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Shaftsbury attempted murder suspect surrenders to police
SHAFTSBURY, Vt. — A New Jersey man accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and assault in Vermont turned himself in to police on Friday in Shaftsbury. Vermont State Police said 29-year-old Matthew Osei surrendered to police six months after he allegedly tried to kill a man during a home invasion in October.
Senate’s version of budget would reduce motel program room capacity by a third
The Autumn Inn, a motel in Bennington that shelters unhoused people through the state’s motel voucher program, pictured on January 31, 2024. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont Public. This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public.
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.
Boralex seeks 750-acre solar energy facility in Fort Edward
Quebec-based Boralex, whose U.S. headquarters are in South Glens Falls, held an open house Thursday, April 18, at the Durkeetown Church in Fort Edward to allow the public to gather information about its proposed 100 MW photovoltaic solar energy generation facility. The open house was well attended,. The solar project...
Manchester police respond to assault, three arrested
MANCHESTER — Police in Manchester responded to a distress call at the intersection of Union and Pearl streets at about 8:20 a.m. on April 21 where they found a woman with cuts and bruises on her face. The woman, whose name has not been released, reported being assaulted, threatened,...
Angry protesters at NYU anti-Israel demonstration pelt NYPD officers with bottles, bash cop’s helmet with chair
Angry protesters at NYU’s anti-Israel demonstration pelted NYPD officers with bottles as they raided the demonstration late Monday – with someone even bashing a cop’s helmet with a chair, a top department official said. The NYPD moved onto the Greenwich Village campus, with permission from the university, when the camped-out group failed to disperse from Gould Plaza around 4 p.m., Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry told WABC Tuesday morning. Community Affairs cops made the first attempt, before the department’s Strategic Response Group filed in, Daughtry said. Shocking video shows anti-Israel protesters at NYU swarm NYPD chief and his officers Some members of the...
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