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Three people killed in crash in Berlin
Berlin, VT- Three people were killed in a two-car crash in Berlin on Saturday, but police have not released the names of the people involved. The crash happened near the intersection of Route 62 and Airport Rd. Police say both drivers and the only passenger in one car were dead when they got there.
St. Johnsbury man accused of chasing men with butcher knife
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - A St. Johnsbury man was arrested for allegedly chasing people with a knife. According to St. Johnsbury police, 40-year-old Alexander sergeant regularly sleeps on the benches in front of the welcome center in town. While responding to an alarm , police say two men approached an officer and said a homeless man chased them wielding a knife. Police say security footage shows sergeant yell at the men and then remove a 14 inch butcher knife from his jacket, and chase after them. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, and will be in court in June.
Worcester man charged with simple assault against two local residents
WORCESTER — A Worcester man was cited for simple assault after an altercation that injured two people on Saturday night, according to police. Jacob French, 34, is accused of assaulting two residents of Worcester. State Troopers from the Berlin Barracks responded to the incident at 8:11 p.m. The investigation...
How 1 reaction to a mural tore a New Hampshire town apart
LITTLETON, N.H. — Few were present at the select board meeting in Littleton, N.H., in August when Carrie Gendreau, one of its members, began to talk about a mural that had recently been painted on the side of a building downtown. Until that moment, it had not attracted much...
No injuries after firefighters battle building fire on Main Street in Lincoln
LINCOLN, N.H. — Firefighters battled a large fire on a busy street in a northern New Hampshire town Saturday afternoon. The fire was at a building on Main Street in Lincoln, where Udderly Delicious is. The fire department told News 9 there were no injuries and everyone has been...
Juvenile driver involved in crash on I-91 in Newbury
NEWBURY — A 17-year-old from Piermont, New Hampshire, escaped injury after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing their car on Interstate 91 South near mile marker 110.6, police said. The crash occurred at approximately 5:14 p.m. on April 17, when the teenager’s 2014 Toyota Camry veered off the...
Windsor County Sheriff's Deportment to patrol in Tunbridge
TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (WCAX) - The Windsor Country Sheriff’s Department has picked up another patrolling contract with a town in a neighboring county. The select board in the Orange County Town of Tunbridge has agreed to a $50,000 one-year contract with the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department. That contract, which starts July 1st, will pay for about 15 patrol hours a week. Windsor deputies already patrol in nearby Chelsea. Officials from both towns say the orange county sheriff’s department simply didn’t have the resources to suit their needs and say the Windsor county department is a good fit.
Bradford restaurant fined $290K for labor violations, retaliation
BRADFORD, Vt. (WCAX) - A Bradford restaurant faces upwards of $290,000 in fines and damages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor into wage and labor violations. Authorities say the Colatina Exit restaurant unlawfully included managers in its tip pool and also failed to pay workers time-and-a-half for...
The Crazy Contraption Camp
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - For some spring breakers, they plan time resting in bed or for the sun at the beach, but these students, they’re getting back to work. Jamyang Dorell is a one man-third-grade-contracting-company, or as he tells me, an aspiring builder. “I’m planning to be an...
Danville School Board appoints two principals
(Danville) — New Principals are coming this fall to two Danville schools. The Danville School Board Thursday voted to fill two vacancies. At George Washington High School Johnny Cressell will move from Assistant Principal to Principal, effective June first. He began his career as a physical education teacher at W.W. Moore in...
Vt. sheriff’s deputy who caused mistrial loses job
BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) - A Windsor County sheriff’s deputy who caused a mistrial in Barre back in March has lost his job. Cpl. Mark Belisle provided security at the Washington County court in February during the sexual assault trial of Kasey Giorgio, who was found guilty. But in March, the judge ruled Belisle made inappropriate comments to a juror, which tainted the trial’s outcome. A mistrial was declared and Belisle was placed on administrative leave.
Lawsuit accuses Norwich University of sex-based employment discrimination, retaliation
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Norwich University faces a civil lawsuit accusing the school’s former president and another top official of employment discrimination. The lawsuit filed on Monday in Washington County Court was brought by Elizabeth Kennedy, a 13-year employee who worked most recently as the private military school’s vice president of development and alumni relations. It says Kennedy repeatedly blew the whistle on her boss, former Norwich President Mark Anarumo, for “years of misconduct and creation of sex-based discriminatory employment conditions.”
The top returning Vermont high school Ultimate athletes? Here's our 2024 watchlist.
After reaching out to various coaches in Northern Vermont, below is a rundown of many of the state's top returning Ultimate girls and boys athletes for the 2024 season. The Burlington girls will seek a third straight championship this spring, while Montpelier is the defending champion on the boys side. The Ultimate regular season wraps by June 1, with playoff matchups set to begin June 4 and 5. ...
Working class Vermonters admonish lawmakers for being out of touch with core values
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Rural Vermonters and farmers sounded the alarm and expressed their frustrations with state lawmakers on Thursday in Montpelier, saying they’ve made the state unaffordable and that the State House is out of control. They cited House and Senate leadership from Burlington and Chittenden County as...
Here's why we wake up to chilly mornings
Montpelier, Vermont, woke up to a chilly Friday morning, tying the record low temperature for this date at 22 degrees Fahrenheit. This record was previously set in 1967 at Montpelier-Edward F. Knapp State Airport (KMPV), where records date back to 1949. The cold wasn't isolated to Montpelier, as much of...
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