The state continued to raise revenue — a trend in recent months.
PITTSFORD — Property owners can expect about a 3% increase in their municipal taxes this year.
A higher tax yield is sending property tax rates down in most — but not all — towns in the Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union.
WALLINGFORD — The state is looking to buy and conserve more than 300 acres of land near Hartsboro Road, complementing another 481-acre acquisition by the federal government.
The Vermont Department of Corrections announced Friday evening that 10 incarcerated individuals tested positive for COVID-19 at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury during testing conducted Thursday.
While it remains unclear whether the cause of a glitch preventing the posting of the latest COVID information on Thursday was a software or hardware issue, the problem seems to have been resolved and new numbers were up on Friday.
The state has ordered the Vermont Farmers Food Center closed after the organization missed a deadline for a plan to deal with contamination at its West Street facility.
A lack of tests and shifting guidance has contributed to a bumpy rollout of the state’s new testing protocols for K-12 schools.
PAWLET — The state has distributed $500,000 in grants to 41 Vermont municipalities that will allow them to update their land use regulations to generate more housing options.
While it’s not likely to gain traction, a Newport lawmaker has proposed a bill that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products that use single-use filters.
The Vermont Everyone Eats program distributed two million meals as of this week, according to a news release from Southeastern Vermont Community Action.
BROC Community Action is reaching out to Rutland area residents who have been given housing in local hotels to provide help including finding permanent housing as the pandemic continues.
BURLINGTON — A Springfield man suspected of a half dozen robberies in and near his hometown was formally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for one of the holdups.
Mentoring organizations around the state are putting out a call for volunteers.
The executive director of the regional planning commission says although he’s stepping down from his role in the organization, he’s not stepping away.
Between the end of 2018 and the end of 2020, Vermont saw a 14% decline in the number of people working with children in a regulated setting, according to the group tasked with advising the government on the state of young children and their families.
Crimes like robbery, car theft, burglary and stealing from vehicles and stores went up in 2021 from 2020, but some violent crimes like aggravated assault and forcible rape decreased, according to the Rutland City Police Department crime statistics for last year.
RUTLAND TOWN —A Rutland man, accused of pushing a shopping cart into a woman and stealing her Christmas shopping money two days before the holiday, has been released from custody and officers with the Rutland Town Police Department are not happy about it.
BROC Community Action and the Rutland Elks Lodge #345 are hosting an “Extreme Cold Weather Emergency Shelter” for the state on Friday and Saturday night due to subzero forecasts combined with lack of available hotel rooms in the region.
Ed Bove, executive director of the Rutland Regional Planning Commission has announced that he’ll be stepping away from the job this year.
RUTLAND TOWN — After a verbal altercation with the town clerk and treasurer, the former town clerk and treasurer has been issued an order against trespass for the Rutland Town Town Hall.
CASTLETON — A broken pipe has closed Castleton Village School for the remainder of the week, or possibly longer.
The Rutland High School mascot debate is staying off the town meeting ballot.
BRANDON — Selecting a new pastor is a long, involved process, and the Brandon Congregational Church thinks it made the right choice with the Rev. Sara Ann Rossigg.
BURLINGTON — A Springfield man suspected of a half-dozen robberies this month will remain behind bars for the time being a federal magistrate judge ruled on Tuesday.
BRANDON — Expenses and per-pupil spending may be up, but tax rates are projected to be down by 4% in the Otter Valley Unified Union School District.
A local man was sentenced in the United States District Court of Vermont on Tuesday to almost four and a half years in prison for the armed robbery of the Maplewood convenience store on March 7.
MONTPELIER — Millions of dollars in tax incentives and workforce development initiatives were among the highlights in Gov. Phil Scott’s annual budget address.
The following is an edited transcript of the governor’s budget address:
While Green Mountain Power said it was responding to outages throughout the day Monday, there were no sign of more serious problems during the first big snowstorm of 2022.
CASTLETON — The new children and young adult librarian is thankful to be switching from a staff of about 80 to something closer to three.
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has picked its next principal.
A bill before lawmakers would require bicyclists to ride single-file on highways without bike lanes.
PROCTOR — It appears that Town Meeting Day in Proctor will be as it was last year, with an informational meeting held via Zoom, then voting by Australian ballot.
With the first major storm of the winter in the forecast for late Sunday and Monday, utility companies are reminding Vermonters to be prepared for the snow event.
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MORETOWN — Police say a 29-year-old Waitsfield woman faces multiple charges, including neglecting a vulnerable person in her care, after she had crashed into a a barn along Route 100.
WATERBURY – The state Department of Corrections on Saturday reported 38 incarcerated individuals and nine staff members tested positive for COVID-19 at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury during testing conducted Jan. 13.
A Pittsford woman is facing two felony counts after police accused her of embezzling more than $2,250 from the Rutland Area Food Co-op on Wales Street during the summer.
BURLINGTON — The former manager of a Washington County pharmacy pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two felony charges that he diverted opioids from his store for his personal use.
BURLINGTON — The former manager of a Washington County pharmacy pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two felony charges that he diverted opioids from his store for his personal use.
State officials released new guidance Friday for testing and quarantine protocols in Vermont’s K-12 schools.
Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Friday signed into law an act — S.172 — authorizing alternative procedures for town meeting gatherings this year.
BARRE — Amtrak passenger rail service in Vermont will not change, even as the company reduces routes in other parts of the country, owing to the surge in coronavirus cases from the omicron variant.
Gov. Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development this week launched the Multiunit Dwelling Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program to bring more home-charging opportunities to Vermonters.
On Tuesday, the Rutland City Board of School Commissioners voted 6-5 Tuesday to reinstate the Raiders name and arrowhead logo — the culmination of a nearly two-year contentious debate that has divided the School Board and the Rutland community.
PAWLET — The state Supreme Court has upheld a decision requiring Daniel Banyai to remove all unpermitted buildings associated with his shooting school and to pay the town of Pawlet more than $46,000.
Hospital officials say patients with COVID-19 are not as big a problem for them as staffers with the coronavirus.
Lawmakers from Vermont’s more rural districts are introducing a bill that would, among other things, ease Act 250 restrictions around the forest products industry.
Last year, we knew there would be some new members of the Board of Aldermen before a single petition was filed.
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