Barnet, VT

BERLIN — A 27-year-old man was cited following an incident in Berlin on Friday. Authorities say they filed a report of a violation of an abuse prevention order at around 2:40 p.m. Police allege that Steven Chapin, of Berlin, had followed and or stalked the plaintiff in the order.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A wildfire in Littleton might have been sparked by gunfire at a nearby shooting range, according to fire officials. Firefighters arrived Sunday at the Alder Brook Sportsmen's Association range, where they said dry conditions and strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly. Crews returned to...

On Sunday, July 3, 2022, traffic in the vicinity of the Statehouse, State Street, Bailey Avenue, Memorial Drive, Taylor Street, Main Street, and Elm Street into the Meadow neighborhood will be impacted by the city of Montpelier’s July 3rd celebration. The following streets will be directly affected:. State Street:...

JEFFERSON, N.H. — Wrestling legend Mick Foley recently celebrated the halfway point to Christmas during his family's annual tradition to visit Santa's Village. Foley and his family visited the Jefferson theme park last week. Foley, who has portrayed characters like Mankind, Cactus Jack and Dude Love for WWE and...

A Vermont man was caught on camera wildly swinging an excavator at two state troopers who were trying to take his son into custody. The troopers had gone to Wayne Tallman’s home in Hardwick earlier this month to arrest his 24-year-old son, Brandon Tallman, in relation to an assault and burglary case, police said. As the troopers were trying to cuff the son, Tallman allegedly jumped behind the controls of the excavator and set it in motion. Dashcam footage from June 12 showed the dad repeatedly swinging the excavator’s bucket towards the troopers as they wrestled with Brandon on the driveway. The...

Montpelier is the only location in Vermont that treats leachate. Officials are waiting for a report to determine whether they can begin treating the substance again. Read the story on VTDigger here: Montpelier temporarily stops accepting leachate because of E. coli levels, sends it out of state.

For one Vermont high school student, attending a robotics world championship became more than just a way to connect with tech-minded peers and observe state-of-the-art robots in action. It also offered a chance to network with innovative tech experts and land a summer opportunity with a prestigious tech company. Seventeen-year-old...

Vermont Capitol Police are asking for tips from the public that could help them identify a suspect they say vandalized the Vermont State House in Montpelier over the weekend. Investigators released a surveillance image on their Facebook page which shows a person outside the historic building over the weekend. Capitol Police say the person in the image is the prime suspect in a vandalism that left seven windows broken across the front of the building.

In what appears to be a first for Vermont State Police, officers were attacked by a man with an industrial excavator. In the nearly two minute video released by Vermont State Police, two officers can be seen struggling with a suspect, while somebody else (not seen in the video) tries to use an excavator to try and scare off police.

As protests and acts of vandalism pop up across the country after the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the State of Mississippi in relegating abortion regulatory authorities to individual state governments, demonstrators were criticized for being somewhat "ignorant" of the true facts of the decision. Pointing out that the...

Luke, a co-worker of mine from nearly ten years ago (going from farm to farm, he is a lot of people’s old co-worker), is hired on as a delivery driver to bring our vegetables down to the New York City market. He looks the same now when he comes into the trailer during dinner as when we first worked together. He remains short and brown-blond-haired with a mustache over his upper lip, a tongue piercing, a necklace tucked beneath a white T-shirt, and cargo shorts. We worked on a farm that grew so many carrots we’d spend most of October and November picking, topping, washing, and sorting them. After work at the bar or in our beds, we could close our eyes and still see orange shapes on the sorting table, moving down the incline.

DALTON, N.H. (WCAX) - Environmentalists and some lawmakers in New Hampshire are fuming at a recent veto by Gov. Chris Sununu involving landfills. The bill was a result of a controversial landfill proposal in Dalton next to a state park. The bill would have required a scientist to issue a site-specific buffer zone between all future landfills and nearby waterways.

SALEM, N.H. — A pair of gas stations in New Hampshire will be offering fuel at a heavily discounted price this week. Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire is partnering with the Mobil at 4-6 Mall Road in Salem and the Mobil at 456 Union Street in Littleton to offer motorists regular unleaded gasoline at a lowered price of $2.38 a gallon.

Multiple compliance issues and the death of a company’s driver has led federal regulators to order Connecticut motor carrier Alvarez Transport to cease operations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared Orange, Conn.-based Alvarez Transport LLC (U.S. DOT No. 2484230) to be an imminent hazard to public safety.

ARCANUM — On June 28, All American Clothing Co. and The Vermont Flannel Company of East Barre, Vt., announced a new partnership to support domestic apparel production in the United States. The strategic partnership, called USA Brands, will:. —Combine two of the country’s best-known USA-made brands of blue jeans...

By VTDigger Editor An unknown person or people smashed seven windows at the Vermont State House in Montpelier early Saturday morning, June 25, and spraypainted a message on the front portico of the building, according to the Capitol police. The […] Read More The post State House struck by abortion-related vandalism appeared first on The Mountain Times.

ST. JOHNSBURY — A 59-year-old man was cited for violation of conditions of release following an incident in St. Johnsbury yesterday. Authorities say they were notified of man threatening a passenger and refusing to exit a Rural Community Transport vehicle in the area of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital at around 2:10 p.m.