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Celeste H. Turcio loved going to the casinos. "One of her sisters and I would go with her to Atlantic City and spend two nights there," said a daughter, Mary Ann Staiano of East Haven.

“For that period of time, from when they apply to when they get a claim, it certainly is a challenge for them to find funds to cover living expenses.”

It was a training exercise in Kuwait that laid Sgt. Douglas Rivers low. Now the former union metal worker and two-decade member of the Vermont National Guard lies at home popping painkillers and wonders if ... via Burlington Free Press

“The working forest will remain. The public access will remain. The roads will stay open”

Essex Timber Co. is selling more than 86,000 acres of former Champion land, the largest private landholding in Vermont. via Burlington Free Press

“In Vermont last year, the average budget increase statewide was 4.1 percent. This year it's 4.36 percent. I think your most prudent Vermonters would look at those numbers and say, that's not unreasonable.”

Fewer school budgets went down in defeat this Town Meeting than last, a statewide survey by the Vermont Superintendents Association showed today. via Burlington Free Press

“We walked the whole time through pouring rain”

Barnie's Market in Concord and Aunt Dee's in West Barnet checked in and weighed their first moose Wednesday. via Caledonian-Record Online News

Vermont State Police are asking the public's help in locating a man allegedly connected to a kidnapping, assault and grand larceny case. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

UPDATE INCIDENT: Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, and Grand Larceny Law enforcement has continued working through the night since the report of the kidnapping and assault came in at ... via Vermont State Police Department of Pu...