTLEBORO -- Schoolchildren are breathing just a little bit easier this year, thanks to a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN Herald Staff

Police chief marks 10 years in position

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

BENNINGTON -- While Richard Gauthier was a student at Southern Vermont College, he decided that the best way to teach law enforcement was to have experience as a police officer. ... - By PATRICK McAR...

Ludlow to vote on $3.5M water bond

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

LUDLOW -- In November, village residents will be asked to approve a $3.5 million bond to improve the town's aging water system that would raise their annual water bills by 57 percent. ... - By JOSH O...

Tax system focus of discussion

Sep 28, 2008 5:00 am

WALLINGFORD -- William Talbott, acting commissioner of the Vermont Department of Education, gave area residents a lesson on the state's complicated education funding system last week. ... - By SANDI ...

News for Rutland County Vermont from RutlandHerald.com

Weathervane Seafood Restaurant closes : Second city restaurant to shut down in week

Sep 30, 2008 1:25 pm

Another Rutland restaurant has closed its doors - the second closing in less than a week. ... - By BRUCE EDWARDS Herald Staff

Nature's playground

Sep 30, 2008 12:20 pm

Sammy Groom enjoys the simple pleasures of life like climbing trees in Rutland's Main Street Park. His mother was close by to make sure he didn't climb too high. ...

Founding fathers discussion at library

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

Rutland's inaugural First Wednesday features a talk on two founding fathers visiting Vermont. ...

New carving studio exhibit open to public

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

WEST RUTLAND -- A collaborative exhibit with sculptures from members of the New England Sculptors Association will be open to the public at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland Oct....

Middlebury-area charity hands out $153K in grants

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

A Middlebury-based charity recently announced $152,950 to 54 area organizations. ... - By GORDON DRITSCHILO Herald Staff

Official campaigns to draw tenants downtown

Sep 30, 2008 4:53 am

It hasn't even been officially announced yet, but already a campaign to fill a vacant, downtown store front by offering a year's free rent is attracting inquiries, Michael Coppinger, executive directo...

Poultney head-on collision injures 2 : Witness: Route 30 site scene of 2 to 3 crashes every year

Sep 29, 2008 3:41 pm

POULTNEY -- A Brandon woman and a Connecticut teen were in "serious condition" in area hospitals Sunday afternoon after being involved in a head-on collision on Route 30 in Poultney, near th...

Carving Studio to host new exhibit

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

WEST RUTLAND -- A collaborative exhibit with sculptures from members of the New England Sculptors Association will be open to the public at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland Oct....

Tell the hospital what you need

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

A team representing health and human service in Rutland County is conducting a health needs assessment and it needs feedback from locals. Do you have enough access to health-care services? Let the tea...

School merger blueprint goes to voters

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

SUDBURY -- To build or not to build? ... - By CRISTINA KUMKA Herald Staff

Vermont News from RutlandHerald.com

Peter Welch: 'No confidence in Paulson plan'

Sep 30, 2008 12:29 pm

MONTPELIER -- Call it a revolt of the rank-and-file. ... - By LOUIS PORTER Vermont Press Bureau

Greenhouse gas bids out

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The nation's first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction sold the right to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at $3.07 a ton. ... - By MARY ESCH The Associated Press

Closings give differing views of hospital execs

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Federal prosecutors in the corruption case of two former hospital executives will soon learn whether their decision to keep their key witness off the stand was shrewd strategy or a...

Bail set at $50 million for man with multiple aliases

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

BOSTON -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller -- a German citizen whose twisted life of multiple aliases unraveled after he was charged with kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter -- won the right...

Hurricane provided training opportunity

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

MACHIAS, Maine -- Hurricane Kyle turned out to be a phantom storm that caused little damage in eastern Maine. But the storm preparation provided good practice in the event a hurricane does make landfa...

N.H. biomass plant to sell electricity

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The company building a wood-fired power plant in Berlin, New Hampshire, says it has reached an agreement to sell all the power to the state's largest utility. ... - The Associated...

Symington criticizes governor for views on free market

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

BURLINGTON -- Gov. James Douglas' track record of blind faith in free-market capitalism could force Vermont residents into the same kind of taxpayer-funded bailout that national lawmakers rejected on ...

Vt. bankers: State not immune from credit freeze

Sep 30, 2008 4:52 am

Vermont banks and credit unions still have money to lend but they caution that the state is not immune from a credit freeze that could eventually sweep the nation and filter its way down to local bank...

Group seeks end to Mass. income tax on shoestring budget

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

BOSTON -- Supporters of a ballot question that would end the state income tax may have the easiest political pitch of the election: a promise of an average $3,600 back in the pockets of each Massachus...

Overloaded N.H. courts seeing increase in overdue decisions

Sep 29, 2008 5:00 am

KEENE, N.H. -- More people are being left in legal limbo due to increased caseloads, more complex cases and shortages of judges and clerical staff at New Hampshire's Superior Courts. ... - The Associ...

Vermont Local News for the Barre/Montpelier Region from TimesArgus.com

Norwich, viewed from 'Down Under'

Sep 30, 2008 12:49 pm

NORTHFIELD -- Four members of an exchange program from Down Under say the cultures of their countries and the United States are very similar, although they do note some differences in military educati...

Grinding nearly finished, paving could start this week

Sep 30, 2008 12:46 pm

BARRE -- Today a contractor should put the finishing touches on the first phase of a paving project that will soon transform one of the Granite City's deteriorated gateways into one of its smoothest s...

Brattleboro gets grants for cleaner buses

Sep 30, 2008 6:27 am

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- The town's share of a $314,406 Environmental Protection Agency grant to five communities will enable its 35 school buses to burn cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel this year. ... ...

Barre police log

Sep 30, 2008 6:25 am

These are some of the calls answered by the Barre Police Department during the week of Sept. 22 -- 27. ... - Times Argus Staff

Police charge speeder with giving his brother's name

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

NEWBURY (AP) -- Vermont State Police say a man who gave his brother's name when stopped for speeding will face charges of giving false information to police and driving with a suspended license.Police...

Invasive Asian beetle spreads in Worcester, Mass.

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Officials have discovered signs of Asian Longhorned Beetles infestations in two new Worcester neighborhoods, prompting officials to expand an area covered by a ban on transpor...

Vermont gets grant for troubled vets

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

WATERBURY. (AP) -- The state of Vermont is getting a $2.1 million grant to help serve veterans and other people with post-traumatic stress disorder and similar problems. ...

Vermont Foodbank holds open house for Wolcott branch

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

WOLCOTT -- The Vermont Foodbank will hold an open house for its new Wolcott branch, located at 75 Quarry Road, on Oct. 11. ... - Times Argus Staff

Symington tags Douglas with bailout philosophy

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

BURLINGTON -- Gov. James Douglas' track record of blind faith in free-market capitalism could force Vermont residents into the same kind of taxpayer-funded bailout that national lawmakers rejected on ...

He kept watchful eye on the 'people's house'

Sep 30, 2008 5:00 am

MONTPELIER -- David Janawicz was at the Vermont Statehouse shortly after 5 a.m. every weekday morning, patrolling the grounds and keeping a watchful eye on the stream of lawmakers, lobbyists and citiz...

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