Vermont News

ALSO: Democrat Katherine Sims and Republican Vicki Strong are facing off in the only race in the state where an incumbent is guaranteed to lose; A number of business owners who supply wood to Ryegate Power Station say they haven’t received timely payments from Stored Solar, the facility’s owner; A man arrested last week in South Burlington is now facing murder charges in the fatal shootings of a former Vermont couple in New Hampshire in April.

ALSO: TenFold Engineering wants to revolutionize the construction of modular structures from Springfield, Vermont’s once-storied hub of precision manufacturing; The president and longtime member of the Missisquoi River Basin Association has purchased and is renovating a building in Berkshire to provide affordable housing to his staff; Mike Pieciak must still reckon with a hefty piece of political baggage: his role regulating the Northeast Kingdom EB-5 projects that became the largest fraud in the state’s history.

ALSO: In announcing plans to sue the agrochemical company Monsanto, the Burlington School District joined many other municipalities and individuals seeking damages for contamination caused by PCBs; Despite his pledge last November not to accept any corporate PAC money, Vermont’s Democratic Rep. Peter Welch has continued to accept sizable campaign contributions from high-powered industry groups that frequently lobby Congress; The new owners of the long-stalled CityPlace development told the Burlington City Council on Monday night that construction would begin this fall. 

ALSO: A 26-year-old man arrested Wednesday at the South Burlington Public Library is a “person of interest” in the murders of a former Vermont couple; Vermont and New York state police have arrested the man who authorities say has always been the prime suspect in the 1989 stabbing deaths of his in-laws in their Danby home; The Burlington School District announced Thursday it intends to sue Monsanto over contamination of Burlington High School via hazardous chemicals known as PCBs. 

ALSO: The court-appointed receiver managing Jay Peak Resort and Burke Mountain Resort as they emerge from financial scandal is seeking more than $1 million; WCAX has deleted the online version of a news story that garnered national attention and provoked a barrage of transphobic messages toward a transgender Randolph student and her family; Bennington County was rated “high” for Covid for the second week in a row by the CDC.

ALSO: Caledonia County Probate Judge William Cobb is running for reelection in November, despite a record of reprimands and a currently suspended law license; Stowe’s House seat has long been a Democratic white whale and the party sees this year’s election as an opportunity to flip it; Gov. Phil Scott appointed DCF Commissioner Sean Brown to a key role in the Agency of Administration.

ALSO: Two community-based organizations in Winooski are seeking to connect people of color by providing counseling and other supportive programming in private residences and backyards; The Vermont Statehouse has dropped its Covid vaccination and testing rules; A Saint Michael’s College sophomore took a week off from classes to aid Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian.

ALSO: The Vermont Department of Health has analyzed patterns of repeat emergency room visits due to an opioid overdose; Homeowners around Lake Carmi have faced yet another summer of pervasive cyanobacteria blooms; Vermont got a boost in funding for federal grants aimed at growing exports.

Also: Lieutenant gubernatorial candidates Zuckerman and Benning take swings in VTDigger debate; Bennington County has ‘high’ Covid levels, CDC reports; UNH poll: Scott, Zuckerman hold double-digit leads in races for governor and LG

Also: August outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Franklin and Grand Isle counties results in 1 death; Vermont launches awareness project amid record-high suicide rates; Woodstock police sergeant cleared in June shooting