HARTLAND, Vt. — Vermont State Police have identified the two people involved in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 91 on Monday morning that resulted in the fatality of a Claremont resident.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A deputy police chief who was put on paid leave after she disclosed she created a fake social media account returned to restricted duty on Monday and faces an eight-day suspension as discipline, a Vermont police chief said. Last month, the chief in Burlington at the ti…
HARTLAND, Vt. — Vermont State Police have identified the two people involved in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 91 on Monday morning that resulted in the fatality of a Claremont resident.
CHARLESTOWN, N.H. — With a pivotal ballot question facing voters in March, Charlestown residents and stakeholders held a passionate — and at times heated — discussion Thursday night on whether Charlestown should withdraw from the Fall Mountain School District.
ROCKINGHAM, Vt. — The Rockingham Selectboard voted unanimously on three items and heard an update from local public transportation service The Current on Tuesday evening.
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Windsor — Yellow Jacket coach Bruce MacKay couldn’t stop talking about his young players after Saturday’s win over Newport. “This is such an unselfish team, everyone w… Read more
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The Kearsarge Regional High School boys were first and the Sunapee boys came in second in a ski meet held at Mount Sunapee Resort on Friday afternoon. Top finisher for… Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Five months after Vermont Timber Works (VTW… Read more
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A weathered snowman waves to passersby on Chase Street in Claremont on Sunday. Although warm weather on Sunday and Monday has left the local children’s creation leaning, he continues to remain standing with his big loving heart intact, making him unlike any other in the city. Read more
CHARLESTOWN, N.H. — Six weeks ahead of Town Meeting Day, the Charlestown Fire Department is fighting to get its message concerning the need to replace the #2 engine out to voters. Despite feeling confident about the rationale for the purchase, town firefighters worry whether enough voters wi… Read more
Valentine's Day is right around the corner and there is no better way to celebrate than to adopt a bonded pair of dogs! Booger and Cocoa are father and daughter Chugs. Cocoa is 9 and Booger is 12. These two love to cuddle and are good with dogs and cats. Read more
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REGIONAL NEWS
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Five months after Vermont Timber Works (VTW) headquarters lost the greater part of its business in a 3-alarm fire, the company’s chief finance officer said the state is profiting off the loss “big time.”
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The completion of a 93-mile rail trail across northern Vermont would help link an ever-expanding network of recreation trails across New England and beyond, advocates say.
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine native is donating $100 million to Northeastern University to establish a graduate school and research center in Portland in hopes of transforming the city into a technology hub and sparking economic growth, officials said Monday.
Nearly two years ago, the governing board of Effingham County, Ill., passed a resolution declaring itself a “sanctuary county” and barring “employees from enforcing the unconstitutional actions of the state government.” Those actions? Gun control laws, which are resoundingly unpopular in the… Read more
The unsettling saga of Robert Hyde, a Connecticut resident who may or may not have been involved in a plot against a U.S. ambassador, has raised questions about the president and his associates’ actions in Ukraine. Closer to home, it’s put a renewed focus on the Fifth District congressional … Read more
On Oct. 9, 2019, federal agents at Dulles International Airport arrested two burly men who had one-way airline tickets out of the country. The two, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, might have been foreign-born mobsters – Parnas with a Napoleanic comb-over and Fruman with hard eyes and a set jaw. Read more
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“Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion” by Ingrid Newkirk & Gene Stone c.2020, Simon & Schuster
We are cruising into the fourth full week of 2020 and the second set of resolutions for steering clear of fraud and scams. How are you doing so far? Let me know by email (egreenblott@aarp.org). I can send you a fresh copy of the first five resolutions if you misplaced them.
Each year, I propose resolutions for the New Year. This year, the resolutions are coming in two installments. This first set, listed below, can be completed immediately — by the end of today, even; the second set, coming in my next column, requires more time and a sustained effort.
Everybody does, but people believe that yours would sell. Write a book, they say, your story is interesting and funny and exciting. And so you start to imagine the crowds at your book signing. You think about the money you’ll make. You picture the life of a writer. You should read “ConsiderT…
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“Bad boys bad boys / Whatcha gonna do / Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?”
Last week, I wandered through the avian spirits and totems that appear in New World religions and mythologies, confining myself to North America. In Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America), the Aztecs worshiped a “feathered serpent” called Quetzalcoatl, an entity that combines the attribute… Read more
SAO PAULO — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gift he’d received in years: a new pair of bionic gloves that are letting the 79-year-old play with both hands for the first time in more than t… Read more
BOSTON — A judge has told Aerosmith’s drummer Joey Kramer to dream on if he hopes to rejoin the band as it’s set to perform and be honored at Grammy events this week. Read more
LOS ANGELES — The men bringing James Dean back to life for a forthcoming film are aiming not just to give his digital likeness a role, but a whole new career. Read more
NEW YORK — The MacDowell Colony, one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious artist colonies, has chosen the author-educator Nell Painter as its new board chair. Read more
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