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Precious wood heating pellets stashed and dry for winter use in Montpelier
A Montpelier Energy Team official says the pounding rains this week are not affecting the 96 tons of bagged wood pellets piled under blue tarps at the high school tennis courts.
Precious wood heating pellets stashed and dry for winter use in Montpelier
A Montpelier Energy Team official says the pounding rains this week are not affecting the 96 tons of bagged wood pellets piled under blue tarps at the high school tennis courts.
Jessica's Law plan draws support
MONTPELIER - Efforts to get a Jessica's Law passed in Vermont calling for a mandatory 25-year minimum sentence for some sex offenders are drawing widespread support, with thousands of residents signing ...
Markowitz launches re-election campaign
MONTPELIER -- Secretary of State Deb Markowitz today announced her campaign for re-election. "Since 1999, I have been proud to serve the citizens of Vermont as Secretary of State.
Three Democrats vie for two Montpelier House seats
It's all in the family in Montpelier, with three Democrats running for the city's two seats in the State House of Representatives.
Session on sex offenders seems doubtful
MONTPELIER -- A standoff between legislative leaders and Gov. Jim Douglas made it unlikely lawmakers would return for a special session in response to the death of a 12-year-old girl and the arrest of a ...
Montpelier Senior Center in flux over governance, fees
Charlotte Karr has been involved with the city's senior center for a long time, watching it grow and thrive.
Vt. students to gain science, technology skills through new program
MONTPELIER - Governor Jim Douglas today said Vermont's students and teachers would receive free access to some of the world's most powerful design and mechanical engineering software as part of the Real World ...
Vt. tax holiday seen as success
Shoppers and merchants tangoed in a mad flurry of buying and selling as each took advantage of the tax-free weekend.
Dubie calls for special sex crime session
Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie endorsed a slate of reforms to the state's sex offender laws Monday morning and called on Gov.
Restaurants say compost closure will hurt
MONTPELIER - Some restaurants in the Montpelier area say they don't know what they're going to do with food scraps if the Vermont Compost Co., closes as it has been ordered to do.
Stuck in Vermont: Leahy and Batman
The Dark Knight premiered in Montpelier Saturday, days before its general release.
Montpelier Teen Killed In Accident
A Montpelier teen died Tuesday night in a dirt bike accident. Police say 17-year-old Malik Hunter lost control of his bike on a curve on Herring Brooke Road in Moretown.
Ben & Jerry's makes 'Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road'
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Ben & Jerry's has done it again: Hoping to honour rocker Elton John before his first Vermont performance, Vermont's crazy-cool confectioner has whipped up a flavour just for him - "Goodbye ...
Livingston announces bid for re-election
It's official. Incumbent Republican State Representative Judith Livingston will be seeking reelection this year in what will be her first contested race in close to a decade.
Montpelier hiker rescued on Mt. Lafayette
New Hampshire authorities who set out to rescue one injured hiker ended up helping three others along the way.
Exploring the 'herban' jungle BioBlitz hits the streets of Montpelier
Many of those pesky weeds you have been plucking from the garden may contain more nutrients than the vegetables being cultivated.
Sex offender's release was recommended
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Reversing what it said last week, the state Department of Corrections now says it recommended the release from probation of a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Brooke ...
'Bio blitz' planned in Montpelier
A 24-hour "bio blitz" aimed at cataloguing the living things in Vermont's capital is set for Friday, with more than 100 naturalists and volunteers combing fields and streets in an event that's part celebration, ...
Former Rutland state Sen. Wendy Wilton is hoping a grass-roots effort will convince her former colleagues to pass Jessica's Law and other more stringent sex-offender laws in Vermont.