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Brattleboro home catches fire Thursday night
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Brattleboro Fire Department responded to a fire earlier this evening. First responders say they received reports that the home at 166 Carriage Hill Road was smoking, and when crews arrived they found the kitchen in flames. No one was home at the time of the...
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.
Springfield police arrest juveniles for car break-in
SPRINGFIELD — Two juveniles were arrested early Thursday after Springfield Police Officers caught them breaking into a Hyundai on King St. At around 2:00 a.m., officers noticed the suspects attempting to enter the vehicle. When the juveniles spotted the police, they fled the scene. Police observed damage to the...
State’s smallest hospital makes big economic impact
TOWNSHEND-The people of the West River Valley love Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital for its role in providing health care to this underserved rural area, but they might not realize the economic contribution it makes to the region. While Grace Cottage - by numerous metrics, the smallest hospital in...
Police investigate Bellows Falls credit card theft
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (WCAX) - Authorities are searching for two suspects involved in a credit card theft. The Vermont State Police say credit cards were stolen out of a car at the Bellows Falls Country Club on Tuesday, April 16th and that the cards were then used to make purchases at multiple stores in Rockingham, Bellows Falls, Springfield, Chester, and Walpole.
Senate’s version of budget would reduce motel program room capacity by a third
The move is lawmakers’ latest attempt to scale back the expanded, pandemic-era version of the motel program. Read the story on VTDigger here: Senate’s version of budget would reduce motel program room capacity by a third.
Brattleboro wonders about the future of its downtown
BRATTLEBORO-Five years ago, this community received an early Christmas present with the November 2019 news of a proposed $30 million arts and apartment block for downtown. "This project," Brattleboro Museum & Art Center director Danny Lichtenfeld said then of the priciest Main Street plan in local history, "will encourage enduring economic and civic vitality."
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,...
Springfield police seize machine gun, marijuana from car
SPRINGFIELD — Police officers in Springfield arrested two individuals and seized a loaded machine gun along with marijuana following a traffic stop on the night of April 19. The incident occurred shortly after 8:15 p.m. when an officer spotted a driver, identified as Randy Perez-Coiscou, 21, running a stop sign at the intersection of Adams Street and Dwight Street Extension.
Springfield man faces multiple charges after pursuit, collision
SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man was taken into custody on Sunday after a series of traffic-related offenses, including driving under the influence and fleeing from an accident scene, according to the Springfield Police Department. Lester Anderson is charged with driving under the influence, criminal refusal, leaving the scene of...
Woman found stabbed to death in western New Hampshire in 1980s; killing unsolved
UNITY, N.H. — The death of a 27-year-old woman found in West Unity remains unsolved after 37 years. Eva Morse was last seen on the morning of July 10, 1985, hitchhiking on Route 12 in North Charlestown. Her body was found the next year on April 25, 1985, in...
Conversations with DJ Mo’rad
Jeff Mo’rad, a 17-year program director and on-air Host of WEQX’s Jam N Toast, recently visited with a group of students from a Communications class at Vermont State University Castleton. Mo’rad, who told student he basically lives for radio and new music, joined a group of Intro to...
The Chester Students’ Miscellany
Below is from the May 1, 1854, The Chester Students’ Miscellany newspaper. It was published by Chester Academy students. This is Route 35. In part, it reads:. “…But it was not our object to describe all of the scenery of Chester, but to attempt a description of one of its natural curiosities. ‘The Gulf’ as it is called is a deep cleft in the hills between Chester and Grafton. It seems to be a place where in some convulsion of nature, the hills have been cleft asunder down to their very base, and some good people say it was made so just on purpose for a road, at least there is a very good road through it now, at no inconsiderable expense.
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