Vt. city, teachers work on new contract
Source: The Boston Globe
South Burlington :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 06:44:29 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) The school board and teachers in the Vermont city of South Burlington are hoping a mediator can help them reach an agreement on a new contract. Negotiations have been underway since November and a mediator from Boston met...
Conn. man arrested on I-91 in Vt. on drug charges
Source: Boston.com
Brattleboro :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 05:42:01 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont State Police have arrested a Connecticut man after they said they found 7 pounds of marijuana in his car during a routine traffic stop. Police said they stopped 23-year-old Erik Yoo of Weston, Conn., on Interstate 91...
Auditor praises Vt. action on tax districts
Source: The Boston Globe
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 10:49:32 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is praising lawmakers for passing legislation to clean up glitches in the state's so-called tax increment financing program. Tax increment financing is a public financing method that provides communities with a means to...
Vt. hard cider company takes aim at coffee roaster
Source: The Boston Globe
Rutland :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:09 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) A Vermont company that makes hard cider is suing a Vermont coffee company for trademark infringement over the use of the word woodchuck.'' Vermont Hard Cider Co. filed a complaint against Woodchuck Coffee Roasters in U.S. District Court...
Vt.'s only pharmacy school to hold 1st graduation
Source: The Boston Globe
Colchester :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:19 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont's only pharmacy school is graduating its first class in a ceremony at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Seventy-four graduates of the Colchester campus of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are receiving doctor of pharmacy degrees...
Sanders, Denmark ambassador to hold Vt meetings
Source: Boston.com
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:09:15 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Sen. Bernie Sanders is holding public meetings around Vermont this weekend with Denmark's ambassador to the United States. Sanders says the town hall meetings are aimed at finding out what the United States might learn from Denmark about...
Vt.'s Welch, Sorrell, testify about elder fraud
Source: Boston.com
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 05:46:12 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont Rep. Peter Welch and Attorney General William Sorrell are warning about scams to defraud the elderly. They testified Thursday before a House subcommittee in Washington. The hearing was convened to review the federal government's efforts to detect...
Mass. man faces Sept. murder trial in Vt.
Source: The Boston Globe
Rutland :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 05:12:30 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) A federal judge has scheduled a three-week trial in September for a Massachusetts man accused of killing a woman as part of a drug deal in southern Vermont...District Judge Christina Reiss has scheduled trial dates from Sept. 9...
Police looking for man in armed robbery in Vt.
Source: The Boston Globe
Essex Junction :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 04:48:06 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Police in Essex Junction, Vt., are looking for a man who brandished a handgun during a robbery at a convenience store. Police responded to Champlain Farms shortly before 11 p.m. after a report of an armed robbery...They described...
Appeals dropped against Vt. Wal-Mart expansion
Source: The Boston Globe
Bennington :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 04:47:37 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) A developer has been cleared to start construction on a Wal-Mart expansion in Bennington, Vt., seven years after first proposing it. The owners of the Mount Anthony Country Club have dropped the final two appeals that were pending...
Teacher fired from Vt. elementary school
Source: The Boston Globe
Bennington :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 05:42:57 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) A special education teacher has been fired from a Vermont elementary school following an investigation alleging misconduct. The Bennington Banner reports (http://bit.ly/18KyDOL) the inquiry by the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union was prompted by an audio recording in February...
Vt. lawmakers on campaign money: Wait 'til '14
Source: The Boston Globe
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 01:41:46 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont lawmakers are not expected to have new campaign contribution limits in place in advance of the 2014 election. That was the word from Sen. Jeanette White, chairwoman of the Senate Operations Committee, after the House and Senate...
Most of Vt. under frost advisory
Source: The Boston Globe
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 14:09:54 -0700 | political-news
it's going to be another cold night across Vermont. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for much of the state early Wednesday morning. The advisory means that frost is possible and that sensitive outdoor plants may be...
Vt. lawmakers drop campaign finance reform
Source: Boston.com
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 20:01:09 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Another effort to reduce the influence of money in politics appears to have fallen by the wayside, as Vermont lawmakers prepare to finish up their business for the year...Lawmakers could address the measure when they return in January,...
Vt. mobile home park faces foreclosure complaint
Source: The Boston Globe
Bennington :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 05:35:29 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) A mobile home park that has been under pressure from the Vermont town of Bennington and the state to fix problems with its water supply is now facing a foreclosure complaint. The complaint against John Bushee Jr., owner...
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