Times Argus Local News
- Montpelier: Merger with U-32 district faces new wrinkle, halting effort
- The Montpelier School Board decided Wednesday night to hit the pause button when it comes to a potential merger with a neighboring school district. ... - By Thatcher Moats Staff Writer
- 3-D wizardry, from long ago by a Northfield man who captured his hometown: Northfield man captured town in then-innovative stereo-views
- NORTHFIELD — At Northfield's big Labor Day Parade on Monday, it's likely that many spectators will capture snippets of the visual feast with their digital cameras, ranging from tiny cell phone cameras to slim point-and-shoot models and heavy professional cameras costing in the thousand of dollars. ... - By Stefan Hard Staff Writer
- Master plan heavy handed?
- MONTPELIER — A proposed new master plan for Montpelier is being fiercely criticized by some as a potential barrier to development. ... - By Thatcher Moats Times Argus Staff
- Report: Vermont best for poor students, falls behind other countries
- If you are a student with an economic disadvantage, Vermont is the state where you are best off, according to a new report commissioned by a nonpartisan group that offers policy-making advice to legislators nationwide. ... - By Cristina Kumka STAFF WRITER
- Recount recruiting a joint effort
- Five Democratic candidates for governor seek volunteers for vote recount. ... - Staff Report
- Threat concerns lead to tightened security at Vermont Agriculture Agency building
- The Montpelier office of the Ag Agency is on high alert after a Guildhall man allegedly made threats against state workers. The brother of the man says he was only looking for info on the manure pit near their home. ... - By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau
- Killington lawyer appeals to Vt. Supreme Court, fighting accident charges
- Killington lawyer and former traffic court judge asks Supreme Court to overturn convictions handed down after he left the scene of an accident. ... - By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
- Entergy drills more tritium monitoring wells at Vermont Yankee
- Entergy Nuclear is drilling four more wells at Vermont Yankee to better define the area of radioactive contamination in the groundwater. ... - By Susan Smallheer Staff Writer
- Rutland to vote on municipal management system
- RUTLAND — Rutland residents will get to weigh in on whether the Vermont city should be run by an elected mayor or a professionally hired manager. ...
- Auditor issues long-delayed Vt. Yankee decommissioning report
- State Auditor Tom Salmon releases his long-awaited report on Vermont Yankee ... - By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau
- Sugarloaf plotting to unseat Killington
- PORTLAND, Maine — Sugarloaf ski resort’s plan to more than double the amount of its skiable terrain will make it the biggest ski area east of the Rocky Mountains and knock Vermont’s Killington Resort out of the No. 1 spot, Sugarloaf officials said Wednesday. ... - By CLARKE CANFIELD the Associated Press
- New Bennington office complex to be ready in 2012
- BENNINGTON (AP) — Officials say a reconstructed Vermont state office complex in Bennington should be ready for workers in April 2012. ...
- Readsboro closer to selling electric utility
- READSBORO – The town has moved a little closer to selling its electric utility to Central Vermont Public Service, which is currently offering $360,000, according to Selectboard member Raymond Eilers. ...
- Spaulding board confronts enrollment dip, small classes
- Barre-based high school wrestling with shrinking enrollment and small class sizes. ... - By David Delcore staff writer
- 2 charged with driving nearly 100 in I-91 work zone
- PUTNEY (AP) — Vermont State Police say they nabbed two out-of-state drivers for speeding at nearly 100 mph through a work zone on Interstate 91. ...
Burlington Free Press Top Stories
- Fair competition grows on participants
- Many fairgoers have to find the giant pumpkins at the Champlain Valley Fair before anything else. They are a huge attraction each year, literally.
- ReSOURCE drops appliance charges
- Burlington nonprofit ReSOURCE has eliminated its $10 drop-off and pickup charges for used large appliances.
- Waterbury police seek purse-theft suspect
- A video surveillance camera captured the crime Wednesday afternoon in Waterbury -- a woman stealing a cash-laden purse from a shopping cart -- but the suspect remained at large Thursday.
- Teenage girl accused of lewd conduct in Greensboro
- The Vermont State Police said Thursday that a 15-year-old girl has been accused by a sex-crime-investigation unit of lewd and lascivious conduct with another juvenile female.
- Essex Academy starts year leaner
- The academy started the new school year with an enrollment of 46 students and a full plate of work planned. The academy operates out of a wing of Essex Middle School. Its students, fourth- through eighth-graders, learn in multi-aged classrooms and generally have more say in how, what, when and...
- Regulator affirms Burlington Telecom violations
- A state Public Service Board hearing officer has determined Burlington Telecom violated several of its licensing requirements that "should have been absolutely clear to the City of Burlington."
- Burlington police arrest alleged OxyContin dealer
- The Burlington Police Department announced Thursday the arrest of John J. Wick, 26, of Burlington in connection with an investigation into the sale of OxyContin.
- School year gets off to a sizzling start
- Vermont's students return to classrooms amid stifling heat. Another record high was set in Burlington on Thursday, the same day the hot spell became a heat wave.
- Record high of 91 degrees makes Burlington heat wave official
- When the temperature reached 91 degrees at 1:25 p.m. Thursday at Burlington International Airport, two milestones were met: A daily record high for a third successive day and a third day in the 90s -- an official heat wave by meteorological measurements.
- Officials investigate Athens fire, apparent suicide
- The cause of death of an Athens man Wednesday -- and a seemingly related mobile home fire -- was under investigation Thursday by Vermont State Police.
- Vermont prosecutor ready to bring back sex crime fugitive
- A Vermont prosecutor says she's ready to bring back to the state a man arrested in Mississippi 21 years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter in Bellows Falls.