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Missing Brookfield children found safe
BROOKFIELD, Vt. — Two missing 11-year-old boys who were last seen in Brookfield on Monday have been found safe. Investigators said Phillip Duprey and Glenn Godin were both last seen on Monday, May 6 at 11:24 a.m. They were last known to be in the area of Brookfield Elementary School on Ridge Road, according to police.
Construction begins Monday on chicanes on VT-108 to combat notch 'stuckages'
STOWE, Vt. — This week, Vermont's Agency of Transportation willbegin construction between Jeffersonville and Stowe on Route 108 in Vermont to fight "stuckages" in Smugglers' Notch this season. It's the latest step to combat tractor-trailers getting stuck on the narrow, winding road. "It's notoriously tricky, it's very, very tight,"...
Warehouse next to Stowe Public Safety building catches fire
STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) - A warehouse behind the Stowe Public Safety building on Route 100 caught fire on Wednesday. The road near the scene was closed while several crews from surrounding areas responded to smoke coming out of the back of the warehouse. There was no immediate on what started...
Driver acquitted of charges in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists looks to get driving privileges back
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, the man involved in a 2019 crash in Randolph that killed seven motorcyclists, hopes to get his New Hampshire driving privileges back at a hearing Wednesday. Zhukovskyy was acquitted of all charges in the 2019 crash on Route 2 in Randolph. His attorney said Tuesday that his client...
Montpelier police stop wrong-way driver on Interstate 89
MONTPELIER — A wrong-way driver was arrested late Wednesday night after Montpelier Police Department officers and Vermont State Police troopers intercepted the vehicle on Interstate 89. At 10:47 p.m. on May 2, authorities were alerted to a driver traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 89, approaching the...
No reported injuries in dump truck crash on I-89 in Richmond
Traffic is moving slowly on Route 2 in Richmond because of a dump truck crash on Interstate 89. The truck crashed near Exit 11 Sunday evening and rolled down an embankment. The Bolton Fire Department shared the picture shown here shortly before 6:00 p.m. on social media. Fire crews from Bolton and Richmond have been working to remove the truck.
Residents back at VT polls deciding whether to approve school budgets: Here's the results
As this school year draws to a close, it's crunch time for districts who have yet to receive approval for next year's school budgets. On Tuesday, May 7, residents for two Chittenden County school districts − South Burlington and Essex Westford − showed up at the polls again to vote on education expenditures, which dictate how much taxpayers would owe in property taxes for the year.
Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier
The staple dive bar on Main Street shuttered in October, when a fire damaged the building only months after the summer’s floods ravaged its interior. Read the story on VTDigger here: Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier .
Harwood leaders to rework budget for third vote; conflict claim raised
A week after the second proposed school budget failed at the ballot box, the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board meets tonight to discuss a third version and a date for voters in the district’s six communities to go to the polls again. Before the board gets into...
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