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Poultney man charged with Lewd/Lascivious conduct with a child
STATION: Troop B-West Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Rutland. INCIDENT LOCATION: Multiple locations in Rutland County, VT. SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: Vermont State Police and Department for Children and Families began an investigation on 4-9-2022 after mandated reporters notified police/DCF that Robert J. Beaulieu SR was suspected of sexual contact with adolescent female family / household members. After an investigation and identification of 3 victims, Beaulieu SR. was arrested and charged with the above offense and was flash cited to appear in Rutland Criminal Court on 4-26-2024.
Police: Suspect drove through convenience store in effort to steal ATM
Vermont State Police are looking for a person who tried to steal an ATM by driving a truck through the front door of a Rutland County convenience store. It happened around 4:30 Thursday morning at the Jiffy Mart in East Wallingford. The suspect was not successful. The person is believed...
Vt. man charged in murder of police officer wants out of jail
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont man accused in a crash that killed a Rutland Police officer wants to be released from jail until his trial. Tate Rheaume, 20, appeared in person Thursday as prosecutors laid out some of the evidence they say justifies an aggravated murder charge that should keep him behind bars.
Police find more than 100 grams of cocaine & $17,000 in West Rutland traffic stop
Rutland, VT- Three men are expected to be arraigned on gun and drug charges after they were pulled over by police in West Rutland on Thursday. After searching the car with a police K-9 investigators say they found 114 grams of cocaine, three handguns, one of which is stolen, ammo, and $17,000 in cash.
New live dating show hits Rutland
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Can you be the best wingman of the night? That’s what a new live dating show in Rutland is all about. The group Wingman of the Year is hosting its first Vermont-based show in Rutland this weekend. The Albany, New York-based group puts on an...
Rutland robotics team becomes first Vt. team to enter national finals
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - A Rutland robotics team marked a new milestone recently, becoming the first team from Vermont to make the First Robotics Championship Finals. The IBOTS were one of 600 teams from both the U.S. and over 50 other countries competing in Houston last weekend. The Rutland-based program...
5-year-old saved after nearly drowning at Upstate NY waterpark
Queensbury, N.Y. — When she was pulled from the lazy river inside an Upstate New York water park last weekend, the 5-year-old girl wasn’t breathing, according to reports. Stacy Brayton, a paramedic, was visiting the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark in Queensbury with her young son on Saturday when she saw people carry a child from the Tak-It-Eesi-Creek area, WNYT NewsChannel 13 reported. Although she wasn’t on duty, she rushed to help.
Remains found in Putnam believed to be woman dead for over 10 years
PATTERSON – Human remains found during excavation work at a property of a new home being constructed in the Town of Patterson do not belong to Robin Murphy, who has been missing for several years. The remains, police say, are believed to be those of a white female approximately between the age of 16 and 28 years of age.
Rutland considers new police officer position to help with domestic violence investigations
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Officials in Rutland Town are considering hiring a new police officer to help investigate domestic violence and child sex crime cases. According to town records, it’s a request from the director of the Child First Advocacy Center. If hired, that officer would work with state and local police departments throughout Rutland County.
Burlington rapper making a name in VT, wants to play Castleton
Vermont is in the middle of an artistic renaissance. With Burlington’s major hip hop group 99 Neighbors parting ways, it seems many artists are looking forward to their 2024 campaigns. Rivan Calderin, known simply as Rivan, tore through the back end of 2023 releasing four songs and amassing over...
Student-athletes hep clean up at Castleton
CASTLETON, Vt. (WCAX) - Student-athletes in Castleton hit the pavement Thursday for a campus cleanup. It’s the second year the Castleton Student Athlete Advisory Committee held the event designed to maintenance crews some help sprucing up campus before graduation. Each of Castleton’s 20 teams had one or two people...
Join the celebratory ride or walk at Pine Hill
Courtesy hpcvt.org. The Homeless Prevention Center is launching its 25th annual Spring Sprockets & Walk-Its event at Pine Hill Park in Rutland. Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m.—RUTLAND— Most days the Homeless Prevention Center (HPC) is focused on getting people […] Read More The post Join the celebratory ride or walk at Pine Hill appeared first on The Mountain Times.
Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash hit, ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ hits the stage
Friday, April 26-Sunday, April 28—RUTLAND—The Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash hit, “Little Shop of Horrors” has thrilled theatre goers for over 30 years is coming to the Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s “The […] Read More The post Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash hit, ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ hits the stage appeared first on The Mountain Times.
Touts chestnuts as food source of great potential; says local farms can grow trees
Russell Wallack has a mission — “to build the organic chestnut industry to a watershed scale in the Northeast.”. Breadtree Farms LLC, created by Mr. Wallack in 2019 in Greenwich, just received a $1,957,328 USDA Organic Market Development grant toward establishing a $2,777,000 chestnut facility at the former Atwater Farm in Salem.
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