Montpelier News

JEDI MIND FREAK Clooney endeavors to convince McGregor he has superpowers in Heslov's comedy.

Former State Sen. Matt Dunne announced Tuesday morning that he would run for Vermont governor next year, joining an already crowd mix of Democrats seeking to replace the retiring Gov.

Police arrested a 26-year-old East Montpelier man for allegedly going to a residence where he was not supposed to be.

A committee examining ways to prop up Vermont's unemployment insurance fund meets this week in Montpelier, and it's looking for public input.

TROOPER: Det. Sgt. Nally VSP STATION: Middlesex VSP FIRE INVESTIGATOR: Assistant State Fire Marshal Baranowski CONTACT #: 802-479-4434 DATE/TIME: October 23, 2009 2154 hours OWNER: Robert Steward LOCATION: 4 Crestview Drive Montpelier, VT On October 23, 2009 at approximately 2154 hours the Montpelier Fire Department was dispatched to 4 Crestview ...

The Montpelier City Council will hold a public hearing on Nov. 4 to discuss the issue of executive sessions, following public concern about the city's use of the closed-door format from 2006 to 2009 to discuss an accounting error that cost the city's water fund $400,000. Among those invited to speak is Worcester resident Allen Gilbert, executive ...

The Montpelier City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal to ban the discharge of weapons, including BB guns and bows and arrows, in city parks.

Efforts to bring Vermont's electrical grid into the 21st Century is getting a big boost.

Investigators have been unable to determine what caused a fire that damaged a Montpelier home last week but said there is no evidence it was intentionally set.

State Auditor Tom Salmon is vowing to use a first-ever information inventory of the state's schools to help them work together and save money.

Across Vermont on Saturday, church bells rang, bicyclists pedaled in chilly temperatures and rainfall, "green" homeowners opened their doors to the curious, and Vermonters partied as part of the International Day of Climate Change.

The scandal over the failure of Montpelier city officials to disclose a $462,000 overpayment to a contractor is one more example of local government's failure to understand that transparency is key to government accountability.

Montpelier residents will get another chance to share their opinions tonight on an accounting error that cost the city more than $300,000. The mistake happened three years ago, but city officials just revealed the problem after their efforts to get the money back failed.

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Department of Labor says the state's minimum wage will remain at $8.06 per hour next year.

MONTPELIER - The head of the Vermont National Guard and the Rutland Fire Chief have been appointed to the regional council of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The crisp air and the rush of a cool breeze twirls dried leaves in funnels around the side walks and into the streets.

The Associated Press MONTPELIER -- The health care reform effort in Vermont is getting a boost from a $1 million federal grant that will enable more of the state's physicians to write prescriptions electronically.

MONTPELIER - A contractor's failure to return what city of Montpelier officials say was an accidental overpayment of $462,000 was referred Wednesday for possible criminal prosecution.

Dozens of Montpelier residents made it very clear to the mayor, city manager, and city council what they think after a major accounting error cost the city more than $450,000. It was a mistake the city kept hidden for three year.

A vote on whether to extend Vermont Yankee's license could be put off again until 2011.